The Coconino sun., 1925-05-22
LEUPP DEPARTMENT
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Misses Mamie Benton, Thelma Glib
bons and Mary Elliott, drove to Wins
low to attend the movies Wednesday
night.
Charles Dagenett, accompanied by
his wife and two sons, passed through
Leupp Monday enroute to their new
horne at FIT Wingate. Work of re-
modelling the plant for an additional
Indian school will be started soon, and
the interior department has thought
best to transfer to that place the
Headquarters of the Southwest Indian
Employment agency, which has for
some years been located at Phoenix.
A. C. Grant of the Sunrise post,
paid a business visit to Flagstaff one
day last week.
The George Greeley family, consist
ing of parents and four children, has
not been without one or more cases of
sickness for many weeks, the children
one at time taking turn at flu,
measles, etc. This week the parents
and oldest daughter are confined to
their beds and the children are now
starting the tussel with the mumps.
John G. Hunter of Phoenix, assist
ant supervisor of Indian schools of the
southwest, visited Leupp this week in
his official capacity. Naturally he
found things ii quite disorganized
condition, as regards class room
work, for the children have been af-
flicted with one or another of con-
tagious diseases since early in Feb
ruary. Mr.. Hunter remained from
Monday to Friday.
Mss Mabel Hull, who came here
from Phoenix some weeks ago to as
sist in the nursing, took her depar-
ture Wednesday for the home of
sister in Ramona, Calf.
Coke Brite Of Alvarado, Texas is a
new empIoye at Leupp, holding tenn
porarly, the blacksmith's position.
Jack Balmer and family were in at
tendance upon the big airplane meet
at Winslow Saturday.
Rev Fred Mitchell Of Ganado con-
Quoted a series of special services for
the school children Friday and Satur
day nights and twice on Sunday. Rev.
Mitchell is Presbyterian missionary
in charge of the Ganado territory, and
has spent many years among the Ma
vajo Indians. He was a guest Of
Rev. and Mrs A. K. Locker while in
Leupp.
The agency goat herd has proven
especially valuable during our flock of
ecidemics, giving nourishment that
was sorely needed to the sick children.
Farmer Hollem has felt quite proud
of the product Especial attention has
been given to facts and figures with
a view to final reports and his daily
record sheet, nicely framed, was kept
hanging in the shed. Evidently there
was one about the place who did not
approve and Mr. Hollem was COM
pletely "flabbergasted" one day to
discover old Mr. Billy Goat calmly
chewing up the remaining fragments
of the record That added one to the
farmers list Of experiences wholly
unprepared for.
Miss Mary Lynch. matron, is again
on duty after a months sojourn in
an Albuquerque sanitorium. She is
feeling much improved in health.
The Sunrise Trading post is being
improved by the addition of a sleep
ing porch on the west side, the ham
diworl5 of the manager, A. c. Grant,
assisted by couple of the Navajo
boys.
E. B. Jensen, formerly a trader at
Leupp, arrived few days since from
Phoenix, where he has been spending
a few weeks, and is the guest of his
successor, L. Ohlin Of the local post.
Mr.. Jensen visited during the winter
at Huntington Beach, Calf.
Mrs. Irene Creswell, who has been
assisting at the Leupp school during
the epidemic of measles and influenza,
returned last week to Holbrook, where
she was entertaining her mother In
company with Dir. Sampson of Wins
low, she came to Leupp on Wednesday
and drove out to the tribal sheep
camp at Red Lake to see her husband,
government stockman, who was quite
ILL., The latter returned with his wife
ard the physician to Winslow the
same evening.
Several Of the school boys have
been confined to the dornitories on
account of mumps during the past
week, leaving the farmer and other
employees short-handed on their detail.
Chas. E. Mcclure of Albuquerque,
representing the Southwestern Educa-
tional Exchange, was in Leupp Satur-
day calling upon Superintendent Mar
bic.
Hugh L. Russell and family drove
over from Keams Canyon early Sun
day morning and went on down to
Winslow to witness the flying feats.
Mr.. Russell will probably have charge
of tie new construction work to be
started soon at the Leupp school.
Most of the school and agency en-
ployes were in attendance at tAe
Winslow celebration on Saturday and
Sunday.
Quite q number of the smaller pu-
pills of the Leupp school have been
excused to go to their homes, the
larger ones of the advanced grades re-
naming to take the examinations pro-
vided.