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Show i ... , ti.;V f ,J--r .;, a -, . :..' . - I I i;i .-. si ..:v; ': . flJWrr,v. J .:.:'- -....4 . C v . .. - ivr-f - i ' TS:..,:-!:iV fifj1':- . " r Ur .'. i; f ...... -v . ' .fl I -..'- i - 4hr .:fS .--t:!Fs.-..-. .v-? -?i5??5j5tS3S5SSai'-l h i ' H-uiAiiJo: II ill ?ny?l?i?i?a?i.lui!5?m??5 yJ : -11 51 KwwAiS5?5-5-J-i:ffYri.. I'TJ I-: .: ............;:;;;;..,. . ... ;.; ... . , . A .J A 4- ;.a f'. ; . KcrHey osiid Celebrates 25fh Birthday "After 25 Years" was the anniversary theme Sunday, September 14 at Monument Valley Adventist Hospital and Mission. Tours were conducted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. when a rededication service was held in, the Mission Chapel. Pioneers Pion-eers of the facility were on hand, including Earl R. Osmunson of Calimesa. California, Cali-fornia, first chairman of the board, and A. G. Strcifling, current chairman. Opened during 1950 in two mobile homes by Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Walter, the medical facilitiy has grown to a 17-bed hospital with ten pediatric beds and ten bassients, ten-chair dental clinic, three examining rooms, and elementary elemen-tary school for Navajos and Caucasians, a community center cen-ter with laundromat and shower room, water-supply depot, and a recreation building. build-ing. The 35-acrc site was the generous gift of Harry Gould-ing Gould-ing who from his trading post astride the Utah-Arizona line was appalled by the lack of medical, assistance for his Navajo friends. Hearing of the 350 health-care institutions Scvcnth-day Adventists operate oper-ate around the world, he offered the church land and water rights on a free 99-year lease in Rock Door Canyon of the Valley. Christians of all faiths assisted with the building of the hospital, with the Western Adventist headquarters paying pay-ing the original materials investment of S150.000. Youth from Adventist churches in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California raised funds for a recreation building, named Mason Hall for Dr. J. Lloyd Mason who spent 12 years developing the hospital. A church building was supplied by Dr. C. L. Stoneman of Beaumont, California, Cali-fornia, and the church's annual statewide Ingathering solicitation supplied funds for the community services center. cen-ter. Elizabeth Benallie, first surgery patient in the hospital, has continued on the staff as chief interpreter and doctors' assistant. Tom Holliday is resident chaplain. Both are Navajos from Monument Valley. Val-ley. Heading the current staff of 40 is Medical Director Nicola Ashton, M.D. Ogden Aabv is business manager, with Harold Har-old Gray and Gerald Cly serving as accountant and cashier. Cyril Hartman and Shelia Robertson are staff physicians, and Quint Nichola and Gene Wilson are dentist. In addition, addi-tion, student dentists from Loma Linda University, California, Cali-fornia, rotate six weeks in clinical training. Madclvnn Bohlman is director direc-tor of nurses. Four Navajo girls serve as aides to the six registered nurses. Looking back on his gift to the Navajos and how the Adventists have developed it, Harry Goulding says, "A little pcice of heaven dropped down here in Rock Door Canyon." The public is invited to participate on the anniversary of a quarter-of-a-century of service. |
