T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
STYT H
W E ST E R N OREGON OLDER G IR LS’
CONFERENCE
P A G I’
opens. W atch for it and track it to its lair. Go and be
edified by the “ sp ieler” — th ere will be o th e r anim als
rarely seen in captivity. See the circus you will
never forget it.
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Ju d g in g from th e sm iling counten an ces of Julia
G rom off, A n n a M iller au d .M ary M otanic— the three
C hem aw a delegates to D allas, O re., to be present at the
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S ix th W estern O regon O lder G irls’ C onference— when
M r. J. I). R udd, S ecretary of B oys’ W ork in O re
they retu rn ed M onday A. M ., th e ir trip m ust have
gon and Id aho, visited Chem aw a for a sh o rt tim e F ri
been en jo y ab leas well as educational and inspirational.
day
m o rn in g . H is business was to m ake a rra n g e
M rs. M cCrosson, who accom panied the g irls, re
p o rts th a t n o th in g was forgotten by th e people of m ents for delegates to go to the Y. M. C. A. conference
at Seabeck, W ash in g to n , th is year.
D allas to m ake th e tim e, from F rid ay afternoon to
M onday m o rn in g , one co n tin u o u s and varied pleasure
Dr. F ulk erson has resigned his position as physician
to th e one h u ndred and m ore girls w ho atten d ed .
at W arm S p rin g A gency in order to enlist in the
E very incom ing train on F rid ay afternoon and S at m edical corps of th e arm y. H e has been here visiting
u rd ay m o rn in g b ro u g h t its bevy of b rig h t, in terestin g his wife and little son at C hem aw a for th e past ten
y o ung g irls. T^liey were received, registered and as days an d left on S unday for F o rt R iley, K ansas.
signed places of e n tertain m en t by ju s t as a ttra c tiv e
Mr. M alcolm McDowell, secretary of th e Board of
y o u n g hostesses in D allas.
T h e first real event of th e conference was the “ So In d ian C om m issioners, sp en t S u n d ay at C hem aw a as
g u est of S u p erin ten d en t and M rs. H all. T h e Board
cial M ix e r” and b anquet, from 8 to 10 o ’clock F rid ay
m eets th is week in P o rtlan d and it is expected will
evening. It was a “ live cro w d ” of girls w ho gave
visit C hem aw a in a body and hold a session here.
addresses of welcome and responses, readings and
vocal and in stru m e n ta l selections, in th e au ditorium
T h e class of ’19 is doing all th a t is in th e ir pow er
of th e conference ch u rch , followed by college and
bv com forting th e ir classm ates who have joined the
an d hig h school yells and songs in th e b an q u etin g colors, by sending them such th in g s th a t w ould be of
some in terest to them . Last T uesday th is class
room .
S aturday A . M. was given over to general and g ro u p w rote th ree class letters to th eir classm ates, John Pablo,
conference w ork. M any in te re stin g papers w ere read
M artin Colby and R obert A lpheus.
an d ta lk s given on subjects of vital in terest to th e girl
A great deal of interest w as show n by th e Chem aw a
of “ teen a g e .”
g irls in selling tickets for th e S atu rd ay evening play.
Ju lia G ro m o ff’s talk , on “ M inor F o rc e s,” w ith its
T h e W inona girls tu rn ed in $14.85; M cBride $6.25;
p atrio tic tre n d was well p repared and adm irably given.
B rew er H a ll,$4.15; m oney at th e door 75 cents, m ak
T h a t her ability and p ero n ality im pressed th e ap p re
in
g a total of $26.00 for use of th e Red Cross A u x il
ciative audience w as evidenced w hen she w as chosen
iary at Chem aw a.
to be vice-president of the S eventh Conference, 1919.
M r. and M rs. H a rry H ope, of San F rancisco, v isit
M iss M argaret S cott of R eed College, P o rtlan d , was
chosen presid en t and E sth e r P aro u n ag an , of Salem ed th e school last week to see M rs. H o p e ’s little
H ig h as secretary -treasu rer. T hese th ree, w ith th e b ro th er, T e re n ty M erculief, who is sick in th e hospi
re tirin g officers, w ere given honor seats on the p la t ta l. Mr. H ope is chief operator at the w ireless station
form of th e C h ristian ch u rch d u rin g th e closing m eet of F arallon Island off of San F rancisco. T h is couple
is e n ro u te to S t. P aul, Pribiloff island, w here Mr.
in g S u n d ay evening.
M ary M otanic and A nna M iller also received well- H ope has business in connection w ith th e wireless
deserved recognition by a req u est to repeat th e ir vocal teleg rap h y w ork.
num ber, “ Cast T h y Bread on the W a te rs ,” at two
T h e chapel exercises S unday n ig h t w ere m uch e n
sim u ltan eo u s services S u n d ay evening. T hose p a r jo y ed . T h e orchestra rendered “ T h e F low er G ir l;”
tic ip a tin g a t the C h ristian and M ethodist churches Rose D escham p as usual charm ed th e audience w ith
w ere w hisked back an d fo rth in tax is to fill th eir places her solo, “ T h e Birds Go N o rth A g a in ;” A gnes Sw an-
as scheduled on th e pro g ram s.
’ son gave a reading, “ T h e Polish B oy;” a chorus bv
A ll in all, Chem aw a is p ro u d of her g irls’ p art in a th e ch o ir, “ Joan of A rc .” S u p erin ten d e n t H all gave
w ell-arranged and successful g irls’ conference. It is a sh o rt talk in regard to the Board of In d ian C om m is
im p o rta n t to note th a t this w ork is an in tern atio n al
sioners, and ended by encouraging the stu d e n ts not to
m ovem ent and th a t to date Ju lia Grom off is th e only give w ay to sp rin g fever.
In d ia n girl holding office.
A m usical burlesque called “ P o cah o n tas” was given
in th e au d ito riu m on S atu rd ay evening. M r. R ober
COMING—A R IN G T A IL CIRCUS
son, financial clerk, was director and portrayed th e
principal ch aracter, “ P o w h a ta n .” H e was assisted
Now is th e tim e for th e sm all boy to save his dim es,
n ickels and pennies as he never did before, for the bv Mae A dam s as Pocahontas; F ran cis Boyce as John
g reat an d only Bent & Loos R in g tail C ircus, a m am S m ith : W ade M in th o rn , Jo h n Rolfe; H en ry Davis,
“ E ra s tu s ;” A licia K im ball, th e E nglish sw eetheart of
m oth aggregation em bracing e v e ry th in g from F a t
Jo
h n S m ith ; together w ith a chorus of boys dressed in
L adies to snakes, will show at C hem aw a n e x t S a t
In d ian costum es. Miss G ertru d e Brewer acted as
u rd ay evening, at an adm ission of 10 cents, for th e
pian
ist. T h e play produced m uch m errim ent and
benefit of athletics. T h ere will be pean u ts by th e
peck and barrels of p in k lem onade. T h ere will be netted a neat little sum for th e Red Cross auxilliary.
M r. R oberson is to be co n g ratu lated for his interest
tw o bands— a “ hay seed ” and a classical organization.
and h ard w ork given in th is w orthy cause.
T h e re will be a g ran d parade ju s t before the show