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accidents
Frank Boyles’ sleepwalking,
54–55
John Brush’s
hammock accident, 53–54
Gene Howard’s
rope swing injuries, 74
Jean McGavran’s
swimming, 31
SEB’s javelin-throwing,
31, 155
servicemen’s
Jeep crash, 183, 183
Evans Wyatt’s
fall, 74
See also medical
problems
Aglar River Valley
(Himalayas), 122
Agra (India), 132
airplanes, 99,
100–101, 104, 179, 180, 216
Air Raid Precaution
(ARP), 150, 152, 153
Ajmer (India),
172, 177
Alley, Raymond,
160, 173
Allison, Leslie "Les," 132,
133, 159, 169, 173, 186, 189, 190, 192, 199
almira, 57, 129
Alter, Dr. & Mrs.
(D. Emmet), 124, 124, 142, 158
Alter, Margaret,
173, 199, 205
American Baptist
Foreign Mission Society, 3
American Boy magazine,
12, 87
American military
presence, 172, 178, 178, 179, 179, 183, 215
Amstutz, Beverly
Goenne
attending Woodstock,
45, 45, 120, 133, 159, 169, 170
dating, 134,
144, 145, 160
father in POW
camp, 151, 157–60
photos of, 45,
144, 168, 170, 178, 179, 192, 220
and SEB, 147,
168, 168, 169, 172, 191
swimmer, 148
traveling to
States, 185–86, 193–95, 199–204, 207–15
Amstutz, Bruce,
45, 120, 134, 148, 151, 157–59, 161, 192
Amstutz, Mrs.,
169, 177
Amstutz, Rev. Hobart,
45, 144, 151, 157–60, 177
Anderson, Mamie,
173
Andrews, C.F.,
138
Anglicans, 6–7,
11, 137
Anglo-Indian Institute
(Khargpur), 6
Anglo-Indians,
6, 36–37
animals
albatrosses,
115
barking deer,
73
beetles, 82,
83
black bears,
73
bullocks, 15
cattle, 122
civet cats, 73
geckos, 9
hawk-cuckoo (brain-fever
bird), 145–46
Himalayan black
bears, 73
Himalyan whistling
thrush, 53
horses, 12
Lammergeyer vulture,
53
langur monkeys,
50, 52
leeches, 53,
82
leopards, 73,
128
mouse deer, 98
mule train, 122,
123, 132
peacocks, 145
rats, 71
reindeer stag
beetles, 83
sea creatures,
23, 97, 98
snakes, 87, 98
spiders, 53,
130
stonecarrier
beetles, 83
tigers, 128–29
trumpet fish,
98
whistling thrush,
53
Antioch College
(Ohio, USA), 143
Archer, Bishop
and Mrs. (Methodist), 99
Assam (India),
178
Atkins, Peter and
B., 140
Au, Jackie, 144,
165, 169, 173
Auner, Cecil, 173
Aunt Jean. See
Humphrey, Myrtle Jeanette (SEB’s maternal aunt)
ayah, 2, 6, 12,
25
Azad Hind stamp,
176
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Bachelor, Dr. Mary,
24–25
Badley, Dana, 69,
72
Badley, Mr., 72,
124, 124, 126, 133
Bala Hissar School
(Landour), 64
Balasore (India),
21, 22, 137, 193
Bandarpunch Peak
(Himalayas), 51, 86
Bangalore (India),
151
Bangkok (Thailand),
181
Baptist Picnic
on Witch’s Hill, 146–47
Bapty, Miss Mary,
54, 165
barbers, 61, 88
Barrick, Margaret,
89
Bauman, Kenneth,
72, 76
bazaar, 6
Bean, Kathleen,
38, 40–41, 137, 153
Bean, Mrs., 153
Beckwith, Pamela,
89
beetles, 53, 82–83,
82–83
Belawan (Sumatra,
Dutch East Indies), 108, 111, 115
Bell, Bernard,
106–107, 162
Bell, Mr. (Willis
Bell’s father), 72, 151
Bell, Willis, 72,
133, 139, 146, 156, 156, 159, 160, 165, 168, 173
bell ringer, 143,
143–44
Benares excursion,
138–39, 140, 141
Bengal (India),
5, 16, 178
Bengal Nagpur Railway
(BNR), 4, 5, 5, 7, 42
Bengal Nagpur Railway
Hospital, 3
Bengal-Orissa Mission,
9, 31, 83, 157, 182
bera, 6
Bery, Kamala, 173
Bery, Nirmal, 81
Bhadrakh (India),
33
Bhimpur (India),
18, 29, 128
Bhubaneshwar (India),
34
"bicks",
58
bicycle adventures,
26, 27, 29, 138–39
Bihar hill country
(India), 54
Bilamoria family,
15
Bilaspur (India),
176, 196
birds, 53, 56–57,
115, 121, 145–46, 189
See also animals
Bishop, Charles,
161
Bishop, Evangeline "Vangie," 166,
173, 189
bisters, 53
Black Pagoda (Puri,
India), 32
Blakeney, Alfred,
129, 132, 145, 173
blimps (air patrol),
216
Block, Jack, 111,
113
bogies, 5, 155
Bombay (India),
5, 193, 196–98, 197
bonfire, 64, 169
Bourne & Shepherd
photography studio, vii, 42
Bowers, Mr., 124,
124, 126, 158, 165
Bowers, Mrs. (formerly
Miss Miller), 158
boxwalas, 61–62,
130, 131
Boyce, Edith, 89
Boyles, Frank,
54–55
Boy Scouts, 80–81
Brahmins, 163
Breach Candy Club
(Bombay, India), 196
Brighton Beach
(South Africa), 207
British India Steam
Navigation Company, 95, 96
British military
presence
Black Watch Regiment
(Scottish), 167, 183
Royal Air Force
(RAF), 178–79, 184, 185
Sappers and Miners,
146
Yorks and Lancs
Regimental Band, 149
Brock family, 72
Brooks, Betty Jeanne,
173
Brown, Irene, 37,
37
Brown, Lewin, 4,
36, 36–37, 37, 184, 196, 201
Brush, Cynthia
Irene (SEB’s daughter), 45, 123
Brush, Edwin Charles
(SEB’s father)
Bengal-Orissa
Mission, 7, 9, 11
Bombay farewell,
198–99
photos of, 3,
24–25, 40–41, 94, 182
Brush, Frances
Helen (SEB’s sister)
Benares excursion,
141
birth, 4
dating, 134,
160–61, 161, 184, 199, 201–2
at Judge Ellis’ tea,
120, 121
photos of, 10,
16, 38, 40, 93, 120, 136, 161, 172, 184
as SEB’s
spy, 133
singing and,
118–19
and Stanley’s
relationship, 107–8, 132
Tarzan game,
17
wedding game,
76
Brush, Grant (SEB’s
Great-uncle), 109
Brush, Harvie (SEB’s
uncle), 156
Brush, Helen Irene
Humphrey (SEB’s mother)
and Beverly Amstutz,
191
Co-Class Mother,
146
Hitler comment
by, 113
photos of, 2,
24–25, 40–41, 93, 182
walking the plank,
98
Brush, John (SEB’s
brother)
"Brushie," 87
at college, 101,
108, 161
hammock accident,
53–54
marriage, 108,
161–62, 162
pacifism, 108,
128, 161
photos of, 2,
10, 24–25, 38, 84, 88, 93, 162
Quaker, 108
senior protrait,
88
Brush, Stanley Elwood
academics, 55,
56, 84–85, 119, 133, 144
Beverly Amstutz
and, 147, 168, 168, 169, 172, 191
art editor, 133,
159
childhood, 2,
10, 11–14, 14, 15–16, 15–16, 55, 68
farewell, 168–69
Frances and,
107–8, 132
on furlough,
91, 93–95, 96, 97–117
and girls, 35–36,
87, 145, 166, 169, 172
graduation ceremonies,
169–71
jobs, 59, 119,
143, 143–44
pacifism of,
217
photos of, 2,
8, 10, 16, 27, 38, 40–41, 81, 84, 96, 104, 143, 168, 192
portraits, 142,
170, 195
sea travel, 185–86,
193–95, 199–204, 207–15
Senior Quintette,
165
skinny-dipping
in water tank, 12
social events,
120, 121, 168, 168
student government,
126, 126
travel obstacles,
186–95
youth, 27, 31,
35–36, 87, 89–90, 103–6, 127, 138–39, 148,
149, 155, 166
Brush, Victoria
Celeste (SEB’s daughter), 45, 123, 231
Bucknell University
(Pennsylvania, USA), 101, 107, 111, 165, 217
bugs, 53, 82, 83,
82-83, 130
See also animals
Buker, Raymond,
89
bullock carts,
14, 30
bungalow (Khargpur,
India), 8, 8, 10, 10–12, 18–19, 19
Buniya, 121
Bunyan, Colin,
35, 37
Bunyan, Mavis,
35, 37
Bunyan, Trevor,
35, 37
Burma, 97, 116,
120, 151, 157, 176–78, 181
Burmah Shell gas
station, 15
Burma Road (Burma-China),
136
Burma School Party,
120
bus transportation,
48, 49, 120, 135
Butcher, Dr. T.B.,
63
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cakewala, 131, 131
Calcutta (India),
4, 22, 42, 43, 117, 151, 157, 179, 183
Calvert System
correspondence course, 21
camping, 80–81,
145–46, 186–87
See also hiking
Canadian Pacific
Empress, 199
Cape Cormorin (India),
186
Cape Town (South
Africa), 113, 203–8, 209
castes, 33, 163,
164
Catholic Church
(Khargpur, India)), 6–7
CBI (Allied China-Burma-India)
theater, 178
Cecil Rhodes Estate
(South Africa), 113
Center for Hindu
Studies (Benares, India), 139
Chakulia airbase
(India), 16, 23, 172, 179, 180, 183, 184, 185
Chandipur (India),
23, 26, 29, 156, 224
Changi prison (Singapore,
Malaya), 177–78
chappatis, 53,
62
charcoal industry,
77, 79
Charnock, Job,
22
charpais, 145
chawkidar, 6
cheel, 189
Chicago Field Museum
(Illinois, USA), 57
China-Burma-India
(CBI) theater, 178
chits, 71
chokra, 147
choona, 13
choosnewalas (mangos),
84
Chowpatty Beach
(Bombay, India), 197
Chowringhee Road
(Calcutta, India), 43, 44
Christian Endeavor
(C.E.), 62–63, 125, 144
Chukkar, 49, 50–52,
78, 122, 168
chuppalis, 62
chuppati, 17
churches (Khargpur,
India), 6–7, 11, 137
See also Union
Church
Church of England
(Khargpur, India), 6–7, 137
Church of the Brethren,
72
"chut",
146
Cinnamon Tree (Landour),
77
Civilian Public
Service Camp (Iowa, USA), 108
class photos, 89,
125
clubs, 6, 99, 118,
137
cobblers, 61–62,
130
the Coffee House
(Lucknow, India), 189
College (girls’ dorm),
50, 59, 59, 159, 192
Collett, Judge
(Calcutta, India), 137
Collier, Captain
(Durban Sea Transportation Officer), 208
Colvin, Joyce,
89, 125
Conley, Keith,
89
Conrad family,
157, 176
"coolie",
123
Coraopolis (Pennsylvania,
USA), 91, 104, 106, 107
corporal punishment,
57, 61, 69
correspondence
courses (Calvert System), 21
Cox, Mr., 40–41
Cox, Mrs. (formerly
Mrs. Greenwood), 34, 35, 40–41
Crain family, 157
Cross, Nathanel "Nat," 144,
173
currency, 58, 119
Cuttack (India),
4, 33
cyclone (1942),
167, 167–68
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dakoos, 139
the Dalai Lama,
136
"dames," 87,
145, 166
dandis, 74, 123
Daniels, Miss Ruth,
182
Darjeeling (India),
19, 46, 153, 153
Darjeeling Himalayan
Railway, 154, 155, 155
"Darjeeling" Monica,
118
darzis, 61, 150
Das, Ranjit, 89
Dehra Doon Express,
193
Dehra Doon-Rajpur
Motor Road, 48, 49
"Desert Rats," 211
Devil’s Peak
(Cape Town, South Africa), 209
Devi, Narendra,
89
Dhobi Ghat (Landour),
61, 71, 149
dhobis, 61, 130,
131
diseases. See medical
problems
Dodi Tal lake (Himalayas),
86, 87
Dollar Steamship
Line, 95, 95, 97
Dom caste, 163,
164
The Domes bungalow
(Ajmer, India), 177
domestic servants,
2, 6, 6, 11–12, 17, 25, 60, 69, 102–3
doodhwala, 131
Doon Valley (India),
50, 50, 51
D’Sena family,
35
D’Souza family,
35
Dudhkundi (India),
181
Dunbar, Dr., 76
Dunn, Mrs. Gladys,
33, 182
Durban (South Africa),
203–8
Dye, Bill, 72,
146, 151, 178
Dye, Mildred "MIllie," 72,
125, 132, 133, 146, 173, 191, 192, 192, 199
Dyke, Betty, 89
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earthquake, 13
East India Company
trading post, 22
East India Railway
(EIR), 42
ebony, 29
EIR (East India
Railway), 42
ekkas, 141, 141
Eller, Mr. and
Mrs. (Lloyd and _), 21–22
Ellis, Judge Tom,
120, 121, 137, 153
erosion, 123, 129
Esplanade Road
YMCA (Durban, South Africa), 205
European Officer’s
Club (BNR), 6
"Europeans
Only," 6, 196, 207
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Faulkland Islands,
212–13
Firpo’s Restaurant
(Calcutta, India), 44
fish, 23, 97, 98
Fitzpatrick, Maggie,
173
Fleming, Mr. Robert,
Sr., 56, 56–57, 126, 162–65, 163
Fleming, Robert,
Jr., 163
flora, 50, 52,
53, 73, 82
foods
American (from
Chakulia air base), 185
"bicks",
58
candy, 62, 63,
112, 205
ghee, 37
Horlick’s
Malted Milk powder, 12
Hostel fare,
47, 58, 60, 61
ice cream, 44,
106, 113, 189
jams, 84
KLIM whole milk
powder, 12
Lyle’s Golden
Syrup, 12, 80
Marmite, 12
paratas, 37
ships’,
112, 208
special, 12
summer fruit,
83–84
tea, 13, 28, 30,
58, 62, 81, 113, 121, 189, 191
Forestry Institute
(Dehra Doon, India), 64
Forman Christian
College (Lahore, India), 177
Forman, Hugh, 89
Foster, Bruce,
81, 89, 125, 131, 132, 148, 173, 199, 205
Four Day Holiday,
64
Frances, Miss Vera,
55, 56, 60, 165
Friesen, Grace,
89
Friesen, Paul,
89
Frost, Eleanor, "Ellie," 22,
40, 120, 121, 131, 136, 137, 141, 147, 173
Frost, Mr. H.I.,
137, 182
Frost, Wilbur,
137, 185
furloughs
terms of service
and, 4, 91
in the Woodstock
School system, 22, 47, 55
1930-31, 93–95
1938-39, 18,
95–102, 96, 97–117
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Gamboe family,
176, 196
games, 127
badminton, 12
basketball, 148,
191–92
board, 212
capture-the-flag,
80
cards, 212
chariot race,
141
chessie fights,
73
field hockey,
147–48
gambling, 100
guli-dunda, 75
jump-the-back,
75, 75
kabuddee, 76
pea shooting,
160–61
piles of pine
needles, 72
ping pong, 33
rope swings,
74
ship deck, 212
sledding, 107
swimming, 31,
33, 99, 148
Tarzan game,
17
tennis, 12, 13,
85, 136
toboganning on
gravel landslides, 74
touch football,
132
wedding game,
76
whittling, 72
Gandhi, Mahatma,
82, 138, 166
Ganges River (India),
50, 86, 141
Gangotri (Himalayas),
86, 87
ganja, 123
Gateway of India
arch (Bombay, India), 197
Gatun Lake (Panama
Canal Zone), 214
Geary, Mr. Phillip,
182, 185, 185
Geary, Mrs. Henrietta,
182, 185, 185
George, Miss, 120
Ghaziabad (India),
132
Ghoom (India, DHR),
155
ghora-garee, 43
Gilson, Alice,
22, 24–25, 72
Gilson, Mr. John,
24–25, 72, 182, 193
Ginn, Mr., 126
goat’s urine,
61
godown, 12
Going-Down Day,
64–65, 90, 135
"going steady," 125–26,
134, 142, 161
Golden Arrow bus,
135
Golden Gate Bridge
(California, USA), 101
goods wagons, 5,
155
Graham, David,
161
Greenwood, Maureen,
34, 34, 38, 40, 89, 196
Greenwood. Mr.,
34
Greenwood, Mrs.
(later Mrs. Cox), 34, 35, 40–41
Greenwood, Sylvia,
34, 34, 38
grocery wars, 106
guavas, 83
Guest House at
Wellington Square (Calcutta, India), 42
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Hagreen, Pamela,
89
hailstorm, 129
Hall, Dr. Marian,
177, 177
Hampton Court School
(Landour, India), 81
Hanson, Bob, 76,
85
Hanson, Earl, 139,
140
Hanson family,
72, 85
Hanson, Stanley "Stan," 72,
85, 87, 89, 139, 140
Hardwar (India),
53, 64
Hari, Ved, 59,
89
Harrar, Hester
Humphrey (SEB’s maternal aunt), 94
Harrar, Rev. Dr.
Elwood, 3, 94
Harrer, Heinrich,
136
Harrison, Betty,
133
Hartley, Rev.,
143
Harwood, Mr., 188
Hathigarh (India),
30
Haunted House (Landour),
121, 168
hawk, 189
Hazrat Ganj (Lucknow,
India), 189
"heft",
146, 158
_, Hershel, 105
Heuterman, Dea,
111, 112, 116, 117
Heuterman, Mr.,
112
Heuterman, Mrs.,
111, 112, 117
Hezlep, Ernest,
153, 173
hiking, 63, 76–80,
87, 128, 153
See also camping
Hillman, Professor,
157, 177
Hill, Miss Grace,
182
Hitler, 113
Holm, Eleanor,
110
"Homeward
Bound" (song), 65–67
Hong Kong, 99
Hooghly River (India),
43, 44, 117
Hornby, Mr., 40–41
Hornsby-Smith,
F.C., 202
Hostel (boys’ dorm),
47, 56–59, 59, 60, 60, 61
houses, Landour
Ashton Dale,
130
Bramleigh, 72,
131
Doshisha duplex,
130, 130, 147, 159, 160, 168
Eastwood Cottage,
72, 85, 85
Eastwood Estate,
72, 130
Eastwood House,
129
Edgehill Villa,
131–32
Fern Oaks, 72
Fir Clump Cottage,
69, 70, 71, 73
Fir Clump House,
71, 72, 74, 76, 77-78
Redburn, 131
South Hill, 159,
169
Valley View,
149
Woodstock Cottage,
124
Howard, Dr. Randolph,
217
Howard, Eugene "Gene"
bicycle trips,
26, 29, 138–39
in Durban, 205
girlfriends,
22, 35, 38, 146–47, 186, 212
in Khargpur,
18, 120–21
in Landour, 131–32
the lasso and
the dog caper, 54
in Midnapur,
29–30
photos of, 27,
28, 40–41, 120, 156–57, 173
rope swing injury,
74
shooting guns,
156
traveling, 195,
199, 205
at Woodstock,
125, 132–33, 158–59, 165
Howard, Lee, 36,
40–41, 54, 118, 120, 120, 121, 126, 131, 132
Howard, Mr. John
A., 18, 34, 117, 136, 182, 195
Howard, Mrs. Grace,
18, 117, 182
Howrah Express,
54, 135
Howrah Station
(Calcutta), 7, 42, 43, 44, 117
huqqas, 123
Hume, Kathleen,
89
Humphrey, Mrs.
Minnie (SEB’s maternal grandmother), 90, 93, 93, 94, 106–7,
162
Humphrey, Myrtle
Jeanette (Jean) (SEB’s maternal aunt), 93, 93, 94, 106, 106–7,
217
hunting, 156, 186–87
Huston-Avis, Nurse,
3, 147
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Imperial Gazetteer
of India, 4
India independence
movement, 37, 81–82, 166, 166, 188
"Indian air" souvenirs,
21–22
Indian sociology
course and field trip, 162–65, 163–64
India TB Christmas
Seal fund, 177
Indus (the dog),
45
Ingle, Jai, 89
injuries. See accidents
"Inner Line" barrier,
87
Isaac, Donald,
89
Isabella Thoburn
College (Lucknow), 158, 189, 193
Italian POW camp,
151
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See also POW camps
Jabarkhet, 168
Jacob’s Ladder,
58
Jagannath Temple,
32, 33
Jama Masjid, 189
Jamshedpur, 5,
30, 183, 187
jangal, 145
Japan, 98, 101,
176
Jellasore, 30
Jhargram, 179
Johnson, Richard,
129, 165, 173, 186
Jordan, Professor,
188
Joshua, Mr., 188
Juhu Beach, 196
Jumna River, 50,
86, 87
Jumnotri, 87
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Kalaikunda, 181,
181
Kamakura Buddha
(Japan), 101
Kanchenjunga massif,
153, 153, 155
Karida bungalow,
18
Kasai River, 39
ferryman, 27
Sunday School
picnics, 39–42, 118, 152
Kashmir, 18, 63
Kathakali School
of Indian classical dance, 37
Keene, Mr., 82
Kelang River, 98
Kellogg Church,
49
Kelly, Miriam,
108, 161–62, 162
Kelly, Miss, 104
Kemti Falls, 129
khansaman, 6
Kharakpur, 4, 5
See also Khargpur
Khargpur
Anglo-Indian
Institute, 6
bungalow, 8,
8, 10, 10–12, 18–19, 19
war impact on,
135–36, 150–52, 157–58, 176, 178, 183
Khargpur
churches, 6–7,
11, 137
cyclone of 1942,
167, 167–68
demographics,
5–6
farewell, 195
source of name,
4
khud, 59, 73
Kincraig bus depot,
48, 49, 120
Kitchen, Mrs. Belle,
24–25, 29, 69, 72, 103
Kitchen, Dorothy,
24–25, 29, 69, 72, 103
Kitchen, Dr. Clayton,
24–25, 29, 72, 103
Kitchen, Gordon,
29, 72, 103, 103
Kitchen, Harold,
24–25, 29, 69, 72, 103
Klindworth, David,
104, 104, 105
Knapp, Miss Naomi,
182
Knox, Helen, 125,
174
Kobe (Japan), 101
Kodaikanal School
(Kodaikanal, South India), 46, 161, 186
koilawala, 78
Konarak, 34
Kruger National
Park (South Africa), 206
Kuala Lumpur (Malaya),
151
kundis, 78, 123,
123
kundiwala, 123
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Lacy, Elizabeth,
160, 193
Lacy, Hank, 160,
193
Lahore (India),
177, 221
Lal, Rani, 174
Landour (India)
bazaar, 51
climate for teenage
girls, 45–46
hillside communication,
71
houses (See houses,
Landour)
schools, boarding,
64, 81, 118, 148
(See also Woodstock School)
See also Mussoorie
landslides, 50,
60, 74, 129
langaras (mangos),
84
languages, 5, 9,
18
Latin lessons,
119
laundry day, 61
Laurence, Edwina "Chicken," 34,
34
Laurence, Gordon,
12, 34, 118
Laurence, Mr. and
Mrs., 37, 37
Laurence, Patricia "Bobbie," 34,
34
Laurence, Zoe,
34
Lee Memorial Girls
School (Calcutta), 42
LeFevre, Mr., 206,
208, 212
Lewis, David, 89
Linden, Dorothy
Jean, 174, 199, 206
litchis, 83
Lloyd Triestino
Line, 95
Loader, Harley,
174
Loehlin family,
99–100
Loehlin, John,
100, 165, 169, 174, 199, 205, 218
Lone Tree on Witch’s
Hill, 146
Long, Adela, 24–25,
29, 54, 99
Long, Judson, 24–25,
29
Long, Mabel, 24–25,
29, 99
Long, Mary, 24–25,
29, 99
Long, Mr. Herbert,
29, 128, 182
Long, Paul, 24–25,
29, 54
loose lips sink
ships, 204
Louch, Charles,
81
Lucknow (India),
139, 140, 158, 186, 189, 189, 192, 193
Lucknow Christian
College, 186, 187–89, 188, 192
Lyle’s Golden
Syrup, 81
Lyttle, Miss, 34,
35
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Madras (India),
4–5
Magestic cinema,
62
maidan, 6, 43,
179
Malabar Hill (Bombay,
India), 197
Malacca (Malaya),
98
Malaya, 98, 114,
115, 150, 151, 157, 177
Malaya School Party,
151
mali, 6
Maloney, Fr., 137
mangos, 83-84
Manry, Dorothy,
174
maps
Bengal-Orissa
region, 20
Capetown Castle
route, 215
Darjeeling region,
154
Landour/Mussoorie
region, 48
northern India
train routes, 191
southern Africa
route, 209
southern Indian
Ocean route, 203
Straits of Magellan
route, 212
Straits of Malacca
route, 98
Tehri Garhwal
region, 86
USAAF air bases,
179
Marley, Miss Vera,
55, 56, 90, 119, 144, 158, 193, 218
Marmagao (Portugese
Goa), 194
maulvi, 184
McCabe, Andrew,
89
McCulloch, Mr.
Leonard, 126, 158, 158
McGavran, Helen,
30–31, 89, 125, 160, 174
McGavran, Jean,
30, 31, 89, 125, 158, 160, 174
McGee, Miss Mary,
55
McKees Rocks, 217
McLaughlin, Kay,
140
medical problems
acne, 127
boils, 61
cataracts, 187,
187
diphtheria, 147
disfigured beggars,
33
fungal lung infection,
99
jock itch, 61
measles, 76,
147
mumps, 132
See also accidents
Mehta, Dinshaw,
132, 174
memsahibs, 137
Mercer, Bertha,
103
Mercer, Charley,
103
Mercer, Florence,
103
Meridian Day, 100
Methodist Annual
Conference (Lucknow) youth, 140
Methodist, Robinson
Memorial building, 196, 197
Meyer, John, 186
Midnapur (India),
4, 28, 29–30, 138, 167
military presence.
See American military presence; British military presence; war impact
Millen, Mr., 56,
56, 80
Miller, Margaret,
125, 126, 126, 131, 134, 142, 174
Miller, Miss (later
Mrs. Bowers), 158
Miraflores Locks
(Panama), 214
Mission Girls School
(Midnapur), 138
Mission Technical
School (Balasore), 193
mochis, 61–62,
130
Moffatt, Betty,
197
Moffatt, Mr., 198,
199
Moffatt, Peggy,
89, 125, 132, 148, 148, 158, 174, 199, 203, 205
Mona Passage (Caribbean),
216
monsoon season,
70, 82, 115
Moradabad (India),
151, 157, 159, 192–93
Morrison, Nellie,
152
movies, 6, 59,
62, 207, 210–11
Mow, Lois, 89
Mt. Everest, 153,
153
Mt. Hermon School
(Darjeeling), 19, 46, 153
Mt. Katahdin (Maine,
USA), 109, 110
mufassil, 18
Mumby, Winston,
72, 81, 125, 132, 133, 148, 174, 192
music, 127, 160,
162, 165
See also songs
Mussoorie (India),
19, 47–48, 49, 64, 81, 148, 166
Mutiny of 1857, 189
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Nagpur (India),
5, 129
Nag Tibba Range
(Himalayas), 51
Napolean, 113
narangis (oranges),
84
Nath, Lilla, 174
National City Bank
of New York (Calcutta), 42
Naug family, 35
Nave, Robert, 72,
126, 139, 140, 141, 142
Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal,
82, 149, 166
New Market (Calcutta),
44
New Year’s
Tennis Club Tea, 118
New York World’s
Fair, 110
Nicodem, Frank,
89
Nicodem, Harold,
174
nimbupanis, 31
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Oak Grove School
(Landour), 64
Officers’ Club
(Khargpur, India), 38, 137
Olmstead family,
177
Orissa (India),
178
Osgood, Mr. and
Mrs. (William and Jane), 30, 182
Outram Ghat, 117
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Pace, John, 72,
89, 132, 139
pacifism, 55, 108,
128, 161, 217
"Padre," 7
Palmer, Mr. and
Mrs.(Dr. Allen and Irene), 205
Panama, 214
Panama Canal, 214
Pandit, Mrs., 149
Pandora (giant
panda), 100–101, 101, 147
Pari Tibba. See
Witch’s Hill
Parker Hall, 58
Parker, Mr. and
Mrs., 63, 89, 147
partition politics,
37, 81–82, 166, 166, 188
Patterson, Mrs.,
151
peacock ground
orchid, 52, 53
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii,
USA), 150
Penang (Malaya),
98, 114, 115, 150, 151
Peterson, Lt. Warren,
184, 218, 222
Peterson, Mrs.,
129
petrol, 15
Phillips, Jeremiah,
9, 29
Phillips Memorial
Church, 8, 9
See also Union
Church
Pickens, Arlene,
126
Pickett, Bishop
and Mrs., 72, 116, 129, 169, 198
Pickett, Doug,
73
Pickett, Margaret,
140, 174, 192
Picture Palace
cinema, 62
Pitman shorthand
system, 188
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania,
USA), 105
Plomer, Mr., 38,
38
poem, 230
politics
Indian independence,
37, 81–82, 166, 166, 188
war, 108, 118 (See
also war impact)
Porter, Mr. and
Mrs., 111, 113
porters, 49, 74,
78, 120, 123
Port Swettenham
(Malaya), 98
POW camps, 136,
146, 151, 157–60, 177, 211, 221
prayer flags, liberated,
155, 156
pukka, 164
Punta Arenas Bay
(Chile), 212–13, 213
Puri (India), 31,
32, 33
pushtas, 129
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Quadrangle, The,
218
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racial issues,
6, 99, 113, 183, 196, 205–7
radio (shortwave),
127
Railway Market
(bazaar), 6
railways. See trains
and stations
Rangoon (Burma),
96, 97, 120, 151, 157, 176, 181
Reinoehl, Mrs.,
99
Report of Birth
of Children born to American Parents (Form No. 240-Consular), 3
Reynolds, Virginia,
174
Rialto Cinema,
59, 62
rice paddies, 122
Rickard, Sam, 148
rickshaws, 124,
124, 206
Riddle, Peter,
81, 89, 125, 128, 134, 144, 174
Ridgewood (younger
boys’ dorm), 59, 161
Rijk, Captain,
111, 112
ritual impurity,
33
Roadarmel, Carolyn,
19, 19, 40–41, 172
Roadarmel, Gordon,
19, 19, 40–41
Roadarmel, Mr.
Charles "Roadie," 18–19, 19
Roadarmel, Mrs.
Ethel, 18–19, 19, 40–41, 172, 182
Roadarmel, Norman,
19, 19, 40–41, 117
Rockey, Bishop
Clement, 72, 139, 139, 153
Rockey, Harold "Hal," 72,
139, 140, 141, 153, 188
Rockey, Ken
academics, 165
on Benares trip,
139, 140
photos, 139,
140, 174
renting watch
to SEB, 143, 143–44
on Sandakphu
trip, 153, 155
travel obstacles,
186, 199, 205, 206
at Woodstock,
125, 131
Rockey, Lee, 72,
139, 140, 141, 153
Rockey, Mrs., 72,
116, 138, 139, 141, 153, 186, 191
Roga family, 35
Roga, Sylvia, 17,
35
Roman Catholic
Church (Khargpur), 6–7
Root, Charles,
58, 81, 89
Root, Steven, 81
Royal Air Force
(RAF), 178–79, 184, 185
See also British
military presence
Royal Indian Navy
gunner range, 23
Rugg, Jean, 72,
85
Rugg, Mr., 72,
138
rusgullas, 30
Ryburn, Helen,
174
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Saigon (French
Indo-China), 181
Sandakphu trek,
153, 153, 154, 155, 156
Santal people,
29
Sarnath (India),
141
Sat Tal (Himalayan
resort), 63
scandal with Mrs.
S—, 35
schools, 19, 37,
42, 46, 64, 81, 118, 138, 148, 153, 158, 177, 189, 193
See also Woodstock
School
school travel parties,
47, 53–54, 120, 120, 122, 151
Scott, Isobel,
174
sea travel, 185–86,
193–95, 199–204, 207–15
servants, household,
2, 6, 11–12, 17, 25, 69, 102–3
Shantipur thatch-roofed
houses, 16, 23
Sharan, Hari (photographer),
88
sharifas (custard
apples), 84
Sherwood, Dr.,
177
shikar, 187
ships
British India
Steam Navigation Company, 95, 96
Canadian Pacific
Empress Line, 199
Dollar Steamship
Line, 95, 95, 97
Ehrenfels (German),
194
Lloyd Triestino
Line, 95, 99, 108
M.V. Capetown
Castle, 210, 213
M.V. Japara,
108, 111, 111–13, 114, 115, 116
Q.S.M.V. Dominion
Monarch, 200, 200–203, 202
R.M.S. Samaria,
95
Shaw Savill Line,
200
Sirdhana, 117
S.S. City of
Nagpur, 95 (caption)
S.S. Conte Biancamano,
99, 99
S.S. Egra, 115–16,
116, 117
S.S. Karagola,
97, 100, 114
S.S. Karoa, 114,
115
S.S. Majestic,
92
S.S. Mashobra,
92
S.S. Orbita,
208
S.S. President
Cleveland, 99–100, 147
Union-Castle
Line, 210
shortwave radio,
127
Shull, Gordon,
89
Shwedagon Pagoda
(Rangoon, Burma), 96, 97, 97
Siliguri (India),
155
Silver Jubilee
(1935), 81, 197
Silver "W," 148
Singapore (Malaya),
96, 99, 120, 151, 158, 177–78, 181
Singh, Harjit,
89
Singh, Lal (the
butcher), 130
Singh, Sirjit,
175
Siwalik Hills (India),
50, 51
sleepwalking, Frank
Boyles’, 54–55
Smiley, David,
89, 125, 132, 175, 199
Smith, Lloyd, 148
snakes, 23, 25–26,
98, 150
Snake Temple (Malaya),
98
Somir (bearer),
138
songs
Fleming’s,
162, 165
"God Save
the King," 82
"Homeward
Bound" (song), 65–67
"Land of
Hope and Glory" (Elgar), 81
"My Country, ’tis
of Thee," 82
on Rockey’s
roof, 191
Speers, C., 89
Sports Day, 31,
64, 132, 142, 148
Stalactite Cave,
77
Stanley, Iva, 3,
108, 110
"steadies," 125–26,
134, 142, 161
Steele, Tony, 175
Stephens, Lt. (Base
Provost Marshal), 183
Stewart, Douglas "Doug," 131,
175
Stewart, James,
81, 89, 131
St. Fidelis School
(Landour), 64, 148
St. Georges School
(Landour), 64, 148
Stoner, Miss, 55
Strait, Betty,
126
Straits Settlements,
95
See also Malaya
Stuntz, Betty,
72, 133, 175, 199, 205
Stuntz, Homer,
69, 72
Subarnarkha River
(India), 26, 27
Sulphur Spring,
77, 78, 80, 110
Sumatra (Dutch
East Indies), 111, 115
Summers, Mr. and
Mrs., 193
Sunny View bus
depot, 49
Sun Temple (Konarak,
India), 34
Supplee, Jean,
147, 175, 186, 199, 202, 205, 212
Sutton family,
157
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Table Mountain
(Cape Town, South Africa), 208, 209, 210
Tagore, Rabindranath,
137–38, 138
tailors, 61–62
Tait, Mr., 208
Taj Mahal (Agra,
India), 132
Tata, Jamshedji,
30
Tata Steel Mills
(Jamshedpur, India), 30, 161
Taylor, Mr. Theophilus
Mills, 55, 56, 80
Taylor’s Flat,
64
tea shops, 28,
30, 62, 81, 113, 189, 191
Tehri Garhwal (India),
50, 86
Tehri Road, 49,
50, 78, 121–23, 129, 130
telegram, 194,
195
Templin, Elizabeth "Liz," 133,
159, 160, 175, 191
Templin, Mrs.,
159
Ten Day Holiday,
63, 87, 129, 145
thatch-roofed buildings,
16, 23, 184
The Woodstock Tiger,
133, 133
Thomas, Lowell,
34
Thompson family,
72, 193
Tierra del Fuego
(Chile), 212
tigers, 128–29
tiktikis, 9, 11
Tilda (India),
186
Tinian Island (Pacific),
181
tiparis (gooseberries),
84
Titus, Carol, 89,
140, 192, 205
Titus, Mr., 206
tourist cabins,
94, 109
Townsend, Mr.,
86, 87
Toy Train (DHR),
154, 155, 155
trains and stations,
44
Bengal Nagpur
Railway (BNR), 4, 5, 7, 42
Bombay Mail,
44
Calcutta Mail,
198
clergy discount,
9, 44
Darjeeling Himalayan
Railway (DHR), 154, 155, 155
Dehra Doon Express,
120, 193
from Dehra Doon
to Mussoorie, 47
EIR (East India
Railway), 42
Howrah Express,
54, 135
Howrah Station
(Calcutta), 7, 42, 43, 44, 117
John’s hammock
accident, 53–54
Khargpur Junction
after the cyclone, 167, 168
Madras Mail,
44, 117
narrow-gauge
train (DHR), 154, 155, 155
politics and,
166
Punjab Mail,
151
Ramrajatola,
138
routes to Ajmer
(map), 191
school travel
parties, 47, 53–54, 120, 120, 122, 151
and site of Sunday
School picnic, 39, 42, 152
Toy Train (DHR),
154, 155, 155
war production
of, 136
Tucker, Anne, 175
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Unadilla Forks (New
York, USA), 9
Union Church (Khargpur,
India), 151
after the cyclone
of 1942, 167
description,
8, 9, 10
servicemen at,
178, 179, 183, 185
Sunday School picnics,
39, 39, 39–42, 41, 118, 152
US Army Air Force,
178, 179, 182
Ushagram (India),
139
US Navy, 216
Uttar Kashi (India),
86, 87
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Vaugh, Dorothy,
175, 199
Velge, Eileen,
151, 177
Velge, Mrs., 157,
177
Verenieux, Ronnie,
152
Victoria Terminus
(Bombay, India), 198, 198
Vimto, 62
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Walsh, John, 118
Ward Memorial Church
(Khargpur, India), 17–18
war impact
Air Raid Precaution
(ARP), 150, 152, 153
American military
presence, 172, 178, 178, 179, 179, 181, 183, 215
on Bay of Bengal
coastline, 150–51, 157
British military
presence, 146, 149, 167, 178–79, 183, 184, 185
on Calcutta,
151
on Khargpur,
135–36, 150–52, 157–58, 176, 178, 183
letters, radio,
127–28
military cemetery,
181, 181
political tensions,
96, 98, 99, 101, 108, 116
POW camps, 136,
146, 151, 157–60, 177, 211, 221
sea travel, 185–86,
193–95, 199–204, 207–15
on travel, 185–86,
193–95, 199–204, 207–16
on Union Church,
135–36, 178, 182, 183, 183
on Woodstock
School, 141
Waring, Fred, 110
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