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Show Ins , p 2 Norsesof Aspen, Co. With the bell actually on the spot. came the question of where to hang it; we had thought of a stone tower in front of th~~ Church, but as the sound ",'ould not carry from there we decided to put i t on higher ground in back of the church. 'iVith huge timbers, formerly used to supporl'lour 'vater tank, as a framework ' the s ides were covered with cottonwodd sapli ngs by our faithful Navajo boys, Chee Holiday and Jimmy Atene. A little over a year ago we added a room to our ground floor; due to lack of proper supervision the ceiling of this room, which is also the floor of the front porch, had insufficient pitch; leaks developed where rain water stood in pools. He have reconstructed it and no~ pray for rain to test it out. About a year ago we started asking for Betty Crocker coupons. The response was most heartening. Our purpose was to get a citizen's band radio ins talled in our cars . Alas, the price ha~ gone up, and a time limit has been impo~eo by General Hills: August 31 is the last day. The need is great; we could have used the equipment severaV times lately--once Helen's car was stuck in the mud for t wo hours; Navajo ladies fjnally dug her out. Other times staff members- were out unexpectedly late, and s earch vas undertaken for thenl. The C-B , radio would have saved much tr~>uble and worry. So, pleas e make every effort to gather more coupons. The score at pre sent is Coupons needed 187,596 Received 85,887 Needed now 101,709 Nmv for the cof fee urn: we have received enough tin lids from NJB cans, label s from tv;JB instant coffee jars and box tops from l'iJ'B tea bags to add up to 249 points; the total needed is 500. L-O ask friends and neighbors to help! AND HELEN' ADDS : LTust before Christmas a 5-year-old boy who has had bouts with pneumonia, meningitis, hydrocephalus and is nmV' doing fairly well if the shunt in his nec}~ does its job, 'vas trying to get hom from the Special Education School sor..le 200 miles awo.y, where the R.C. Fr anciscans are teaching h i ro to talk. He is a hcmcisome, idnning little boy, but excitable and is on dai l y medication to keep him from hav i ng seizures. In mid-evening the Adventist pastor brought 11 8 a. tE'lephone message which said the boy 'was at the Trading Post at :"ound Foc1-=- , Az., and the trader didn't know \vbat to do "lith him. Later 'oJe found ou t that the mot her had mac1e the long trip to Rock Point, anel returned home. ,..;ht'2D thE! message came, I started for the mother 's hogan, some 12 mi les from here, drivin0 a borrmvea van (my own car had burned up) which ran along wi th increa sing cough s of t he engine, until when I was about a mile f r om the hogan it stalled con~letely, in the very worst part of the roa d . About 200 y a rds ahead of me was a fast-running wash; I had no intention of getting stalled in the middle of that, so ,started to walk tmvard the hogan. The wash was frozen but with lately thaw'ed water running ove r the ice . I made lots of noises and v,"avE-)d nly flashlight frantiically f or a long time, and finally took off my 10a f E.'r!"; and 'waced across, the water well over my ankles. I was really terrif ied by my skidding and resolved n ever to travel wi.thout a stout stiCk. I kept thini<- |