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
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that it was a real calamity when he left us.
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