Later that year, a branch office of the Watch Tower Society was also established in Papua New Guinea. John Cutforth was appointed branch servant.

A year later, Jim and Florence, along with their daughters, Sherry and Deborah, moved into a small concrete house at Six Mile, a Port Moresby suburb. Shortly afterward, Jim started talking to John Cutforth about a location for the branch office.

“I’ve looked everywhere in Port Moresby for a place to locate the branch office, but nothing is available,” lamented John.

“Well, what about our house?” replied Jim. “You can have the front three rooms, and my family and I can live in the back.”

Arrangements soon fell into place, and on September 1, 1960, the Dobbins’ home was officially registered as Papua New Guinea’s first branch office.