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Show 3 ten years ago when the Government was beginning to take , seriously its obligation towards educating the Navajo and when there was not enough available space in the then established schools. The problem of sending children off in this way, from our point of view, involves something analogous to the relocation problem. We have to try to interest the nearest clergy or Church workers. Incidentally, the closing of the Hatch School doesn't mean the lessening of our activities, for the gracious Bishop of Arizona has given permission for us to go to Tuba City, 150 miles away, where a number of the Navajo Mountain children are enrolled. This really burns up the gas, but it gives us much joy. fFlATHER MOULTON has now been with ~ us since September, and his many friends will want to know of his doings. He is making progress with the Navajo Language, although he has not yet attempted preaching in N a vaj 0 ; he has taken the classes at Hatch and Aneth Schools, his share of the daily services here, helped in the clinic, in ambulance driving, in bookkeeping. His obvious love for the People has drawn them to him, and we look for a far wider response to the Gospel message than we have seen in the past. I A IGNES DITSON after giving us several months of delicious cooking, returned to her home in Denver under the conviction that the primitive life of St. Christopher's is a bit too much for a lady of her age. We feared it from the fir.st, but are grateful for the try and for having the opportuni ty of knowing so devoted a child of Holy Church. 'WELEN STURGES made the headlines L!:!J just before Christmas by breaking both ankles when gathering greens to decorate the church building. A bit of slickrock was just too slick for her. As we write, one cast has bef'!1 removed and .she gets about on crutches (Thanks, Chet Haddan!) and she is scheduled to have the other removed before you have a chance to read this. She wants to express her thanks to the many |