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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1919)
TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlin had Agnes Swanson and Irving Shepard as dinner guests on Sunday. The whir of the lawn mower was heard on Monday. Mr. Ross had a detail of boys mowing the lawns. Frank Johnson received the sad news of the death of his sister by telegram on Monday, which occurred at Kamiah, Idaho. The painters are hard at work this week giving the walls in the various wards of the hospital a coat of paint. There are so few patients in the hospital that advantage is being taken to do the inside work. Superintendent Hall is at Portland this week in specting and attending to the shipment of rolled oats for the Indian Service schools and hospitals. Mrs. Hall accompanied him in order to do some shopping^ A splendid luncheon was served in the domestic science department after the basketball game Monday evening for the Silverton and Chemawa teams, includ ing the coaches for both teams and a few vistors. It was a nice touch to the evening sport. Our girls al ways endeavor to do the right thing. About 5,000 tons of coal have been used so far this school year at Chemawa. How the firemen and coal heaving brigade wish that the price of crude oil might be reduced to a point where it would be practical to use it here! The price at this time is quoted at $1.65 P ^ L .^ f r e lo f 42 gallons, while at the time we used it last in 1916 it was 55 cents per barrel. Mr. Loos made a business trip to Aurora last Sun day. Nick Hatch and Irving Shepard came down from Portland on Saturday night to attend the Excelsior party as well as to apend Sunday with friends. The rains accompanied with strong winds during the past week were the heaviest of the present season. All of the lake lands are overflowed and indeed are veritable lakes. EXCELSIORS ENTERTAIN The annual party given each year by the Excelsior Society of boys is an event of unusual interest and plea sure to members and invited guests. The one held on Saturday evening last was fully up to the usual standard. Our school gym was decorated with pennants and flags^ with a group of society pennants hanging in circular form in the center. Both ends of the room were fitted up as parlors, and the large stage as a refreshment room. There were about one hundred at the party, each one being given a badge of the society colors’ purple and gold. These colors were carried out in decorations and refreshments. Miss Hendrix, advisor of the society, assisted in the matter of entertainment. In connection with the merriment of the evening a short program was rend ered. A bountiful supper served cafeteria style was given. Every member of the Excelsiors seemed to feel a personal responsibility in the success of the party. This was the opening event of the various special functons given by the societies and classes. It was well planned and well carried out and an unquali fied success. ,, At chapel last Sunday evening the orchestra played La Paloma” by Yradier, Eleanor Hauk gave a most pleasing recitation, the Octette Girls sang the “ Echo Song” by Gruender, and the choir sang ‘‘Outside the CHEKA WA GIRLS VICTORIOUS Door” by Parks. During the evening Supt. Hall gave a splended talk in which he emphasized the im The Chemawa girls’ basketball team defeated the portance, the necessity, of pulling together on the High School team of Silverton on Monday evening part of everybody connected with the school, both last in our school gym. It was a fine game through employes and students. out and not a one-sided affair, as the score of 28 to 12 would indicate, but each basket was earned after a Our first basketball team played a practice game hard tussle, consistent effort and good team work, al with Hauser Bros, team of Salem on Thursday night though at no stage of the game did it appear that our of last week in the school gym. The entire school Chemawa girls could lose, for the home team led from turned out to witness the game. The final score of the start and added to the lead until the end. The 20 to 7 in favor of the Hauser Bros., did not show the Silverton manager and coach, Miss Hammond, who also refereed the game, spoke highly of our girls’ relative difference in the playing, but it was fine prac playing and said that it was the best team she has seen tice just the same. Arrangemeents have been made in action for a long time. Our girls used good judg for the Salem team to play once a week with Chemawa ment and were after the ball every minute of the game. Chemawa is proud of the good playing and sportman« boys. like action of the girls. Our line np was as follows- Mr. John A. Blessing, who resigned his position at First Half Second Half Rose O’Brien, forward Chemawa as chief engineer last October to enter the Rose O’Brien, forward Nancy Evans, forward Marion Wasson, forward engineers’ training camp at the University of Wash Nancy Evans, center ington at Seattle, finished the course a week or so ago Bertha Grimes, center Florence Hoover, guard Florence Hoover, guard and is expecting to be called at any time by the ship Rose Goff, guard Bertha Grimes, guard ping board to fill a position of first-class engineer on Bertha Grimes, captain, Rose O’Brien, manager; one of Uncle Sam’s steamships. Mr. Blessing at present subs, Adeline Goff and Eva Hood. is assisting temporarily to get our steam plant in bet ter shape. He is a good man and all Chemawa felt Subscribe for The Chemawa American—25 cents a that it was a real calamity when he left us. year.
