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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1916)
PAGE 2 T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t t h e S a le m I n d ia n T r a in in g S c h o o l, C h e m a w a , O re g o n , H A R W OOD H A L L , S u p e r in te n d e n t A d d r e s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u th y n T u rn e y , M a n a g e r E n te r e d a t t h e C h e m a w a , O re g o n , P o s to ffic e a s S e c o n d - C la ss M a il M a tt e r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M LOCAL LO R E T racy H atch from Salem was a visitor over T h a n k s g iv in g . M rs. D oherty had M rs. M unson and d a u g h te r from Salem as gu ests last T h u rsd ay . Mr. G illette, form er T each er of A g ricu ltu re at Che- mawa, paid th e school a visit on D ecember 1st. T h e boys on th e Brewer H all house detail were g iv en a tre a t of goodies last week by M rs. D oherty. A num ber of college friends sp en t last F riday a fte r noon and ev en in g w ith R uth Brewer. Mis-, Celestia Brace had as a T .iatik g siv in g guest, Miss P u rv ain e of Salem. Miss S x ip tan an 1 Miss \\ aite to >k T h a n k sg iv in g d in n er w ith Mrs. Brewer and fam ily. T o n y Reed from Siletz visited his old school over th e T h an k sg iv in g holidays. M r. Ja q u in s accom panied th e football team couver. to V a n Mr. and Mrs. A rth u r V an P elt, from S outhern O regon, w ere visitors at C hem aw a on T h an k sg iv in g . A rth u r V an P elt is an e x -stu d e n t and he and his b ro th er R">y have a good tailor shop at th eir home. Opal and V aloy Pearson, and E va, Beulah and R uby \ \ bite, attended a fam ily d in n er in Salem on T h an k sg iv in g . M rs. Pearson bro u g h t the children hom e and attended th e social th a t evening. EX TRA C TS FR O M P U P IL S ’ H O M E L E T T E R S I d o n ’t get so lonesom e here anym ore and it here m ore every d a v .” I like I wish you would let my b ro th er see my report card. H e can see th at we do good w ork h e re .” I am w orking in th e carp en ter shop now, and I th in k it will be the best trade for me to le a r n .” I hope von enjoyed your T h an k sg iv in g . I en jo y ed m ine, as we really had ev ery th in g we w a n te d .” “ C hem aw a is g e ttin g b etter every day. I wish you would let my tw o bro th ers come n ex t year. I will find tim e to take care of them a little .” W e had a fine T h an k sg iv in g d in n e r. W e had roast pork instead of tu rk ey , but ev e ry th in g else was ju st rig h t, and so I ate th e pork and m ade it taste like tu r k e y .’’ W e have two p u p d s in ou r division who made 90 percent as th e ir average for the m onth. T here are tw o in th e other section I h ear, so th a t m akes four H onor Roll pupils for the 6th grade this m o n th .” Mr. W illiam T o w n er, ex -C h em aw a stu d e n t, spent T h an k sg iv in g w ith his son, Elw ood. FO O TBA LL E d d ie M ann spent last T a u rs liy at C hem aw a and was present at the T h an k sg iv in g social. O ur first t e r n p la y ’ d the heavy A thletic C u b team of \ ancouver on T h an k sg iv in g and won w ith a score of 12 to 0. b rie ids of N orah M ann will be glad to learn of h tr m arriage to Mr. M erle S. Lange on N ovem ber 25th. M rs. E. J. S au ter and d au g h ter Bernice, were guests of Mr. and M rs. R. G. H enderson on T h an k sg iv in g . Miss Sarah Brewer has ju st received her p erm anent appointm ent as clerk at the Salem In d ian School. Mr and Mrs. W arn er and Jan e left for their home in H erm iston last F rid ay . C hem aw a will miss them g reatly . M rs. W eniger, a teacher in th e G ran t Ju n io r H igh School in Salem , and d au g h ter E sth e r, had tea w ith Mr. an d Mrs. Sm ith on T h an k g iv in g and later a t ten d ed the social in th e gym nasium . S u p erin ten d en t and Mrs. H ill and Mrs. Ja q u in s took T h an k sg iv in g d in n e r at the T each ers' Club. Inasm uch as ou r football practice com m enced late in th e season it was difficult to round out a team to go up against the quality of football played by the college team s of the N orthw est in so short a tim e and w hile we have held our own in m ost of th e gam es, not until I hanksgiving did th e team round out in form sufficiently to show the q u ality of football they were capable of playing. At V ancouver they proved th eir m ettle by defeatin g a team m uch m ore e x p e ri enced and heavier, and the stro n g est team o u r bovs have gone up ag ain st. T h e second team played against the Dallas team and lost by a score of 12 to 7. C hem aw a has a stro n g second team and should have won this gam e, but luck seem ed ag ain st them , as they were penalized at c riti cal periods, w hich lost the gam e.
