T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL LORE
M rs. P en d erg rass spent last T u esd ay in P o rtlan d .
M rs. D oherty had C hristinas d in n e r w ith friends in
S alem .
M rs. N ew love and son C arter sp en t the holidays in
T acom a.
M rs. M cCrosson spent C hristm as w ith friends in
P o rtlan d .
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Mrs. B lessing spent N ew Y ea r’s day at C hem aw a.
A ndv W alker, a Chem aw a g rad u ate, visited here
last week.
Special A gent F lan d e rs paid C hem aw a a visit on
T uesday.
M r. H am m ond and fam ily ate th eir C hristm as d in
ner in Salem .
F razier M ecum from P o rtlan d was a holiday visitor
at C hem aw a.
I)r. F u lkerson from W arm S prings visited C hem a
wa th e past week.
M rs. Levilo H erro ld was a visitor at C hem aw a on
N ew Y e a r’s day.
M r. and M rs. P endergrass took C hristm as d in n e r
w ith Mr. and M rs. W oods.
M rs. P earson and M rs. W h ite spent C hristm as day
w ith th e ir ch ild ren here.
W illie Service, a b ro th er of R obert Service, spent
several days here d u rin g the holidays.
Miss G eo rg in a C lark and Miss Jones h ave been
sp e n d in g the week w ith M rs. C lark.
Ju lia F ra tis retu rn ed to C hem aw a, T u esday,
P o rtlan d , w here she had been v isiting friends.
Miss E th el M erriam , a teacher in the h ig h sch o o l in
Salem , sp en t S u n d ay w ith Celestia Brace.
S upt. and Mrs. H all and M rs. Ja q u in s were guests
of Mrs. M cCrosson for New Y ear’s din n er at th e
Club.
S upt. W in. B. Freer, of K lam ath A gency, visited
C hem aw a a couple of days last week and was a g u est
of S upt. and M rs. Hall while here.
Miss S kipton gave a New Y ea r’s d in n e r last M on
day. H er guests were Mrs. A rm stro n g , M rs. T eabo,
M iss \ \ hite, Miss M cCauley, M rs. Brew er anti M isses
G e rtru d e , E lla, Sara and R uth Brewer.
T h e C h ristm as sp irit reigned th ro u g h o u t Chem aw a.
In addition to th e decorations reported elsw here in
th is issue, the nine class-room s as well as th e hospital
w ere tastefu lly attired in holiday attire.
M r. W oods rem em bered his large detail of carp en
ter boys last S atu rd ay by g iv in g them a treat in th e
Shape of “ good e a ts” in his shop. It has been M r.
W oods’ custom at C hristm as tim e each year to show
his appreciation of the b ay s’ good w ork by serving
them a b o u n tifu l repast.
M uch frien d ly riv alry was show n in th e basketball
gam es d u rin g the holiday week. T h e G ard n ers vs.
P rin ters played one afternoon and th e C hem aw a Ju n io rs
vs. th e In d ian boys who atten d the the Ju n io r H igh
School at Salem played an other afternoon. T h e P r in
ters and th e C hem aw a Ju n ic rs were th e w inners.
T h e detail boys of M itchell H all were d elightfully
e n ttrta in e d by M r. and Mrs. Loos at a d in n er p arty
given in th e readingroom of th a t b u ild in g on T h u rsd a y .
S upt. and Mrs. H all were invited g u ests. T h e table
was artistically decorated and laden w ith th e kind of
“ goodies” to please th e small boys. Mrs. Loos is
co n stan tly g iv in g pleasure to her detail of boys and
they seem to appreciate it very m uch.
T he little m en d in g and d a rn in g girls of the prim ary
sew ing d ep artm en t were m ade u n u su a lly happy on
W ednesday afternoon by th eir sew ing teach er, M rs.
C ulbertson. She had prepared a well filled C h rist
m as tree and had invited the little girls to visit th e
sew ing-room w here they th o u g h t they w ere to m ake
doll clothes, and great was th eir delig h t in finding
th a t p rep aratio n had been made to d istrib u te presents
to each ch ild . S upt. H all was requested by Mrs.
C ulbertson to act as S anta Claus in d istrib u tin g the
presents. It was a jolly little crowd and a happv one.
from
Miss M erna B unnell and Miss E lla B ennett, from
Salem , were guests of Miss Sara Brewer d u rin g th e past
w eek .
Mrs. Jaq u in s en tertain ed Miss E velyn W oods,
M isses Sarah and R uth Brew er at din n er on W ednes
day evening.
Patsy B arrett spent several days last week at C he
m awa v isiting his brother G eorge as well as renew ing
old friendships w ith his form er schoolm ates.
Chem aw a was victorious in three basketball gam es
on F rid ay n ig h t before C hristm as. T h e first team
played the stro n g ath letic club team at S ilverton,
w in n in g by a score of 51 to 34. T h e second team
journeyed to R ickreall and won from th e tow n team ,
score 21 to 16. T h e Ju n io r team easily defeated the
Salem A th letic Club team w ith a score o f 37 to 9,
p laying in our gym nasium .
S u p t. and M rs. H all en tertained in th eir hom e on
S atu rd ay ev ening about seventy m em bers of th e band,
orchestra and choir, together w ith th e cast of the
C hristm as H ouse P a r ty ,” accom panied by th e ir in
stru cto rs. C lever guessing gam es or contests were
prepared and entered into w ith m uch m errim ent and
zest. Prizes of m in iatu re m usical in stru m en ts were
given to th e successful con testan ts. W hile the guests
were being served refreshm ents in relays in the d in in g
room , the others gathered in th e music room and sang
Chem aw a songs. A verv happv evening was spent bv
all
M ASQUE CA R N IV A L
T h e holiday season w ith its round of pleasure could
not have ended in a m ore enjoyable way than w ith the
M asque C arnival given in th e gym nasium on New
Y e a r’s n ig h t. F u n and frolic reigned suprem e as all
Chem aw a attired as clowns, hoboes, cow girls, In d ian
m aidens, Japanese geishas, etc., m ingled in jollity .
M any clever costum es were in evidence and we feel
th a t all are to be congratulated on the great success of
th e evening. M r. Brown and his orchestra furnished
the m usic.