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Show 7127, p.2 BROTHER JUNIPER'S TWO CENIS: I n the last issue we told about the request for a grant from the UTO (United Thank Off'ering) . During the r ecent ,';eneral Convention in Denver we received unofficial word that the request had been granted, but with our usual caution we waited for the official word befo r e acting. This did not come until the middle of October, and by the time the house was purchased it was the end of October, and the witches and hob60blins were busy! Living on the edge of beyond, as we do, there are no companies near by who specialize in grading , setting forms and delivering min-in-transit concr ete. Two weeks were spent in trying to locate someone to do the work. We had previously been making tentative inquiries, of course, but everyone seemed to be booked up with jobs until next Spring! Then the nephew of a nei§;hbor turned up, who, we found out to our joy, was a profession carpenter! When he heard of our problem he forthwith got out his tools, brought wood from a lumber-yard, and got to work on the f orms for the concrete. Ben Goldberg , we thank you! And at last a contractor in Blanding agreed to send his equipment down to do the leveling , and a mix-in-transit concrete contractor has been located. About this time a break occured in the water main going to the site of the new house. The day 1'1e picked to turn off the water to the s i te, which was the day the grading contractor was to come was, thanks to the hobgoblins, the day we had our first snow of the year - and a wet one. To people living in other parts of the country it wasn't much of a snow, but to us who only get a total of eight or nine inches a year it was a big one; between three and four inches, and coming down all day. When we started to shut off the water we f ound that the valve handle was broken and had to be dug out. This was discovered during a sunny break which s uddenly changed its mind, and the repair of the break had to wait until another snow storm passed on. To get ready for the grader, the water, gas and electric lines had to be disconnected from the trailer. as well I'I.S the phone line. The company tha. t sold us the house called and said the house was leaving the factory and was there some place it could be parked? Yes, there w.as space near the big shade that had been errected for the ECH Convoca-tion. Now, during the week of Thanks-giving, we are Haiting for the sun to come out, the grader to come in, the forms to be put in place, the ready-mix truck to come to fill them, the house mover to move the trailer and put the house on the foundation - but as we look out the window more flakes are falling , so who can tell when the house will be ready to move into? Nay you all have a Blessed and Holy Birthday of Our Lord. P.S. As of "going to press", the sun did come out, the grader did come in, and the forms are now in place. See picture! Would that the heavens would rain concrete into the forms!! AND HELEN RETURNED from her visit to her S!.~ i. 'W"t'(l. gt.Jh''''I if 0.« ~tI'j. niece in Bronxville in time to file her -rht hCM$S 1Iolil\ Slr O'l->. ~ ~CA""U~ stn.irs, contribution to this Message: One of o..w If).." -t'Yl:l;'~ In -the pAc.t.. ... r£ ~/1 bt rn~ IILr the temptations for a small staff work- t1'3lJ ~~JU +0 ', ... ing for a long time in an isolated area is to be discouraged from stopping at a camp on the Sunday pick-up route by the thought: 'no one in this big camp comes to church any more, so why stop to offer transportation? It's getting late; they are obViously interested in some other religious group. ' , . |