At 8:46 AM -0400 9/27/12, LAURELCG@aol.com wrote:
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In the San Francisco House, 1970-71, Ellery acquired
some bamboo poles and taught the kids a Philippino game kind of like
jump rope, but jumping between the poles as they were clapped together
in rhythm. She was very good at it.
I believe she and her parents didn't get
evacuated for 2 or 3 years after the war broke out. They were
hidden from the occupying Japanese army by local folks in
the crawl space under the house until smuggled out on a submarine and
taken to Ayers Rock (?) in Australia. Maybe Jon can elaborate. I
believe her father wrote a book about it.
I feel privileged to have been acquainted with these
two heroines.
Jann McGuire
Jann, thank you for
reminding me where I first met Ellery and Tony, is was in the San
Francisco House! I drove up there almost weekly for meetings of
various kinds. One night I was so exhausted from long days of teaching
and driving to the S.F. House so often, I nearly drove off Highway
280! (I also almost fell asleep reading a book to my 5th graders--not
cool!)
I remember when
Ellery and Tony came to Kemper, but I have no idea what year that
was.
Ruth
Landmann
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