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Pacific Islands Monthly, 19 July 1948Vol. XVIII, No. 12

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p. 60 · Read in the full issue

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THIS is, Sister Momoi Kuresa, a daughter of the late Pastor Kuresa of the Saluafata district of Western Samoa.

In 1929, after finishing her public school education, she entered the Gov ernment Hospital in Apia. In 1933 she qualified as a nurse and was appointed to the staff of the same institution. To day, Momoi Kuresa is the senior Samoan sister in that hospital, having under her a number of Samoan trainees, and she is also employed by the Medical Depart ment as a lecturer on Child Welfare, Hygiene, Sanitation, etc. She is fre quently found out in the villages addres sing gatherings of women, instructing them in these necessary principles. Now that Apia has a broadcasting station,

Sister Kuresa gives lectures over the air pr charming personality, Sister Momoi takes an active part in the church work of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission in Apia.

The Kuresa family are all delightful

people. The eldest son, Sauni, is a capable musician, conducting brass bands and instructing pupils in music. He per forms as a cornet duetist, playing two different parts on two instruments at the same time.

Sister Kuresa.