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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1917)
TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Miss Taylor visited Portland on Saturday. Mrs. Pendergrass spent the last week-end at Port land. Miss Potz, hospital nurse, has resigned to take effect on June first. A nice case for the print shop was turned out of the carpentry department on Tuesday. The dairy force is busy at odd times whitewashing fences and smaller buildings in the cow lot. Mrs. Brace and Mrs. Fratis are the official chaperones to accompany the girls on their walk next Sunday. Paul Kinninook, graduate, visited Chemawa early this week and shook hands with old acquaintances. Mrs. Estabrook and Mrs. Evans spent the day at St. Benedict Abbey, Mt. Angel, Oregon, on Monday. Miss Skipton entertained her sister-in-law, Mrs. Will Skipton, and Miss Goodspeed of Salem at dinner on Sunday. Thirty-eight sets of harness have been manufactur ed in the school harness shop this year and sold at $35.00 per set. Planting late potatoes will be in full swing tomorrow. Five acres of early potatoes are already planted and are “ coming u p.” Miss Jane Evans, who was assistant seamstress in 1904, spent a few days at the school visiting old friends and relatives. Miss Evans was formerly a pupil. On all fair Sundays the girls turn out en masse for their afternoon walk. Two official chaperones ac company them besides others who volunteer to go. Mr. Smith conveyed Bernard Sanderson to Salem in his big touring car on Monday in order that an x-ray photograph might be taken of Bernard’s broken leg. The student body kitchen under Mrs. Brewer is a busy place and one where the girls like to work. They secure good instruction and handle the work like a fam ily- With flour selling at $13.50 per barrel and other food stuffs proportionately high, the expenses of living at Chemawa makes a big hole in the monthly checks of employes. Over two hundred wagon loads of soil were hauled in around the auditorium to fill in between the walks and building. The work is now completed and the grass seed sown. All of the literary societies have ceased holding ses sions for the balance of the school year in order to de vote the time to preparing for examinations and rehears ing for the closing exercises. The laundry sent out 206 window curtains—washed and ironed—to Mitchell and Brewer Halls on Tuesday, PAGE 3 besides 46 starched collars, 46 starched shirts, sheets, dresses and other washed clothes. Nellie Brigham and Rose Deschamp, 6th grade pu pils, had a splendid exhibition of bread-making in Mrs. Brewer’s kitchen on Tuesday. The bread was very light and flaky and was a fine demonstration. The entire student body was given a treat last Thursday morning for breakfast in shape of special cake made by Eileen Wike, Florence McNickle, Ruby LaPointe and Mabel Blodgett, prevocational cooks. It was noticed on Sunday evening that all the Mitch ell Hall boys wore a spray of white flowers on the lapel of their coats in honor of ‘ ‘ Mothers’ Day. ’ ’ Mrs. Loos very thoughtfully presented the flowers to the boys. Father Gall had arranged to take forty-seven of the Catholic students to St. Benedict Abbey to be confirm ed by the Archbishop on Monday, but the Archbishop was suddenly called away and the ceremonies had to be postponed. The four acre field of strawberry plants presents a beautiful sight with its snow white bloom and well cultivated soil. The season is very late this year and strawberries will not mature before June 10th. The loganberries and blackberries are also in fine condi tion. The regimental parade on Sunday last in which all companies, including boys and girls, participated, was well executed. The boys with their guns and the girls in blue skirts and white middies and blue ties, manue- vering on the velvety green parade ground was an in spiring sight. We doubt if there is a dining-room in any institution having a more “ homey” appearance than the one at Chemawa under Miss Skipton. The immaculately white table cloths and well-set tables each with a bunch of flowers thereon, together with hanging baskets, fernery and other decorations, certainly render it a beautiful place. Mrs. E. E. Fisher, chairman of the membership committee of the Willamette Chapter of The American Red Cross, visited Chemawa on Tuesday and secured twenty-one members for the organization. This mem bership at present is “ at large” but no doubt will develop into a Chemawa auxilliary. Chemawa is very proud of the loyalty of its ladies. Frank Johnson, better known as “ Doc,” graduates from the Salem High School with honor on June 9th. Frank is a most popular young man and all Chema wa will be glad to learn that he expects to enter the Oregon University in September. Elwood Towner has had three years high school work and no doubt will finish in another year. He also expects to go to college. Word is received from the members of the string quartet that they are meeting with good success wherever they perform; that they are having larger crowds and greater appreciation than they expected. At Bismarck 150 students attended the concert in town. The next day the quartet honored the school with a program. Mr. Taylor, who was assistant su perintendent at Chemawa last year, is now superin tendent of the Bismarck school.
