ellis bert marjorie 1957 korea

8/18/2019 Ellis Bert Marjorie 1957 Korea

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ELLIS

TRAVELING TO TELL

OF CHRISTIAN RADIO

MISSION

3February 1957

FAB16 9 S 7

BROTHER

Bert Ellis,

who

formerly

preached

at

Cabool,

Missouri,

is

now

preparing t d k i P s A M with Mrs, Ellis and son John to Join the

V, Alex

Bills family in Korea, where

a

Christian radio transmitter is planned.

During the latter part

of

February Brother Ellis

will

be in

Florida;

during March he

will

be in

Kansas

and

Colorado;

in April he

will

be

in the Chicago area for

special

radio

work.

Speaking engagemen

may

be

arranged

by

addressing him at Box 268, Cabool,

Missouri.


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A

ews-sheet

p u b l i s h e d

by

t h e

Bert

E l l i s

f a m i l y ,

r e c r u i t s

of

t h e

C h r i s t i a n

Radio M i s s i o n ,

b u i l d i n g a n d

o p e r a t i n g a C h r i s t i a n m i s s i o n a r y b r o a d c a s t i n g

station a t Pus n,

Korea

Volume I , Number 4

March,

1957

Mr.

rs. Bert Ellis and John, Box

268,

Cabool,

Missouri

Associated

with:

The Alex B i l l s Family Miss

F l o r a

Maye Guernsey

M r s .

Exle

Fultz The

Joe

Seggelke Family

The Bob

Clemens Family

The

Ray

Goodman F a m i l y

TALESOFOUR TRAVELS

We

c e r t a i n l y

wish t h i s l i t t l e

news

sheet had

space

enough so t h a t

we

m i g h t

t e l l o f

t h e

w o n d e r f u l r e c e p t i o n we h a v e

e n j o y e d

i n t h e

many

h u r c h e s

we h a v e

v i s i t e d

i n

t h e

l a s t

few m o n t h s b u t t h e r e

i s

j u s t s i m p l y n o t

e n o u g h


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Chattanooga, T e n n . , ^ Don

Black,

m i n i s t e r ; West End,

L o u i s v i l l e ,

Ky.;

Lyndon,

y . , .

L i l b u r n

Skftmons, m i n i s t e r ;

C l i f t o n ,

L o u i s v i l l e ,

Ky., Herbert

Graham,

m i n i s t e r ; Fountain

City, Tenn.,

A l b e r t

Dickson,

m i n i s t e r ;

Lons-

dale,

Knozville,

Tenn.,

Robert

Black,

i n i s t e r ;

G r e e n v i l l e ,

Tenn.,

Robert

Black,

m i n i s t e r ; G r e e n v i l l e , Tenn.,

Robert Shannon, m i n i s t e r .

D u r i n g

t h i s

month we also

spent

some time

in

conference with the

chairman

of

our

Home

Committee, G. B. ordon; visited Mission

Services

and

transacted

some b u s i n e s s t h e r e and

had

s e v e r a l c o n f e r e n c e s w i t h m i n i s t e r s a n d p o s -

sible

recruits

for the mission.

W i t h a l l of t h i s t r a v e l i n g and speaking and w i t h correspondence and

v a r i e d

m a t t e r s

of business

we have managed t o keep busy.

W h i l e I am

t r a v e l i n g Marge i s home a t

Cabool

t a k i n g c a r e of a

g r e a t

d e a l o f

t h e

c o r r e s p o n d e n c e

a n d

f i n a n c i a l a f f a i r s a n d

l o o k i n g

a f t e r J o h n

who

is in

school.

What with all this

and

her

activities in the

local church

she

too

has

managed

to

have

her

hands

fulL

OUR

PLANS

Our plans a r e t h a t

Bert

i l l

continue

t o

t r a v e l

and

speak

n the

churches


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With t h i s in

mind we present our

needs: Our l i v i n g l i n k

support i s

f i g u r e d

a t

14300 a y e a r ; 13900 o f t h i s b e i n g s a l a r y and t h e o t h e r |600 p e r

y e a r

t o go i n t o a t r a v e l

fund

which

over

o u r

f i v e

y e a r

t e r m i n Korea w i l l

accumulate

an

amount

s u f f i c i e n t

t o

b r i n g

us back

t o t h e S t a t e s

and

take

us back out t o

Korea without

a specail appeal a t

the

l a s t moment. We t i l l

need r e g u l a r

pledges

on

t h i s

amount. During the

past

t h r e e months

we

have received a d d i t i o n a l monthly pledges from t h e

churches

a t Callao,

Mo.; Lancaster, Mo. and

Donovan,

1 1 . We do so a p p r e c i a t e these r e g u l a r

amounts. Several

o t h e r

churches have i n q u i r e d about r e g u l a r pledges. I f

y o u r s

i s

one

of

them

we

would

so

a p p r e c i a t e

h e a r i n g

from

you

as

soon

as

possible.

We i l l

also

need several thousand d o l l a r s f o r

our travel and shipping

of necessary supplies

t o Korea.

The only place

we know t o

o b t a i n t h i s

money

i s

f rom

h r i s t i a n

f r i e n d s . I f every church which we

have

v i s i t e d

« M > d every i n d i v i d u a l \^o eceives t h i s news l e t t e r would make a

s p e c i a l

contribution

we

ould

soon

obtain

this

amount.

I f y o u r

church

o r class o r some o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n i s l o o k i n g

f o r

a

p r o j e c t h e r e a r e

s e v e r a l

items

t h a t

we

need

t o take

w i t h

u s :

a

Jeep a

good, used

one

w i l l d o ) ; e l e c t r i c r e f r i g e r a t o r ;

kerosene

c o o k i n g s t o v e ;


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OUR FORWARDING

AGENT

A number

of

people have asked j u s t

what the procedure

w i l l be about

funds

and

correspondence

a f t e r

we

eave

the States. We

would

l i k e

to

an

nounce

t h a t a l l

o f t h i s w i l l be h a n d l e d

by

o u r f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t ,

Miss

Loraine Lindsey

a t Cabool.

Miss

Lindsey

is a dear f r i e n d who has

graciously

accepted t h i s

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y .

She

is a member of

the

Cabool

c h u r c h and i s c a s h i e r o f

the

Cabool

S t a t e

Bank.

She

comes

from a

f a m i l y

which

has

been a c t i v e

i n

t h e - church t h e r e f o r

a long time. U n t i l

h i s

death

about

a

y e a r

ago,

h e r

f a t h e r

was

an

e l d e r i n t h e

church

and

t a u g h t

a

Bible

school

class

f o r

y e a r s . At present h e r b r o t h e r i s an e l d e r ,

chairman

of

the board,

and

helps

t o sponsor the young people's

program.

A l l of the

funds and

correspondence will continue to be directed to

Box

268, abool,

Missouri.

Our bank

account

will

be

in

the Cabool tate

Bank and we

will

simply

draw

checks

upon

i t . We

do so

a p p r e c i i o t e Loraine's w i l l i n g n e s s t o

help

i n t h i s

wi^. This i s n o t

an

easy j o b

n o r

i s i t a j o b

t h a t

we

would

want to turn over

to

just anyone

but

we

have f u l l confidence in

Loraine's

a b i l i t y and

devotion..


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C ^ ^ ^ u n e J [ ^ 7

ElilS RESTIN ; PLANNINa

LATE SUMMER

CROQSim

TO KOREA

I N Cabool, Missouri,

Bert

Ellis I s

resting

cbnflned

at

home

with

orders from the doctor

to

do nothing but

listen to

the ball games

and

read

and not

do

a lick

of work.

He is suffering from

Bell's

Palsy, brought

on

by exhaustion from

eight

months of heav^y

travel in

behalf

of the work

of

Christian

hadio Mission.

He

hoped to

be

recovered

sufficiently

60

that

he

and Mrs Marge

Ellis could attend the short summer radio course at Moody Bible

Institute

in

Chicago

June 17 to July 5;

and continue |i4ans to

leave

for

Korea in late summer.

more

y

,


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ecember

1957

r

B E R T

E L L I S

F A M I L Y

M A K I N G 11

READY

TO SAIL FOR KOREA

THE

Bert Ellis family

of

Gabool, Missouri

are

completing plans to sail

for Ktorea

where they

will

work

with Christian Radio Mission. They

plan to sail on

the S.

S. China Bear

of

the

Pacific

Far East lines

leaving

San Francisco

February 12th,

Brother

Ellis

wrote that

they

have

most of

their livinglink suppor

promised but will need

service

link funds pledged

for

the work and abou

13^500

in

freight and

transportation

funds.

Good used clothing is needed for their

distribution

in Korea, and

they ask that such clothing may be sent to them

at

209

West North,

Danville, I llinois^by January 1 o be included in packing . Corresponden

should

be

addressed

to Box 268,

Cabool,

Missouri,

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