Papago Indian news., June 01, 1954, Image 2

About Papago Indian news. (Sells, Ariz.) 1954-19??

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BOARD, OF DIR-JCTCRC
Louis Harvey, Chairman ; t
Richard Hendricks ' -* .
Ralph A* Johnson
Albert F# ROricgo
Francis Patricio r
STAFF • ..
Frank >tein • • • • ... Editor
Albert F* Iloriego • . • Business Manager
~34za iiendez • ••#.• .Sells Reporter
John ixcndea Jr# . * • • Sells Reporter
Joe Lopez*. • •••••» Ilicl&xran Reporter
Evelyn Lopez • . secretarial Staff
Lila Jose • •••••• Secretarial Staff
Elizabeth Roricgo • « • Secretarial Staff
Hilda Ortiz • «•••• Secretarial Staff
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'• A tentative, long-range program of
cooperation with the v% apago Indians in ' !
development of better health, educational,
a d cultural facilities uas discussed
at a meeting of the nearly formed
Association for Papago Affairs#
Os immediate interest to the as eola
tion is a more adequate medical program
for the vast reservation irith a population
of proidmatcly 6,000 people and oldy one 1 '"
resident physician# He is Br# John Parks,
uith headquarters at Sells,
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Currently, it iras pointed out, : the o
only hospital on the reservation is at
San Xavier, and it consists of only '
2£ beds. which primarily rare provided for
treatment of tubcrculars#
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The general hospital at Sells, reser
vation headquarters, burned sjLic years age
and has never ben replaced# Harry
Stevens, Superintendent, told the group
he does not kneu irhy it has never been
pos iblo to get an appropriation for a
net j hospital# ♦ . ■/*
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Representatives of the tribe said
they uould cooperate in providing housing
for people visiting relatives; in the.
present hospital if the association trill
help trith furnishings#
/all a r T'-cd, hotrever, that*a net:
hospital more centrally located is
imperative# *
Primary objectives of the-association
ares
(1) Better medical facilities, includ
ing additional hospital accoranodatiens#
(2) Intcrgration of the Pap ago s into
community life so they trill be better
prepared to share in the privileges and
responsibilities of full citizenship
uhen the reservation eventually is abo
lished#
(3) A better understanding between
members of the tribo and other citizens#
(U) ilorcand better schools#
Both the Association and representatives v
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of'the tribe expressed interest in
a self-help program by the Pap' go s#
P'.TRCHIZf CIS ABV RTIZIf, ~'
The ads that you trill find in this
advertisers# These arc businessman
who have done business-uith us and uho
desire to continue doing so* In most
instances these businessman are aware of
our special buying wants and try to fill
them# Tell our advertisers you saw '
their ads in the .Papa Indian Heirs, •
ask for advertised items, and the ads
irill be of mutual benefit to the. m...
readers, the advertisers, and our
newspaper# ■
Papago Indian Row sre serves the
right to reject advertising which is
unsuitable in say uay# : ' .
EDITOR •
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in Sells # . • V . , * •
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| Prompt service «
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A RAhl ICR Cb~? Pb'. -RI :
The Pan ago Indian Hcuspapcr board
asks the people to suggest.a.name for
uhat our paper should be called# So
every one send your suggestion in this
month to the Editor#- ■■ The newspaper
board irill judge on the names that you
irill send in, and the winner trill be
announced in our next issue#
t:b;a3 .egirtc ?“llc* t ,hip for
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Thomas -A# • Scgundo, of’hanta Rosa
Village on.the ~opago Indian reservation,
■has received on opportunity fellowsliip
for 195U* The Jo hi Hay Hhitncy
foundation announced#
A graduate stundent. at the Univer
sity of Chicago end o::ecuti ; e director
'of American Indian Center, Chicago, he
mill continue graduate studies in
social sciences and lair at the univer
sity#
Scgundo is a graduate of the univer
sity of Arizona and served as Chairman
of the Papago Council from 19k7 tb 1933*>
His hltimatc goal, upon completion, of
his program of s tudy, is to return to
.the reservation better qualified to help
*his people implement their social and
economic program#
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