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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1919)
4 k; T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LOCAL Miss Ju a n a H olm es of P ortland visited at Chem aw a recently as the g u est of Miss S kipton. The school n u rse, M rs. C odding, who has been so faith fu l, has received a substantial increase in pay. T he old jail is on longer used for detention purposes and is b eing m ade over in to a store room for cem ent. E d n a W illett, A nna P eratro v ich , and S tanley S u t ton, to g eth er w ith 12 new stu d en ts, arrived y esterd ay . Leonti A nderson and Jo h n M urray, of A laska, e x stu d e n ts, are welcome visitors at Chem aw a th is w eek. Miss Iren e H ow ard, an arm y n u rse who has recen t ly retu rn ed from F ran ce, was a guest of Miss S kipton the past week. Mr. W alsh, of Salem , rendered a vocal solo ac com panied by Miss E ak in at th e afternoon services on S unday w hich was m uch enjoyed. C harles W illiam s, G eorge Lekanoff and Logan F ann were delegates chosen to atten d the State Y. M. C. A. C onference at M cM innville th at was held F rid ay , S a t urday and S unday. Rev. Mr. Pow ell, pastor of the Episcopal C hurch in Salem , held services at C hem aw a on S u n d ay a fte r noon last. It is th e in te n tio n to hold P ro te sta n t S er vices once each m outh hereafter. In the absence of Mr. Loos, our bandm aster, Mr. Bent has been having band practice and leads th e band at the various cerem onies. Several new m em bers have joined and the m usic is m ost creditable. Miss H azel H edrick, a clerk in the W ar D ep art m ent at W ash in g to n , arrived at Chem aw a on T h u rs day, h av in g been tran sferred to o u r Service. Miss H edrick resides at San Jose, C alifornia. F ran k Jo h n so n , a Chem aw a stu d e n t who g rad u ated from th e Salem H ig h School in 1916 and who has been atten d in g th e U n iv ersity of O regon since, was a visitor over S u n d ay . H e was en ro u te to E u g en e. Irv in g Shepard is pro u d ly carry in g some of the bruises earned in th e football victory of Salem H igh last S atu rd ay . W e are glad to have o u r old Chem aw a p u p ils help g ath er honors w hen they go to an o th er school. L oulin Brewer has ju st received ap p o in tm en t to a position in th e San F rancisco w arehouse. H e left on M onday n ig h t. L oulin is a g rad u ate of C hem aw a and also the Salem H ig h School and afterw ards a t tended. O. A. C. - Mrs. H attie F . E ato n , clerk , retu rn ed from her a n nual leave last w eek, h av in g visited points in Idaho, N ebraska, S outh D akota. W hile in D akota she d is posed of a section of land w hich she held for a long tim e, secu rin g $50 per acre for the same. PA G E 3 C ards have been received from Reggie Downie, w ho has been overseas, sta tin g th a t he has ju st arrived at H oboken and will go to the Presidio, C alifornia, to be discharged. W e hope to see him here soon. T h e Y. W . C. A ., in th e presence of a large atten d an ce of girls, held a snappy and brief program at o n e-th irty p. m. in the m usic room of M cBride H all, on S unday. Besides the usual songs and prayers, a brief and in te re stin g m issionary story was given bv Miss E akin and a song selection by th e Y. W. O ctette. T h e sugar fam ine was broken on M onday, as three sacks were secured from P o rtlan d . It is pretty hard lines to have no su g ar for coffee or oatm eal. Mrs. Brewer has been c a n n in g fru it ju st the same w ithout su g ar. N ot one word of com plaint was heard, how ever, from th e stu d en ts. Chem aw a has a loyal and sensible stu d e n t body. T h e farm departm ent has finished seeding 12 acres to w heat and is now nearly th ro u g h plow ing th e 50- acre tract east of the railroad w hich is to be seeded to oats and vetch for hay. All hay and grain crops will be seeded this fall. M r. Daly, T eacher of A g ricu l tu re, in charge of the farm , is q u ite anxious to clear th e stum page from 40 acres th is w inter. T h e Sigm a Phi Delta Society of girls, of w hich there are 20 m em bers present at this tim e, held th eir first m eeting of th e year on S unday n ig h t after chapel and elected officers, as follows: P resident, Rose O ’Brien; vice-president, Alicia K im ball; secretary, C atherine Reed; treasu rer, E leanor H ank; chaplain, A nnie M iller; song leader, M ary M otanic. A very e n th u siastic m eeting was held and plans discussed for the year. T h is band of girls stand for the best at Chem aw a. O ur blacksm ith dep artm en t is one of the m ost v alu able at this school. U n d er the present m anagem ent all w ork, and there is a lot of it in connection w ith the repairs at the engine house, is perform ed by the blacksm ith force. It is no little satisfaction to enter th a t d epartm ent and w itness th e busy boys and the in terest taken in th eir advancem ent on part of Mr. W elch. At present he is riv etin g a boiler front, re p airin g a fan n in g mill, overhauling an autom bile, fix ing a break in the stoker and num erous other small jobs. Chapel exercises last S unday were unusually good. T h e o rchestra played a “ M orceau C h a ra c te ristiq u e ” by P erlet, the O ctet G irls in th e ir first appearance th is year sang “ T h e S tar are S h in in g B rig h tly ” by B ronte, th e choir san g “ M em ories of G alilee” bv Palm er, and E lizabeth M ontgom ery gave a splendid read in g . D uring the evening S upt. H all addressed the stu d e n ts in a m an n er w hich cannot have failed to im press them . T h ere was a message in everv se n tence. It was a splendid ta lk — beyond a doubt, one of his best chapel addresses.
