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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1918)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Mr. J. A. Blessing, chief engineer, expects his wife to arrive this week. Several hundred new curtains are being manufac tured this week for Winona. All of the second and third year vocational in dressmaking are adapt at knitting. Mrs. Perkins, who has been in Portland for some days, sent in her resignation the 28th ultimo. Mrs. Brown and Ruth, Mr. Scott and Mr. Bent were dinner guests of Superintendent and Mrs. Hall on Sunday. The band gave Superintendent and Mrs. Hall a very pleasant surprise by serenading them on their wedding anniversary. The rain on Sunday prevented Mrs. Brace and a party of girls from attending the County Sunday School Convention at Woodburn. The dressmaking department is working on white uniforms for Company B this week. Company C uniforms have all been completed. The 29 girls in the intermediate sewing department are busy making work dresses, as well as piecing quilts for the soldiers in spare moments. Every member of the first year vocational domestic science class scored good grades in the examination last week. The averages were about 90. A mending and darning room is being made out of the spare chamber in Winona Hall. Each girl is re quired to do her own mending and darning. There is an average of one cord of wood used each day in the cook and other stoves. This keeps the little boys busy carrying it to the various places. Active work is still progressing on the stump land across the slough. It costs about as much to clear land as land after being cleared can be bought for. Mr. Mitchell reports that 60 gallons of milk are secured each day at the present time. This enables the hospital, domestic science and student dining department to be very well supplied. The moving pictures on Friday night were very much enjoyed. The basketball schedule has inter fered with the “ movies” and last Friday night was the first evening available for some time. The little girls comprising the primary sewing class, under Florence Hoover, are an interested and ener getic lot. They are doing their bit by piecing quilts out of old scraps to be used for the soldiers. Miss Edith Cutler, national secretary for Bible study in schools and colleges, paid Chemawa a pleasant visit last week. Miss Cutler is making a tour of the North west and will return to Chemawa again at a later date. PAGE 3 Mr. Bent is carrying on a series of games with his gymnasium classes in which every boy and girl takes a part. Some hotly contested games are experienced and everyone has a good time along with their lessons. A visit to the fruit room discloses that a goodly quantity of canned pears, prunes, strawberries, logan berries and rhubarb is still on hand, also canned pumpkin. All this fruit was put up at Chemawa last season. A nice set of china dishes was lately purchased from funds secured through the sale of cake and ice cream for use in the domestic science dining room. The second year vocational class was responsible for the raising of the funds. There are forty-five girls detailed to the laundry from the first, second, third and fifth grades. It is a very busy place and thousands of garments are washed and ironed weekly. Mrs. Woods reports that the girls have uniformly taken much interest. The first year vocational domestic science class is completing their second five weeks’ detail and will have finished the study of cereals, vegetables, bever ages and serving this week. Miss Lemley speaks highly of the interest and application on the part of this class. The 194 girls in Winona Hall are divided into three companies, small or Company D, medium, C, and large B. Lillian Gauthier is captain of Company D, Mary Richardson captain of company C and Sarah Marlow of compatiyB. Much improvement is noted in the lines since the companies are drilled each day. Mr. Francis J. Scott, chief clerk, has submitted his resignation to take effect April 25th. Thus another good employe leaves us to enter the national army. Mr. Scott has been directed to report at the Oregon State University to take up the study of Ordnance Ac counting. We are sorry to lose him as he is efficient and pleasant in every way. Last Sunday at the noon hour the basketball squad and their cooks participated in the final game of the season. Miss Skipton’s excellent chicken dinner made a wonderful showing and was certainly appre ciated by the hungry basketshooters. All had plenty to eat and a jolly good time and for it all extend their thanks to Miss Skipton. On Friday Miss Sarah Brewer escorted two Alaskan girls, Selina Parker and Annie James, who were sent home on account of ill health, as far as Seattle and saw them aboard the steamer Northwestern for Ketch ikan. Having a few hours to spare Miss Brewer stopped off at Tacoma to visit her brother and made a short call upon friends at the Cushman School.
