TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN
■LOCALS
Clyde-Fields and Julies Frank left for/ppttland on
Monday to work in a' shipyard.
Now- that the weather has'moderated’and the rain
has ceased the ploughs are going regularly. /
The ^fc^ardists have' completed pruning the big
-orchard. /Spraying is the next order of the day|
Mrs. Perkins left for Portland last week and is, stili'
in that city recuperating from her recent illness. '
the new accounting system requiring so
much additional labqr, all accounts at Chemawa. are
j^ight tjp to dote.-
The school has about 50,()00 pounds of potatoes on
hand, which will-jbe sufficient to sfippiy/t'he/pupiis
during the balance of- the- season.
The landscape gardeners hafé j.hst -finished planting
several h u n d r^ rp sezb iish es 'along .the front of .thè;
„campus, S These bushes- aretw o years old and should
bjoonrthis’spring-.
The Mandolin and Guitar Club made their first
appear^nòe/at ,the enter/ain men t last Friday flight.
The girls have Jbeen practising/ faithfully /and' have’
done remarkably well.
Mr./ Robéfeon is' arranging ‘to w a g e a bùrlésqtre'1
^operetta, “ Pocahontas',” sónièfime during March. He
will « 9 thirteen Students in the east. The first r e /
Jiearsàl took plapp Jqst evening. ,
Mrs./jpaisy Wasson Codding a graclffàtè in nursbfig
from Chester, I Pennsylvania, *hb§pital, has I been " ap:
pointed nurse at Chemawà. MrS. Fulkerson will ac:
cept. the position of assistant seamstress.
Mr. Galbraith has moved all of the pens'at-the hog
lot neàrer .together/.constructed feeding platforms and
-troughs.and made improvements generally. Another
lot of hogs .will be, ready for market dùring' April or
I /A 71-2 pound boywas born to Mr. and Mrs'. Pender
grass last Saturday evening. Mrs. Pendergrass is now
at Salem Hospital and-we are eager - to welcome the
little new-comer when he makes-his first appearance
at Chemawa. ,
What is probably the; last -basketball game of - the
season ofccUrred at McMinnville last Saturday evening
.between the College'teàiù of thatplace and Chemawa/
The final score was 33 to 19 in favor Of Chemawa. | joè
Bettlés refereed the gatne'and he'did ’it in his usual
fair way.
Thè little folks, epjoyed their regular party Saturday
night in the gym. /T hrough the thoughtfulness and
energy of Mrs. Bre;ve'r- ice Gream and cookies, were
served as'a surprise to the little tots and more delighted
youngsters would be hard to find. The evening closed
with a hearty cheer for Mrst-'Bréwer. |
Word, \yas received last week from Mr. Parker in
forming us that Mrs? Par kèr,.,nee Margaret Reinyille,-.
had met with an automòbile accident. Her face was
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badly cut, but no serious injuries were sustained*. - He
ststdr, Elizabeth, is with her in- Portland. We are;
glad thaf Mrs. Parker is improving.'
fames Evans, a fprmer printer on th,e American,-
writes us from Metlakatla, Alaska, that he is now'
clerking for the Metlakatla,Commercial Company, was
recently appointed postmaster, and of evenings he is
engaged;as/a /movie operator.” How is that for
keeping busyB A^e are glad to hear of his succes'S dnd'"
it makes ottr pride in “ Jimmie” /hrOw.
-Frank Rosenberger, a one time pupil of this school
and afterwards engineer- at Tulalfp School, was
accidentally killed through an explosipn of a gap
tank at the Tongue Rivet Agency,, M ontana,. a few
day4 ago. Mr. Rosenberger and Mrs, Newjove^
teacher at Chemawa, were married about a year ag a ..
Chemawa sympathizes with her in her bereavement.
^They/hike” on V/ashjngton’s birthday wasjan excit'-
ing#affair.'/vft w,as inhSe-hature of a chase. Company,
A leading, in charge of Mr? Downie/ ¿ah^C om panie^
B apjjjfrC pursuing under Mr. Bent and Mr. Hauser.
Company A sqattp^ed paper at gyery cross roads , in
'order t,o indicate the direction. *Company A retraced
their steps .however and eluded the/ptfrs'uhrs entirely'
and-returned home Without being caught.
Russell Adams, a senior and one of Chemawh’s all-
around at-hleties, enlisted in the navy last week and
j B ; for. Bremerton,Navy Yard on Saturday. Russell ‘S
jornedYthe nayg from.<asen§e£oj loyalty and duty alto
gether. He^tya/one of the most popular students and
last year .wgs awarded the. prize for1 the best Student at
school. ;While we-dislike to lose him we honor him
for thestapeb taken, and realize- that he .will live up to
the Best that is in him.
Last Friday evening a number of the boys at Mitch-,'
ell Hall hlfsqlftbTed and^nj'dyted what they cal/ed," | the
las.t supper” in honor of theft, friend RiisspR Adams
who left the following day to jojn tkepavy at Bremer
ton. “ Henderson’s- best, ” with’toU of coffee, madb
a ddftdy'blg supper. ' Around the table, sat th is 'jo lly ,
little bunch .eating and telling'storied'and relating
past incidents until a late hour when all stole quietly/
to their own rooms. Russell had all friends here and
wp will miss him very much”. . He tbbk an active' part
in all activities of the school and was a leader in all. 1
Our best wishes go with him.
M CMINNVILLE-CHEMAW A GAME
Last Saturday our basketball team played its last
game, ,qf , the season with M cM innville College at
McMinqviilS T h e’team played well and won the
game with a 33-19 score. In ' Spite' of the fact that
Russell Adams, one of our forwards/was missing, the
team work and basket shooting was in no w.ay short
b /its standard. The game was not a one-sided affair
as the score would indicate', but'each basket was reg
istered after a hard tussel. The line-up follows;
Reginald Downie, forward, Robert Downie, forward;,
Frank Chamberlin, penten George Nix, guard; Frank
Peratrovich,' guard.
Between our 1st, 2nd and’girls’ teams we played 15^
games and have registered 376 points to our opponent«
325.