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Upham, Guy Don Bills, Kathleen Harder)°ú ÇÔ²² 20¿© ³â°£ È°µ¿Çϸç 2006³â ¼±±³¿¬ÁÖ¿©Çà ¶§¿¡´Â ¼¿ï
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32599 State Highway 249, Pinehurst, TX 77362)¿¡ ¿µ¸éÇÏ¿´´Ù. ºÎÀÎ º£Æ¼ ÆäÀÌ ºôÁî(Betty Fay
Bills)´Â 2012³â 3¿ù 2ÀÏ(±Ý)¿¡ ¼Òõ ÇÏ¿´´Ù.
[ÁÖ¿äÀú¼ú] "Exie Arrives", Wave Lengths from Christian Radio Mission(WL),
December 1952: 2; ¡°Korea", WL, November 1954: 1-2; "Radio Station Permit
Granted", WL, March 1955: 1; ¡°Bills Family to Sail in June¡± and ¡°Plans for
Christian Radio Station Proceeding According to Schedule¡± and ¡°Korea: the
Mission Field", WL, March 1956: 1;¡°Dear Friends", Christian Radio Mission, April
1956; ¡°$65,000 for CRM¡± and ¡°C.R.M. Board Meeting", WL, May 1956: 1-2; "C.R.M.
Incorporated", WL, October-November 1956: 1-2; ¡°Bills Family Departs for Korea",
WL, December 1956: 1-2; ¡°Dear Friends in America", Christian Radio Mission,
December 1956; ¡°Bills Family Arrive in Korea", WL, January 1957: 1-2; ¡°Dear
Friends", Christian Radio Mission, 16 January 1957; ¡°Alex Writes from Korea",
WL, April 1957: 1; ¡°Land", WL, July-Sept. 1957: 1-2; "Workers Arrive", WL,
November 1957: 1-2; "Ground Breaking", WL, February 1958: 1,3; "Kim", WL, March
1958: 1; ¡°Blocks", WL, July 1958: 1-2; ¡°Foundations", WL, October 1958: 2,4;
¡°More Progress in Korea", WL, December 1958-January 1959: 1-2; ¡°Hurry the East",
WL, February 1959: 1-2.
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1864-1936¡»(ÇѼº½ÅÇб³, 1991), 155; ¹éÁ¾±¸, Á¶µ¿È£ °øÀú, ¡ºÇѱ¹ ±×¸®½ºµµÀDZ³È¸ ¿ª»ç¡»(¼¿ï: Äñ¶õÃâÆÇ»ç, 2018),
154-55, 264; Á¶µ¿È£, ¡ºÇѱ¹ ±×¸®½ºµµÀÇ ±³È¸ À̾߱⡻(°è·æ; ±×¸®½ºµµÀÇ ±³È¸ ¿¬±¸¼Ò, 2016), 500-25;
¡°First-Fruits in Kobe, Japan", Fall Newsletter of Exie Fultz 1953: 1-2; ¡°NCBA
Inaugural Meeting", News Releases: Nippon Christian Broadcasting Association,
September 1959: 1-2; Mark Maxey, ¡°Christians in Japan 100 Years (1883~1983).¡± http://www.bible101.org/japanmissions/page05.htm,
[°Ô½Ã 2018³â 1¿ù 24ÀÏ]; ¡°Obituary,¡± https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/houstonchronicle/332438.
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