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PERSONALIA

Reports have been received of the safe arrival in Arabia of Rev. and
Mrs. F. J. liarny, Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Bilkert, Miss Mary C. Van
l’elt and Rev. and Mrs. G. U. Van Feursem.

They may be addressed al llie following stations:

Rev. and Mrs. F. J. liarny, Bahrein, Persian Gulf;
Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Bilkert, Basrah, Mesopotamia;
Miss Mar)' C. Van Pelt, Kuweit, Persian Gulf;
Rev. and Mrs. G. D. Van Peursem, Maskat, Arabia.
Dr. and Mrs. Cantine had the pleasure of welcoming some of these
returning missionaries as they passed through Baghdad on their way to
their respective Stations.

Dr. and Mrs. Paul W. Harrison welcomed a little daughter, Dorothy,
into their home on December 13th. Their address for the present
will be Kuweit, Persian Gulf.
Mrs. Sharon J. Thoms sailed from New York, January 3, 1925. She
is expecting to travel overland by motor caravan from Beirut to Bagh­
dad. Mrs. Thoms has been loaned by the Arabian Mission to the United
Mission in Mesopotamia to help in the establishment of a Girls’ School
at Baghdad, and may be addressed care American Mission, Baghdad,
Mesopotamia.

The Rev. S. M. Zwemer sails from New York for Cairo on the S.S,
Berengaria on February 7, 1925, after having carried a strenuous pro­
gram of visits to Churches and Societies of the Reformed C hurch in
America, Ijoth East and West. After spending two months in Cuiru, bt
will proceed on a long anticipated visit to South Africa in the further
study of the great Moslem problem as it relates to Christian Mission*.
The Rev. and Mrs. John Van Ess and Miss Sarah L. llosmon will
return to America on furlough in the Spring of 1925.

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