Southwest Chinese Journal (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1981 Page: 4 of 16
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i£l Of Mi Southwest Chinese Journal
December 16—31, 1981
JUNE DOVE LEONG'S Message
"Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love:
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above."
The words to this hymn bring back
memories during this Christmas of a
special person-place-and time-that
live on.
One long, steep flight of stairs up
to the first landing, a door opened to
a small 12 x 14 upper room. One cir-
cular bench hugged the wall space
around the room. The only other fur-
nishings were an upright piano, hym-
nals and Bibles.
A Sunday School teacher, one maiden lady, with a deci-
ded English accent and a love for Chinese teenagers,
taught a Youth Class Sunday after Sunday in this sparse
upper room and gladly paid for the privilege. From her
modest earnings as a sewing instructor, she rented the
small but tidy room used but once a week for the purpose
of Bible study and fellowship-$30 a month for a brief
period four times a month and sometimes a few extra hours
for a Christmas and Easter party. These investments were
made by one Dorothy B. Leach, a London Miss, who came to
America to make her home in Portland, Oregon.
A member of White Temple Baptist Church, she chose to
believe this to be her own special assignment from the
Lord. Having no blood relatives, this was her"family"...
Ethel King...Bruce Dern...Edith Leong...Gloria Wong...
June Dove Wong. Because she loved to hear humns sung
well to bring out the beauty of God's message, vocal
scholarships were given to Edith Leong and June Dove Wong
After each meeting, at parting time, hands were held in
a circle to sing "Blest Be The Tie That Binds".
Many years have come and gone, but the tune "Blest Be
The Tie That Binds" echoes down through the years in mem-
ory lane. Bruce Dern died as a young man...Ethel King
married... then later also left this earthly life.
The remaining former Sunday School members kept touch
with Miss Leach with Christmas cards for 40 years. Each
card sent her, netted two through the mail in return,
expressing love and faith in the Lord.
Christmas 1980, a Christmas card was sent to Miss
Dorothy B. Leach from Houston, Texas, my own. The same
card returned with no forwarding address.
Inquiry to Portlanders led to the answer'that she was a
maiden lady who lived alone with a pet cat...then it hap-
pened that she was no more. She had simply gone.
There is an Upper Room much larger and lovelier than the
Sunday School room in which she taught. Surely, she must
be visiting Bruce Dern...and Ethel King...for "the fellow
ship of kindred minds is like to that above."
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Taking Applications
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Minority Journalists is now
accepting applications for
its 1982 session. The pro-
gram, which provides profe-
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for minority persons aspir-
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will be held June 20 to Sep-
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Following this intensive
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preferably between 21 and
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO ALL
OUR READERS
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Southwest Chinese Journal (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1981, newspaper, December 16, 1981; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth273772/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.