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FRIEND JEANNE WHITAKER

“NARRATIVE HISTORY” AMOUNTS TO FABULATION, THE REAL STUFF BEING MERE CHRONOLOGY

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Jeanne Alice Theis (Jeanne Whitaker) was born in Cameroon, Africa, the child of a missionary couple. Her mother was American, her father French. Jeanne would be the oldest of eight girls. She would stutter.

NOBODY COULD GUESS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT

On leave from missionary work in Africa, the family of origin of Jeanne Alice Theis (Jeanne Whitaker) was living in Wooster, Ohio, the home of Jeanne’s maternal grandmother, while her father taught French there, at Wooster College.

The missionary family of origin of Jeanne Alice Theis (Jeanne Whitaker) went to a French mission in Madagascar, where they would remain for five years.

The family of origin of Jeanne Alice Theis (Jeanne Whitaker) went from their mission in Madagascar to her father’s new appointment, which was in a parish of the Reformed Church of France.

1926

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THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY: (A) AMONGST EARLY CHRISTIANS BY ELBERT RUSSELL; (B) IN QUAKER EXPERIENCE BY CARL HEATH (Birmingham, England, and Friends House, London: Woodbrooke Extension Committee, Committee on Christian Relationships, London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends). Also, MORE CHAPEL TALKS (Nashville, Tennessee: Cokesbury Press) and a 72-page reprint from the Friends’ Intelligencer of 1928, THE SEPARATION AFTER A CENTURY.

The initial group of local Quakers organized by Dean Russell in the Durham, North Carolina community had been meeting monthly in the Russell home at 811 Vickers Avenue and then in the homes of others. In this year the group began to gather in the Social Room at the Divinity School.

Jeanne Alice Theis (Jeanne Whitaker)’s father was invited to come to the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in the Haute-Loire region of southern France, a village of Huguenot origins, to be the assistant minister of the Reformed Church of France there and begin a language school. As the Nazi grip over the south of France would intensify, this school and the entire village would become a place of refuge. The school would grow in size, using various rooms in the village as classrooms and accepting refugees from central and eastern Europe. The American Friends Service Committee would be sending many children of deportees to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. The village and clergy would organize nonviolently to save thousands of Jewish lives.

The town’s overwhelmingly Huguenot population responded to the call of Pastor Andre Trocme to extend aid to fleeing Jews and sheltered them in private homes and outlying farmsteads, as well as in public institutions in Le Chambon and nearby localities. The Reverend Trocme always responded to calls for help to hide Jews in danger of detection by the German police, even if this jeopardized not only his own life but those of his wife and children and members of his community. Refugee Jews were housed in public institutions or children’s homes or with local townspeople and farmers; some were take on dangerous treks through French towns and villages under assumed French names to the Swiss borders, where they were surreptitiously smuggled across it and into the waiting hands of other Protestant supporters on the Swiss side. Andre Trocme was arrested by the Vichy authorities and released, although he refused to desist from further aiding of Jews. It is estimated

1938

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GO TO MASTER HISTORY OF QUAKERISMthat some 3,000-5,000 Jews found shelter in Le Chambon and its environs at one time or another between 1941 and 1944. The rescue operation was unique in that an entire community banded together to rescue Jews, seeing this as their Christian obligation. Andre Trocme and thirty-four other residents of Le Chambon and its environs have been recognized by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations.”

Here Jewish youth, hiding from the Germans in the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, gather around Dr. Juliette Usach (in glasses) for a photograph. Pictured from left to right are: Joseph Atlas (Poland), Jacob Lewin (Wurzburg), Victor Atlas (Poland), Dr. Juliette Usach (in glasses), Lily Braun, Manfred Goldberger, Hanne Hirsch (Karlsruhe), and Wiltrude Hene (Freiburg).

Born in Spain, physician Juliette Usach was the director of the Secours Suisses aux Enfants children’s home, La Guespy, in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, where Jewish children were cared for. In 1990, Usach was honored posthumously by Yad Vashem as one of the “Righteous Among the Nations.”

The French “Yellow Book” would depict the French government’s behavior during the period from September 29, 1938 to September 3, 1939.

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Because of the difficulties of the wartime years, Jeanne Alice Theis (Jeanne Whitaker)’s mother arranged for six of her eight daughters, including 14-year-old Jeanne, to go to the USA under the auspices of the Unitarian Service Committee. The sisters would be split up, and would live with different friends and relatives in America. Jeanne would be sent to Swarthmore, Pennsylvania to live with Professor of Biology Enders’s family along with a couple of children from England. (She would occasionally be able to see her sisters.)

1940



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After World War II Jeanne Alice Theis (Jeanne Whitaker) received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College. Her younger sisters returned to France to live again with their parents. They would remain French. Jeanne herself, however, the oldest, and her next younger sister, elected to become American citizens. During school vacations, Jeanne would enjoy visiting France and participating in work camps organized to enlarge the school in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. The work-campers would build prefabricated houses imported from Sweden, which would be heated only by the kitchen stove, a coal stove, and a fireplace.

The US rules of military conscription were modified in the Supreme Court case of Girouard v. US, 328 US 61: this war had demonstrated, the court ruled, that “one may serve his country faithfully and devotedly, though his religious scruples make it impossible for him to shoulder a rifle.”

1946

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Jeanne Alice Theis (Jeanne Whitaker) went to Bryn Mawr College to do graduate work and teach in French and act as the warden of the college’s French house, Wyndham. Eventually she would be awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Linguistics and Literature.

1950



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August 18, Saturday: Jeanne Alice Theis (Jeanne Whitaker) got married with Cleophaus Sylvester “Syl” Whitaker Jr., another member of the Religious Society of Friends. He was African-American. The couple would have two boys, Mark Whitaker (now the author of MY LONG TRIP HOME) and Paul Whitaker.

THE FUTURE IS MOST READILY PREDICTED IN RETROSPECT

1956


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September 7, Saturday: Mark Whitaker was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The WWII-era cruiser USS Oklahoma City was re-launched as a guided-missile cruiser (during the Vietnam War it would serve as the flagship of the 7th Fleet and launch missiles against North Vietnamese radar sites).

In the 1st wedding performed in the new meetinghouse of the Durham, North Carolina monthly meeting of Friends, Friend Anne Corpening Welsh was united in marriage with Norman Morrison.

1957

Clerks of Meeting1943-1947 Edward K. Kraybill

1947-1948 William Van Hoy, Jr.

1949-1949 John de J. Pemberton, Jr.

1950-1951 Harry R. Stevens

1951-1952 John A. Barlow

1952-1957 Susan Gower Smith

1957-1960 Frances C. Jeffers

1960-1961 Cyrus M. Johnson

1961-1965 Peter H. Klopfer

1965-1967 Rebecca W. Fillmore

1967-1968 David Tillerson Smith

1968-1970 Ernest Albert Hartley

1970-1971 John Hunter

1971-1972 John Gamble

1972-1974 Lyle B. Snider (2 terms)

1974-1975 Helen Gardella

1976-1978 Cheryl F. Junk

1978-1980 Alice S. Keighton



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1980-1982 John B. Hunter

1982-1984 Edward M. Arnett

1984-1986 Calhoun D. Geiger

1986-1988 John P. Stratton

1988-1990 J. Robert Passmore

1990-1992 Karen Cole Stewart

1992-1995 Kathleen Davidson March

1995-1998 Nikki Vangsnes

1998-2000 Co-clerks J. Robert Passmore& Karen Cole Stewart

2000-2002 Amy Brannock

2002-2002 Jamie Hysjulien (Acting)

2002-2005 William Thomas O’Connor

2005-2007 Terry Graedon

2007-2009 Anne Akwari

2009-2012 Joe Graedon

2012-2013 Marguerite Dingman

2013- Co-clerks Cathy Bridge & David Bridge



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Paul Whitaker was born.

1959



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During this decade Friend Milton Mayer would refuse to sign a loyalty oath, and take the Department of State before the Supreme Court for its refusal to grant him a passport (he would win a Supreme Court ruling that the relevant portion of the McCarran Act was unconstitutional, and finally be issued his passport).

Kenneth L. Carroll became a full professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He had risen from instructor in seven years, which is still a record for that institution. A number of honors were bestowed on him during those years, being chosen as “outstanding professor,” “Friendliest Professor,” and “Senior Class Sponsor” a number of times. He was also initiated into Blue Key national leadership honorary society. He had served in various capacities such as freshman advisor, member of the College Planning Board, and faculty advisor to Delta Kappa Epsilon.

During this decade Friend Jeanne Whitaker would help create an American Friends Service Committee office in Providence, Rhode Island.

1960

UNAMERICANISM

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS



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Friend Jeanne Whitaker returned to the college at which she had taken her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946, Swarthmore College, as a teacher of French. French poetry has been a specialty; for instance, a favorite of hers is from FLEURS DU MAL, by Charles Baudelaire:

RecueillementSois sage, ô ma Douleur, et tiens-toi plus tranquille.Tu réclamais le Soir ; il descend ; le voici :Une atmosphère obscure enveloppe la ville,Aux uns portant la paix, aux autres le souci. Pendant que des mortels la multitude vile,Sous le fouet du Plaisir, ce bourreau sans merci,Va cueillir des remords dans la fête servile,Ma Douleur, donne-moi la main ; viens par ici, Loin d’eux. Vois se pencher les défuntes Années,Sur les balcons du ciel, en robes surannées ;Surgir du fond des eaux le Regret souriant ; Le Soleil moribond s’endormir sous une arche,Et, comme un long linceul traînant à l’Orient,Entends, ma chère, entends la douce Nuit qui marche.

CHANGE IS ETERNITY, STASIS A FIGMENT

1962


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Friend Jeanne Whitaker’s husband Dr. C. Sylvester Whitaker, Jr. filed for divorce. There would be difficulties in regard to child support.

1963



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Friend Jeanne Whitaker began to teach at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. She would teach there until 1999, while attending the Providence, Rhode Island monthly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends with her children. During this period there would be many trips to Africa and to France, where most of Jeanne’s sisters were teachers.

THE CREATIVE CENTRE OF QUAKERISM, ed. Kenneth L. Carroll (Birmingham, England; Philadelphia: Friends World Committee for Consultation).

In its temporary building on Alexander Avenue, the Carolina Friends School of the Durham, North Carolina Friends monthly meeting began to offer not only racially integrated kindergarten classes, but also 1st-grade

1965



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Clerks of Meeting1943-1947 Edward K. Kraybill

1947-1948 William Van Hoy, Jr.

1949-1949 John de J. Pemberton, Jr.

1950-1951 Harry R. Stevens

1951-1952 John A. Barlow

1952-1957 Susan Gower Smith

1957-1960 Frances C. Jeffers

1960-1961 Cyrus M. Johnson

1961-1965 Peter H. Klopfer

1965-1967 Rebecca W. Fillmore

1967-1968 David Tillerson Smith

1968-1970 Ernest Albert Hartley

1970-1971 John Hunter

1971-1972 John Gamble

1972-1974 Lyle B. Snider (2 terms)

1974-1975 Helen Gardella



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Jeanne Whitaker was active in demonstrations against the war in Vietnam, and participated in draft counseling.

1976-1978 Cheryl F. Junk

1978-1980 Alice S. Keighton

1980-1982 John B. Hunter

1982-1984 Edward M. Arnett

1984-1986 Calhoun D. Geiger

1986-1988 John P. Stratton

1988-1990 J. Robert Passmore

1990-1992 Karen Cole Stewart

1992-1995 Kathleen Davidson March

1995-1998 Nikki Vangsnes

1998-2000 Co-clerks J. Robert Passmore& Karen Cole Stewart

2000-2002 Amy Brannock

2002-2002 Jamie Hysjulien (Acting)

2002-2005 William Thomas O’Connor

2005-2007 Terry Graedon

2007-2009 Anne Akwari

2009-2012 Joe Graedon

2012-2013 Marguerite Dingman

2013- Co-clerks Cathy Bridge & David Bridge



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Friend Jeanne Whitaker retired from Wheaton College and moved to Providence, Rhode Island. She remains active in Quaker affairs, the American Friends Service Committee Support Committee, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation.

“MAGISTERIAL HISTORY” IS FANTASIZING, HISTORY IS CHRONOLOGY

1999


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GO TO MASTER HISTORY OF QUAKERISMCOPYRIGHT NOTICE: In addition to the property of others,such as extensive quotations and reproductions ofimages, this “read-only” computer file contains a greatdeal of special work product of Austin Meredith,copyright 2014. Access to these interim materials willeventually be offered for a fee in order to recoup someof the costs of preparation. My hypercontext buttoninvention which, instead of creating a hypertext leapthrough hyperspace —resulting in navigation problems—allows for an utter alteration of the context withinwhich one is experiencing a specific content alreadybeing viewed, is claimed as proprietary to AustinMeredith — and therefore freely available for use byall. Limited permission to copy such files, or anymaterial from such files, must be obtained in advancein writing from the “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo”Project, 833 Berkeley St., Durham NC 27705. Pleasecontact the project at .

Prepared: March 9, 2014

“It’s all now you see. Yesterday won’t be over untiltomorrow and tomorrow began ten thousand years ago.”

– Remark by character “Garin Stevens”in William Faulkner’s INTRUDER IN THE DUST

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ARRGH AUTOMATED RESEARCH REPORT

GENERATION HOTLINE

This stuff presumably looks to you as if it were generated by ahuman. Such is not the case. Instead, someone has requested thatwe pull it out of the hat of a pirate who has grown out of theshoulder of our pet parrot “Laura” (as above). What thesechronological lists are: they are research reports compiled byARRGH algorithms out of a database of modules which we term theKouroo Contexture (this is data mining). To respond to such arequest for information we merely push a button.



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Commonly, the first output of the algorithm has obviousdeficiencies and we need to go back into the modules stored inthe contexture and do a minor amount of tweaking, and then weneed to punch that button again and recompile the chronology —but there is nothing here that remotely resembles the ordinary“writerly” process you know and love. As the contents of thisoriginating contexture improve, and as the programming improves,and as funding becomes available (to date no funding whateverhas been needed in the creation of this facility, the entireoperation being run out of pocket change) we expect a diminishedneed to do such tweaking and recompiling, and we fully expectto achieve a simulation of a generous and untiring roboticresearch librarian. Onward and upward in this brave new world.

First come first serve. There is no charge.Place requests with . Arrgh.

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