The Chemawa American, October 01, 1912, Page 21, Image 21

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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Despite the excessive rain which
came during the hop-picking sea­
son, we think that all of those who
were in any way interested in the
crop did as well as usual. On
the average our boys and girls are
thought to have done a little better
than usual while engaged at pick­
ing.
Mr. C. E. Faris, principal at
Shoshone, came down in charge of
some pupils who wished to enroll
at Chemawa. Mr. Faris was for
many years with Supt. Wadswcrth
while the latter was in charge at
Shoshone, Wy. He is a pleasant
Supt. Wadsworth has quite a lot young gentleman and we were
of carpentering work in progress un­ glad to have him visit our school.
der the supervision of Mr. Woods.
On Saturday evening, October 5,
Among other things the roofs of the
a number of our orchestra play­
big dining hall, the prune dryer
ers went to Woodburn to play for
and the root house are being re­
a football benefit and jollification.
shingled. Considerable painting
Everything went nicely and our
is also in progress.
musicians were well received.
Miss Mary McCloud, a sister of Those composing the party were,
Alexandria McCloud, arrived at Misses Emma Shepard, Fannie
the school recently for a short vis­ Adams, Nellie Barrett, and Messrs.
it. Her home is in Kodiak, Alaska, Chas. E. Larsen, J. W. Swoboda
and she was enroute to Long Beach, and Ruthyn Turney.
California, to visit with friends.
In changing the American to a
She made a brief address one after­ monthly from a weekly we have
noon to the pupils assembled in been a “ wee bit” disappointed at
chapel.
not receiving certain print-shop
Mr. C. E. Frye, at one time materials which we were counting
wagon-maker at Chemawa, recent­ on—but we are not in the least dis­
ly qualified for a position in the couraged, for all will come out
quartermaster department of gov­ right in the end. In this issue the
ernment service and is now em­ advertisements were omitted from
ployed near White Salmon, Wash. necessity and we beg our patrons
Before leaving Mr. and Mrs. Frye to be patient with us and await our
next issue, which we hope will be
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. interesting and satisfactory to all
Swoboda for a few days.
parties concerned.
Supt. Wadsworth recently vis­
ited Portland and Seattle on school
business.
Mr. Larsen has the band reorgan­
ized and rehearsals are again under
way. The old wagon shop is be­
ing used temporarily as a band
hall. The band is one of the live
features of the school.
Mrs. E. H. Perkins came down
with her children just before school
opened from their home in Meteor,
Wash. On her arrival here she ac­
cepted the position of housekeeper
for Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Smith.