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THE
OHEMAWA
AM ERICAN
At an early date in A pril M r. Sm ith plans to give another e n te rta in
m ent w ith his physical cu ltu re classes.
Mrs. C lark, who had charge of the cu lin ary d ep artm en t of the em
ployes’ “ M ess’’ for m any m onths, left on M arch ¿8th for M arshfield,
O regon, w here she had secured a position w hich was attractiv e to her.
Mrs. C lark is a capable and hard -w o rk in g woman and we hope th at she
may have the best of luck in her new field « of endeavor.
It has been m any years since the people of the W illam ette Valley e x
perienced so severe a w inter as th at ju st past. A ccording to report we
are about ten inches ahead of norm al precipitation to date. W e’ve had
plenty of rain and more snow than we cared for, but recently th e sun has
made an appearance again and has w arm ed our backs and made us h ap
py.
March 17th was the B and’s anniversary and the occasion was most
fittingly observed. B andm aster Loos and his boys spared neither
money nor trouble to m ake the occasion m em orable— th at they succeed
ed is sim ply a m atter of history. T h e task of decorating the big gym
for the occasion was under the supervision of Mrs. Loos and the result
was really the last word in decoration—ev erth in g was in perfect taste.
D ancing was a prom inent feature of the p arty , but we are inclined to
believe th at the refreshm ents were ages ahead of this generation, to
judge by expresssons we have heard.
N ot long a g o S u p t. C halcraft of Siletz dropped in upon h isC h em aw a
friends for a visit of a couple hours as he was passing north on govern
m ent business. A lth o u g h he suffered a severe illness not long ago he
reports ev ery th in g progressing nicely in his section. H e spoke feeling
ly of D r. C lausius whose death occurred at Siletz on F ebruary ¿3rd and
whose rem ains were taken to P ortland and crem ated. Inspired by th eir
im m ense success of last year th e In d ian people of Siletz are already
plann in g another fair for some tim e late in the com ing A ugust or early
in Septem ber. T hey certainly had a splendid fair last year and there
is every reason to believe th a t they will have a better one this year.
T he new course of stu d y has made q u ite a lot of additional work for
S u p t. W adsw orth. G etting an y th in g of th is n atu re started is alw ays
som ething of a task at a school of th is size and character, as so m any
th in g s conflict and have to be considered in detail. All of th is called for
tim e and patience on the p art of th e su p erin ten d en t. H e has called
m any special m eetings for consideration of the various phases of the work
as they appeared. Really, m atters so far as this new w ork is concerned,
are now assum ing a most satisfactory aspect. All have conceived a clearer
vision of th e subject and realize the exact duties w hich are th eirs and the
dem ands m ade upon them .