Ellis Bert Marjorie 1959 Korea

8/18/2019 Ellis Bert Marjorie 1959 Korea

1/16

CIQ[L®@̂ ®[L3

^

- a

- a .

3]

V C o r ^ e i - n . R r o a d c a j > i X n g ^ Y t X i ^ A l o m

* ^ u A e u * f

3CorM

THE

BERT

ELLIS FAMILY

THE

JOE SEGGELKE

FAMIL

Volume 1, Number 1

PUSAN, KOREA

April 1959

CABLE

FROM

USANVIARCA APRIL 7—

IRSTGOSPEL

I

y

ROGRAM

ROADCAST

APRIL

6 .

KBM

PERSONNEL

WERE

Q/

ONORED

GUESTS WITH

HIGH

GOVERNMENT FFICIALS

X< AT OPENING OF FIRST COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION I N

KOREA—HLKU 15

WEEKLY

PROGRAMS

ONSCHEDULE.


2/16

best available anywhere —

a r

b e t t e r

than

we could

ever h o p e

o purchase.

I n order t o

take

advantage

of

t h i s opp ortunity of

going

on the a i r ,

i t was necess ary f o r us t o make a

c o n t r a c t f o r

a i r time.

This we i d

i n complete confidence t h a t our

C h r i s t i a n f r i e n d s at home would

stand w i t h

us

in

meeting

t h i s

ex

pense.

T h e s e programs are on the

a i r d a i l y .

We

can continue only

i f

s u f f i c i e n t funds c o m e through. The

a i r

time e ach

day

w i l l cost

approxi

mately

$10.00. Thirty

individuals or

groups

pledging $10.00 a month

w i l l

enable

us

o

carry

on.

Ple ase

let

us

he a r

from you

immediately

i f you

want o

share i n t h i s work.

R e m e m b e r these programs

are

on

For a ide

door

and effective work

has opened

to me

..

.

(I Corinthi

a n s l 6 : 9 ) . The

cooperative a t t i t u d e

of

the

m a n a g e m e n t

of

HLKU

repre

sents

a n unusual opportunity f o r

us

to send

f o r t h t h e

Gospel. Left t o


3/16

S t a t i o n S t a f f ;

Chosen from

hundreds

l i s t e n e r s

are

being t t r a c t e d t o HLKU

o f a p p l i c a n t s , t h e s e s t a f f members d a i l y . T h e i r success c o m m e r c i a l l y


4/16

.n

L . H .

P t o n e : 6 1

B«Bldcaee

» 8 ' s ^ £ »

l l m a i l n C h r i s t i a n € l r a r d t

s » « A d ^ , 2 «

T e l o p b o o e

8 0 8 Chse

o

t h e

H e a r t o f

L i n c o l n

DAVIDHABeBOTB.

o o t t i Dlnetor

LINCOLN. LLINOIS

Rosldaaco

030

Umlt

tn«t

Telephflse 1601

WH.BOLAND, s a locu i r

B U a s p u r .

Isdla

JOE

EGSELKE.

l M l f l O S I j r

Posan,

orea

JANET SCHULTZ.

Rlee seetMur H ar c h 1959


5/16

THE CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

SUMMITSINE elephone IOO

Caboql.

Missouri

Oelmah F.

Poe

minister

Ibreli 2,

9$9

*V«,

th«

a l d a r a

of tb«

C h r i s t i a n C h o r e h

of Cahool* lAs s o a r l

villlng^ eee p t th o re^ponailillitj of h e

oversight

of t h e

work

of

h e Korean Broadcasting

Mssion. As

t h e

spdasoring

c o n g r a g h t i e n of

t h a

B e r t

Sills

f a n l l y we feel h a t t h i s is

in

keepi ng with t h e l aw

Sestaaant

ideal

o f

world

eTangelisn.

S h e ■ issionaries on

the

field-have agreed to

sent

ragnlar

reports

of their finances and

progress

of the work to

nS s

Bhy

to

digr

decisions will

ha nade

7

the

personnel

on

the field


6/16

PROGRAM

SCHEDULE

For

the p r e s e n t our program and is

known as

T h e

Word

of Life

schedule i n c l u d e s

two

programs

f r o m

t h e Book of L i f e . *

I t c o n s i s t s

d a i l y . T h e f i r s t p r o g r a m is h e a r d of S c r i p t u r e r e a d i n g i n t h e Korean

e a c h

m o r n i n g f r o m 6 : 4 0

t o

6 : 4 5

a ^ i u *

l a n g u a g e w i t h o r g a n b a c k g r o u n d

music. S t a t i o n HLKU comes

on

the

M i s s i o n . Doug i s

w e l k n o w n

g . g g

throughout the

churches f o r

his

m a n y

a n d

v a r i e d

a c c o m p i i s h m e n t s i n t h e

^

m u u s t r y .

He

i s

i n

t h e

n u d s t o f

a

,^3

^3

^ ,

f r u i t f u l m i n i s t r y

a t

W i l l i a m s p o r t , n o u n c e m e n t o f

t h e

s t a t i o n ' s b r o a d -

I n d i a n a , w h e r e h e h a s p a s t u r e d f o r c ^ g t i n g

s c h e d u l e

f o r t h e d a y .

over

twenty

years.

_

j , ,

I

f t r At

10:30

t o

10:40

p. m . Mond a y

Funds for

t h e

work of

Korean

, „

„ j . ... . u i j L t h r o u g h S a t u r d a y , comes ou r second

Broadcasting Mission should

be

a d d r e s s e d - p r o g r a m

o f

t h e d a y .

T h i s

p r o g r a m

i s

varied from night

o

n i g h t , a l t e r n a t i n g

K o r e a n

B r o a d c a st i n g M i ss i o n b e t w e e n

a

B i b l e

u e s t i o n a n d

a n s w e r

c / o D o u g D i c k e y

p r o g r a m ,

d e v o t i o n a l p r o g r a m , B i b l e

W i l l i a m s p o r t , I n d i a n a s t u d y p r o g r a m , e v a n g e l i s t i c p r o g r a m


7/16

As the HLKU s t a t i o n

s t a f f ,

a Radio is used a s a tool t h i s way in

p i c k e d g r o u p of t h e best

r a d i o

p e r - New Testament e v a n g e l i s m and

i s

sonnel a v a i l a b l e i n Korea,

is

p r o * not an

end

n

i t s e l f ,

gramming

the best possible programs

t o

g a i n a l i s t e n i n g a u d i e n c e

a t a l l OUR

OREAN STAFF

h o u r s o f t h e d a y ;

w e o f

K o r e a n M r . K o j a e

C h u n i s

t h e b u s i n e s s

B r o a d c a s u n g M i s s i o n n e e d o n l y b e t h e K o r e a n B r o a d c a s t i n g

c o n c e r n e d w i t h

t h e New T e s t a m e n t

m i s s i o n anj

„ i j l

a l s o a s s i s t

w i t h

G o s p e l p r o g r a m s . O n r

t t m e i s n o t

p „ , g t a m m l n g .

M r .

Ko I s 3 1 y e a r s o f

t a k e n

u p

w i t h

p r e p a r i n g

a n d

b r o a d -

^

r a d u a t e

o f

K o r e a U n l v e r s l t y .

c a s t i n g

g e n e r a l I n t e r e s t p r o g r a m m i n g b e f o r e b e c o m i n g s s o c i a t e d

w i t h

s u c h

a s

n e w s ,

c u l t u r a l

p r o g r a m s ,

^ ^ t e a n

B r o a d c a s t i n g M i s s i o n h a d

e d u c a t i o n a l p r o g r a m s , e t c . , as i t b e e n

a e a c h e r a t Pusan

C o m m e r c i a l

w o u l d h e I f w e w e r e

o p e r a t i n g

a

H i g h

S c h o o l , n e o f t h e b e s t s c h o o l s

r a d i o s t a t i o n o f o u r o w n . T h i s a U o w s b , K o r e a , f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s . M r . Ko

o n r

e n t i r e s t a f f

t o

h e u s e d

f o r a

l a r g e

b e e n

n v a l u a b l e

i n

h a n d l i n g

c o n -

p a r t o f t h e d a y

n

t h e r e a l l y i m p o r t a n t g o v e m m e n t a n d

h u s l -

w o r k

o f f o l l o w i n g u p t h e

c o n t a c t s

n e s s m e n a n d w e a r e h i g h l y I n d e b t e d

t h r o u g h p e r s o n a l

v i s i t a t i o n

and

correspondence. . .. . ,


8/16

of o f f i c i a l surveys

m a d e

by

t h e

Ko- t h a t

the decisions

I have m a d e

are

r e a n

g o v e r n m e n t . According t o t h i s o f

t h e

Lord's l e a d i n g . A f t e r much

gentleman, who is g r e a t l y

i n t e r e s t e d

t h o u g h t and p r a y e r ,

I

have decided

in

the

u t u r e

ofbroadcasting

n

Korea ,

t o

r e t u r n

t o the States.

Pass age

h a s

the two r e l i g i o u s s t a t i o n s in t h e been

reserved

on the SS Flying Gull

Seoul

area,

who

h a v e

only

the

c o m -

to

leave

Pusan

about February

15.

p e t i t i o n o f

t h e

g o v e r n m e n t s t a t i o n s A

c e r t a i n

amount o f my m o n t h l y

a s

t h e r e is no commercial s t a t i o n i n l i v i n g l i n k s a l a r y h a s been put side

Seoul,

have

been able

t o

get only a f o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

t o

t h e S t a t e s and

small

percentage of t h e

l i s t e n i n g

I have

been

v e r y

f o r t u n a t e

i n

not

audience. having

t o

pay any r e n t f o r t h e past

The

c o m m e r c i a l

s t a t i o n

HLKU

m o n t h s .

Funds f o r

t h e

t t i p home

i n P u s a n

g i v e s

e v i d e n c e o f b e i n g «« » < >

a ™ l a b l e f r o m

t h e s e

t w o

much more p r o g r e s s i v e , a s f a r a s s o u r c e s .

l i s t e n e r

i n t e r e s t is

concerned,

than I

have

a p p r e c i a t e d

t h e

support

even

the

government

stations,

so

of

the Christia ns

i n

America

during

we

should

ha ve t h e l a r g e m a j o r i t y

t h e

time I

ha ve been i n Korea.

Your

o f t h e r a d i o a u d i e n c e i n pusan p r a y e r s

and

f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t have

listening

to our programs. m e a n t

mor e to

me

than

I C £ i n ever


9/16

The

Bert

Ellis

Family

Korean

Broadcasting

Mission

A.P.0. 59

San

Franoisoo,

California

Bear

Friendsi

Hews

Letter

Ho*

June« 1959

Pusan,

Korea

G r e e t i n g s

a g a i n

f r o m B e r t , M a r g e a n d J o h n , y o u r

m i s s i o n a r i e s

t o K o r e a . Y o u h a v e ,

e o u r s e ,

h e a r d

hy n o w throu^

o u r

p u b l i c a t i o n , ' ^ K I L O C Y C L E S ' * , t h a t w e a r e

on

t h e air

W e

h a v e

been

b r o a d c a s t i n g two p r o g r a m s

daily s i n c e

April 16.

O u r m o r n i n g program

at 6i40 A * H * ,

is c a l l e d W o r d s

of L i f e ,

a n d c o n s i s t s

of

t h e

r e a d i n g

o f t h e B i b l e

t h e K o r e a n l a n g u a g e

b y Mr*

Ko J a e

C h u n ,

w i t h s o f t m u s i c a l b a c k g r o u n d s .

Mr. Ko p u t

in much

time

and

effort on

this

program

and takes

advantage of his

fine educationa

b a o k g r o \ i n d

s o t h a t

l i s t e n i n g

to

h i s

m o v i n g r e a d i n g

o f

t h e

s c r i p t u r e s

i s

a

r e a l

e a c

ience

even

when we cannot understand

the language.

Th e theme song is

an

arrangeme

o f

t h e g o s p e l s o n g , W o n d e r f u l W o r d s

o f L i ^ e ,

p l a y e d b y a

s y n p h o n i c

s t r i n g o r c h e s

tra and

w e

l o v e it m o r e every

t i m e w e

h e a r it.

Th e evening program

is at 11s30 P.

for the summer

months

and is known as The Hew Life. (I know th at time-will see

l i k e

a v e r y l a t e h o u r

to

m o s t

o f you b u t I

a s s u r e

you

t h a t

i t is n o t t o

m o s t K o r e a

p e o p l e .

I n

t h e s u m m e r t i m e e s p e c i a l l y , e v e r y t h i n g i s s t i l l h u m m i n g a t t h a t h o u r * }

O u r r a d i o

p a s t o r ,

Mr.

R h e e

S h i n ,

is

t h e s p e a k e r for

t h i s

p r o g r a m .

S u n d a y ni^ts

w

h a v e

an

o r i g i n a l s h o r t

d r a m a a b o u t

s o m e p r o b l e m

of

d a i l y

l i f e

h e r e

i n

K o r e a

w i t h

t

Christian

answer

to

the life-problem being given after th e

drama.by

Mr. Rhee. The

w r i t i n g

of

t h e s e d r a m a s h a s

b e e n

d o n e by

f i r . Ko

and

t h e a c t i n g

is by p r o f e s s i o n a l

actors on

the

staff of

station

HLKU. Monday Rh ee Shin brings

a

series of Bible s

dies on Mark's Gospel. Tuesday he has a

devotional

or

evangelistic

message. J t o d n

day

is

a

Q u e s t i o n and a n s w e r p r o g r a m w i t h Mr. Ko and s o m e of

t h e

H L K U s t a f f askin


10/16


11/16


12/16

^

- a

j a

2]

3 C o r a n

l ^ r o a d c a M i f i ^ ^ K t l i ^ d l o n

^fCorta.

THE

BERT

ELLIS

FAMILY

THE

JOE

SEGGELKE

FAMIL

Volume 1 Number 2

Pvsan Korea

July 1959

EVENINGPROGRAM

IN

e g o t i t i o n s

w i t h H L K U

f o r


13/16

One of our

good

friends from

Korea, Mr.

Choi Soon

Gook,

n

i n t e r

p r e t e r f o r Harold Taylorof h e Korean

C h r i s t i a n

Mission

i n

Seoul,

is

n ow

taking

graduate

work at Lincoln

B i b l e I n s t i t u t e . H e w i l l be

h a p p y

t o

t e l l your c hurch of

the various m i s

sion works

in Korea.

Addres s him:

M r . S o o n g o o k C h o i , 808 N.

Logan,

L i n co l n ,

l l i n o i s .

We

owe ou r heartfelt th a n k s to

Mr.

William Crouse, Christian

busi

n e s s m a n of

Ha

ertown, Pennsylvania

who supplies u s with the

records

f o r

b r o a d c a s t i n g .

Mr.

Crouse

spends

from

40

t o

60

hours

each

we ek

i n

a s s e m b l i n g ,

a u d i t i o n i n g , c o m m e n t i n g

on and s h i p p i n g p h o n o g r a p h r e c o r d s

f o r t h e use

of

m i s s i o n a r y b r o a d c a s t

Our r a d i o

speaker,Mr. RheeShin,

has b e c o m e

u i t e

well known h r o u g h

h i s

r a d i o

appearances. In a d d i t i o n

t o

h i s r a d i o

work

he

n o w

has

d a i l y

and

weekly a r t i c l e s featured in t wo

o f

Pusan's l a r g e s t newspapers.

Our r a d i o

budget (air

time,

sal

a r i e s ,

production costs,

t c . )

i s

n o w

about $2 3.00 e ach d a y .

Only

about

t h r e e days

a

month a r e m e t y pledges

so t h e remainder

has

t o be met f ro m

occasional f f e r i n g s , personal

i i n d s ,

e m erge ncy

appeals, loan s and

an y

place

else

we

an

scrounge

a

d o l l a r

or two

We a r e s e r i o u s l y c o n s i d e r i n g


14/16

It.

Bert

s Class

BIBLE CLASSES

Part of our

missionary

a c t i v i t y

is the teaching

of

Bible

classes

i n

our homes. Bert r e p o r t s that

he

is

now teaching two classes, o n e o n

Tuesday night mainly f o r

h i g h

school

students and

o n e

on Friday night

Joe's

Class

Joe says; T h e two

weekly

Bible

classes which are held i n

my h o m e

serve a

double

purpose. I t gives

me

an

opportunity

t o teach

God's Word

and

i t

also is giving

me

a

chance

t o

l e a m

about

the

Korean people.

Facts

about Christ

and the

Bible


15/16

OUR FUTURE

PLANS

The future

of

our work looks

promising.

We

re

happy

t o

have

the

opportunity

t o

braodcast

the Gospel

over HLKU,

the f irst

c o m m er c i a l

s t a t i o n

i n

Korea. Now

the owner of

t h i s s t a t i o n

has received a permit

from

the

government f o r

a new

sta

tion, HLKC,

a

5,000

watt

station

a t

905 kilocycles, t o b e located

in

the

c a p i t a l

c i t y Seoul. Hi s f u t u r e plans

are

to build two more stations in

other areas of Korea

s o t h a t

they

can completely cover the

country

with t h e i r

broadcasting.

He also

has visions of

tele v i s i o n

i n

the

f u t u r e —

whenever i t

becomes prac

tical

here. We

would

like to take

a d v a n t a g e

o f

t h e s e new o p p o r t u i ^

Bob a n d Mrs, Phyllis

Clemens

a n d daughter Janelle.

They

also

have

a

ew

daughter,

J u l i e .


16/16

y\A~^

( ^ t l i n e h ~

July 30, 1959

KO JAE CHUN, KSMSKX^XXXKM qf the

Korean

Broadcasting

Mission/staff,

is

shown

with

.1 .,oj I

) t \ \ V ^ / V

the

young

lady who was

/first to

write

i n response

to their

two

daily

brpadcasts

on HLKU, Pusan, Korea, The'missionaries

visited

her and gave her'a Bible

and

hymnbo

and a r e n k e e p m a

in'con tact with her, as w ith other listeners,

' 1,000

i s

needed

to

p a y

s t a t i o n

f e e s f o r t h e

t i m e / u s e d t h i s

p a s t

q u a r t e r .

Joe Seggelke and Bert Ellis sent w o r d i j t h a t the management

o f

HLKU has been

a

perm it

to

bufld and oper ate HLKC—ja

5,000

watt station at 90^ kc—at

S e o u l ,

K o r e a .

T h e y p l ^ n o n a

n e t w o r k

o f f o u r s t a t i o j ^ t o

1 c o v e r

f r e e

K o r e a a n d

s o m e

/

of North Korea, Korean'Broadcasting

Mission

i s i n a position

to/have

first, eligioud

t i m e o n

allithese provided

fu n d s

are available,/Forward i ng ad dres s es are:

Jo e

A

Seggelke, c/o D oug Dickey, Christian

Church,

Williamsport, Indiana ; Bert Ellis,

c/o

L o r a i n e Lindsey, Stqte B a n k of Cabool, Missouri,

Documents

Ellis Bert Marjorie 1959 Korea