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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1917)
I T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LOCALS C hem aw a her heart and interest continues w ith us. Tw o car-loads of flour were unloaded on M onday. T h e rain y w eather in O regon is preferable to the clear d ay s w ith a cold n o rth w ind. S unday m o rn in g inspection of q u arte rs show ed well- kept d o rm ito ries and room s generally. E very pupil who left Chem aw a for the holidays re turned prom ptly for school on the first. Dr. A . R . E u n d ell, of th e U . S. A g ricu ltu ral De p artm e n t, sp en t several days last week at Chem aw a in sp ectin g the dairy d ep artm en t. Since th e epidem ic of m easles subsided a m onth or tw o ago th e school hospital is reasonably free of p atients. T he addition to th e assem bly hall is rap id ly assu m ing shape. W e hope to use this splendid au d ito riu m for the W a sh in g to n ’s B irth d ay en te rta in m e n t. M r. C harles P ark er, of th e Y akim a reservation, spent several days at Chem aw a v isitin g his d au g h ter Josephine. M r. P ark er was one of the first pupils at C hem aw a. Miss S k ip to n has received a letter from M rs. T illie M inesinger, who will be rem em bered bv her Chem aw a friends as T illie S o u v ig n er. She w rites th a t she expects to atten d th e A lum ni reunion this y ear. Mr. R ichard E . Daly, of P ierre, S outh D akota, re cen tly ap pointed to th e position of T each er of A g ri c u ltu re , arriv ed on M onday to tak e up his w ork in connection w ith th e farm . H e is accom panied by M rs. D aly. M r. G reer, of C arson, W ash in g to n , w ho accom panied his two boys to school, was a g u est of M r. and M rs. S m ith on S u n d ay . H e is a g rad u ate of C he m aw a, secu rin g his diplom a in the early ’90s. Miss M yrtle Sw oboda, d a u g h te r Swoboda at C hem aw a, was m arried of Salem on T h u rsd ay noon of last of her p aren ts. Chem aw a friends lations to th e y o u n g ccuple. PAG E of M r. to Mr. week at ex ten d and Mrs. Paul G ary the hom e c o n g ra tu T he sew ing d ep artm en ts are alm ost overw helm ed w ith w ork th ese days. W ith uniform s, school and w ork dresses, gow ns for special occasions, together w ith blouses, aprons and a lot of other kinds of g a r m ents to be m ade for nearly 300 g irls, ren d ers th a t d ep artm en t a busy place. P lans and specifications for tw o h ig h pressure 150 horse pow er boilers have ju st been received from the B u rea u of M ines. A dvertisem ents will at once be m ade and it is hoped the in stallatio n will not long be delayed. An addition to the pow er house has been authorized in w hich to house th e new boilers. N ot long ago a le tte r was received from M rs. M. E . Tliiesz, for m any years m atron at C hem aw a, and whose splendid work in th a t capacity gave her s ta n d ing second to none. She is now located at G an ett P ark , M d., and w rites th a t alth o u g h a long wav from Mr. S anders and little R euben have been ill for the past w eek. Both are suffering from severe colds. Mrs. A rm stro n g , Miss S k ip to n ’s sister, has been sp en d in g a few weeks at Chem aw a. W e are glad to have her here w ith us. M r. C halcraft, S u p erin ten d en t at Siletz A gency, spent an hour or so at Chem aw a on M onday w hile on his way to P ortland, w here he w ent on G overnm ent business. W e are pleased to acknow ledge th e receipt of a m ost in terestin g letter from a good friend of C hem aw a, M r. J. B. Johnson, of C olfax, W ash. N o-one who is not directly connected w ith our school has ever taken a keener in terest in our w ork th a n has M r. Johnson d u r ing the past eight or ten years and we appreciate it very m uch. Mrs. N ew love, upon her retu rn from T acom a, a n nounced her m arriage to Mr. F ra n k R osenberger, who is an em ployee at th e T u lalip In d ian School. A few of her friends at Chem aw a were let into th e secret, yet it was a su rp rise to th e m ost of them . All C he mawa wish Mr. and Mrs. R osenberger m uch happiness. Miss S kipton gave a delicious chicken d in n er last Sunday, T hose fo rtu n ate enough to be invited were, Irv in g S hepard, A u relius T albot, Elwood T ow ner, N ick H atch , H enry D arnell, Louise Y oung and A n n a L oftus. It was a very enjoyable affair and th e guests appreciated the kindness of Miss S kipton in e n te rta in in g them so d elig h tfu lly . S u p erin ten d en t Hall has been directed by th e I n dian Office to visit the various schools in O regon in the capacity of S upervising S u p erin ten d en t in con nection w ith th e new course of stu d y and general in spection. H e is a busy man as is the case w ith ev ery one at C hem aw a, but-in case he feels lie cannot lie spared, he is authorized to detail Mr. H am m ond, A s sistant S u p erin ten d en t, io assist. T h e U nion m eeting of the Y. M. and Y. W . C. A . S unday evening was th e best we have held. T he topic was " O u r aim for the New Y e a r.” L eader, F ra n k Jo h n so n . T alks on different phases of the subject were given by John Beyers. A llan S hepard, John M u r ray, May A dam s, Russell A dam s, G eorge Law son, and R eginald Downie. Special music was furnished by a double q u artet and the S trin g Q uartet. On T h u rsday th e w histle gave the fire alarm . In an incredibly short tim e both hose carts w ere racing to ward the fire h y d ran t near the p ru n e drier, m anned by six boys each, w hile pupils were ru sh in g from b u ild ings and elsew here, to line up before th e respective buildings. T here was no excitem ent, but em ployes and pupils were quietly and very quickly follow ing out the fire regulations It was ju st a drill, but no-one knew of it except the S u p e r in te n d e n t and fire chiefs, and it was efficientlv done.