The Coconino sun., 1927-07-22
KAYENTA NEWS

u. EoQ1uty Z lbciuOOtis ttiid VI
ganized a Sunday school. Rev. Smith
read chapter from the bible, hymn
was sung. all joined in the Lords
prayer and the rest Of the time was
given over to a discussion OF the best
plans to be adopted. Twenty-four
members were enrolled. The meetings
under the name Of Sunday afternoon
services will be held at the manse at
two O'clock each Sunday. Rev. Smith
is TO be at the head of the organiza-
tion and Mrs. Warren was elected
ecretary-treasurer Miss Fitzpatrick
viii teach the class of children. A So
ciety of this nature will be beneficial
to the community and it is to be hoped
much interest viii be manifested from
the start
E. 3. Neal has been keeping pretty
quiet the past week. While at the
spring near Gouldings camp i'll Monu-
mental Valley he stepped on loose
pebble which threw him, spraining
the ligaments in his side and back
and he has scarcely been able to get
around.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Young
returned from Flagstaff, Tuesday;
they We're accompanied by Mrs. Ar
who had been into town to spend the
Fourth with Mr.. Newman, member
of Babbitt Bros. garage force.
AS an appetizer Mrs. Dillon and
Miss Fitzpatrick took an early morn
ing hike over to the rocks back of
Kayenta and enjoyed a campfire
breakfast. Sunday.
James E. Ewers went into Flagstaff
Sunday on business.
c. L. Youngblood and Squire Man
gum made tHp over to Tuba,
Wednesday. When they returned
Thursday they brought Miss Anna
Mae Roberts, daughter of James Fl.
Roberts, property clerk at Tuba, and
Alma and Lila Gillespie, children of
Mrs. Ethel Gillespie, cook at the club
over there. Miss Anna Mae will spend
ten days or SO visiting at the Man
gum home and on Friday Mr.. Mangum
took Alma and Lila to their home in
Blanding.
A jolly little crowd in two cars
drove in Monday and surprised
"Shine" Smith. The party included
Mr.. and Mrs. Camille Garcia and four
daughters, Margaret, Mabel, Regina
and Alice; Miss Lucie John, Miss
Lottie Glenn and Mr.. and Mrs. Noble
Dunaway, all of Chin-lee, the last two
furnishing the best surprise as they
were recently married. Mr.. Garcia
has a store at Chinlee, Miss John is
head matron and Miss Glenn teacher
in the government school there Mrs
Dunaway, whose name was formerly
Mrs. Cordeha Jackson, is also a
teacher in the Indian school and she
and Miss Glenn had been for a ,vaca-
tiOn to their homes in Holdcnville,
Okla. The trip through this part of
the country had been planned previ-
ously and these two ladies met the
rest Of the group at Gallup At that
place Mr.. Dunaway and Mrs. Jackson
gave their friends the slip and were
married on Saturday, July 2. This
news Will be interesting to folks all
over this reservation as Mr.. Dun
away, familiarlv known as "Dick" has
made many friends in his journeys
over here and these friends will Join
in hearty congratulations and best
wishes. He has been in the govern
ment service for sixteen years, all the
time on the TT Defiance and Western
Navajo reservations with headquar-
ters at Chinlee, and for the past thir-
teen years has been windmill inspec-
tor, which makes his trips over here
frequent His wife will continue to
teach in that school and soon after
their return~she will go to Ft. Defi-
ance to assist for short time. They
will make their home at Chinlee. The
bride is not known to our people but
is a very pleasant lady to meet and
viii prove a delightful companion and
worthy helpmeet. For one year she
was at Keams Canyon, being teacher
there during the principalship of w.
J. Davis, the present head of our
Kayenta school. The party has been
on two weeks trip, going from Gal
lup to the White Mountains and COM
ing to Flagstaff and the Grand Can-
von via Springerville and back here
via Cameron and Tuba. They departed
for home on Tuesday. This is the first
visit to Kayenta for all of them except
Mr.. Dunaway, and they were much
enthused over the beautiful scenery
to be found around this neighborhood.
While here they made side trip over
to El Captain and towards the Monu-
ments, accompanied by Preacher
Smith.
John A. KERN, head teacher in the
Western Navajo school at Tuba, and
his son and daughter came up Wednes-
day for a short visit with Preacher
Smith and other friends. Mr.. KERN
has just enjoyed a trip to Chicago
and on the return home he was joined
by his daughter, Miss Evelyn, teach
er in the Denver schools, and his son,
Donald, a student at West Point.
Leaving here Thursday the party
went into Flagstaff.
Frances Dobbins of Monumental
Valley and Frank Young of Mexican
Hat passed through Kayenta Friday
on the way to Flagstaff. Mr.. Young
had trouble with his truck on the way
out last time and went in for parts
and Mr. Dobbins went on to WinsloD
on business.
Robert f. Hinman of Louisville,
KY, arrived Sunday on pack trip
through this country. He is being
guided by Coil Davis Of Rainbow
Lodge. They will go to Polacca and
back via Tuba Mr. Hinman, man
fifty years Of age, is an honest-to-
goodness walker. At home he thinks
nothing Of doing forty miles day on
foot and his ambition is to raise that
record ia fifty miles He has hlked