Shonto Boarding School - Shush Yearbook (Shonto, AZ)

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DEPARTMENT HEADS Arlie Anderson - Academic Royce Davis - Academic James Roth - Education Specialist, 89-10 Jerry Diebel - Guidance Nw .e A ln Laurence Smith - Education Specialist, Reading Randy Hiner - Student Activity Director S 1

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SHONTO ADMINISTRATION 24.15 in Arthur L. Smith - Principal This message is to the older boys and girls -- As you are now, as you will be in the future, KNOW YOURSELF. Develop your strengths to correct the areas where you are weak. Determine the direction of your life, set a goal and work, work very hard to realize your ambitions and dreams. Be workers, builders, achievers and improvers --just the opposite of one who would only tear down, complain and make excuses for his own lack of action. Consider set backs and failures as reasons to plan better and work harder. The world owes you nothing it was here long before you. The future is bright for you, but YOU must be willing to provide the spark. Arthur L. Smith - Principal lVIr. Smith discusses a very old bow and arrow set with Herman Arene and Robert Black.

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RECOGNITION FOR YEARS SERVICE :viable Grass, Head cook CAct,l Some 31 years ago in a little hogan school in Shonto Canyon, Mable Grass began her long career of working with Navajo children. Times and working conditions in 1943 were far dif- I ferent from those of today. Mrs. Grass did the cooking, baking and washing for the children, tending to their needs throughout the day. There were no shifts - only needs to be met. Mrs. Grass must often think of her experiences when she traveled by team and wagon or on horse-back to Tuba City Boarding School. This trip required two days with a camp out at Red Lake. After six years at Tuba City, Mable made the long trip by truck on the dirt road to Flagstaff where the train would take her to Ft. Wingate. After completing four years at Ft. - Wingate she returned home. In 1913, Mable was born, close by the place where she now works in 1974. Her mother was Mary Manygoats of the Bitterwater clan. Her father's name was Tsayutcissi of the Edgewater clan. During her early years, she learned the vital life lessons of hard work and responsibility from her parents and relatives. She has applied these values to her work as a federal employee, discharging her responsibilities capably and faithfully. One indicator is the 2500 hours of sick leave that Mrs. Grass has to her credit. Mable Grass must be remembered, respected and numbered among those on the honor roll of school employees which includes Jack Harjadene and Lynda Voltz, who contributed their best to the Shonto Boarding School. V