Clarence W. Ringey, superintendent of the Umatilla Indian Agency, Pendleton, Oreg., will move to the comparable position at Western Washington Agency, Everett, Wash., on July 17 and will be replaced on July 31 by William E. Ensor, Jr., administrative officer of the Cherokee Agency, Cherokee, N.C., the Bureau of Indian Affairs announced today.
At Western Washington Mr. Ringey succeeds Melvin L. Robertson who transfers July 14 to be superintendent of the Menominee Agency, Keshena, Wis.
A native of Clarissa, Minn., Ringey joined the Indian Bureau in 1931 and for 10 years served as farm agent at Red Lake Agency, Red Lake, Minn. From there he went to the now abolished Tomah Agency, Shawano, Wis., as a field aid and later became assistant to the superintendent. In 1947 he transferred back to Red Lake as farm management supervisor and two years later was promoted to district agent at the Great Lakes Consolidated Agency, Ashland, Wis. After three years in this assignment, he transferred to the Minneapolis Area Office as Realty Assistant. He was appointed to his present position of Superintendent at Umatilla in 1954.
Ensor came with the Bureau in 1928 as assistant clerk at Tuba City, Ariz., and after one year moved to the Cherokee Agency where he has been stationed ever since. He has been administrative officer at Cherokee for the past 10 years and recently served for several months as acting superintendent.
