An Appreciative Letter by E. M. Howard

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 16, 1916

An Appreciative Letter

By E. M. Howard

KENILWORTH, CAPE, Aug. 25, 1916.

Review and Herald Publishing Assn., Washington, D. C.

DEAR BRETHREN: We have just received word from the South African Union Conference that you have been good enough to donate $600 to us, $375 being to help in the cost of enlarging our building, and the rest to be applied toward our new wire stitcher. We wish to thank you very much for this liberal donation. We can assure you that we appreciate, more than words can express, the kindness shown toward us by you. Our stitcher is running nicely, and we are very well pleased with the work it does.

We are hoping to have our building enlarged this coming summer, so that we may have room to carry on our work better and be able to accommodate more students. At the present time nearly £30 a month is paid for outside help, when this work could just as easily be done by our students. It is our intention to divert nearly all of this to student labor.

We are certainly thankful that we have such an industry connected with our school; it is proving a help to us financially. We have just finished the binding of “Early Writings” in the Dutch language. Most of this work has been done by an outside bookbinder, whom we employed for the time. We are planning to have all such work done by our students.

Assuring you again of our gratitude, and wishing you much success in your work, believe me to be,

Your brother in the message, E. M. HOWARD.