Chefoo, Jan. 17, 1922. he weather in Chefoo during the past weeks has been extraordinarily mild and there has been very little snow. The skating rink was erected and enthusiasts are greatly enjoying being on the ice for it has set in cold with a vengeance and the problem is to keep warm.
A series of dances, balls and jollifications consequent upon the return of the ''New Colleans" made things lively, not that Chefoo people find the winter months at all dull. There is always something doing. Hockey matches and basket ball games provide sport on the Saturday afternoons while the skating each night attracts a good number.
Chefoo is shortly to lose its chaplain, the Rev. H. A-H. Lea, who since his return from the Front, where he served as a Captain in the Labour Corps, has carried' out the duties of Port Chaplain with an efficiency that has called forth genuine commendation. It is an extremely difficult position to fill, but he has proved himself just the tactful type of chaplain so necessary in a+port like Chefoo, where everybody knows everybody. attendances on Sundays, the activities of the church, the collections etc. all testify to the excellency of the splendid work done by our Chaplain and to his popularity amongst the community. The Bishop of the Diocese will find it an almost impossible task to replace him.
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