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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1918)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCALS Miss Roberts, one of our academic teachers, has been ill for the past day or two. The epidemic of “ three-day” measles at Chemawa has about subsided. T he cases came thick and fast for a few days last week. The teachers are busy these days preparing for the class play, graduating exercises, entertainment, and declamation contest. This, in connecti on with the regular class work, renders them a busy lot. Since the Presbyterian missionary has been with drawn, a Sunday school under the auspices of the school was organized last Sunday morning and hence forth will be continued as part of the school work. Mr. Blessing, chief engineer, met with an accident while handling the big water pump on Monday. He is injured in the chest on the spot of an old wound received years ago while he was with the U. S. Navy. The students and others appreciate Bernard Sander son’s constancy and willingness in furnishing music for the various functions held in the gymnasium. Bernard is almost a professional in operating the player piano. Mr. Roy H. Bradley, subervisor of construction, ar rived at Chemawa last week for an indefinite period. He will superintend the construction of the addition to our hospital. Mr. Bradley was connected with the Carlisle School for two years as director of mechanics. Chemawa has been favored with a number of unique entertainments of late, given by the students as bene fits and there are more yet being planned. Our school is not behind in loyalty, and everyone is showing patriot ism in doing their part in every way possible to assist in winning the war. Mr. Bradley, who supervised the industrial course of study at Carlisle a few years ago, has presented to the school some good outlines for instruction in the various trades. They supplement the course of study and will be of considerable value to the tradesmen in instructing the boys in the shops. Miss Genevieve Potter, sent out by the Food Ad ministration, Washington, to demonstrate to rural wo men and others the use of cottage cheese as a meat substitute, gave a very interesting demonstration to the domestic science classes last Monday and showed many ways how it could be used as a food substitute. The Reliance society held its annual reception last week. The evening was spent in dancing and social conversation. Delectable refreshments were served and all reported a fine time. The young men were splendid hosts and were very solicitous that everyone have a good time. Miss White, the society advisor, assisted throughout the evening in making it pleasant for all. PAGE 3 The dairy detail have been getting out cord wood and fixing fences during spare hours for the past week. On account of a very serious wreck on the South ern Pacific south of here no through trains have beefi running for a couple of days. Chaperones for girls who go walking on Sunday afternoon next are Miss Scholder and Mrs. Daly for Winona and Mrs. Doherty and Miss Mitchell for McBride. From present appearances there will be a big crop of fruit of all kinds, except early peaches, which weie nipped by the frost. The orchards at Chemawa are now in full bloom and present a beautiful sight. Mr. Daily and his farm force have almost complet ed the removal of all stumps from the new land and ploughed the greater part. The next in line is the ploughing of the slough, which is now sufficiently drained. Rev. William H. Ketcham, Washington, D. C., representative of the Catholic Board of Missions, Fathers Gall, Hildebrand and Ildephonse, of Mount Angel College, Oregon, were visitors at Chemawa on Tuesday. Miss Mitchell and the vocational girls of the sewing department had a picnic supper in the woodson Tues day. They roasted potatoes, eggs and broiled bacon and made coffee. In fact, had a regular camp supper and a good time generally. Mrs. Fulkerson was a guest. We regret to inform our readers of the death of Miss Violet Nor west of Grand Ronde, Oregon. She was a member of our graduating class of ’16 and died at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Yakima, Wash., after suffering for three months with blood poisoning. Her death occurrtd on April 8th and the remains were interred at Grand Ronde, Or. Many friends at Chemawa and elsewhere will learn of her demise with sincere regret. Miss Mollie V. Gaither, superintendent of the Springfield, So. Dak., Indian Boarding School , is proving herself the same resourceful woman as in by gone days, in proof of which read the following re print: z The Indian girls of Hope School have authorized us to extend their thanks to the people who helped sell the calf donated by the school to the Red Cross, which brought the sum of $302.80. Thirty-six of the Indian girls are members of the Red Cross, and are doing a lot of work for the local branch. They are a loyal bunch of girls. Realizing this fact, our citizens showed their appreciation of the work the Indian girls are doing by paying a big price for the calf.
