T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCALS
Mr. M illikin, our dairym an, has announced his
resign atio n , to tak e effect Ju ly 2nd.
L ittle D onald b u lk e rso n is sp ending a few weeks
w ith his fath er at W arm S prings.
A lbert C ourville has retu rn ed hom e, hav in g been
notified th a t his m o th er is very ill.
S tu d en ts are delighted to know’ th a t they are to have
ice cream at each Sunday d in n er d u rin g th e vacation
m onths.
Over n in ety p ercen t of the stu d en ts have passed th e
ex am in atio n s. T h e teachers have finished m ark in g
th e papers.
S upt. H all has arranged to have an ex h ib it of m ov
ing pictures in th e au d ito riu m each week for the s tu
dents d u rin g vacation.
M rs. G ail B. P e rk in s has received the appo in tm en t
of m atron to M cB ride H all. She w’as w ith us last
year for a few m o n th s and we are very glad to have
her re tu rn . D orothy, h er little d au g h ter, is w ith
her.
M r. T u rn e y ’s trio , co n sistin g of him self, Miss
Brew er, an d G eorge B arrett, furnishes excellent m u
sic tor th e school. Ow’in g to the absence of th e strin g
q u arte t and o th e r m em bers the o rchestra has d isb an d
ed for th e sum m er.
A card has been received from E au ra S quiqui, a d ju
ta n t of th e g irls ’ com pany and recipient of th e medal
aw arded to C hem aw a’s best all-around g irl. She has
reached hom e safely and w ishes to be rem em bered to
her C hem aw a friends.
C ards are received daily from various C hem aw a
y o u n g men w ho are in th e arm y and navy. T h e m il
ita ry tra in in g received at Chem aw a has proved of
m uch benefit to them , as several have already been
m ade noncom m issioned officers.
M r. Eoos w rites S u p t. H all th a t he and M rs. Eoos
are stay in g at th e K in g E d w ard A p artm en ts, San
F rancisco, and, alth o u g h th ey are en jo y in g th e m
selves, they do not like San F rancisco as well as P o rt
land and exp ect to spend the la tte r p art of th e ir vaca
tion in th e O regon city.
As has been the custom for some years, the H aysville
D istrict S u n d ay School C onvention m et at C hem aw a
S unday last. It is estim ated th a t eig h t h u n d red p e r
sons a tte n d e d , u sin g th e school au ditorium for th e
services. T h ere w ere m any good talk s and an e n jo y
able program rendered by rep resen tativ es of the various
S unday schools. T h e v isito rs b ro u g h t picnic lunches
and took ad v an tag e of our beautiful cam pus to spread
th e ir lunches u n d er th e shade of the various trees.
Miss W oods visited
last w’eek.
friends in Dallas a few days
M r. R. D. H all, N ational Y. M. C. A. S ecretary
for In d ians, was a visitor at C hem aw a for several days
d u rin g th e closing w eek.
T h e year now about ended has been a stren u o u s tim e
at Chem aw a for stu d en ts and em ployes. W e all feel
repaid on account of th e satisfactory results obtained.
M r. Loos has received a letter requesting our Ju n io r
Band to fill an engagem ent at Siletz som e tim e in
Ju ly . W ith the m em ory of th e Lebanon good tim es
still fresh in their m inds we are sure th a t the boys
will be only too eager to com ply w ith th e request.
D u rin g th e closing week the various v .sitin g officials
w ho participated in acting as judges, orators, etc., in
c lu d in g M r. T o dd, S u p erin ten d en t of th e Salem
schools, Miss Coppock, M r. and Mrs. M urphy, M iss
W alton, Mr. and Mrs. M ax G ehlar and Mr. R. I). H all,
w ere en tertained by M rs. H all in her home.
A bout half of th e em ployes are now aw ay on th e ir
an n u al leave, re tu rn in g on Ju ly 15th, at w hich tim e
th e o th er section will tak e a vacation. It is planned
th a t our en tire force be on d u ty th e la tte r end of A u
g u st to assist in c a n n in g and preserving th e great q u a n
tities of fru it and vegetables produced at Chem aw a.
M rs. E dw ard A. Jaq u in s, d au g h ter of S u p e rin te n
dent and Mrs. H all, gave all C hem aw a and especially
her parents a very pleasent su rp rise by d ro p p in g in
unannounced the other day. M r. Jaq u in s was called
from Los A ngles, th eir hom e, on business for a few
weeks and d u rin g th a t tim e M rs. Jaq u in s took a d
v an tag e of the o p p o rtu n ity to visit her parents
Mr. Je rry M eeker, one of the first fifteen stu d e n ts
to enter the F orest G rove In d ian School in 1880, and
his wife, were guests of M rs. Brew er d u rin g A lum ni
W eek. Mr. M eeker is a m an of affairs in T acom a,
h av in g large h o ldings in th a t vicinity and does a real
estate business. H e took an active p art as a m em ber of
th e A lum ni A ssociation and was an inspiration to the
y ounger m em bers.
Mrs. Jaq u in s was honored at a d ain tily appointed
d in n er given by Miss E sth er T ay lo r at T h e Spa on
F rid ay evening. T h e eig h t g u ests attended the O re
gon T h ea tre in the afternoon and after din n er m otored
out to Chem aw a, w here they spent an hour or so at
th e S u p e rin te n d e n t’s home. Miss T ay lo r is the d a u g h
te r of M r. W illiam E . T ay lo r, form erly assistant s u
p erin ten d en t at Chem aw a, but who is now su p e rin
ten d en t of the Bism arck school. Miss T aylor belongs
to th e 1917 g rad u atin g class of W illam ette U niversity
and left on S atu rd ay by auto for Berkeley, C alifornia,
w here she will take a course in the sum m er school at
U . o f C.