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Show Taking It Fasy After A Loner Ride Greeting One Of The First Students Answering Roll Call Just Before Breakfast St8'' ! ! ! Dr. George A. Boyce And Indian Youth exchange greetings and a hand shake Wednesday morning when the first group of 500 Indian students arrived at the Intermountain Indian school. The man immediately to the right of Boyce is Harry Gus, interpreter. Mrs. Marlama Yale Ta.tes ... ... first Roll Call of the group of girls assigned to her shortly after their arrival at the Intermoun-- , tain Indian school. All of the teachers were striving to learn the names of the . assigned to them by the end of the first day. ;i s Receives Promotion lien Teller (with apple) And Ben Staley sit on their luggage and wait for breakfast call, The young Indians were quietly dignified and went through initial processing in a short time. An interpreter had to ask their names. ' t . Dance Is For January 4 Married Folks Slated A Wildlife Group To will Married Folks Dance held under the the Daughters of sponsorship Utah Pionof eers, in the Brigham City Sixth be VOLUME 43, NUMBER 2 Meet Here Tonight To BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1950 Serve The Young Farmers During 1950 NAVAHO YOUNGSTERS ARRIVE Principle item of business at ward chapel, Saturday, January the annual meeting of the Box 4, it was announced today by Elder Wildlife federation to be officials of the event held In the ComFriday evening During the dance refreshments mercial clubrooms at the bank will be served. .. will be the election of Ail married folks are invited building a complete new set of officers, to attend the dance , to Earl Anderson, according , Wildlife Federation annual president S. Melvin Jeppsen ; election meeting this evening Another important matter to in the Commercial clubrooms. be taken care of will toe the pre . son of Mr. and Mrs. Aug- sentation of a resolution asking ' Ust F. Jeppsen of , Brigham Dr. Floyd N. Barker of the Brig-- ; that the tail-racwas recently promoted ham City power plant be closed City to of the passport sec- head To Open Office Here to fishing for everyone except the of State department lion . 15 and old Or. Floyd ;N. 'Barker years recently youngsters Mass. for Boston, resoluIf passed the announced he passed the Utah younger. tion will be forwarded as a state examination for Naturopto the Utah Wildathy and Chiropractic and will Called On Mission meeting in Balt open his office January 16; at 19 life federation Sunwest Forest street. His phone Lake City Saturday 'and number is 1010. day, January 21 and 22. Barker is the son of Mr. and Other matters of business at Mrs, Claude R. Barker of Brightonights meeting will include am City, He recently comp- the annual report of the presiand leted his studies of naturopathy dent and secretary-treasureat the Pacific college of Naturop- general discussions of , Wildlife athic physicians. federation and conservation ac, tivities, past and future, Tq Practice In Brigham A Dutch lunch wifi be served following the meeting. AT BRIGHAM In State Department Mr. S. Melvin Jeppsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. August F. Jeppsen of Brigham City, recently received an excellent promotion in the U. S. state department pastport section, according to a letter received by his parents. Jeppsen, who has worked in disD. C. since Washington U. S. the navy, from charged now heads the Boston, Mass., visa section of the state departV ment.' Floyd N. Barker r- - received word recently Passed the Utah State he fcromation'.for Naturopathy rtf P'ropractic. His new locaaed the nP at 19 of-fi- is west phone number 1010. e ict the new officers of For-stre- He is a graduate of Box Elder high school before the war and of the L. D. S. business college in Salt Lake City, During the war he served four years in the navy. et, Icer Wildlife Federa-- n this (Friday) evening. Phone your news to 727, For better hunting in the attend the Wildlife meeting this evening. . ' , , The' hopes of 234 Navajo Indian children became .fact Wednesday morning at 7 oclock when they arrived at the Indian school to begin studies. ' Another group arrived Thursday morning and the final group was scheduled , ' . s J ii Few of the traditional Indian blankets were seen among the young Indians as they climbed from the buses. The boys were dressed in Levi pants and either heavy woolen coats or denim jackets. A few of them wore old army blouses passed down from older brothers. The girls for the most part were dressed in the same type of clothing- - local youngsters would wear. , dignity during their first Stepping from the bus at the quite at the school. Na- experiences vajo children are always sinNew Officers Of The Box Elder Young Farmers Chapter cere about attending school and industriously work to gain an . . . who were elected to office at Box Elder high school Monday' evening, January 9. education, Boyce said. This is more than just the first day They are from left to right: Clair Knudson, secretary-treasure- r; Shoji Watanabe, vice of school for them; its the fit st president; Roy L, Braegger, president; and Robert Nelson, historian. day of a new life. . i Willard; Earl Glen, Brigham-Mantua- ; At noon Wednesday,, the Harmon Campbell, of the Central school the youngsters only English Practically Lee Johnson, Bear River words the majority of the under the direction of J. D. GunCity; and Sam Kuwata, youngsters could speak were derson, principal, .visited the Fill their names and the name of school to offer the Indian chilThe young farmers organiza- the locality in which they lived. dren a hearty welcome to Brigham City. The Brigham kids tion is the farmers counter-par- t Chester R. Kunzler, son of (Mr. out Dr. Boyces le sang several Bearing songs of greeting. Comof Chamber of the Mrs. Kunzler Junior J. of John and claration that the Navajo InThe dormitories the kids - at merce, Pealing entirely in farm- dian is Park Valley, will be honored at calm regardless always Chester R. Kunzler a farewell testimonial Sunday, ing activities, they meet once of the pressure exerted on him " the Indian school will live - In a to one discuss at m month oclock 15, the agricultural the large group of kids com- are the best accommodations son of Mr. and Mrs. lohn j January . problems and to listen , to lec- pleted preliminary processing ever offered Navajos in any .of J. Kunzler of Park Valley will A farewell dance ln honor of Monday nighat Box Elder high tures toy prominent agricultur- in little more than an hour in their boarding schools. They .V would compare favorably 'with ists. '' ;v be honored at a farewell tes- - elder Kunzler will be held in 4:' spite of their inability to underThe Box Elder chapter consists stand orders in English. Had living -standards of white peotimoniai January 15, prior to the "ward recreation hall Satur. , of 88 members from the south- they been a grpup of the aver- ple. his departure to fill an L.D.S. day night, January 14. each decorated In In ern Elder of Box room, county. recruits that part processmission age army home mission in the Northwestern Entering the They are between the ages of ing would probably have been pastel colors common to the ' he leave for will 23, January states. , 18 and 35c.:v.' dessert, four children . will live. twice as long. the northwestern mission field And always' within a short disBesides 1 business the Teachers Indian in meetings active Thursday February the group meets for social ac- teaching previously said that tance will toe an advisor. Health Dept. Reports Chester graduated from Box The school rooms the youngtivities, i A the majority of the youngsters sters Elder high school with the class will study in are spacious, According to a report from of 1943. on for instruction for had officers the Since he time has group that applied Outgoing well and offer a pleasthe Utah department of health, been equipped, rebeen the had but reservation are Thomas Hunsaker, presiranching wna'T father ant for learning the there were 3$ cases of measles in atmosphere faa twodent; Roy Braegger, vice presi- fused because of inadequate Park Valley except fundamentals of living in the and five cases of chicken pox to were cilities. first the Sam historian of with stretch Kowata, the They dent; year contracted in Box Elder county merchant marine duty evening in the commercial and . Robert Stack, secretary-treasure- r. be accepted for the school here. highly competitive white sofor the week ending January 6. as a fireman and during the war;1? clubrooms.. The outgoing direcUpon completion of the long ciety. engineer. Two thousand students will be tors are Byron Bowden, Farrell trip, which was the first ride in He is a counselor in the PaTk I Wildlife Federation meeting at the school next year to make this evening at 8 In Commer-- j Valley Sunday school superin-- ! of the Aaronic priesthood com-cia- l Hatch, Clinton Burt, and Wilbur a motor vehicle for many of it the largest boarding school In i of them a and the ; mittee. and completion clubrooms. Be there! Wheatley. tendency general secretary week long journey for some the world. By next Monday they will all that had started on foot or on have had physical examinations burrow from the depths of the and received their shots against reservation, they were orga- communicable diseases. Pictures nized into small groups. A are toeing taken of each child to to whose was first teacher, job to the parents back on learn the names of each child be sent the reservation. assigned to him, took them to the mess hall where they feasted on cocoa, cereal, eggs, toast and fruit. They were then ta- T. B. Exams For Senior ken to their new quarters where, High Students Slated V 4 as teachers reported, they were dazed to discover that each of The Utah state unit now them had a bed with a mat- at the Intermountaln Indian tress a chair, which many of school will be utilized Friday, 4 them had never before used: a (today) and Saturday, January large closet and a chest of 13 and 14, to give chest examidrawers Mae nations to senior students from Many of the youngsters were Box Elder high school, .the obviously below the 12 year teachers and food handlers; it age limit for the first group. Dr. was announced today by Agnes Boyce considered this & good Sterling, public health nurse. . sign saying - evidently the par Those who are supposed to ents are sufficiently eager to take the examinations may go ARCUVCftCT- KARL have their children in school to to the Indian school Friday bestretch .their age a couple of tween 1 and 3 oclock in the afternoon or between 9 and 12 years... The entire group was well be- o clock in tite morning - Cattar-da- y .. . , room, corrective room, especially designed for stu- - is not known- - Work on the building will begin as soon as haved and exuded an air of school was the climax of 66 years of attempting to gain admission to a public school for many of them, and the crowning moment of entering a new world of hope and happiness from a world of desolation and poverty for all of them. Chester Kunzler Honey-vilie-Harpe- r. To foot lT l?u0i; 8 high P1?na81l?1WpBn staiSard 50 bv , , . ' . , on,'Garlan? tivity rw&ti . " . dents with physical handicaps, ban court and two not yet comp,f I an audio visual room, hand-8- 6 Because plans for the new eentin capacity of the Bxn .... J f ii Mission . , i ; - . i 4;t - H. Trp86? j 4 x-r- This ! 4 ' ! school i I to arrive today. ,, buses,. 5 Of Arriving in six chartered Greyhound-typ- e the new students were girls and 169 were boys- - Though they had been travelling practically steady since late Monday afternoon they had many broad smiles to offer the welcoming staff of 40 new teachers headed by Dr. George A- - Boyce, r, S. Jeppsen Raised INDIAN SCHOOL: First 500 Kids Well Behoved And Anxious To Begin Their Studies e' ; Box Elder Wildlife Federation annual meeting this ; evening. You are invited to attend. 8 PAGES full arrangements are made.: It will be so constructed that Wildlife Federation annual Free Dutch lunch at ( a womens gym may be built to it at a later date if so de- meeting and " election tonight. meeting of Box Elder Wi sired. Structure cost will not be known until bids are let. Free Dutch lunch. Youre invited. Federation this evening. 6 J til ; if |