August 2, 2018
Our first meeting was on
Friday, July 27, 2018 held at The St. Mark’s Episcopal Church situated on
Gregory Street, Harper City, Maryland County, Liberia.
Decisions derived at the Meeting were to be implemented
by The Organizing Committee.
On Tuesday, July 31 we (organizing
committee) traveled to Pleebo to meet with Dr. Bhofal Chambers who is an
alumnus of the School to discuss the possibility of reopening the School and
his contribution. Prior to our visit with
Dr. Chambers, we discussed with him via cell phone on the reopening
possibilities of the School. As such, during one of his working sessions in
Harper, he visited the Bishop Ferguson High School Campus near Spring Hill. He
took note and did his own assessment.
During our meeting with Dr.
Chambers in Pleebo, he emphasized the need to get the Episcopal Church’s
approval for the reopening of the School. He further on asked if we had discussed
the matter with the Episcopal Church. Mr. Tabie Thompson and I answered in the
affirmative. Notwithstanding, we told him that although we have not personally spoken
with Bishop Hart directly, but we spoke with his lieutenant, Archdeacon Rev.
Fr. Johnson who expresses support for the venture. Evidently, he knows the
direction in which the Church and the Bishop are heading by virtue of his
expressed support.
Dr. Chambers made a financial
contribution for the followings:
1. Radio
announcement for the next meeting publicity,
2. Fuel
purchase to drive up Snow Hill for physical assessment and Campus photos
Later on that same day, we met
with former Representative of Harper District, Maryland County, Hon. James P.
Biney. Initially, we thought he attended BFHS. But we were wrong. He informed
us that he attended Our Lady of Fatima. However, understanding and knowing the
vast contributions BFHS made to the county and nation, he committed himself to
a financial donation to the clearing of vegetation on the BFHS campus and if
needs be and that the Church approves of the reopening of the School, he will financially
donate.
Based on the aforementioned,
we have considered asking the indigenes in the Ferguson belt to undertake the
contract of clearing the vegetation. In our opinion, they need to benefit from
activities undertaken during the refurbishing of the Campus. We spoke with Rev.
Fr. Johnson, Dr. Chambers and Hon. Biney and they all agree and support the
idea of getting the indigenes involved.
The delegation that met with
Dr. Chambers and Hon. Biney was comprised of Messrs. Tabie Thompson
(Sec/Treasurer), Wreh Pupo (vice chair) Jimmy Togba (friend of BFHS) and T.
Gbuo-Mle Bedell (chair).
On Wednesday, August 1, this
very Team visited the Campus for the physical assessment. Photos taken during
the assessment will be forthcoming. Thanks to Mr. Wellington Dennis for
capturing the photo clips.
T. Gbuo-Mle Bedell/INTERIM
HEAD/CLASS OF 80
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