Yesterday we spent time with Majors Colin and Hazel Smith. They are members of the Adelaide Congress Hall Band. The majority of the bandsmen left on Sunday night for Adelaide, but the Smiths chose to stay for a few extra days.
We took them to see The Salvation Army's former Headquarters building at Clemenceau Avenue. Now it houses the Chicago Booth Management Institute. The visit brought back memories for the Smiths lived here in the early 1970's when Colin served in the Australian Forces. They lived in Seletar. At one time he was the acting Bandmaster of the Singapore Central Corps Band. We were then the Corps Officers (pastors) The family were very involved in Corps activities.
While they were here in Singapore, I enrolled two of their boys as junior soldiers.
We went to Plaza Singapura for our lunch at Kopitiam. From there at their request we took Bus No 162 to our present Headquarters and Central Corps. There we toured the building and spent some time with the folk at THQ.
It was a tour down memory lane. Our lives have been enriched by folk like the Smiths who came to work our country. They loved and worked well with local folk. I recall the day when they were leaving the youngest son cried and refused to leave the building. He threatened to run away and hide somewhere in Singapore and not go back with their parents to Australia!
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