_ E (Education and Social servie~s)2 (R.ligion)

1 Februa17 1947 Vajuro Dlst .

(a) All churches are protestant and under the superviSion of the BostonWissionary Society. Church servi ces are held on all the populated islands and wherethere is no pastor a native lay-preacher or "dea con" holds the meet ing . JUss EleanorWilson , the only missionary in th" area , lett on. 5 J anua ry and a definite date or herreturn is not known ,

(b) There are no church schools am the evening Engl i s h classes c onduct ed byWiss Nilson at Kajuro (Laura) Island have been discontinued pending her return.

(e) The relat ions ~tween Military Governmen t an d )lias Wilson continued. t o provesatisfRctory during her stay. The Varshallese Church Conference, an event held BveI")'"two years , eoneened on 21 Deceabe r- and adjourned on 5 January. Ililitary Government ...cooperated lIholehe.artedly with the f urn i shing or transportation tor the delegates to thisconference . Otticers attended lIlost of the sessions and the Conmander , Jlarshalls Sub­Area , start Wilitary Government ot fice rs and ot ticers trom the Uajuro Unit _ere inat~ndance at the closing day exer cises and ordination ceremonies tor native pastors .At t er the ceremonies Miss Wilson, a nd Dr . Clarence Gillette , also a Boston MissionBoard representative along nth about 20 Warshallese delegates, were f lawn to 11nljalein.The Rev . caleb , n~t1ve minister on Majuro , said that Kis9 Wilson would return about thefirst of April .

E (Education and2 (Religion)

Soc ial Ser vi cee ) 1 March 1947 Majuro Diet .

The adult school on Laura Island , formerly taught by MlsB Eleanor Wilson ,the mi s s i onar y, now a~ay froe this area, 18 being taught by the teachersof the elementary em 001 there . This proj ect 18 one of their own under­taking and ehowe the development of individual i~itiative. Practically allof the ministers and delegates to the Marshallese Church Conference , whichended 5 January , have been re t urn ed to their h e islands with a few etragglers planning to leave on the native 8chooner Mera when it visits MaJuroearly in March .

1 April 1947• (Education and Soei~ S~rviees )2 (Religion)

(a) ~o changp • See January Report NO.2 .

lIa juro Ou t .

(b) The students in the Teacher Train ing School a r e c repa r-tng several Englishand V.arshalle se hymns for Easter services . The pr-ograa Will b~ recorded if t he avail­able equiJlllent can be made to function by that time. Nat ives have made r ani d strid:esin sing5ng knerica.n songs end H k't tbem very much. It is r~lt t hAt much progress canbe eade toward t.eech ng them English words through aus Ic , Th~y have excellent naturalv oi ces an d }m01' how to read music well. A number of singing tests have been held dur ingthe month . Nat ives at the Labor Camp Majuro have been taking an active part i n thecha pel s ervices at NAF and on Sunday )larch 30 conducted t he services i n its Mtirety.There are no church schools in this c o:rrnand and frem all reports th"! missionary tennerlyl ocated here, Miss Eleanor Wils on , plans t o remain on Kusaie tor sane t1.me.

(c) Military Government enjoys pleasant relations with the religious e keeent.through out all the a t olls . 7ull cooneration is given all religious groups ( 99 percent being or the Boston J:iss i on) an::!. since the Yarshallese Church Conference the

nat i ve ministers have had b gher- regard tor the r ar t YUitary Government is play; ngi n the life of the area. Of fi cers t rspr-eeeed the de l ""ga u .., and m1 n:l sters and f oundthat it proved highly benefic ial. Every effort was made by Ililitary Government not

to imitate th~ methods employed by t he J aoanese t o d omi.na te the con!'~rence and i nf U t r at eal l poli t i cal and econce ac aspects of the culture of th e aan1n1s t rat or s . With Americanmis sionaries present th i s was not necess ary.

'~~qEduca tion and Socia l Serv ce ). Rel i gion )

1 Jul y 1947 Ma juro Dia t .

(a ) Denomi na t ion, number and l oc a t i on of chur ches , narr~ s o fmi s s ionaries , e t c . -

By f ar the great e s t ma jor i ty of the peopl e in thi s area bel ongto the Native Mar sha l les e Church which derives its background tromt he Boston Mi s s ionary Soc i ety . Sc attered here and t her e are per hapsthi r t odd a t t h e most who prof e s s the Roman Catholic Faith , and~ny of them trac e their early r eligious tra n ng to Liki ep Atol lwher e mo s t ~t the RorrAn Catholics o f the 'ar shal l s ar e lo c a t ed .

Ever~ vill age i n the area has i ts own ~hurch a t rmich servicesare he l d at a mln~ of three t l r.es weeklj and orten cor e . Fouror da i ned n stars se~/e the f i ve atolls . Church e lder s howev erc onduct the services of t he oth er churche s In the abs enc e o f a~lnl s ter . Church Is an l cpor tant cottmUn l ty f ea ture to the nat i vesand fI l ls a lar e par t of thei r s oc i al cul t ur e . Grea t pr i de I s takenIn the e di f i c e and it Is not unusual to find i t the larges t and fines tbuil di ng in the v i l lage .

~l s 8 El inor 1150n of the Bo s ton ls s1 0nary Soc iet1 under theAmerican Board of .i s s i on. recent l y r eturned t o this area atter anextended tour o f the Car o1 i ne s starting l a s t January 5th . Her r e turnon the 26th or June was welco~ed by the na tive peop l e a s she is h ighl ythought of and wel l l i ked . She is l oca t ed a t Ma juro Island . a juro Atoll .

r"""'==-l1.:~------------·'I;-July 19~7 .!a juro Di s t .

Fa ther Vincent I . Conelli Rev S. J I , J esuit Li ss 10nary an dApos to l i c Adoi nis trn tor of t he Car ol ines nnd t he Yar shal l Islandsvi s Ited her e on t he 12th of Apr 1 . He he ld a wel~ o~ed s ervic e £ar t hepe op l e h ere , and . di scus sed the church ne ~ d8 of tho s e i n at tendanc e .Thi s was also a Dar t of his i nspe c t i on of t he Southe aster n sha l l aan d the Gi l be r t I s lands .

(b) Church School s :Prior t o the r e turn of Mi s s Wi l s on 1here has be en no chur ch

schools In opera t ion s i nc e her depar t ur e as no t ed above . Howeve r ,she wi l l 8 0 0 n r esume h er clas s es I n BIb le s t udy and Adult Engl i sh a tUa juro Is land.

(c ) HeLa t i ons 1>'1 th usm:Gu :The presence of a sslonary in the area has been of gr eat

h elp to -111t ary Gover nr.en t . As th e ~otlv o 8 and objectives of :1 1 1t~J

Gov er nmen t an d t h e church ar e sl!D llar I n r e s pec t to work ing f or th ebe t t erment of the na tiv e people the c los e s t harmony and cooperation hasexi s t ed . Ui s s "i 1son has i n t he pas t been of great as s i s tanc e i nbr ngi ng Engl ish ns truction to t he adult gro~ps of ' Juro Vi llage , andi n offer i ng home economi c s traini n t o the t e en a e irls outs i de ofregu lar s chool hours . The nature of hfr wor k i s such as t o br ing s ti ­mul a t ion to th e church nor k i n the area . A communi t y f or med aro und andgu ide d by an ac tive church i s al ways t he bett er for a l l c onc erned .

1 October 1947 Maj 'lTO met.

~eli,lon

Ca l Den CIDl na ti on, number and location of ehurches, neJl1ft8 o~ missionaries etc. - Thecommenta made in reference ( 1') Ter.lain ;:a-etty :nJch the aame . l,(lee Elinor 1'1180n . )11.,.1008ry. d e~rted this ~Tea on 18 Sept. ~or Tnuk where lhe_ will aaalst Dr . Gillette, a 180of the Am~r board of Missione. She f'lJrt1'J:l r expectt to be on hand ~or the r89P"m.n&: ofthe mia.ion School at Kuaate . Her plana cal l fo r hf'Jr r e turn to Majuro sometime in. Dec.

Marehftlh e8 church aeniee_ are hel d each Sunday 1n the baae ChatJl'l . Severalof the bue -.:n r.anne l Rnd de;Jl"~f'Jnt f'l'U:lll1ea atten4 quite regularly and thoroly enjoythe aerYlee. . The n~tiY8 :R~tor f rom Majuro l e l and conducts about one service a oonthand local Ill)" leadftr8 lulndle the otht! re.(b) Church 8choola- With thft de parture o~ ~1.8 111lon .11 church achool work ha. cea.ed.Th~re are no formal Mis slon Schoole 1n the Majuro Distri ct. ( c) Rolatione with C1vAdm­rull coopl'"ration. hRs been &ivft!'l. tlv'l church nrogram 1n th1B area, parti cularly in respectto mAintiring church structure. . As .ntioned above tM Atoll p".8t or v1eite the b••e.,?r0x . OM8 each ['lonth to 11Ol c! .ervice. for the nAtive. em.ployed by CivAch. Relation.have been moat cord1al 1n all reapl'lcta . Churches 1n the f1eld are now well eat.abllahedand an 1mpo!"tnnt j)f\rt 0'" flitch cO!llMuni ty .

E (Education &Soci al Serviees )2 (Roll don)

1 J an 4A (Rop . 7 ) Ma j uro Distr1ct

(a) Denominati on , number and location of churehes, n8~e8 of ~1881onRrle8, etc ••The~e is l i ttle chanpe from t he 18~t r eport. MJ 8~ Wi l s on hAS not returned 88 yet

and the chur-et es have been ooer-e 't tnr- unCier nr t .tve pas tors as ber- e'tofor e , Fa t her Feeney,Cat holi c Missionary fr~~ I t kl eo tn the Kwajalei r l ~ tr t ct }-as rArle tw~ vi s its to t r iad· strlct and t aB t el d Eervfc8F f OT cAt~ol fc netlv8s and heBe ~reonnel on t wo Occ8s· on~ .

A Chr4st~~B P8Tt~ fOr t te ' oun' s t er e was t eld Ctrfetmas Eve at t }-e ba~ e Ct 8~el fol lowedl ~ ter hy Midnirh t Mass.(b) Church School a -

One rfspi on 8 e~ool fo r 8dult~ 1 ~ I n oner at1 on on I~oj I s l and, J ·lut t l t ol l 8S

re~Tted t n sect t on 1 Education (e ) abov e . No stat~s t' es are available on t~e numberof students or course of s t u(l - . The field trio lI:eoTesentE' tive Suet . of 8C'-001r' , Dlri r htHeIne, did not ret a crance t o d '~ CUS 8 t he atter witt. t he pastor who i s conciuct tnrt he s chool. I t i!" Pl anned to eta' Ion-er- on U e next fiel d trip and r et full 1nfoTlI8t10n.( c) Relat i ons with C' vi l ~dmln1str8tlon -

Full eoo~er8tion cont1nueF 8!" 1n t~e past . Spe cial ChUTcr servicer .~Te r eI d o~

ThankspIvln r and Chr1 8 t~es 1n tre ~a~e chanel . On each occasIon the Marsr allese Joined. ·th Civil A cmin! ~tr8tion personnel in a t t endlnr and contr i buted cons iderably .i t h t he irna tiTe sl Drinp and an oryan ~olo by Dwi , ht Heine .

~1ucation &Social S.rviee)2 (Religion) - . .

30 Septemb.r 1948 lIajuro Dist.

<a) In the Wajuro District of the laarshalls all dJ. urchee . re Pro tes tant . For thes mall Catholic element , t he Navy chapel on the base is used, and is also shared n thProtestant s, Navy personnel and native llarSial.lese . In acme atolls, Catholics holdservices in their homes .

The folloWing is a tabulation ot church locations and their pastors . I t will beseen that there are more churches than pastors . nte "atoll plster" serves all churdtesin his a toll.

ProtestantProtestantt'rotestantProte.tant

TTrEt'rotiStantProtestantProtestantProtestantt'rotestantProtestant5

at Headquarters)5215

'<S

NO . OF CHURCH ES4254

NATIVE PASTORRev. bWfilRev. LeletRev . ToakRev. CalebRev. Bourne HeineRev. Lorfl!nnij

(Does not include Navy Chapellir. NelsonRev. ImooRev. Lanw1Rev. J ..... Lalej

ATOLLInioAurEbonJaluit

IIajuro

Kaloelat>)tille'NamorlkWotje

30 September 191 8 Wajuro Dl.! t .

The Catholics of the tlajuro District are Visited on occasion by the Frs . Feen81'and Donahoe , S .J . , lIh03e headquar-ter-s are on Likiep of the Kwajalein District . Novisits 1'I9re .ade during this report :i.ng per-Lod , NO\II' that both Districts beecee one CAUMarshalls on 1 October , t ransportation shwld be be tter and ecr-e f requent visits willprobably be reade ,

Kiss Elinor 1llI1150n or the Bas too Mis310nary Society r eturned t rom theCarolines on 8 July, having departed f rom the Majuro Area 1n September 1947 . She isstationed at llajuro Village where she maintains her headquarters .

(bJ Church Schoo!.! .'rhe mission s chool in Iaroj (Jal \lit) is still functioning with an enrollment

ot 15 boys and 15 girls , ..a3t of lIhom are graduates of the gove rnment ele entary schoolon the same island. Aev . Bou.rne Heine and kev , Caleb are the instructors, but both Areaway at the present time . In their abaence , Rev. Caleb 's wite , J..111' and Simon, thei rmarried son a r e substi tuting. Bible , J:fnglish , arithmetic and social s c ience are thesubjects taught .

(c) Relations " ith Civiladm1ni3tratiorll -Full cooperation cmtinues as in the paat -, Kiss Elinor Wi l s on held her s ell1­

annual Board at mreeecre -eeting at Majuro Village in September . "'he pastors wereall fu rnished transportation during the August-Septellt>er Cie1d t rip to attend. Althoughth1s Board norma.lly meets every six months this w-s the first geeti~ held since theconference of the llarshallese Church As soc ia t i on in early J8J1lSry 1947 . (This Associationnormally meets every two years J . 'lhe purpose of the Board of Direc tors ' meetings is tocarry on all buafneaa matters between the b1- annual Ass ocia t i on meetings .

30 September 1948 Wajuro Dist.

Pr-es ent; a t the neet i ng were the Reverends Bourne Heine , CGleb, Lanwt , Lorennl j ,Tokak , 14r' . Issac of Aur Atoll ; 81d also trom the Kwajalein D:ltrict , Rev . Ned. ot earlos,and Rev . Zedekiah of Ailuk.

Attar the Board or Directors Meeting the Karshallese members except Bourne Heine andRev .. Tokak proceeded to Kusaie on the "Morning Star " t or three months r- ef 're ahe r courseand they should return to their churches by" Christlnas . Bourne Heine i s awaiting penaitto enter Honolulu tor r e l i gi ous study under Hawaii Board or Kisslons. Authority hasnot yet been rece ived although pr es umabl y it has been ls ...ued by HiComTerPacJ.S serl_1e:v25 of 8 September (HiComTerPaeIs dispatch 24031lZ of September r -er e r s },

lliss 'Nilson assisted b y Rev. Tokak is subs t i t u t ing at the IIajuro Village Churchin Rev . Lorennlj 's absence . I n additicn , Miss Wi lson holds two classes a week: t or the700nger members or the church .

~ducat1 on and Soolal Services)2 (Rell"'ion)

1 Jan 1949 MaJurol~)

(a) Denomination, number, location , pastore , missionaries, etc.

Fathers Feeney and Donahue with their north base at Llkiep andtheir south base at Majuro continue to serve the emall Catholic popula­tion in the outlying i.lands and atolls . Marshallese Protestant paetoreunder the guidance of Kiee Elinor Wileon are located on the majority oftbe atolls. Miss Wilson nov has her headquarters at Majuro ls1and,Ma.1uro atoll .

Chaplain BUckingham from KWajaleln has established a schedule ofvisits durinR the first week of each month to MaJuro atoll .

(b) Church echoole : -

There are three mesiaD schools In the Marshall Islands operatingwith the approval and general supervision althe Civil Administrator .The echool at lmroj leland, Jaluit atoll ie functioning with two Mar­shalleee instructors and the enrol1ment Is In the main 1n the age Rroupof sixteen years and over .

The miesion echool at Likiep atoll operated by Fathere Feeney andDonahue and employing two Marehalleee instructors now has an enrollmentot sixty five students. This represents largely the age ~roup of undersixteen yeare old. At the present time the miseion school at Likiephas the better facilitiee and perhape the m~ t effecient organization of

1 Jan 1949 Majuro

any .choo1 in the Mar.ha11.. They are not handicapped by 10•• of teaching~er8onnel or the D08s1bl11ty of haTln~ to move their Bchool plant to adifferent location at 80me time during the school term a

Kaven, MBloelap atoll mission school has an enrollment of twelyestudents taught by one Harshalles8 instructor, MYra Nelson, who recelTeson. hundred and twenty dollar. ($120. 00) from the mi •• ion socisty andone hundred dollars ('100.00) from ths vi11~e Der annum. There i. somequestion of the municiDa1ity bein~ able to .upport three teachsrs. Thisv111 be invsstigated on the next trip to Maloe1ap.

(c) Relation. vitb Civil Administration: -

Relations &s in the past have been moet cordial this quarter.There 1s 80me question althe Budden drop in the attendance at the publicschool at Llkiep and the inorease in the enrollment 1n the mission Bchool,but no definite Infor.matlon has been received abDt this question. It 1splanned to have a member of the Department of Education pres ent on thenext field trip to Likiep.