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GanadoNews
By
D.V. Vann
Superintendent Joseph A. Poncel
of Ganado Mission and two students
of Ganado Mission High School at
* tended the annual Indian Youth
Council meetings at the University
of New Mexico April 14-15 in Albu
querque. Students chosen to repre
sent their school were Riley Bal
enquah and Miss Patricia Siebolt.
The Reverend Gustav Ban,
minister in the Dutch Reformed
* Church in Capetown, South Africa,
was a guest at Ganado Mission this
week. Reverend Bam was a guest
i speaker at a student chapel meet
ing April 11. He is spending 3
months in the United States to study
progress in the commission on
Eucamenical Missions and rela
" tions of the United Presbyterian
Church. As part of this study he has
included serving as pastor of a
church in Oklahoma City. Bam is a
graduate of the University of Stel
lenbosch and the Dutch Reformed
1 Seminary near Capetown. He has
been engaged in training youthfel
lowship members for leaders of
Leupp Dedication
On Sunday the 16th of April dedication ceremonies of the new facil
ities at the Leupp Boarding School took place. Many speakers and guests
from various portions of the Reservation were present for the ceremon
ies. Visitors from the Navajo Tribe, Bureau of Indian Affairs and other
agencies were present.
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Indian Communities to
Receive $880,000.00
A bill pending in the lower house
of Congress will give New Mexico
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proved. The money is included in
‘-he appropriation for the Depart
ment of the Interior, Rep. Joseph
M. Montoya, D-NM, said.
Expenditures proposed for New
Mexico health centers include:
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Bible and discussion groups and for
teachers in wayside Sunday schools
for Muslims. His church hotel
houses 100 young men from rural
areas.
Mrs. Arleon Wilson, musical
director at Ganado Mission High
School and her student quartet pre
sented their final concert at t h e
Presbyterian Mission in Kayenta,
Arizona April 16. This completed
a series of concerts by the quartet,
who were accompanied on the i r
trips around the state by Mrs. Wil
son and Supt. Joseph A. Poncel.
Mrs. Wilson’s Melody Club pre
sented a concert for home folks Ap
ril 13.
Sherwood Numkena, art teacher
at Ganado Elementary School, and
his students, assisted by the 4 H
boys and girls put on a highly suc
cessful Arts and Crafts show April
7. On exhibit were various types of
basketry, leather craft, ceramic
pieces, animal head masks and
some outstanding pictures. Mem
ber s of the 4-H Club and their spon
sors, Mrs. Guendolyn Candella,
Miss Esther Showalter, and Mrs.
Nedra Emery served refreshments
made by the 4-H girls for the oc
casion. The exhibits will be entered
in the annual Junior Indian Arts
and Crafts show at the Museum of
Northern Arizona which will be
held this month in Flagstaff. In past
Dulce, Jicarilla Apache reserva
tion, $160,000; Lake Valley, Nav
ajo Reservation, $35,000; San
Ysidro, Jemez Pueblo, $35,000;
Santa Domingo Pueb 10, $35,000;
Mescalero Apache Reservation,
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The proposed expenditures for
sanitation facilities include: Ship
rock, $200,000 for water supply;
Tohatchi, $78,000, water and sew
age systems; Mescalero, $71,000
for second phase of water system
starting last year.
years Numkena’s students have
been awarded numerous prizes for
outstanding work at the Flagstaff
show.
Larry Shumway, musical direc
tor of Ganado Elementary School
will take his 39 member Junior
High School Band to Chinle, Ariz
ona, to present a spring musical
program to the students and teach
ers of the Chinle Junior High
School.
The Ganado Elementary School
Band will present their first spring
program at the school on Thursday
afternoon and evening, April 20.
The afternoon program will be pre
sented for students and the evening
program will be given for parents
and friends. The advance chorus
will also present the following
numbers at the two programs:
“Down Yonder in The Cornfield/*
“Stodola Pumpa’*, “The Orchestra
Song’*, “The Indian Flute,** “Dem
Golden Slippers**, and “No Man Is
An Island**. The band will play the
following numbers: “On The Hike’*,
“On Your Mark’’, “Cathedral
Hour,’* “Estacy**, “RazzleDaz
zle,** “Masquerade Overture’*,
“Coronation/* “Garden of
Dreams’*, “Medley of Familar
Songs’*, “Two Chorales’* and
“Theme from Pomp and Circum
stance/*
The musicians have also been
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APRIL 26, 1961—THE NAVAJO TIMES—
invited to give a concert at the Win
dow Rock high school at Fort De
fiance. The date to be announced
later.
Administration and staff mem
bers of Ganado elementary school
are proud of the two teachers who
have been awarded National Science
Foundation Scholarships. Charles
Supplee has been awarded an eight
weeks scholarship to the Univer
sity of Delaware at Newark.
Alvin Cooper has been awarded
a six weeks scholarship to Colby
College in Waterville, Maine.
Ganado Presbyterian Church
members are conducting an annual
family night Mission Study group
with the theme, “Into All The World
Together,**. On April 12 Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Kukulski of Kinlichee
led the discussion centering on the
filmstrip, “The Worldln A Word.’*
On April 19 Dr. and Mrs. Edwin
Mehne will lead the discussion on
the topic entitled “God’s Instru
ments.** On April 26, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Supplee of Ganado El
ementary School will lead the dis
cussion based on the film, “The
Household of Faith.’* The Wednes
day, May 3rd meeting will be led
by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Halder
man of Ganado Mission. Discus
sion will center on the topic.
“Christianity: A Supra* Faith**.
The concluding meeting on May
10th will feature a fellowship Sup
per with aprogram arranged by
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Burns of
Ganado Mission Staff.
Airman Tom Gorman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gorman of
Ganado, Arizona, returned home
last week after spending four years
in the Air Force. For the past year
Gorman has been based in Scot
land. Unknown to both Tom and his
father, Howard Gorman, Navajo
Tribal Councilman from the Gan
ado area, both of them we r e in
Washington, D.C. at the same time.
Howard Gorman is still in Wash
ington on Tribal business and has
not yet seen his son. Young Gorman
is planning to return to college in
the fall since he is now mustered
out after serving his enlistment
term.
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