PA G E 3
LOCAL
C larence E d w ard s is actin g as tem porary president
of the Class of 1921.
T he C hem aw a ag ricu ltu ral and fru it display was by
far the best one-farm ex h ib it at th e fair.
A splendid stu d e n t body— all seem ingly alert and
determ ined to win out in secu rin g an education!
T hree new m em bers, E llen and E lizabeth Beall and
H arriet Cane, are very w elcome additions to th e s e m o r
class.
Mrs. H arriet Beckw ith, m other of the school clerk,
Mrs. E aton, passed awav on Septem ber 21st after
several m onths of illness, at the age of 84 years. T he
services were held at the Rigdon u n d ertak in g parlors
at Salem by Rev. E lv in
T he rem ains were interred
in th e Salem cem etery. D uring her stav at Chem aw a
she endeared herself to all. T h e sym pathy of Mrs.
E ato n s friends, and there are m any, go out to her.
Chapel services last S unday evening were, as usual,
conducted by S upt H all and were of great in terest.
M rs. Lylah H all Jaq u in s, of Eos A ngeles, d an g ,iter
I he o rch estra played ‘A Japanese E p iso d e” by O ’
of S u p t. and Mrs. H all, is sp ending a few weeks w ith
C onnor, E leanor H ank gave as a reading “ T he R a g
her parents.
gedy M an ” by Jam es W hitcom b R iley , Mi Bent p lay
A happy lot of stu d en ts started in on S eptem ber
ed a cornet solo, C harles W illiam s, supp o rted by the
13th for the y e a r’s w ork. E very d ep artm en t is in full
choir gave “ T he S inner and the S o n g ,” the choir
san g G abriel s S tar of H o p e ,” and S u p t. Hall gave
blast and w ith a full detail.
A p ictu re of Com m issioner and Mrs. Sells and a an u n u su ally strong talk to those essem b lcd - a talk
w hich should set the young people to th in k in g .
g io u p of E skim o girls, all dressed up in the A rtie
Tiie Chem aw a school ex h ib it at the O regon S tate
costum es, will appear in an issue of the A m erican
h air w hich ended on S atu rd ay last, was considered
soon.
the finest educational display there. T h is has been
the case for the past five annual fairs. T h e dom estic
E veryone at Chem aw a succum bed to the unusually
a
rt, dom estic science, academ ic, m u sin g , tailoring
pleasing personality of M rs. Sells, and, as rem arked
prevocational cooking and can n in g ano laundry w o rk ’
by one of our little g irls, “ Mrs. Sells has so m any
to g e th er w ith the ag ric u ltu ral and fruit display, took
sm iles. ”
up the e n tire west and p art of the north side of the
big
ag ricu ltu ral building. N ever before has Chema-
E ighteen Chem aw a boys and g irls are a tte n d in g
w.i done herself so much credit and the com plim ents
W illam ette U niversity, Business College and H igh
ex ten d ed were many and profuse.
School in Salem , every one im bued with the proper
O ur new em ployes, both regular and tem porary
spirit to tak e ad v an tag e of th eir o p p o rtu n ities to the
W V i ? i ei ed on d u ty since Ju ly 1st, are: Mrs. Iva
fullest ex ten t.
M. M cM ehan, teacher: Miss E m m a Lee O rr, teacher-
D uring the sum m er Chem aw a was favored with
xMtss Alice Ju d d , teacher; Miss L ena A hrens, teacher-’
official visits from Inspector T ray lo r, S upervisor N ew Miss K ath erin e E arlo u g h er, teacher; M rs. Alice B
ton, A uditor Cam p and S upervisor Coon, th e latter P eairs nurse; M rs. M arcella B eaugard, hospital cook;'
M r. W alters, assistant gardener; Mr W oodard, assist-
being accom panied by his estim able wife. T h is does
m 11 fmr,nier,’ Mr„ H e n r-V D. T u rn e r, assistant farm er;
not indicate a n y th in g w rong at Chem aw a; to th e con-
M r. rh e o d o re T u rn e r, baker; M rs. Rose Downie a s
tia rv , it m eans th at we are on th e m a p .’’
sistan t m atron; Mrs. M aggie J . M cFadden, assistant
m
atron; Miss Julia F ra tis, assistant m atron; Mr. Paul
Mr. C harles H . W oods, who has served in the ca p a
city of carp en ter in the In d ian Service for m any years S h ad u ra, assistant engineer; M r. W allace Beebe tru ck
^ r s M ary M - Jam es, assistant seam stress;
and who was retired in A u g u st, having reached the
Mr. E. R. Mason, carpenter; M r. G eorge S tew art
age req u irin g his retirem en t, was the victim of a plum ber and steam fitter.
stroke of apoplexy at th e hom e of his d au g h ter at O s
A M EMORABLE V ISIT
wego last S atu rd ay . I t is said th a t he will recover,
C hetnaw a was honored early in Septem ber w ith a
w hich is a cause of rejo icin g am ong his m any friends.
visit by Com m issioner and M rs. Sells, who rem ained
I wo of our m ost p o p u lar C hem aw a young people,
w ith us to u r days. Mr. Sells inspected verv carefully
both g ra tu a te s of C hem aw a, M r. R eginald Downie
every d ep a rtm en t of the school, including the farm
g aid en and orchards. M r. Sells has the faculty of
and Miss Rose O ’Brien, w ere m arried at the residence
SI*in g u,) a situ aticn quickly and in his energetic and
of S u p t. and Mrs. H all, on A u g u st 9th, Rev. H . C.
em cient way covered th e en tire ground thoroughly.
Stover of Salem officiating. T h e large living room
H is talks to th e stu d en ts as well as em ployes were in
w as beautiful w ith its ferns and flowers, ren d erin g th e
sp iratio n s, and will assist greatly in m aking the w ork
setting ideal. It was a beautiful and im pressive w ed
at C hem aw a th is year m ore successful. T he Com
m issio n er’s geniality w’as never shown to better a d
d ing. T h e m any handsom e w edding presents show ed
van
tag e, for Loth em ployes and stu d e n ts were aroused
the p o p u larity of these two young people.
Mr.
to g reater loyalty and endeavor to follow' out the poli-
Downie is in d u strial teacher and his wife assistant
C
1 e:s
h l* office. Indeed, the visit of Com m issioner
m atro n , w ith q u arte rs in Bi ew er H all
T he A m eri
and Mrs. Sells was a m ilestone in the life of Chem aw a
can ex tends its m ost sincere congratulations.
May th ey come again.