The Chemawa American, November 13, 1918, Page 3, Image 3

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
A rchie F reesto n e is now located at CoLerg, M ontana.
T h e kitchen force recen tly put up 28 gallons of p icca­
lilli for use d u rin g th e com ing w inter.
W ade M inthorn retu rn ed to school last week and has
again taken up his w ork as a senior and in th e ta ilo r­
in g d ep artm en t.
T h e boys began to do som e of th eir C hristm as sh o p ­
pin g w hen in Salem last S atu rd ay aftern o o n . It is
w ise to begin early .
M rs. Brew er praises all of her new detail highly and
says th a t th ey are w illing w orkers. W hy can not all
of us be w illing workers?
O u r h ig h school and business college stu d e n ts have
resum ed th e ir stu d ies in Salem — after several w eek s’
in te rru p tio n by the " F l u . ”
T h ere w as a basketball gam e last T h u rsd ay evening
betw een team s rep resen tin g M itchell an d Brew er halls.
T h e la tte r team was victorious by a close score.
W ork in every d ep artm en t of th e school is now back
on a norm al basis and ru n n in g sm oothly after th e in ­
te rru p tio n caused by the S panish Influenza.
A scrub basketball gam e was played a few n ig h ts
ago and caused q u ite a bit of ex citem en t. It proved
th a t m aterial fo ra good basketball team is here.
T h e harness-m akers have ju st finished a set of
harness for D airym an B ettles, to the g reat sa tis­
faction of th e latter and th e cred it of th e form er.
Irv in g S h ep ard visited at C hem aw a d u rin g the
week end. H e is em ployed at a P o rtlan d sh ip y ard .
W hen h igh school opens in Salem n e x t M onday he
expects to be here in order to be in atten d an ce.
F or th e p ast th ree years th ere has not been a football
gam e on our g rid iro n on " T u r k e y D ay ” w ith an o u t­
side team . E v ery effort is being p u t forth to secure a
gam e th is y ear. Be p atien t and we will en te rta in you
in some w ay.
I t is expected th a t a team from V ancouver Post,
th e sam e eleven th a t our boys played last S atu rd ay ,
w ill give us a gam e on th e local g rid iro n n ex t S a tu r­
day. F rom all acco u n ts and predictions, it will be a
gam e w orth seeing.
P otato d ig g in g is now on in full blast and we are
pleased to report th a t the m achine for d ig g in g th e tu ­
bers. recen tly p u rch ased , is proving a success. N ot
nearly so m any boys are required and th e w ork is
lig h ten e d . T he yield is good.
T h e large stu d e n ts enjoyed th eir social p arty on
la st F rid ay evening; on th e ev ening follow ing th e little
folks enjoyed th e ir social. T h ese w ere th e first social
g ath erin g s held here since the influenza scourge sw ept
over our section of th e co u n try .
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Jacob M ynuk, who is em ployed in a P o rtlan d ship-
\ ard , is reputed to be th e best rivet-passer in his yard.
T h e sew ing-room class are now occupying th eir new
q u arte rs, as rem odeled, in both th e north and south
ends of the dom estic science b u ild in g — upstairs. All
now have m uch more room to w ork and th in g s are
m ore pleasant generally.
M r. A . M. W rig h t, lately from C hicago, is now
filling th e position of chief engineer at th e school.
H is son-in-law , Mr. J. B. M awyer, has received a p ­
p o in tm en t as assistant engineer.
T h e farm ers have 47 acres west of the lau n d ry , 30
acres on th e lake bottom , 9 acres west of th e dairy
barn seeded to g rain , and a field east of the hog lots
alm ost done. A week of good w eather will see ev ery ­
th in g on the farm ready for spring.
M rs. B. F . Stevens arrived F riday evening from
her hom e in F t. B elknap, M ontana, w ith five of her
d au g h ters, all of whom she has enrolled at C hem aw a.
Tw o of them have attended school here before. O th er
stu d e n ts are arriv in g continually, too.
L ast S unday chapel was of m ore th an ordinary in ­
terest. T h e o rchestra played " M y N ative H ills ,” by
R ipley; th e g irls ’ sextet sang " P a le in the A m ber
W e st,” by P ark s, an d th e choir sang " L o v e ’s Old
Sweet S o n g ,” by M olloy. S u p t. H all gave an o riginal
paper of g reat m erit, w hich dealt w ith conditions at
the school and the a ttitu d e of th e stu d e n t.
L ittle E lizabeth C odding, who has been dom iciled
w ith M iss S kiptou since the appearance of th e influ­
enza, celebrated her birthday last week and had a
num ber of her little friends, and some older ones, too,
in atten d an ce. Miss S kipton was really m aster o f
cerem onies. F rom accounts to reach us it would be
hard to say who enjoyed the p arty th e m ost, the
y o u n g sters or th e oldsters.
L ate rep orts from N ick H atch, an ex -stu d en t now
in naval service at San P'rancisco, state th a t his cam p
has been u n d er q u aran tin e for six w eeks. H e w ishes
to be rem em bered to all friends at Chem aw a. H e saj’s
th a t he is m aking every effort to securea furlough th a t
he m ay spend C hristm as w ith us, as this he feels to be
his hom e, and th e place is now dearer th a n ever. H e
will be welcome at any tim e.
A n officers’ school, com posed of officers of the boys’
battalion, w as established recently and is proving a
success. T h e in terest is all there and all are w orking
h ard to keep it up. L ast T h u rsd ay evening th e officers
of th e g irls ’ battalion were invited to w atch th e boys
go th ro u g h th e drills w hich they will soon be going
th ro u g h them selves. A fter the drill was over coffee
an d d o u g h n u ts were served, w hich seemed to inspire
those p resent w ith a g reater desire th a n ever to do
m ore for th e benefit of them selves and th e school.