1.
LS OLD SCHOOL
5 1/2 ft

2.
MS INTERIOR OF OLD SCHOOL (2 SHOTS)
9 1/2 ft

3.
LS MS STUDENTS (2 SHOTS)
12 1/2 ft

4.
MS COL. SIMMONS HANDS OVER SCHOOL TO MR. PIN MALAKUL
15 ft

5.
LS NEW SCHOOL
17 ft

6.
CU SCHOOL SIGN
19 1/2 ft

7.
MLS GUESTS
21 ft

8.
MLS SCHOOL
23 ft

9.
MS CHILDREN
28 1/2 ft

10.
MLS SCOUT BUILDING
31 ft

11.
LS INTERIOR & GUESTS (2 SHOTS)
35 ft

12.
MLS KING AT EXHIBITION (2 SHOTS)
41 ft

13.
MS PEOPLE AT EXHIBITION
42 ft

14.
LS EXHIBITION HALL
45 ft



Initials VTS/S/MK/CLA/AMR



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Background: THE FIRST SCHOOL TO BE BUILT UNDER THE NEW U.S. AID PROJECT FOR THAILAND CALLED "OPERATION MITRAPAB" WAS OPENED AT BAN YANG IN PRACHINBURI PROVINCE, 100 MILES EAST OF BANGKOK, ON JUNE 30.

THE 300,000 BHAT SCHOOL HAS FACILITIES FOR SEVEN FULL GRADES FOR 320 STUDENTS. ALREADY ABOUT 200 STUDENTS FROM SIX VILLAGES ARE STUDYING IN FOUR GRADES.

LT. COL. SIMMONS OF "OPERATION MITRAPAB" HANDED OVER THE BUILDING TO THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION MR. PIN MALAKUL. AMONG THOSE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE U.S. AMBASSADOR MR. K. T. YOUNG.

"OPERATION MITRAPAB" HOPES TO PROVIDE MORE RURAL SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH EAST, DURING THE YEAR.

ON JULY 1, THE KING OF THAILAND HIS MAJESTY BHUMIBOL ADULDEJ PRESIDED AT THE OPENING OF A NEW-FOUR STOREY BOY SCOUT CENTRE AT THE GROUNDS OF NATIONAL STADIUM IN BANGKOK.

THE OPENING OF THE NEW H.Q. FOR SCOUTS COINCIDES WITH 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUT MOVEMENT IN THAILAND. CENTRE IS NAMED AFTER THE KING RAMA THE SIXTH FOUNDER OF SCOUT MOVEMENT IN THAILAND. KING BHUMIBOL WENT AROUND THE BUILDING AFTER THE OPENING AND VIEWED AN EXHIBITION OF WORK AT SCOUTS.