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CHANNONS from page 2 had nine children: Hiram Bingham, William Perkins, Irving M., Jr., Stephen L., Paul, Mary, Lillian, Estella Mau and Grace Morrison. Hiram Bingham Channon who passed away on Jan. 19, 1974, was born in Kusaie in the Caroline Islands on July 15, 1984 and graduated from Oberlin College in 1918. He received his A.B. in 1926 from the Harvard Medical School and served 20 years in the Army’s Ordnance Reserve Corps until 1939, retiring with the rank of major. He worked for the Virginia Smelting Com-


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with her sweet, thoughtful, motherly ways, her ready wit and her beauty of Christian character.” “From the start, the Bible School’s relationship to Silli-


man Institute was close” as a later account put it, “but it was not clearly defined for many years.” In 1935, the Bible school was renamed the College of


Theology and while it operated under Silliman’s institution- al authority, it was without governmental recognition or supervision. By 1965, the college became known as the Divinity School to reflect its status as a seminary offering bachelor of divinity degrees.


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References: Carson, Arthur L., “Silliman University, 1901-1950‖ Lauby, Paul , Udarbe, Proceso U., Lauby, Jennifer L., ―Clouds by Day and Fire by Night: The Silliman Story” Tiempo, Edilberto K., Maslog, Crispin C., Sitoy, T. Valenti- no, Jr., ―Silliman University 1901-1976‖ The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin , Ohio


Readers’ Feedback The mention of those familiar names brings back pleas-


First Graduating Class: (l-r standing): Alfonso Quinones, Florencio Tubongbanua, Adriano Santiago, Silvestre Buntuyan, Isidoro Antivo and Faustino Gicain; Seated: Rev. Irving Channon, Dr. David Hibbard and Mrs. Mary Channon.


pany for 35 years and lived in San Diego with wife Helen Spare and his family since his retirement in 1960. Irving Monroe Jr. (wife Ruth Mount) was born in Kusaie on Jan. 24, 1902. After his graduation from Oberlin College in 1925, he pursued further studies at Western Reserve and Indiana University. He held a vari- ety of positions as salesman, manager and superintendent for varie- ty stores in Detroit, Chicago and California and passed away on August 25, 1982 in Escondido, CA. .William Perkins Channon was born on December 14, 1890,


attended Oberlin High School, received his A.B. (Sociology) from Miami University in 1933, an A.B. degree in education from Cedar- ville College (1948) and pursued additional studies at the Bone- brake Theological Seminary. William served as a minister with the Miami, Ohio Conference of EUB Churches from 1928 to 1955, was dean of the Baptist Leadership Education Institute in Southington, Connecticutt in 1958 and served as a supply pastor for the South- ington Council of Churches and the New Haven Association of Connecticut Baptists. William died Dec. 15, 1976 in Brooklyn, Connecticut. Rev. and Mrs. Channon spent their retirement years in the States,


where Rev. Channon died on Nov. 1, 1942 and Mrs. Channon on November 18, 1957. A tribute which appeared in the Philippine Presbyterian declared: ―A host of friends will miss Mrs. Channon


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ant memories and keeps us feel young. … No secret. It keeps me close to Silliman, my first home, the place I love so much. …I lost contact with Mrs. Mack after I had left for Butuan in 1961. I was told that at the time of Dr. Mack's accident, Nang Minnie Magdamo was badly affected. In- stead of she consoling Mrs. Mack, it was the other way around… Mrs. Mahy and I wrote each other for sometime after


both of us had left Dumaguete. Somehow our communica- tion bogged down. The next thing I knew was that she had graduated to heaven. But I'll forever remember her, what with the piano in our sala! When she told the DYSR family that they would go on a long furlough (for good na diay tuh), I immediately signed up as the prospective buyer of her piano and she did reserve it for me. After that, many approached her about it, but naka una man si Tellie. Other things which I bought from her were the Caliphone phono- graph .... and Dr.Mahy's bicycle …or was it Nang Minnie Magdamo who bought the bike? Another lady I will never forget is Mrs. Thelma Apple-


ton who gave me a piano scholarship when I was in second year high school. …And I'm really grateful to Mrs. Apple- ton who gave me the opportunity to learn the basics. All the rest was self-study.


Esther “Tellie” Magdamo Amante Silliman University Alumni and Friends


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