The Coconino sun., 1925-01-09
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Miss Dorothy Twoitsi, the Hopi girl
employed as assistant at the boarding
club, was Winslow visitor on last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Lane and daughter, relatives
of John Hollem, school farmer, ar
rived Friday from southern California,
and will remain at the school. The
former will be dining room matron
at the pupils mess hall, while the
daughter will work at the Employees
club.
Jack Balmer and wife were both IL
several days last week.
Miss Mary Elliott returned Sunday
from her holiday visit with relatives
and friends at Holbrook, and has re-
sulmed her duties as cook at the pupils
mess hail. She was accompanied on
this trip by Mrs Lucille Fisher. who
has returned to her duties as teacher.
Glass rooms were given a vacation
on New Year day and the Friday fol-
lowing.
There has been an epidemic Of colds
and grippe among the employees for
the week last passed.
Mr.. Taylor, stockman from the Hopi
reservation was down the middle of
the week bringing six Navajo children
for the school. He is still working
over the south end Of that jurisdiction
rounding up the delinquent pupils.
The Keans Canyon school has been
filled to its capacity of 15O and all
the remaining Navajo eligibles must
come into the Leupp school.
Mr.. Crisp, the Leupp stockman, is
very proud of new saddle horse the
government bought for his use the
past week. He claims to be able to
prove that it is the best animal of
it's kind in the southwest, and so far
no one has disputed the point with
him.
Mrs. VIM. S. Young and her father,
Mr.. Richardson Sr., left the latter
part of last week for visit to Los
Angeles and other southern California
points.
Miss ]. Grace Hansen, who resigned
as teacher in the. Leupp school week
before last, has been staying in Wins
low most of the time since. She
started from that place few days
ago for her home at Florence, Ariz.
Mrs. Ruth Crisp came out from AL
buquerque the first of the year and
assumed the duties of clerk, tempor-
arilv, in place of Miss Matilda Bo-
hanan, who is attending school at
Phoenix.
Quite a number of cattle belonging
D. 70
Leupp reserve this week, headed for
the Grand Falls country, down the
Little Colorado.
Considerable snow is reported in
the section north of Red Lake, which
makes that region considerably better
for the sheep which are being win
tered there.
Grant, one of the new pupils, has
been i'll at the school hospital with
pneumonia, but is thought to be inn
proving at the present time.
The Leupp school has enrolled al
most its rated quota of pupils, there.
being approximately 800 on Sunday
of this week The capacity is 400,
although a few more than that num-
ber can be accommodated. To assist
in caring for these additional pupils
two new positions of assistant have
been established, and that number Of
employees will be installed at once.
Mrs. Greeley and her detail while
engaged in caring for the agency Of
flee, one evening last week, unearthed
a centipede, which was lively enough
in spite of the cold weather to cause
quite a commotion among the work
ers until it was despatched.
George LeMieux, chief clerk at the
agency, spent several days during the
holidays at Flagstaff with his wife
and boys.
Miss Thelma Gibbons, baker at the
school, who has been visiting with her
father at Eagar, Arizona, returned
Sunday to her work.
Miss Gladys Pate entertained few
of the employees at a watch party in
her school room Wednesday evening.
With music from the victrola and
radio the guests enjoyed dancing and
cards until near the midnight hour
when a lunch was served.
Mrs. Marble, wife of the superin-
teAdent, was i'll several days last week
and this.
THE CPEAT AMERICAN