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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1917)
T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN LOCALS PAGE 3 The price of fuel oil has risen from 55cts a barrel to $1.20 a barrel. It will cost Chemawa about $11,* 000 this year for fuel oil at 55cts. The advance in price renders its use another year prohibitive and coal or wood will have to be substituted unless the price greatly declines. It is our intention to issue The Chemawa Magazine next week, and as the capacity of the office and the force will be taxed to the limit to do so, the regular issue of our weekly paper will not be made. However, the week following the issue of our magazine will see the weekly in the field again. Mr. J. W. Blessing, who has been acting engineer at Chemawa for six months, has gotten the powerplant in good working order. He has accepted a position as chief engineer in a large saw mill near Portland and will leave us shortly. Mr. Burt N. Everett, of Metcalf, Arizona, has received the appointment at this school and is due to arrive soon. The acoustic qualities of the new auditorium are hue. The girls’ details in all departments changed on Monday. James Latattie writes to Miss Skipton that he is do ing well in Montana. The hard rain now prevailing is greatly retarding the planting of crops. Mrs. Smith entertained the Crochet Club in her apartments on Wednesday evening, last. Colonel Goodall, Supervisor, is now in his district and no doubt will visit Chemawa soon. Jessie Twist succeeded in gathering a bundle of beautiful ferns on Sunday for decorating the students’ dining room. George Todd and his wife of Montana stopped off at Chemawa this week to visit with their brother and sis ter, James and Gertrude. The four companies of girls in W inona Hall are go EIG H TH GRADE E N T E R T A IN S ing to compete for a prize. Points in drilling and Last week belonged to the 8th grade and they made appearance are to be considered. themselves heard from. The girls, assisted by Miss Last week four new girls were added to the list of W hite, their teacher, surprised the boys with a splen W inona Hall, namely, Marie Fayas, Josephine Fayas, didly arranged social affair on Friday evening in the Maud Heay and Lillian G authier. gym. Mr. Smith got the boys together and requested Miss Scholder is in receipt of the sad news of the them to accompany him to the gymnasium for a special death of her father at Mesa Grande, California. She drill. Upon entering they were greeted in a body by has the sympathy of her many friends at Chemawa. their girl classmates and teacher and a number of in The ground has been prepared along either side of vited members of the faculty. This was one of the the plank walk to the Oregon Electric depot for plant best arranged functions held at Chemawa so far this ing sweet peas, a distance of over one-quarter of a mile. year. The 8th grade girls proved good entertainers. Marie Roehl, of the diningroom force, whose duties Refreshments were served. are to look after the linen and attend the halls, The same grade sprang a surprise on their teacher, has proven very satisfactory and has taken much in Miss W hite. They met in the parlors of McBride Hall, which were decorated for the occasion, and Mrs. terest . The aged mother of Chemawa’s post-trader, Mr. Smith and Miss Brewer manoeuvered to direct Miss Henderson, who has been bed-ridden for two years, W hite to the McBride quarters. She was met by an passed away on Monday. Chemawa extends condol outburst of the class yell and hearty congratulations, as it was the anniversary of Miss W hite’s birthday. ences. A huge birthday cake covered with candles was Mrs. Brewer speaks highly of the kitchen detail of girls wdiose period just expired. They have given provided and each member of the class made a wish good attention to the lectures and profited by them in as Miss W hite blew out each candle. Music and class songs and spirited conversation made the hour of the their work. afternoon pass so pleasantly that it will long be re Jessie Cleveland and Stella McKay have been ser membered by the class and their beloved teacher. geants in the dining-room the past five weeks. Miss There are about 45 members in the 8th grade. The Skipton is sorry to lose them. She says, however, “ pep” and get-together spirit of the class is fine. that Verna Perry and Bertha Nye, the new sergeants, will also do well. The wet weather of late has interfered with baseball Mr. W. P. Weber, an engineer of the Irrigation practice. The boys are getting uneasy and anxious to Department, is at Chemawa running levels and other take up the steady grind. The fourth grade girls in the intermediate sewing wise securing data to draw plans by which parts of the department are a busy lot, making sheets, gowns and school farm can be properly drained. We have about 100 acres of “ beaver dam ” land, a soil of the very rich every-day dresses, while the smaller girls are doing fine at patching and darning. est nature, to drain.
