The Fort Apache scout. [volume], August 01, 1962, Image 1

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The
Fori Apache Scout
Official Newspaper, White Mountain Apaches
Vol. 1. No. 3
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NEW LOOK - Council Member Mary Riley shows Colonel Dor
sey R. Rodney a copy of The Fort Apache Scout during his visit
here last month, the first irr 54 years. Now retired, Rodney was
stationed at Fort Apache as a 2nd Lt. with the old sth Cavalry
Regiment from 1903 to 1908 and had last seen Mary when she
was a small child.
Cavalryman Returns To Ft. Apache
After an Absence of 54 Years
FORT APACHE—Memories of
a long-ago era were revived
again last month when a for
mer Cavalry Lt., stationed here
from 1903 to 1908, returned for
his first visit in 54 years.
Colonel Dorsey R. Rodney,
United States Army, Retired,
walked into Tribal Headquar
ters at Whiteriver recently and
met a woman he had last seen
as a little girl more than half a
century ago.
The woman was Mary Rily,
Tribe To Honor Senator Hayden
At Hatchery Dedication In October
ALCHESAY SPRINGS The
White Mountain Apache Tribal
Council unanimously approved
a resolution last week to dedi
cate the new Alchesay Fish
Hatchery in honor of Senator
Carl Hayden.
Plans were made for an all
day dedication celebration at
the hatchery early in October
with Senator Hayden as hon
ored guest.
A huge, free venison barbe
cue is being planned as part of
the dedication ceremonies in
which invitations will be sent
to President John F. Kennedy;
Secretary of the Interior, Stew
art L. Udall: Philleo Nash,
Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs; Senator Barry Goldwater;
Governor Paul Fannin and
other state and national digni
taries.
Superintendent Albert M.
Hawley and all the members of
the Tribal Council have volun
teered to shoot sufficient deer
from their quota allotment to
provide the meat for the barbe
cue.
Funds for the construction of
now a buxom grandmother,
Council member and one of the
Tribe’s most distinguished and
respected members.
“I know you,” Mary exclaim
ed. “You’re Lt. Rodney, the one
who used to like liver and on
ions!
With this greeting, the Col
onel and the Lady held a nostal
gic reunion of the days when
Mary’s father was an inter
preter for the old sth Cavalry
Continued Page 8, Col. 1
the $900,000 hatchery were ob
tained through the persistent
efforts of Senator Hayden in
1959, who also secured addi
tional funds since that time to
insure the hatchery’s comple
tion.
In 1960, the Tribal Council
passed a resolution naming the
project the Carl Hayden Fish
Hatchery. However, Senator
Hayden, being a close personal
friend of Chief Alchesay, hered
itary Chief of the White Moun
tain Apache Tribe, requested
the project be named after his
longtime friend.
When completed, the hatch
ery will supply fish not only to
the reservation but in other
areas of Arizona to meet the
ever increasing fishing needs
of the state’s residents.
Barry De Rose, Tribal At
torney, and Lester Oliver,
Tribal Chairman, announced
the exact date of the dedica
tion ceremonies will depend on
Senator Hayden’s availability to
be present for the historic
event.
August, 1962
Council Endorses Proposal For
Phoenix Indian Medical Center
Queen Contest
Slated Aug. 24
at Whiteriver
WHITERIVER The
girl who will reign as
Queen of the 1962 Tribal
Fair will be chosen at 7
p.m., August 24, during the
annual beauty contest to be
held in Alchesay Hall.
Tribal officials have is
sued an invitation to all
tribal girls between the
ages of 14 and 19 to enter
the contest. The winner, to
be selected by a panel of
three judges, will, in addi
tion to other awards, ap
pear on television in Phoe
nix to help publicize the
annual fair and rodeo
scheduled September 2 and
3 at the Tribal Fairgrounds
at Whiteriver.
Officials announced the
following rules for contest
ants in the beauty contest:
1. All contestants must
be members of the White
Mountain Apache Tribe and
must be single and between
14 and 19 years of age.
2. Contestants will be
judged in camp dress and
modern dress with judging
points based on dress,
poise, personality, health
and physical grace.
3. Each community on
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FAIR PLANNING - Tribal officials meet to plan exhibits and
events for the annual White Mountain Apache Tribal Fair and
Rodeo scheduled September 1 and 2 at Whiteriver. Shown are,
from left, standing: McNeil Toggie, Gus Quintero, Fair Chair
man and Lester Oliver, Tribal Chairman. Seated, from left: Fred
Banashley, Ruby Harvey and Arthur Gordon. This year s event
will be the best ever held on the Reservation, officials declared.
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ANTELOPE HERD
INCREASE NOTED
WHITERIVER An increase
in the antelope crop planted
three years ago on Benito Mesa
may result in a limited hunt
being permitted sometime next
year, it was reported here this
week by Tribal wildlife offi
cials.
Jim Sparks, manager of the
White Mountain Apache Recre
ation Enterprise, observed a
total of 63 antelope between
Chino Springs and Georges
Basin during a one-day aerial
survey conducted recently.
Sparks made the survey in a
plane provided by the Arizona
State Game Department and
reported spotting a number of
trophy-size bucks in the area
covered.
The small herd using the
area between the Whiteriver
air strip and Fort Apache has
increased to a total of 17 ani
mals, he declared, with the
buck-doe ratio of all antelope
spotted computed at one to
one.
A 39-percent fawn crop was
indicated from the results of
the survey.
Tribe Receives
Ist Interest Check
WHITERIVER-A check for $7,345
for interest earned by the Tribe from
August 15, 1961 to July 1,1962 on
capital improvement loans made to
the Recreation Enterprise was cred
ited to the Tribe’s Revolving Loan
Fund this week.
Jim Sparks, Enterprise Manager,
reported the check was the first in
terest payment on the loans and cited
it as further tangible evidence of the
benefits accruing to the Tribe from
the Recreation Enterprise operations.
Fort Apache Indian Reservation
Whiteriver, Arizona
Urge Action
By Congress
WHITERIVER The
White Mountain Apache
Tribal Council this week
backed plans for the con
struction of an Indian Medi
cal Center in Phoenix and
urged immediate action by
Congress to release prev
iously appropriated plan
ning funds for the project’s
development.
Council members unani
mously adopted a resolu
tion approving the develop
ment of the Indian Medical
Center which would provide
health and medical serv
ices for numerous Indian
tribes in a 4-state area of
the Southwest.
The Center, to be operat
ed by the U.S. Public
Health Service, would pro
vide complete diagnostic,
medical and therapeutic
services and facilities for
Indian residents of the
Southwestern United States
and would also be a train
ing, refresher and research
center for the many medi
cal activities not provided
by PHS in the Indian hos
pitals currently in opera
tion.
In endorsing the resolu
tion, the Tribal Council cit
ed the long relationship of
mutual respect and under
standing which has develop
ed over the years between
the White Mountain Apach
es and the Public Health
Service.
The Council noted the re
markable rate of progress
in the Indian Health Pro
gram on the Fort Apache
Indian Reservation by the
PHS.
They cited the recogni
tion and understanding by
PHS officials of the basic
cultural differences and
mental attitudes of the
White Mountain Apache
Tribe toward both curative
and preventive health ef
forts. Cont’d. Page 3, Col. 2