Feb 7.

1970
7

THUMB-NAIL SKETCH FOR

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Please complete and mail to Harrold McFarland, Box 14656, Long Beach, California 90614

Name Psle Edwin WilkinsOQ

Forwarding Agent's Name

"

1073 Faruizswa-Machi
Address

Address

City ^QQtlOlcenc;^3,.p
Where were you born?,

Japan Nan'nn

City

T'-'p Code

Oirolaville _

Month _Z

SCHOOLING

Day_iL_YearJ5i

Gircleville Higfe School

High Srhr>nl
Cleveland lunior Sollege

Gify

College

City

Miami University

University of Cincinnati

Seminary or fff

^ihle Seminary

Circleville
Cleveland

Srarp

OHIO
Ohio

State

Cincinnati

Qi^pinnati

Ohio

State

Degrees and n^f^^Associate Degree, Ifedical teohpolofty1959

When and Where RapriyeH? November 3Q 19^0

r-AxiTT V FACTS:
rrAr-Tc MampH
w j
FAMILY

c,
Singl(

City Oxford

c
> s Name
M
Spousp

State
Margaret Jean Wiiicinson

Children

Name

Place of Birth

Month

Day

Year

Jferk Andrew

Cincinnati, Ohio

14

I962

Beth Ellen

Cincinnati, Ohio

10

I964

CHRISTIAN SERVICE

Where?

Oxford Church of Christ

What?

When? _

Choir, University Fellowship

Laurel H^mes Chiarch of Christ

treasurer, teacher, asst, supt,

I96O

I96Ipresent

secretary, associate minister

(Over)

Feb 17, 1970

THUMB-NAIL SKETCH FOR

Please complefe and mail to Harrold lAcFarland, Box 14656, Long Beach, California 90814

Name

Ifcrgarei; Jean WilkiHSOP

Forwarding Agent's Name

Address

. Address

City

State

Nation

Where were you born? Oovington

City

Keninicky

7ip Code

Month ^

USA

Day_2_Year_12il

SCHOOLING

High School

Talawanda High School

City

Cincinnati Bible Seminary

Oxford

Ohio
State

Cincinnati

Ohio

City

College
Seminary or Graduate work.

State

City

State,

Degrees and Dates

When and Where Baptized?

FAMILY FACTS: Married

June 23. 1956

.Single

City
Spouse's Name,

Ohio

Hamilton
State.

Dale Wilkinson

Children
Name

Place of Birth

Day

Month

Year

CHRISTIAN SERVICE
Where?

Oxford. Ohio

What?

When?

choir, youth groun, various offices

1997-19S9

V.B.S. teacher

laurel Hpmes ivrssion

S.S. Teacher, helped start a woiaen's group

Bible Study group

(1966)

I96I-I967

(Over)

HIKARI
bringing Christ's Light to Asia s

(the LIGHT)

Dorkn

NEWSLETTER FROM DALE AND PEGGY WILKINSON-MISSlONARI ES'tO JAPAN

Nov. 3

October. 1970

3, IS TH2 BIG DkV

Ve will flv from Greater

US.

Cincinnati

Airrort to
be<?:in our
first term of
missionarv work in Janan. Here isour

itinerary. Please nray as we travel.

Nov. 3.. T"/A Fit. 477.

Lv. Cincin

Cincinnati. Ohio
STILL NEED FUNDS FOR LIVING AND

traveling exoenses.
costs will be

Our

tra^^eling
$ 1,500

We no" have

$ 1.150

We still need

Our living-link

and

tuition

350
costs

nati at 3 I 30 A.M.. Arv, Los Anfi;eles

will be (each month)

500

at 91 59 A.M.

We now have promised

.S

300

We still need each month .., $

200

5, Pan Am Fit. 1, Lv. Los An

geles at 9nn A.M., Arv. in Hono
lulu at 121 25 A.M.

Since our departure date is

lust a
few days away, our need
for
these

funds is urgent.

PLEASE PRAY 11

Mov. 6. Pan Am Fit. 1, Lv. Honolu

lu at it 30 P.M., Arv. in Tokyo., on

Nov. 7 at 5iOO P.M.

SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE OF

the follox^ing have made

"HIKARI,"

commitments

to our missioni
LAST -TFSK. 'TE

HAULED

CUi

BARRELS

and boxes to Detroit for shipment to

Janan.
An ocean freie.hter bound for
the Far East will take them
throucrb
the Panama Canal and across the
Pa

cific.

Oxford Church of Christ,. Oxford,Ohio

Fairview Christian Church,, Falmouth,
Indiana

Antioch Church of Christ,

This is the lone way to Japan

but the most inexpensive.

Corinth,

Kentucky

Pairs & Spares Class,President Drive

Church of Christ, Cincinnati

Whirly-Blrds Youth Groun ,Moscov,,Ind.

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr,
Mr.

and
and
and
and
and

Mr.s.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs,
I-lrs.

OUR MAILING

be -

David Yuhasz
John Penn
Morris Lewark
John Lon^enecker
Mike Lewis
ADDRESS IN JAPAN

WILL

25-8, A Chome Irumagawa

Sayami-shi,. Saitama Ken
Japan

3.50-13

We hope you will write to us.You may

This little barrel stayed home

buy Aerograms

from the

Post Office

for 13c or send regular airmail, 25c

DUE TO TRAILER PROBLEMS VE STARTED

Late for Detroit,.but with God's helrr

arrived

ten minutes before the whare

house closed
for the
weekend. One
barrel
of books had an insecure lid

and will have to be shioned later.

per h ounce. If you desire

to

send

oackages, please mark them "unsoli

cited gift" so that we will not have
to pav import taxes. Please continue
to send contributions to our forward

ing address, c/o

Ronald Riddle.

"All the youth plus a few adults

helped decorate the
basement with
construction paper Japanese lanterns
and low tables with cushions

around

them to sit upon.

placed

The girls

served tea (hot or iced) from borrow

ed tea pots and we also tad a refresh
ment table of finger snack foods such
as fruit, relish trays and assorted
crackers etc.,all prettily arranged.
The girls also served
sugar coated
rice cereal in small bowls and plas
tic straws used as
Board of Directors of Wilkinson
Christian Mission to Jaoan

om NEW

OF DIRECTORS

substitute chop-

sticks. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed

it,, but the best part was the offer

ing we received to forward on to you,"

ON

October "^6, These men,all members of

the President Drive Church of Christ,

Cincinnati,, Ohio are (left to rl^ht)

Lee Houston, Ronald Riddle, L.Wilmer Van^uken, Lawrence (Bud)Downs,
Roy Moore, Thomas McClanahan, and

"May God continue to bless you in

your dedication to Him and speed you
on your way to your mission fieldl
Be assured our thoughts and prayers
and any money we can continue to send
will go with you,"
In His Service and Love,

Clarence Satterfield,Other members

Louise Mason, sponsor

not present are Robert Rutherford,

Claude Cravens, & Eugene Faulkner
Pegey and I are thrilled to have such
a group of dedicated Christian lead
ers working with us -men who want to

be personally involved in the Lord's

work, both at home and abroad.

West Side Youth Group

To the Youth Group of West Side,

Peggy and
I say Thank youl and may
The Lord help us all, whether young
or old,, to linger a little longer
with eyes fixed on fields white unto
harvest.

HERE IS \ LETTER WHICH BEGS

TO BE

shared with you,

In Christian love,

"Dear Mr. and Mrs, Wilkinson,

"At our September Linger Longer

Hour following the evening worship
service, the Youth Group of West Side
Church of Christ in Lebanon, Chic, CHRISTIAN MISSION TO JAPAN
BOX 14652
held an informal Japanese tea party,
in your honor. We received a
total
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45214
love offering of $ 33,40 to send you
toward your fund to enable you to go (request address correction)
to Jaoan,And we were further blessed
with one of the best turnouts for e-

vening services and the Linger Long

er Hour that West Side has

ever ex

perienced"

"The youth handled the worship sei>

vices also and did a very credible
job.
The girls dressed in kimonos
(home made style comprised of sheets
and bright colorful towels around
their waists and flowers in their
hair),"

Uon-^om Organzatlo.
U.S. Postage
PAID

Cincinnati,Ohio

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