T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
A double g arage will be co n stru cted at once for Mr.
W elch and Mr. C ham berlin.
T h a n k sg iv in g services w ere held by F ath e r Gall for
th e C atholic stu d e n ts on T h a n k sg iv in g m orning.
T h e S enior girls are w ondering w hy the Senior boys
do not have some notes from th eir vocational d e p a rt
m ents.
Sophom ore boys were th e victors in th e bag ru sh
on T h an k sg iv in g , b u t th e B rew er H all boys carried
off the honor at shin n ey .
T h e usual big d in n er given on T h an k sg iv in g was in
evidence anti our big d in in g hall was the scene of
m uch enjoym ent.
Miss L au ren ce and Miss R eed, our head and a s
sistan t nurses, w orked heroically in g iv in g the w ounded
and m aim ed train m en first aid at the tim e of the w reck.
1 he railro ad head men spoke very appreciatively of
th e ir splendid w ork.
1 he R ed Cross driv e at C hem aw a was q u ite su c
cessful, th e re being' a very respectable num ber of
dollars tu rn ed in to th e W illam ette C h ap ter. M is.
Cox and Miss R oberts were rep resen tativ es of the Red
Cross at Chem aw a.
Basketball practice com m enced last M onday ev en
ing. Before m any d ay s th e re will be a-half dozen
team s at w ork, all m em bers striv in g to m ake our
varsity team . W e should be able to p u t o u t a stro n g er
team th an ever this year and be able to hold o u r own
w ith any of the big conference team s.
S u p e rin te n d e n t H all and Mr. R. G . H enderson, to
g eth er w ith the S o u th ern Pacific S u p erin ten d en t, Road
M aster and M aster M echanic, co n stitu ted th e Board
of In q u iry to in v estig ate the collision between train
227 and 221 at C hem aw a on N ovem ber 24th.
T hey were assisted by a rep resen tativ e of th e In te r
state Com m erce Com m ission as well as m em bers of
th e S tate In d u stria l Com m ission.
T h e en te rta in m e n t given on T h a n k sg iv in g E ve by
th e stu d e n ts of the th ird , fo u rth and fifth grades was
well rendered from b eg in n in g to end. T h e little folks
acquitted them selves well. F o r m any of them this
was th eir first attem p t and th e efforts show ed good
d rillin g on the p art of th e teachers, Mrs. Iliff, Miss
E arlo u g h er and Miss A hrens, to whom the credit for
the e n tertain m en t is due. M rs. T u rn e y assisted w ith
the music and was accom panist on th e piano. T he
school o rch estra fu rn ish ed th ree num bers. A u tu m n
decorations, significant of T h an k sg iv in g were in evi
dence.
O w ing to lack of responsibility and p roper diligence
on p art of a fre ig h t train co n d u cto r and braketnan a
very serious rear-end collision took place at Chem awa
last week, w hich resu lted in one man losing a leg and
foui others being badly in ju red , besides m any th o u
sands of dollars w o rth of railroad and o th er property
destroyed. T h is w reck has been th e cause of m uch
activ ity at C hem aw a, h u n d red s of people visiting the
scene, w hich to g eth er w ith tw o w recking tra in s
and large crews of m en, added to railroad officials
galore, has m ade th is place th e ce n ter of all eyes.
T h e w reck occurred a t 1:30 a. m. on W ednesday, the
2 4th, and at this tim e th e w reck in g tra in s are still at
w ork.
PAG E 3
L IT E R A R Y SOCIETIES
E xcelsior
On F rid ay evening the follow ing program was re n
dered at the E xcelsior L ite ra ry Society: R ecitation,
Jam es Brooks; vocal trio , N ick S tep itin , L aurance
M erculief and N ew m an R ock. A dialogue was given
by W ilfred E vans and M erton P orter; Roy C ourville
gave some good jokes and Russel M arkussen some
rid d les. M r. Jam es, official visitor, gave th e society
some valuable advice, as did our advisory m em ber,
Miss H e n d rix .
W inona— R eliance
A rtistic little posters announced the an n u al jo in t
met tin g of the W inona and R eliance societies, w hich
was held in the gym nasium on F rid a y evening. Ju lia
Gromoff, W inona president, was in the ch air and
C harles E ll, R eliance secretary, at th e records. W il
liam K ennedy gave a brief but good address and A rth u r
Johnson followed w ith a solo; C arrie A nderson recited
And so was I ” and L illian G au th ier played a piano
num ber. A nna H olst and C harles B uchert appeared
in a C om edy” w hich w as followed by a q u arte t
com posed of H en rietta C ham berlin, Josephine C orbett,
A, th u r Johnson and A llan S hepard. T h en Josephine
C orbett read the c u rren t num ber of the W inona W ar
\ \ hoop and G eorge N ix gave som e good accordion
m usic. A fter this C larence E dw ards and H attie
M artin won th e debate from C ath erin e Reed and W il
liam F razier. T h e question was: “ Resolved, T h a t
capital p u n ish m en t should be abolished in O re g o n .”
T h e ju d g e s decided in favor of O re g o n ’s present law .
M audie C raig and A nnabelle W oods san g popular
songs to g u ita r accom panim ent furnished by E m m a
C arlson. E d n a W illette played piano m usic several
tim es d u rin g th e evening. A lig h t luncheon was
served at the end of the literary program . T h e m eet
ing ad jo u rn ed by the sin g in g of th e C hem aw a song.
Mrs. Brickell and M r. T u rn e y w ere present as official
visitors and several other guests w ere present. T h is
was one of the m ost successful and pleasant of the
m any m eetings w hich these two societies have held.
TH E JU N IO R S “LITTLE T H E A T R E ”
On F rid ay at E n g lish period the Ju n io rs gave tw o
sh o rt plays. T h e plays were m ade by th e class from
tw o of O .H e n ry ’s stories— “ T he L ast L ea f” and “ T h e
R ansom of Red C h ie f.” H a ttie C a y to n ’s version of
1 he L ast Leaf
and A lex W illiam s’ Ransom of
Red C h ie f” were th e ones chosen for rep resen tatio n .
Both w ere well perform ed w ith th e follow ing casts:
Red C hief
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A lex P etellin
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Jones Spencer
Bill
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T h o m as H oaglin
Red Chief s F a th e r
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A lbert Spearson
T H E LA ST L E A F
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A n n a H olst
D o c t o r ..........................................Billv W illiam s
Be! y , n a n .................................................... Joe R acine
O ther m em bers of the class assisted in d irectin g ,
in advertising, in rep o rtin g and p rep arin g p ro g ra m s’
E v ery one had a p art in th e exercise and it was very
generally well done.