During her stay at Sutsien Mrs. Patterson established a mission hospital there and carried on her work Of healing the sick for ten years without any assistance. So popular did the hospital become that at, one time out-patients reached the large figure' of 10,000. Later she was led by Dr. Bradley and today the hospital is firmly established and still carrying on its good worl.
During the present hostilities in China Tenghsien was captured by Japanese troops after much fighting While most of the town was com= pletely destroyed, During this period MMe, and. Mrs, Patterson carried on their work and were instrumental in providing asylum for many refuge who poured into the town to escape the terrors of war outside, "There were many dangerous incl-dents during the battle for the town in March last year but, luckily, the mission suffered little damage and since that time the Japanese authori. ies have carefully avoided interfering with its work in any way. Among the many interesting incidents Mr. Patterson recalls is an aerial battle over the mission property between a Chinese plane and another machine from a Japanese squadron, Regular Readers While he and the rest of the mission stof looked skywards, fearful that tone of the machines would crash in Hames on the property below, the Chinese plane, which' was much faster than the Japanese machine, roared and dived around its opponent, In time the Japanese machine was shot down but, luckily, it fell clear of the mission, Since 1695 Mr. and Mrs. Patterson During their Jong stay in interior, Mr. Patterson explained to a reporter yesterday, they spent many happy hours looking through the columns of both papers. Away in the he slated, the arrival of the "North China Daily News" was always Tooked forward to by both foreigners and English-speaking Chinese alike.
'A Famous Friend Among the many interesting people with whom Mr. and Mrs, Patterson were associated were Mrs. Pearl Buck, the famous author of "The Good' Barth", Dr. and Mrs. Absalom Sydenstricker, her mother and father, and Dr, and Mrs. Mark B. Grier.
Mrs, Buck, Mr. Patterson explained, spent her childhood at Sutsien where Dr, and Mrs. Mark B. Grier, together with Dr, and Mrs. Sydenstricker and Mr. and Mrs, Patterson, were sta-joned, Both Dr. and Mrs. Grier, he said, started work with Mrs. Patter san und himself at Sutsien. Since Dr. Grier's death Mrs. Grier has been living in retirement, Mr. and Mrs. Patterson will leave Shanghai tomorrow in the s. Presi-
Defence Committee Meets Again The second meeting of the Defence Cor mittee of the Internat Japanese Navy Club, Kia wan Road, on september 22. included British, American, Italian and Japanese representatives.
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