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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1920)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N LOCAL Percy M inesinger san g well in chapel S u n d ay ev en ing. T hree new stu d e n ts from Cooks In let, A laska, arrived on S atu rd ay . M rs. M ason, cousin of M rs. V an d ag rift, was here for a visit last week. L ittle Bobbie F erry was sen t to th e F o rt Lapw ai S anitarium on S atu rd ay . T h e hospital screens have been th o ro u g h ly o ver hauled and m ade good. M r. and M rs. C harles A. M urphy, of Salem , were callers at the school on S u n d ay . C harles Ell has been kept busy m ak in g w indow and door screens for th e various halls. M r.P 'ran k C ham berlin is chief engineer and assum es the added responsibility like an old v eteran . Russell A dam s was a visitor the first of th e w eek. H e has a position at V ancouver, W a sh in g to n . T he ground in fro n t of the new em p lo y es’ b u ild in g has been spaded up an d m ade ready for seeding. Joseph Bettles, d airy m an , has had his force of boys m aking m any necessary rep airs to the hog pens. D elora K eeler and O la F airw eath er h a \e been fill ing th e position of hospital cook an d th ey are d o in g w ell. T h e sm aller boys of th e school have been h av in g track m eets and basketball gam es w ith M r. Bent in charge. M any rem em bered w hat M t . H all said S unday ev e n ing and w ent to w ork an d school w ith a sm ile on M onday. R ehearsals for th e Senior play and school e n te rta in m ent to take place early in Ju n e is the chief o rd er of the evenings. T he g ills m ake a very neat appearance in th eir new’ spring uniform s. T h ey wore them on E aster day for th e first tim e. Ju st as soon as the w eather perm its the boys’ b a t talion w’ill be tak in g se ttin g up exercises out of doors before breakfast. T he lau n d ry has been closed th e past week on ac count of the railroad strik e. M any m ore suffer as well as Chem aw a people. It looks p retty m uch like wre have enough rain and W’ind d u rin g the wreek to m ake up for th e good w ea th er wTe have S un d ay s. Mr. Bent annexed him self to a law’nm ow er one day last week and mowed the law ns south of Brewer H all. T hey look m uch better. F ra n k and Josephine C orbett were sud d en ly called to th eir home in Id ah o on S atu rd ay on account of the death of a little b ro th er. T h e carpenters have finished and fitted up w indow and door screens for the two cottages occupied by M r. Janies and M r. C hapm an. T h e big beautiful cu p won by A lbert Spearson in the cross-country race in P o rtlan d , and the one won bv Joe R acine, also th e twro pretty m edals won by Janies Choate and A xel Jo h n so n , are now in our tr o phy room at M itchell H all. PAG E 3 S u p erin ten d e n t and M rs. H all entertained at dinner T h u rsd a y evening, the guests were Mr. and M rs. Bradley, Miss S kip to n and M rs. V andagrift. E ven th o u g h we w ere inconvenienced considerable by th e lack of coal, heat and lig h ts, yet school and w ork and ev ery th in g else w ent on ju st the same as ever. M r. and M rs. B radley, accom panied by Mrs. S h e r m an, M rs. Canfield and M rs. E ato n , took advantage of th e beautiful day on S unday and drove to M t. A ngel. M rs. Brew’er left on S u n d ay for a visit w’ith rela tives at T acom a, W ash in g to n . She has not been w’ell for some tim e and it is hoped the change w ill be beneficial. T h ree h u n d red w intergreen uniform s, arm y style, are on the road. W e have been very patient, but hope they will arriv e before th e end of the year. O ur boys need them . A large crowd of boys accom panied the team to Salem last S atu rd ay afternoon to w’itness the gam e w ith the state prison team . E ven S u p t. H all and M rs. H all found tim e to w’itness a few innings of it. N ick H atc h , who is a tte n d in g the Benson P o ly tech nic School at P ortland and tak in g an electrical e n g in eerin g course, is m aking a fine record in his w ork. It is said th a t he is leading th e class. T h is speaks wTell for N ick. A car of coal w’as unex p ected ly received on M onday W’hich enabled th e pow er house to sta rt up in full blast. It b ro u g h t sm iles and com fort to everybody, for all C hem aw a had been w ithout heat and lights for alm ost a w eek. W hen the good w eather finally sets in we are e x p ectin g to hear a lot of out door concerts by the band. M usic has become an essential to life and wre require it. B and, come to the rescue. N ot th a t we h av e n ’t any other m usic here, but because we w’ould like to hear from the band. C harles E der left on M onday for his home in M on ta n a in response to a call from his m other to assist in p la n tin g a crop. D uring th e past w inter he has been a tten d in g Salem B usiness College and has made a sp le n did nam e for him self at th at in stitu tio n . P rincipal Staley phoned out to S u p t. H all that C harles w as the best stu d en t th a t he had ever had in his college. P re tty good, is n ’t it? C harles did not q u ite com plete all w ork necessary for a diplom a and in ten d s to retu rn later, w hen he can be spared from hom e, and finish up in every b ranch. Chapel services last Sunday evening were of the m ost in terestin g character. T h e orchestra played “ T he R ainbow ” by P lu n k e tt, M arina Nelson sang “ Ju st be G la d ” by G allow ay, the B ovs’ Octet sang “ L o v e’sO ld Sweet S o n g ” by M olloy, G eorge B arrett played “ T he S w a n ” by S aint-S aëns as a cello solo, the choir sang “ T h e H aven of L ife ” by B ristow , the solo part being w ell su n g by Percy M inesinger. T he talk of the even ing w’as given by S u p t. H all. H is rem arks were a d dressed directly to ou r seniors, high school and b u si ness college stu d e n ts, and were exceptionally fine, taken from any sta n d p o in t. T h e talk was full of sound sense in te rm in g lin g w’ith beautiful sentim ent and idealism . I t was splendid.