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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1918)
T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN LO C A L The large onion dry house is nearly completed. Special exercises for Easter will be given at Sunday evening chapel. Miss Ruth Brewer spent the week-end at Chemawa with her mother. Bill Johnson is the latest Chemawa boy to enlist. He went to Portland yesterday. The students are looking forward to their egg breakfast next Easter morning. The gardeners are taking advantage of every ces sation of rain to plant vegetable seed. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy of Salem took Sunday dinner with Superintendent and Mrs. Hall. The sixth grade boys will take their turn at furnish ing light and heat for the school for five weeks. Mrs. Fulkerson entered upon duty last Monday as assistant seamstress in charge of the prevocational classes. H enry Darnell, Reginald Downieand Robert Downie were guests of Mr. Hobucket at the Teachers’ Club on Sunday noon. Mr. Bent took the A Division girls on a hike Monday afternoon instead of their regular gym work. It was enjoyed by all. The patriotic fervor of our boys is at white heat. The question of enlisting is the principal topic dis cussed these days. A nice sum of money was turned into the Red Cross auxiliary by Miss Skipton as the result of an ice cream sale held Saturday afternoon. Edward Auld is the first Chemawa student drafted. ' He is called by his home registration board to be ready for entrainm ent on April first. On Friday night the school band, Mr. Eoos, director, will give a concert in the auditorium . It is expected that a fine program will be rendered. All clocks will be moved ahead one hour on Sunday night. This is directed by the Government in the “ Daylight Saving” bill. The Red Cross Auxilliary at Chemawa postponed the meeting on Tuesday night on account of lack of materials, which have been ordered. Mr. Pendergrass will soon leave us to take up his residence on a ranch he purchased last fall in Montana. Several of the Chemawa employes have invested in Montana wheat lands. All Chemawa enjoyed the “ movies” in the audi torium last Friday night. Mr. Blessing handled the machine with splended effect and the time given to the exhibition was all too short, although it took two hours to show the six reels obtained. Henry Darnell, of the Signal Corps, stationed at Vancouver Barracks, was a week-end visitor. Henry is a graduate from Chemawa and attended the business college in Salem last year. Our baseball team will play the University of Ore gon on our home grounds on Friday afternoon next. This will be the first game of the season. The line-up has not been definitely decided upon as yet. A stiff game of practice ball was played Saturday afternoon between two teams of Chemawa boys, the score being 7 to 5. From this squad the regular team will be selected to go up against the Oregon ’varsity. The Sigma Phi girls entertained on Tuesday even ing at Mrs. H all’s in honor of Eaura Squiqui, presi dent of the society. A nice little compliment was paid by presenting her with a beautiful souvenir Sigma spoon. Eaura Squiqui, one of the leading young ladies of the school, took the Oregon Electric train this m orn ing for her home at Ferndale, W ashington. Eaura has not been well of late and it was thought a change would be beneficial. Mr. Edgar A. Allen, Superintendent of the Chilocco school, has received a transfer as Superintendent of the Mennominee Indian Agency, Keshena, Wiscon sin. Mr. Allen is one of the strong men of the ser vice and was selected by the Commissioner to take this im portant post on account of his ability. The press dispatches announce the death of John V. Adams, in France, of pneumonia. We trust this isn’t our “ Dick” who entered the army last year. His par ents at Siletz state that they have had no notification of his death, and understand from a letter just received that he was about to be discharged from the hospital. The band furnished the music for the Red Cross rally at Waconda last Saturday evening. The boys, with Mr. Eoos in charge, took the 8 p. m. Oregon Electric and returned about m idnight. It is under stood that the good people of Waconda enjoyed the music and paid many compliments to the young musicians. An interesting as well as profitable evening was spent in the auditorium Sunday. The Octette girls were requested to repeat the song sung the previous Sunday, “ Eife’s Dream” by Eennox, and sang it better than ever. The orchestra played a most pleas ing number, “ Spanish Serenade” by Allen. Eittle Irving Gray, fourth grade, gave a recitation, entitled “ Calling the R oll,” which he did exceedingly well. It being Palm Sunday the choir rendered “ The Palm s” by Faure. Superintendent Hall gave a spirited “ W ar T alk ” urging full co-operation on the part of every one in carrying out the requests of the administration.
