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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1923)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL PAGE 3 Mr. George W. Bent, disciplinarian, took a large squad of the Boy Scouts on a hike last Saturday after noon. They visited various places of interest in Salem, among them being the Valley Packing Company plant, the Salem Cement Tile and Pipe Company establisment. The boys enjoyed the hike. It was educational as well as very enjoyable. Mrs. Knowles made a business trip to Portland early in this week. The new detail has gone into effect since the close of the mid-year examinations. Mrs. Brickell and Virginia spent the last week-end in Portland with their sisters and aunts. DOMESTIC ART NOTES Miss Goodman, transferred from the Sac and Fox school in Iowa, arrived last week to take up her duties The little menders are expecting to see a new radi as teacher. ator come flashing in their department very soon. Mr. Roy Bradley, Superintendent of Construction, Several of the Junior girls have started their con is a busy man these days pushing the work on the struction dresses. They are going to be very pretty. new dormitory. Mrs. Gokey’s fourth grade girls have completed The employes of Chemawa met last Monday evening their construction dresses and they seem very proud for the usual monthly reading circle program. A good of them. series of discussions on the chapters assigned is report Margaret Burnhardt and Eliza Sookum received the ed. Mr. Jas. W. Swoboda, our harness and shoemaker, highest grades in the mid-year exams of the prevoca- left for San Franciscoon Sunday last. It is rumored tional sewing room. Mrs. K iik reports that her prevocational girls are a that he is to go into business with his son-in-law in busy lot. They are finishing up the gingham dresses that city. Miss Esther Dayman, of Long Beach, Calif., in for Company “ B” of Winona Hall. charge of the G irls’ Reserve, of the Northwestern field, Miss Eakin and Miss Judd visited the domestic art gave a splendid talk to our Senior Y .W .C .A . and department during the week. The girls enjoyed their Three L girls on Monday night. visit, as they are very appreciative of their work. Addie Merrill, Erma LaClaire and Carrie Anderson, In the eighth grade mid-year exams Theresa seniors, each sang a solo at Sunday evening chapel Esholt received the highest grade in sewing with 90; exercises. Mrs. Turney is trying out material for the Anna Peratrovich received 85, being the second highest. Commencement entertainm ent. The senior boys come As the girls’ blue serge dresses are now completed we next. spend most of our time finishing u p o u r“ fancy w ork.” Professor Ray Hewitt, Chair of Economics, O .A .C ., We are going to have many pretty pieces for exhibit. in company with the Marion county secretary of the The Seniors read a very interesting chapter on Y .M .C .A ., visited Chemawa on Monday evening and had a good meeting with the Y.M .C.A. and Climbers’ “ Home M anagem ent” as one of their lessons Friday morning. We hope to put into practice right here at Club boys. school the points we got from the lesson. McBride H all girls are rejoicing over the acquisition The girls in the sewing room regret to have the de of two new blue rugs for the living room which har monize with the handsome drapes. The funds for the tail change, as it seems we have only had a few weeks purchase were raised by Mrs. Sherman with the help in domestic art training. Time flies, so we guess our ten weeks are really up. of the girls. The Senior girls are glad they can say, “ Our prac Our employes appreciate the informal social hours given by Mr. and Mrs. Hall every Sunday evening tice hats are all completed now .” The next hats we after chapel at their home. Recently those attending make will be straw and fabric hats followed by the were in groups. In this way we will all become commercial and transparent hats, The senior girls had a very interesting lesson the better acquainted with our new people and they with other day. The lesson was how to make a paper form. our Superintendent and wife. The Sigma Phi Delta held their regular meeting on Cecilia Smith stood as the model while the other sen Thursday evening last at the home of Mrs. Hall. The ior girls pasted strips of paper around her form until girls are very much in earnest in their work for the she became stiff. Mrs. Canfield showed us how to year. They are divided into groups, with special remove the form. Carrie and Erma completed the work for each girl to do. This society is endeavoring form after the pasting was done. This is something to do something for the betterment of Chemawa as new and the work was interesting. The form is on exhibit if anyone wishes to inspect it. well as themselves.
