The Chemawa American, June 27, 1917, Page 6, Image 6

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A player piano has been secured for us« at th e
P u p ils’ socials d u rin g vacation.
LOCAL
G ertru d e 1 odd was called hom e on account of th e
death of her b rother.
M rs. h u lk e rso n is very ably actin g as nurse as well
as a tte n d in g her reg u lar d u ties a t th e hospital.
Lorena E lliott has retu rn ed home on account of the
illness of her m other.
L oulin Brewer has gone to T acom a, w here he e x ­
pects to spend th e sum m er.
T h e school has disposed of ab o u t $1,200 w orth of
hogs d u rin g the past m onth.
Q uite a num ber of the C hem aw a faculty have show n
th eir patriotism by p u rch asin g L ib erty Bonds.
In th e m ovem ent to raise funds for the Red Cross
Chem aw a did her bit. She also subscribed for th e
L iberty Bonds.
A large num ber of the sm aller boys are engaged in
n eig h b o rin g straw b erry fields, pick in g berries and
earn in g m oney.
Mrs. H all, M rs. Jaq u in s and M arie Shaishnikoff ac ­
com panied S upt. H all to P o rtlan d on S atu rd ay .
A good rain would be quite acceptable to the farm ­
ers at this tim e and be a great benefit in th e grow ing
of crops of all kinds.
T h e M cBride H all g ard en furnished lettuce for the
e n tire stu d en t body last week and will do so again
th is week.
M rs. C ulbertson has her hands full su p erv isin g both
sew ing d epartm ents. W ith such a large detail q u a n ­
tities of g arm en ts are being tu rn ed out daily.
Miss M itchell gave her g irls a trea t a few days be­
fore she left. T h e girls sp en t a very happy afternoon
in the sew ing room s.
M r. and M rs. H enderson are cam ping o u t on th e ir
ranch for a few weeks.
M r. H en derson atten d s to
the store, w hile M rs. H enderson supervises th e p ic k ­
ing of berries.
S tephen S hoji, th e Japanese cook at the te a c h e rs’
club, received a w ire to meet his nephew , who is a r ­
riv in g in S eattle from Ja p an . S tep h en is expected
back soon.
T h e reg u lar social last S atu rd ay n ig h t was g reatly
enjoyed. W ith so m any aw ay th e num b er in a tte n d ­
ance seemed sm all, b u t w hat was lack in g in num bers
w as m ade up in co n g en iality and fun.
T h ere was m uch sorrow at the S u p e rin te n d e n t’s
hom e last week w hen it becam e know n th a t F ran ces
H all-Jaq u in s-S h aish n ik o ff was ru n over by a tr a in a n d
in sta n tly killed. She was a nice cat and beloved by
all w ho knew her.
M r. and Mrs. John R. Cox and d a u g h te r, Miss Iva
Cox, teachers in th e A laska division of education
and located at K illisnoo, A laska, w ere visitors at C he­
mawa for a few days. M r. and M rs. Cox w ere em ­
ployed at Chem aw a some years ago, but were a fte r­
w ard transferred to the A laska school w ork.
A n unu su ally stro n g w ind sw ept over the W illam ­
ette Valley last S atu rd ay n ig h t. M any leaves, small
lim bs, etc., were strew n over th e cam pus, m aking it
necessary to tu rn all th e boys loose on the g ro u n d s to
clean up for S unday. I t am used th e small boys
g reatly to see the large boys d o in g th e sam e w ork as
th ey .
O u r Ju n io r Band, accom panied by th e conductor,
M r. Loos, gave concerts in L ebanon last week. D u r­
ing their two d a y s’ stay th e tow n was theirs and th e
little fellows came hom e m ost e n th u siastic over the
good tim e they had and th e trea tm en t th ey received.
T h e ir concerts were well attended and m any com pli­
m ents paid o n th e b a n d ’s excellent p lay in g .
M r. M cLean and M rs. Brace are d irec tin g th e b e r­
ry pickers at Chem aw a. I t is said th a t eighteen
bushels w ere gath ered on M onday and sent to the p u ­
p ils’ d in in g hall.
O u r p ru n e trees are well set to pru n es and a very
satisfactory crop will be had. L ast year we stored
28,000 pounds of dried prunes for hom e consum p­
tion and th e m arkets.
B ernard Sanderson, w ho had th e m isfortune to be
throw n off a corrugated roller a rew w eeks ago and
sustained a badly broken leg, is able to g et around
th e cam pus on crutches.
G eorge B arrett is the only p rin ter boy left and he
has given his best efforts in assisting w ith this issue.
G eorge is not only a good boy and a prom ising p r in t­
er, b u t is rap id ly becom ing an ex p e rt ’cello player.
Miss G e rtru d e Brew er and M rs. P endergrass are d i­
rectin g th e w ork in the p u p ils’ cu lin ary departm ent
th e first half of vacation, w hile M iss W hite supervises
the dining-room w ork. I hese three em ployes m ake a
good team .
M r. C harles M cN ary, appointed to th e position of
U. S. S enator for O regon, to fill the vacancy caused
by the d eath of Senator L ane, is a citizen of Salem
and is well know n at Chem aw a. O u r pupils usually
pick th e hops grow n in his y ard s each year.
V acation days are here and a large num ber of p u ­
pils have gone to th eir hom es. A t th is w ritin g there
are about 400 pupils at th e school. A n unu su al de­
m and has been m ade by p aren ts and o thers th at p u ­
pils be perm itted to go hom e to assist on th e farm s.