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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1917)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 2 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN T h e eighth grade girls are c u ttin g and m aking sm all b o y s’ sh irt waists for th e ir lesson in the se w in g - ro o m . P u b lish e d W eek ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T rain in g School, Chem aw a, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t A ddress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager T h e follow ing pupils w ere prom oted to the th ird grade: A gnes Bell, M argaret N ath lan , A dam Jackson, Jo h n W ilson. E n te red a t th e C hem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class M ail M a tte r T h e dom estic science girls are busy again w ith th e lunches for th e stu d en ts a tte n d in g high school and b u siness college in Salem. S U B S C R IP T IO N - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M H O N O R R O LL T h e follow ing is th e h onor roll for December: F irst G rade A nnie B rendible, C harley H artless, W illiam Jam es, W illie K elly, A lbert Moses, Sedan T hom as, M elania W yle, W illiam A lford. Second G rade A gnes Bell, A dam Jack so n , M argaret N ath lan . F o u rth G rade Ju a n ita M ontgom ery, D elphine Poulin, Lucy S ex to n , Joseph Jo h n so n , A llison Stone, Dick Beasley, W ilb u r Scott, Carl E delm an, E m il F reem an. F ifth G rade E stella Jarvis, W illiam W eaver. S ix th G rade Logan F an n , M yrtle O liver. S eventh G rade G eorge B erry, Effie Davis, C h ristin e F orsem an, Joe G ale, E ddie H ayden, H attie M artin, A nnie M iller, Peter O gden, Louise S ilv erth o rn e, E d ith S tarr, L ouise V an P elt, P erry W h ip p le, Ruby W h ite, W alter W illiam s. M r, Sm ith is again hard at w ork, d rillin g the boys in the gym . H e is w orking on new gam es and folk d an cin g . H e no doubt will give an o th er program soon. T h e N onpareil Society held a m eeting last W ed n es day evening as usual. In stead of hav in g a program , new officers w ere elected. W e w ere glad to have as visitors M rs. Loos and M r. Brow n. T h e pupils at Chem aw a have enjoyed a long feast of apples. It is about th e longest in the history of C hem aw a. M r. W estley says th a t they will last about a week longer. T w enty bushels a day for six m onths rep resen ts a big crop of apples for an In d ian school. T h e E xcelsiors had charge of th e M onday m orn in g chapel exercises, Ja n u ary 8 th . T h e follow ing p ro gram was given: D eclam ation, R obert Service; I ta l ian H arp Solo, Sherm an Leone; In d ian L egends, A lbert W ilson; Song, E xcelsior Q u artet. Russell A dam s, president of the PCxcelsiors, took charge of th e exercises. P U P I L ’S IN D U S T R IA L IT E M S C hester Bravo is spoken of as being a very reliable boy in the shoe shop. G eorge Jackson, a vocational tailor, ta k in g his first lesson in tro u sers cu ttin g . has been E ig h th G rade Mr. Sw oboda is very m uch pleased w ith the im prove m ent A rchie F reestone is m ak in g in his w ork. John M urray, G eo ig e Lekanoff, L aura S quiqui, Rose Sim m ons, E dw in R ousselle, K ath erin e \ \ ilder, Ju lia Mills, Julia G rom off, A ndrew W hite. M r. Brown and his prevocational boys have been b u ild ing additions to the back porches of th e Brewer and S a n d e rs’ home. N in th G rade M uch needed repairs have been made on th e w alk in front of the em ployees’ cottages as well as the one leading to the barns. C atherine Reed, M arie S haishnikoff, M a r t h a S prague, Russell A dam s, Jo h n Beyer, F ra n k C h am b er lin, C harles Paler, H en ry E lk , L aurence F razier, E arl N uckolls, Robert Service, PM win Z eiglar. P U P I L S ’ IT E M S T h e shoe and harness dep artm en t welcomes Roy F razier as a vocational stu d e n t in th a t shop. Roy has ju st retu rn ed to Chem aw a. Robert A lphus deserves m uch praise for the b e a u ti ful p en n a n t w hich he made for th e eig h th g rad e. Sixteen sets of harness have been com pleted and five m ore are nearin g com pletion. T hese are to be sent to different points in A rizona. L ast W ednesday evening the R eliance Society had a fine program . T h ere were a num b er of new m em bers and we expect to get more in th e fu tu re. T h e prevocatio ml carp en ter bovs have been re p a ir ing the gates around the hospital as well as m aking va rious repairs at the dairy barn. J