The Chemawa American, January 05, 1921, Page 3, Image 3

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
M rs. W oods reports having a fine detail of girls at
T h e carp en ters are rep airin g th e b u ilding in w hich
our office is located
S upt. and M rs. H all sp en t a day or so in P ortland
th is week on business.
A basketball gam e is scheduled for C hem aw a n e x t
S atu rd ay n ig h t. Chem aw a Vs. A m erican Legion of
Mill C ity.
Since C hristm as the tru ck crew have had a busy
tim e of it c a rry in g off decorative m aterial from the
various b u ild in g s.
Miss S to n eb rin k , teacher, spent her holiday vaca­
tion w ith her people in P o rtlan d . She retu rn ed by
auto last S unday evening.
M r. and Mrs. Sam pson of P o rtlan d were holiday
guests of the la tte r ’s p aren ts, M r. and M rs. W oods,
at Chem aw a. Both fam ilies retu rn ed to P ortland to
see th e N ew Y ear ushered in.
N ick H atch visited w ith us d u rin g the holidays.
N ick is a tten d in g th e Benson Polytechnic In stitu te
in P o rtlan d and stan d s exceedingly well w ith both his
in stru c to rs and fellow stu d e n ts
H e is m aking good
and we are proud of him .
L ast S u nday evening after th e chapel exercises
S u p t. and Mrs. H all en tertain ed the m em bers of th e
orchestra and ch o ir and a few o th er guests. Delicious
refreshm en ts w ere served and th e evening passed in a
m anner m ost d elig h tfu l to all.
T h e basketball squad is now
in g and g ettin g ready for
G am es will be played every
and a-half m onths. P rep are
lively tim es here before spring.
PAG E 3
hard at w ork in tra in ­
a stren u o u s season.
week for th e n ex t two
yourselves for some
Mr. and Mrs. Ciias. E . L arsen and d au g h ter,
V ivian, passed N ew Y ears and a few additional days
as the guests of C hem aw a friends. Mr. L arsen holds
a position in the service as clerk at the Siletz A gency.
T hey retu rn ed hom e yesterday.
Silas Moon passed th e C hristm as holidays at C h e­
m aw a, the guest of M r. and M rs. R eginald Downie.
Silas is an ex -stu d en t of our school an d a credit to it
and him self as well. H e is hard w orking an d by his
respectability has won m any friends.
D uring the holiday week Mrs. V andagrift, Mrs.
Cox and Miss W h ite w ere hostesses to a num ber of
C hem aw a ladies. T h e reception room at the T each ­
e r s ’ C lub b u ild in g was th e place w here the ladies were
en tertained and care had been taken to m ake the rooms
m ost attractiv e in every w ay. Most d ain ty and te m p t­
in g refresh m en ts were served and in every way th e
afternoon was m ost enjoyably passed. T h e guests
were profuse in th eir expressions of praise and g ra ti­
tude to th eir gracious hostesses.
th e lau n d ry . She says th a t they not only do th e ir
w ork well, but do it quickly.
T h e chapel services last S unday evening were up
to th e usual high stan d ard . T h e o rchestra played
D evotion” by M ackie-B eyer, M aude C raig san g “ In
T im e of R o ses,” the choir sang “ T h e L ight of th e
W o rld ” by B rackett, and S u p t. H all gave a splendid
talk on g rit and courage, ably settin g forth the neces­
sity of the stu d e n t for these qualities if he is to s u c ­
ceed. L ike all form er talks he has given th e stu d en ts,
it was replete w ith good advice and was also m ost in ­
terestin g from a philosophical stan d p o in t.
A few days ago Mr. and M rs. H enderson w ent to
P o rtlan d and started to retu rn hom e on S unday even­
ing, w hen nearly to O regon C ity they learned th at the
road ju st n o rth of th a t city w as Hooded. T h ey re­
tu rn ed to P o rtlan d and took a new sta rt for hom e,
via the west side of the W illam ette river to O regon
C ity. T o shorten a long story, they joy rided about
the co u n try between P o rtlan d an d C hem aw a u n til 3
o ’clock on M onday m orning w hen they arrived hom e.
A s th e w eather was bad and th e roads, too, th ey r e ­
ported not to have enjoyed th eir “ n ig h t o u t.”
On F rid ay evening of last week a costum e party
was given in th e big gym and th e scene was one th a t
would have gladdened the h eart of a “ m ovie” cam era
m an. M any expensive and elaborate as well as com ic
costum es were in evidence and all sorts of personages
w ere im personated, covering a range from beggars to
ro y alty . M iss Sw anson took the lad ies’ first prize for
costum e as an “ old tim e ” girl, w hile A lbert Spearson
won th e g en tlem an ’s prize as a “ c o lo n ia lg e n tle m a n .”
T h e p arty was in every way a grand success and
assisted m aterially in m aking th e w eek m em orable.
JU N IO R S HONOR SE N IO R S
T h e d in n er given on N ew Y e a r’s day in th e dom es­
tic science d epartm ent by th e Ju n io rs to th e Seniors,
an honor given each year to th e senior class, eclipsed
any effort heretofore attem pted by any class in recent
years. Covers were laid for tw en ty -eig h t in clu d in g
th e chief officers of th e Ju n io rs. E v e ry th in g in co n ­
nection w ith th is d in n e r w as faultless. T h e m enu
consisting of a six-course din n er, the d in in g ro o m and
table decorations, th e serving and cooking, all w ere
apparently perfect. T h e Ju n io r girls, u n d e r th e effi­
cient coaching of M rs. B rickell, out-did them selves
on th is occasion. W hile th is d in n e r was not given as
a dem onstration yet it did dem o n strate u n u su al ability
on p art of the girls in dom estic science train in g . T h e
toasts made by A lbert Spearson, president of the
Ju n io r class, and others w ere d irect and spicy.