The Chemawa American, December 13, 1922, Page 3, Image 3

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
O ur new heating- system is now doing its part m ag­
nificently and all is well.
O ur plum bing force had their hands full yesterday
thaw ing out frozen w ater pipes.
M r. H auser is having an additional room arranged
in connection w ith his living q u arters.
M itchell H all will soon be dressed up again, as th e
painters have been busy there d u rin g the past week.
O ur S u p erin ten d en t reports upon inspection last S u n ­
day m orn in g th a t all q u arters were found super-fine.
W e have not yet heard of any ice sk atin g near here,
but you never can tell w hat will happen. T he pros­
pects are not so bad.
Miss W eaver, of Salem , is now the fo u rth grade
teacher. She fills this vacated place th ro u g h resig n a­
tion of Miss M allory.
Mrs. Brickell met w ith an accident on M onday.
She slipped off of a stool on w hich she was sta n d in g
and w renched her arm very b adly.
Bids for all kinds of building m aterial for the $50,000
d o rm itory were opened vesterday. P rices seem h ig h ­
er than they were some m onths ago.
I he steam h eatin g system is su p p ly in g heat to o u r
satisfaction. Y esterday, the coldest day th u s far this
season, enabled it to have a good trial.
E ldon Brickell sp en t Sunday w ith his m other and
sister at Chem aw a. H e is holding a responsible pos­
ition in the Capital Journal office in Salem.
W ord recently received from L ouis Colby, who is
now at E verett, W ash ., inform s us th at he is planning
to ie tu rn here and en ter Salem H igh School at th e be­
g in n in g of F eb ru ary n ex t.
Chem aw a s d in in g room is alw ays hom elike and a t­
tractive, but never m ore p rettily decorated than at p res­
ent.
It is still in its T h an k sg iv in g attire.
Miss
S kipton takes much pride in her d in in g room .
Mr. B ruce, our bandm aster, purchased a farm near
M ollala, O regon, recently. F or m any years he has
been interested in farm ing and he has now cast his lot
am ong O reg o n ’s tillers of the soil perm anently.
Mrs. Canfield. Dom estic A rt T eacher, has had a
C hristm as Sale on d u rin g the past week and she re­
ports business flourishing. T he sew ing d ep artm en ts
are alw ays busy places and are w orth a visit, and
especially so at this lim e.
M rs. Oscar W addell, of Y akim a C ity, a form er v al­
ued em ploye in th e In d ian S endee and a sister of Mrs.
B rickell, spent a co u p leo f days at Chem aw a last week.
She was accom panied by her m other, M rs. Freeland,
and a sister, Miss E rm ine F reeland, of P o rtlan d .
PA G E 3
Dr. R. E . L- N ew berne, S upervisor o f H ealth,
visit Chem aw a soon.
will
W e have been allotted a sufficiency of rain
in this
vicinity of late, but, stran g e as it may seem, we are
declared to be deficient in norm al supply about one
in ch . D o n ’t w orry— “ Old J u p e ” can hand us the
necessary am ount to m ake us even on short notice.
E rom fo u rp .m . until 8 p.m . ou r gym nasium presents
a very anim ated appearance. Mrs. Downie has her
classes of girls from 4 to 5 and at 6:15 basketball p rac­
tice, using four team s, and d u rin g this period the
sw ings and other a p p a ra tu s are in use u n d er Mr.
D ow nie, after w hich there is w restling and fencing
u n d er an in stru c to r from Salem . O ur boys take great
in terest in athletics. W e have an unusu al stro n g and
robust stu d e n t body.
C harles E ll, last y e a r’s g rad u ate, is in Salem tak in g
a course in the B usiness College. F ra n k P eratrovich
has retu rn ed to finish his course, lacking but a few
weeks to com plete. Irv in g S hepard, an o th er C hem aw a
boy, is in Salem a tte n d in g W illam ette U niversity;
th is is his second year. Irv in g has m ade th e center
position on th e varsity basket ball team and will play
in th e Pacific Coast conference gam es.
T h e stu d e n ts of th e senior class did them selves proud
in the ren d itio n of th eir annual class play, “ H er
H u sb a n d ’s W ife ,’’ a social com edy by A u g u stu s
T hom as, given in our au ditorium last F rid ay n ig h t.
T he characters were represented by C arrie A nderson,
the leading lady; Roy C ourville, took the m a n ’s lead;
and o th ers of the cast were E rm a L aC lair. A ddie
M errill, G eorge P hinney and A lbert O rsen. Each of
these y o ung people had im p o rtan t parts. T h e e n te r­
tain m en t was high-class, and, as rem arked by several
in the au d ito riu m , was alm ost professional. O ur
seniors never fail to put on creditable en tertain m en ts
and th is dram a fully m et the ex p ectations of all. It
was a profitable evening.
F red C ardin and W illie R eddie, leaders of the C ar­
d in -L ieu ran ce Co. and strin g q u a rte tte w hich gave
C hem aw a such a w onderful m usical treat recently,
most fittingly gave ou r Mr. R u th y n T u rn ey all credit
for th e ir professional m usical careers. Several of Mr.
T u rn e y ’s com positions appear on th eir program .
W henever they give a concert F red C ardin, m anager,
m akes a point of giving credit to Mr. T u rn ey and
C hem aw a for the opportu n ities w hich they are now e n ­
jo y in g . A fter the trib u te given to Mr. T u rn e y p u b lic­
ly by these y ou n g men th e other n ig h t Mr. T u rn e y
was called upon and responded by saying, “ T his is
the happiest m om ent of my life .’’ S urely g ra titu d e
is a w onderful th in g and too rarely expressed. All
honor to our boys.