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In these early years McGarry also obtained most of the mission's food by seeking donations and bargaining for goods in Alice
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from 1926; an act that he hid from people due to concerns about his exposure to infectious disease. On these visits McGarry offered to give pastoral care as well as delivering requested items - such as books and newspapers - to patients.
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