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Show 4 Often it means not getting back to St. Christopher's until eight or nine in the evening, but one can always think of the following day as "preacher's day off" when he can loll in bed till 5:30 or 6 a.m., and sometimes quit the day's work with Vespers at 5:30 p.m. I NIEARLY FORGOT to tell you about the fire! Yes, it was more than a slight annoyance. Ruth Palmer was apparently sleeping in on Sunday morning, J anuary 7th, planning to be up in good time for 9:30 church service, when she smelled smoke, and called out to Fr Liebler who was typing in the adjoining cell. He of the low blood pressure said: "I don't know, maybe better go and see." He did: Helen coming in from church had seen it too and was opening the door of her cell, whence poured clouds of thick smoke. Fortunately our hoses were not all frozen, and we quickly assembled buckets. Brother Juniper h ad presence of mind enough to telephone the radio station in Blanding; they interrupted their program to appeal to the citizens of Bluff to come and help, which they did with incredible speed. Soon a bucket brigade was augmenting the hoses and by eleven o'clock everything was under control. We had evacuated the entire East wing for fear the fire would spread, and the appearance of the place could hardly be called neat, but we were very grateful. Ruth's hand was injured - at first we though it was a case of chip fractures in the metacarpal region, but later X-rays showed that there was nothing but some serious bruises. Fr Liebler's front hair got a good singeing, and his brow was nicely toasted; he went about very proudly for a few days thinking he looked like a high-brow, but the new hair is coming in, crew-cut style, and his pride is short-lived. 5 How did it start? That is a good question. The cell -was heated by a "Franklin stove" - one of those iron stoves with an open fireplace. Whether sparks flew out, or coals fell out, nobody can tell. No one had been in the cell for an hour or more. A wire to 20 Exchange Place brought immediate response, adjusters were flown in within three days and a check in full came without delay. Certainly the Episcopal Cburch may be justly proud of its Insurance as well as of its Pension Fund. Repairs to the roof will have to await more clement weather; meanwhile careful raking of the dirt floor to recover possible items of value help to fill in our "spare time". Much cleaning up remains even now to be done, and the smell of smoke is still about the place. In the confusion of moving everything out of the East wing, some letters have undoubtedly been lost or misplaced. It isn't often that we have so good an excuse for not answering, but who can blame us for making use of it? Seriously, if you have written an important letter since before Chr istmas and have had no reply, is it too much to ask you to write again? I BI ROTHER JUNIPER, who struggles man-fully with the addressograph which brings your Newsletter to you complains most justly of not being notified of changes of address. Each copy returned to us costs more than 6 times as much as the original mailing. That isn't much, to be sure, but it is silly and unnecessary if our friends will just take the time to let us know. People who have a summer address and a winter address will do us a favor in letting us know when they plan to go from one to the other. rvN A PREVIOUS Newsletter we offered copies ~ of our Daily Vacation Bible School outlines. A number of requests came in, but at that time we found ourselves unable to mimeograph the papers. A promise of a mimeograph in the near future leads us to renew the offer now, but to add, regretfully, that the requests which were sent iri seem to be among the casualties resulting from the confusion following the fire. Please be forgiving, and write again. And, speaking of sending things, we have been happy to be able to send to a number of inquirers copies of the musical setting we call The Mass Of St Isaac Jogues. It is the music we sing on most Sundays and all greater feasts of the year. We have heard of at least three parishes where it has been sung: St. Mark's, Durango, Colo.; All Saints', Paris, Texas and St. Mary's, Kansas City, Mo. Are there others? We've had requests for a version with the Latin words, but haven't as yet had time to arrange this. SPRING 1962 NEWSLETTER St. Christopher's Mission To The Navajo BLUFF, UTAH A volunteer Mission of the EPISCOPAL CHURCH bringing the Christian Religion, Education and Better Health to the Navajo Indians in Southern Utah |