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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1918)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LOCALS Mae Adam« spent th e w eek-end w ith relatives at C orvallis. T h e S u p e rin te n d e n t is finding it difficult to secure th e rig h t m en to fill vacancies. Rev. A lex an d er H ood delivered a serm on to the P ro te sta n t p u p ils on S u n d ay afternoon. M r. and M rs. Loos, Miss Lem ley and Miss W hite w ere dinner g u ests of S u p erin ten d en t and Mrs. H all on S und ay . E lw ood T o w n er, one of our high school stu d e n ts, has been confined at th e hospital for th e past week w ith a slig h t case of pneum onia. M r. H . C. F a sse tt, U . S. F isheries Seivice, of St. P auls Islan d , A laska, dropped in on S u n d ay afternoon to visit w ith th e stu d e n ts from his ju risd ictio n . C haperones for g irls on n e x t S u n d ay afternoon w alk are M r. M cLean and M rs. Brace for W inona and M rs. R isser and M iss R oberts for M cBride. M r. D aly, teach er of ag ric u ltu re, is ex p ectin g daily to be called to th e balloon corps at O m aha, for w hich he has alread y passed th e ex am in atio n req u ired . T h e girls of M cB ride H all m iss L au ra S quiqui very m uch. She has been ill at th e hospital for th e past tew days. All are glad to know th a t she is better. T h e q u a n tity of m ilk secured from th e dairy cow s has g rad u ally increased since D ecem ber first. Mr. M itchell is g iv in g his d ep a rtm en t close supervision. It is understood th a t M r. S tu a rt, plum ber, w ho is now in San F rancisco, will sh o rtly re tu rn to Che- m aw a and assist in p u ttin g in th e steam p ip in g to the la u n d ry . It is expected th a t M rs. M ary K . B row n, w ho was em ployed as assista n t m atro n last y ear, will re tu rn soon and tak e up the d u tie s of house m other at M c Bride H all. A force of fo u r girls, u n d er th e supervision of Miss S kipton, are p re p a rin g very good, su b stan tial m eals for th e basketball boys. F rom now on we ex p ect a change in th e scores. M r. J. A. B lessing, chief engineer, is rap id ly ro u n d in g o u t th e en g in eerin g d ep artm en ts in to a well- organized w hole. H e is a hard w o rk in g and capable engineer and m anager. T h e g irls’ basketball team will play th e Silverton H ig h School at Silverton n ex t F rid a y evening. S u p e r in ten d en t and M rs. H all and th e coach, M r. R eginald D ow nie, will accom pany the team . M rs. P erk in s was th e guest of her b ro th er, Ju d g e Benson, in Salem on M onday n ig h t. She was accom- paned by her d a u g h te r D orothy and they atten d ed th e Y oung L ad ies’ G lee Club C oncert at W illam ette U n i versity. PA G E 3 M r. R atzberg, brother-in-law of our popular trader, M r. H enderson, was a visitor at C hem aw a last w eek, looking over the farm w ith a view of ta k in g u p the w ork of teacher of ag ricu ltu re w hen M r. Daly leaves to en ter th e signal corps. T h e p atien ts at th e hospital appreciate M rs. B rew er’s kindness in su pplying them w ith b u tte r and eggs. T h e chickens are looked after by M rs. Brewer and her prevocational cooks. E ach week a goodly q u an tity of b u tter is made in th e old-fashioned, hom e m ade, fam ily c h u rn . All available team s were used on M onday plow ing. It is expected to “ keep it u p ” u n til every foot of g ro u n d is broken and seeded. T he u n u su ally w et w in ter, and th a t m eans som ething in th e W illam ette V alley, to g eth er w ith the necessity of th e school h a u l in g all of its thousands of tons of coal has retarded farm ing o perations. T h e Social given last S atu rd ay n ig h t for the benefit of th e athletic association was a big success. Both stu d e n ts and em ployes co n trib u ted w hole h earted ly to the cause. M rs. Brewer m ade th e d e li cious ice cream , coffee and d o u g h n u ts placed on sale for the occasion and a goodly sum was realized from these refreshm ents. T h e m anager and all wish to ex p ress th e ir appreciation for th e keen in te re st M rs. Brew er has show n by aid in g so w illingly. C hem aw a will be able to “ go th ro u g h ” the year w ith th e funds ap p ro p riated , b u t it will be close w ork. A few thousand e x tra dollars w ould come in handy, how ever. W ith the high cost of all com m odities, and no increase in funds over those given in th e pasj, it is “ close sle d d in g ,” especially w ith a full school. O ur farm and garden have been th e m eans by w hich we are enabled to g et th ro u g h . T h e main item of e x pense is for fuel, w hich will be nearly double th a t of previous years. U N IV E R SIT Y OF OREGON VS. CHEM AW A O ne of th e fastest game's of basketball and best dis play of team w ork staged on our floor this year was th at of last F rid a y evening betw een th e U niversity of O re gon and Chem aw a. C hem aw a started out stro n g and led for aw hile, req u irin g th e visitors to ex ten d th em selves to th e utm ost lim it. O ne of th e U niversity for w ards was a phenom enal player, quick as a flash and a perfect basket throw er. H e was, how ever, of su ch sm all sta tu re and so lig h t th a t our big fellows in ru sh in g after the ball would collide w ith him and dow n he w ent nearly every tim e, m aking it appear as if our men w ere “ ro u g h in g i t , ” resu ltin g in m any fouls being called. I t w as an ex citin g gam e from sta rt to finish, every point being earned on both sides. T h e final score w as 31 to 24 in favor of th e U niversity. Dur. in g the last half C hem aw a secured 12 points to the visitors 7. A retu rn gam e will be played at Eugene..
