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Show :t \ t \ ,--" TI ,i \1 ~~.1 . ,/ _' _("'" r -- \ '~, _ ('-'"\;'1 _ , f ,.':> " -,) ... '1 ,.':.- -:..... .... >/ .{., ~ 1""\ "- i/ '.> .~ -..:;; /-\\ . ;' ':I 'J 7.' .-... . ::"'-~ I' -- -I ii:) ., .-) );-c ':'- ,. 1-">'} ' . '7 J , I I 1948 Chri s t mas ~e-tt;-~r _ Hige2 •. - . .... ~ .--::-:'./ /-,/ ,~J()~) ;, \....:. . ~ '~'\ .' ' t·_-,. , .. --;:-~" , . I'll ,'TV;' .. ::"'\ / ' " \ "(/~S ~\/~) ~'J I!- ./~ I ;' ,; \ 1/' / ~\ ,. \ il,\ '.. "(~) ) ,. I (, : iN' OUE \1C:1 ~t Nt::wsl,?tter we old of our joy in having an edu- C.l ted Na vajo wi tl1 us, t oaching in the ;:; c r "001 r.~n d hE~ lping us wi th interp r c ting nnd tran s l utlons. Hs was rushod to the hospital for an eme rgency app e nd octomy, but soon r e tu rned in good heal th, and we were dou~ ly glad t o have hi s lov ~ ly Eor i wi f \~ , a r (;gi s t E: r ed nur s e , r o t urn V<J1 t h him . HOWCVCT , a s things ;, r 2 in this world of sin and so rrow, the good is not alway s' endurin g , and ti ll" ways of Washin gt on are pas t findin gout. Es h 2d just got a good cl as s o f bQYs and young men learning to' r ea d and wri t e Nav8 jo , when a t e l og ram c a rno ord : rlng him to b e r eady to leave on st. Thoma s ' Day . Howe v er, we r o joice in having had him wi th us, both for hi s dj r c'ct h elp, :tYld for thE! indi r ,~ ct adv[ntagt of havi ng as exhi bi t "A" an ,-,:due :. t ed Na vCl. j o , f or our peoplij to s ,:.:c and talk wi th, t hus provl ding a r ,;al Inc "nti ve t o furt h(;r study . NO l1I'vfAN NfVILLS, t he intrepid Hi v el' Man , of ~hom you have all rea d, is also a fll ~ r of no m ~~n &blil t y, Rnd has a little 'plane of hi S O'.\lD a t M (: xj can Eat . He promi S0'1 to L .Y:c Fa the!' Li ebler for a survey 0~ the ~ 2 s t ern half o f o~r t 0rritory---the part we visited for the ~'st t IID(' l ,::; t Summer . Tv~:o or t l:u'eo d '.l t c s had to be canc c:lled on acc) unt of th ~ w ~ ~ th Gr , but the trip finally w ~ s made , with -the r e sult thcit we; llav ,:; a halldm;.::.de m<~. p lOCr..ltil1f, prob ably 8 vcry hoghan and camp in the area . It wi ll be a gr e a t help nex t Summer, when we can make pack t ri p s wi th deflnit2 ob j ~ ctiv2s in t his unc harted end r oadless area . .• . Fr . Li ebler a tt end8d th ~ q ui ~ t d ay for cl ergy In Sal t LaKb City Dec . 13 • ... Fr , Ni.:; sh .:md H2L:,n S tu rgc~s drov (~ t b: truck to Cortez on the 9 th, to t a n:c advdn t a f,e of a. b;::.nkru p t cy sal (; , and plJrcha s E::d p r acti cally the WiY!- t ,-T f s supply (, f GI'o c i.'ri i~S • . NOR!r£S I THAINING N . V,J ;j0S for Navajo l r;:·tde rs htp h:.ls b een i1n objec - ti V 8 sin~e fi rs t Vb'.; c :" rr:u , nnd we hu vc hon,:·d to find. C1 boy who would be a ble t o 0 2 with us Hl l t h2 tim e . Fcrhnp; t he an swe r t o our prayers is here. Some ti m;:: (C\go t he U. S . Indi ·~.n i~u' vi' ~e welf,,; I' '''; WOrX(; I' in Ship Rock ("': sk (,jd. U3 to pick up ~i n orph'.h b0y 'ftinO h~;{l LE.:(; tJ : t}JUS i-;Q ::-- nri bring him to Sti prOC1L ''JC went to the pl -c G ::'nd. i~11 dt::hl ,,";d ~:b'Uso. Thc; boy seemed unhur t ond hoppy, and in no way desirous o f going t o Shiprcck . S~ we st;'trt ,,:d off, only t o hO'ir t h(; hoy c ':-llJ.Lv~ rmd I'urmillg .'J ftc~ r tn(0 . tru<":l\', &nd annouhclng t~t he w~ nt ~d to go t o our sch001 ! Thi s ne bns b een d~ ing for s 0 v e r ~ 1 W~ 2KS. His n 0 x t o f Kin b~s visit ed him s 0 v e r ~ 1 tim 2s and s cems s :"J tisri 'jd wi. th c(1[l o:iiti c;rJs,·.md the boy ' s pl'og r e ss . His nrl.me is Norris S.rndrJ v:·il , :'>1ld we c omlih::nd rL; rD t o y('ur pr''2 y ors . INe mry hC::~'lt: good n ews nbolJt hIm in slJbseq u,:(i t, N,-)'.:s L ::tt \sr s . WA.N1',3 OLI'VEH TW1ElT \~i (. f h:d tr '.d) t lC'rJ by BS.loC ir.g for " MOF.E Tf . And vic f tJ ;l guilty, . ft , ~ r Il' ving :~obund n tly ,.::n;i cy t:. .] the generosity of our fri ends, in ~ S~iDg f0r nythlD~ . But: ou r mo vi ~ shows h ~ v e b ean given ov(.r . nd ove r · · - G ~ ::in . 'l' Y1(;r ·· mu s t h . tk ople ",,rho !1 ,', V E' c :.rtoon cornt?dies th~t the ir' Chl l dl"_Yl h ·v . out f r o wn , '::nd m 'ybe mort: s erious films in 16 rum silent. Suel] rw uld b ,) ?:To. U;fullj' r E'C,;l vcd by us :: .. nd hil~, ri o usly em joyed r g: .. in 'm d r~ g,~n by (jul' N'~ V:1 jO ch ~ l d I' c'fj 0 (' Hl1 [lg ,::;s . EAS s c'rn8 chur~ h o r pr:i c s t ::: s p: ~ r c c ,': ss o c ]{ thc.t viJO uld fIt '} pri c:st 5'10" t :'ll, and r t ll,:T on the slim side ? BF,(JT.dEE JUN1F8H· l' ,..: tl.u'l Jed soon ;' fh.;r Th.::nl(sgi villg 2nd thc-:llks all who so courteously and bosp: t ::bly r s c ()i v(,d him wherever he went . |