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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1918)
TH E CHEMA WA AMERICAIN The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail Matter SUBSCRIPTION - - 25Cts PER ANNUM LOCAL Mr. William Langley, of Grand Ronde, visited his children last week. Mr. John A. Blessing, engineer, spent Saturday and Sunday in Portland. Inspection on Sunday morning last showed well kept quarters and grounds. Clyde Fields, Julius Frank and Thomas Phillips spent the week-end at Chemaw’a. Elmer Dillstrom, a former pupil at Chemawa, vis ited his brother Bel vie last week. The beautiful and sunny spring days the past week have made all vegetables grow rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Parker, of Portland, visited Elizabeth Reinville over the week-end. Mr. Hobucket was confined to his room several days the past wreek on account of sickness. Mrs. Myrtle Van Horn arrived at the school to be with her son Forrest who is ill in the hospital. Mr. Ross has just finished planting sweet peas along the walk leading to the Oregon Electric station. Annie Sexton and Annie Nelson have charge of the mending department in their respective divisions. Raymond Gray and Ivan Langley left last week for the Fort Lapwaii Sanitarium, Idaho. Amelia Demacon, a former pupil of Chemawa, spent the week-end with her sister Louise here at school. The harness department under Mr. Swoboda sold harness this year ainouting to over one thousand dol lars. Several Chemawa people attended the concert given by the O. A. C. band at the Armory in Salem on Fri day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Richard McGee visited their nephew and niece, Sam and Esther Countrymen, at this school on Saturday. Mrs. Brewer spent the week-end at O. A. C., Cor vallis, visiting her daughter Ruth, who is a student at that college. Mr. and Mrs. Brace entertained a group of their- friends at their home on Monday evening. A pleasant evening was spent. The new white uniforms for every girl in school have been completed. They will be worn next Sun day for the first time. The little girls in the mending room have complet ed another quilt for the Red Cross. They have an other nearly completed. The painting force under Mr. Sanders has covered the entire rear row of buildings with paint and are now working on Winona Hall. The dairy force has just completed a strong fence on the west side of the slough, thus dividing an 80 acre tract apart for pasture and crops. Mr. J. J. Bettles, of Valdez, Alaska, and daughter Alice, of Portland, Oregon, visited with Joseph Bettles, one of our pupils, on Saturday and Sunday. The boys’ companies as well as the girls’ companies are drilling each evening, preparing for the competi tive drill to be held during Commencement week. George Berry, acting blacksmith, is keeping the work right up to date during these strenuous times while farming operations are being pushed to their limit. The residue from the coal consumed under the boil ers makes good road material. At the present time it is being hauled on the road leading to the hog pens. Charles Pluff and Alphonse Corville of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, deserted a couple of weeks ago. They failed to appreciate an opportunity to secure an education. A splendid tennis court at Chemawa is used pretty steadily after school each day. These beautiful days, balmy and sunshiney, enable the tennis fan$ to enjoy themselves. Word has reached us to the effect that Clarence Michell, one of our students of last year, has enlisted in the service of the country in the awful struggle against Germany. Services were held in the auditorium Sunday after noon, Rev. F. T. Porter, of Salem, delivering the sermon. His remarks were splendid and the students showed attentive interest. All Members of the baseball team were taken sud denly ill upon their return from the game at Eugene last week and it was necessary to postpone their game - with Willamette University on that account. A fund is being raised at Chemaw’a by the students for purpose of securing materials to manufacture a beautiful service flag to be hung in the auditorium. This flag will be made by the needle art class under direction of Mrs. Loos. It is expected that it will be completed by commencement time.
