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.