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Show " t " , .... . - . ' (~? OKETnfE8 th~. ng s hD.p p~n f ust 8nd furious here in the peaceful quiet (":~~~ ·iOf the d'0s.crt", Friends or st" Christopher!s Mission will want to ,-_/ hear of our latest functions" CLINIO" It was the Navaj as themsel vea who instigo t ~~d our health program. Almost from the_ moment of our arrili·n:' 'I:;hey str...rt0u coming to us for "\ ,..., ;-->-.. medical aid. V/'!J.8D we saw th'-:) TI1agni tude of the need" we tried ~~j;~S\i&<>.< .. ::.-~o get t~e ,::n~ian S.:r~ice t~ ~ ':-; :.1~ ~s a p~ysici:n at sta~ed ': )1 ~ lnterv?-~·~s v.su:?;. au". ,j am~ r:'" !J.ea~lq::ort ?r:,!. we ,--,0 r O Lm~ 1 .... p '.;.,;/ -:,. the p~Hlents. ThlS provoa :.t.mP' Lsslt. le~ Que to tht·; W£'.r'c::;..me {trw'::' shortage of physicians ,~ hut we kept on telling thlJm of the !y~ ne e d , and . their interest in our work gre~ ; f inally they --0 al~r !lnge d t:J s end us 8. doct02:"' f,)r 8, day. That W(,~S l a st Novemoer" So many patients cume · thn.t ho hnd to ' s~~ nS" tv'o dnysc; New we have just had' the second clinic, ' and Dr, Logan, t he eye and · oar me~:n from Fort Defiance, brough~ with hLn Dre C~tl e r, a dentist new to the Indian Service. They arrived Mny 22, a.nd it vmz, 210t l ong bef()re there wore wa.iting lines. We had warned "DY' o .Cutler th~c 'Ne couldn i t provide much equipment beside out-dated magazines; but h e; did very well VI i th an old cho.ir propped up on r e cks . and bO[1,rd8 ~, 11 [.~ y of the patient :::; whom Dr. Logan had treated before came bo.ck ,(l much relt 3ved 01' completely cured. For three days we kept · these t wo good :nen bus',V" 9 to the great benefit . of our people~ If ~e had a little more e quipment, such us a microscope, sphygmomanometer y ·etc.9 we c.ould do a great deal more in our daily routine work of weeding out the cases w\~ cnn take care of here from those that need to be sent .to U h ospitaln \ CORPU·S CSRISTI DAY. .' \. .111 OUR second Corpus Christi Day vms equal to the first <., ~h ;t:: in every vmy,. except thnt\ we missed having the Bishop I . .-'.::.::';-;.:''''/,,1.---. with us. ( He 1S to come later, f ,y,:' Conflrmo.tion) .. Invi- I - ~j (~:' , tat ions had been sent to hll the nearby clergy df our . " f/\~\~ ~' Church ( nearby means wi t~in nb out -:1:00 miles) ~ although I l )/ we realised thn t few caul come, due to Wartime restric ~ - / .. Ii ions e We · hop o. ~ . a.fter the r,ar p . to make ~his ~1.:1nwll event () V .. ,j ~ t; ~ one that will 'draw friend from all . around" 'l'his yenr 11' (/ IJ VI t~ IJ 1·1' our only clerical visitor wb.s F.'i' o Ar cyle ~ who~with ' Mrs~ .:.; ..;y fl ~ 1'-' . Argyle c.nd t.heir t wo Chil! r en c!)J;,e down fr om Og den, and ~.!~ . ' -1... l spent most of the week w~ h u,,~ to O\lr ' g r 'e"t ,~nj oymont.li:J ' l / jl_ t He a ct ed c.s subdeac on at ' he .i:i:i.gh M[13 8 ; the Il.rflt to be . 1\ Ii held i !,\ our n ?vv temp ora.ry Cha p e l ~ v:hi ch nov,· t ['.l{?8 up most .. . ... ' . ~ -.. -'.\. of the Enst Vhng~ ( We nr · cspeclully h n.ppy, Wl th our ..i..-..... -;;;;> new chapel, t o hnve tr...e B;tes'sed ' ~1c.cr n.m e nt r ;::; s erved.) _ .. ____ . ___ . A numb er of people fr om Bluf f, Bln.n d lng and Monticello _,,;';""'/'_"_.-" .. ..J_.'\..., came and sp ont the day with U S,, T'.~l E) Hi vel' \11n3 s·o high nnd turbulen t that we h!).r' ~ly exp0ci.;ed mn:ry Nnv:lJo ; in I. fact, the Na vc.j b who Ilgr :e,_d ~ o sup;J.;V,· t h e 3heGp for the jb:1rbecue vms so certain thnt few c ould coilie th~ t he didnlt b0ther to sln~ghter; Yet tho little rowb o[\ t thn. t s erv 2.: a r, [l f e1::ry !\,rl.en ~:; h ·) Rl vel' cr:.nnot be for'ded brought load nftor 1 0 D. ~" lIlt : 1 t.he c :nf).~0 1 ','ms cr oi' :,1.'::Jd; by the tin'.rJ of the Procession t1;ere ' must \l.·\:QV('3 b ~ en <-~ h:u.ndl'od P ~i.:r' t i \; t1R~ tin2 . ~,- ~nd it was 0. colorful slght" all l ri -r-h ':nr b '?:::' 'C g a:,T c1prnr 8 1 .~ .::n.e 3 .Ll '.~ '!,) "·!D. 8 finally brought in, c.nd fenstlng and gnli'.':';s t ~o k IIp t he r c s ~~ 01 the dny<> Whites and Nnvnjos :p.-.s.r'ticipntcd in tbe r ~.l :) e s -- D. pro~ e ct in irct (;~ ' · racial recrent ionJ |