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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1924)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Potato digging is a muddy job at present. The engineering department is progressing nicely with their boiler work. The unusual rainfall has had a general slowing up effect on all outside work. Mr. Billetdeaux stopped on his way south to Arizona, where he has been transferred. The carpenters have about enclosed the addition at the Senior Domestic Science cottage. Next week the Boy Scouts will assemble to reorgan ize the troops. Once a Scout always a Scout. We are glad to see Peter Miller up again after a long siege of sickness. He says you can’t kill a good scout. Nearly as much rain fell during the storm of the past two weeks as the entire precipitation of last winter. The boys of the auto mechanics division are working on a Chevrolet car and are giving it a thorough overhauling. Supt. Hall and Mrs. Hall kept open house on elec tion night for our campus people listening to the re turns over the radio. The first division of the Junior girls were guests of Mrs. Hall and the Sigma girls for a social hour after chapel on Sunday evening. Watch the date for the Excelsior open session. There must be something doing for they are practicing nightly behind closed doors and windows. James O’Brien and family, motoring from Yakima, Wash., to California, stopped for a visit with relatives at Chemawa last Sunday. Mr. O’Brien is a brother of Mrs. Rose Downie Mr. Janies, our tailor, has been acting house ma tron in the Small Boys' Home since his wife has had to stay at home on account of illness. He does the job like an old-timer. Miss Eleanor Houk has returned to duty on the teaching staff to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Osborne. The little tots seem to enjoy having a new teacher and are outside occasionally playing group games. From the look of the java cans and baskets of “eats” that the Seniors girls were carrying up the railroad track Wednesday they were out to do some damage. We wonder if they can fry an egg on a stick like a Scout can? Mrs. Margaret Hoover, who handled the culinary department of the Teachers’ Club all of last year, has returned to her old post after spending some months at her home in Pendleton. She was gladly welcomed by the club members. The Senior Domestic Science addition will be en closed this week and work of the interior finish pushed to the limit. At present painters are setting glass in the doors. The painters have just finished the interior of the Small Boys’ Home and have made a great change in the appearance of the building. The machinists, through the kindness of their instructor, Mr. Bewley, enjoyed a trip to Portland recently, visiting the Benson Polytechnic School and several industrial plants, including the large power station. The boys were more than interested by what they saw and greatly appreciated the trip. Many thanks to Mr. Bewley. PAGE 3 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Service and children were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Downie over night last week. They were motoring to Astoria from their home in Toledo, Oregon. Mr. Service is in the automobile business and is getting along nicely. Both he and his wife are ex-pupils of Chemawa. John Dexter was the recipient the other day of a whole carcass of a reindeer sent down from Nome, Alaska, by ship to Seattle and thence to Chemawa by express. John, with his sister Flora, together with friends, have been feasting royally on reindeer meat. John says his mother has a herd of 200 reindeer, while he has about 50. Inasmuch as fuel oil per barrel has increased in price from 75 cents to $1.25 the engineering department is securing prices on hog fuel (saw dust) and find that a saving of 65 percent can be made. It will re quire about $30,000, however, to put in an equipment including the railroad siding in order to be in shape to use the hog fuel. An estimate with full plans is to be submitted to Washington with the recommendation that favorable action be taken. During Sunday evening Chapel exercises the orches tra played a “Spanish Intermezzo’’ by Frank, Ray mond Haldane sang the “Bellsof the Sea” by Solman, Ferol Porter gave a recitation, the Boys’ Octette sang “That Old Gang of Mine” by Henderson, the Choir sang “The Light of the World” by Brackett, and Snpt. Hall gave a splendid talk on the value of ‘ “Cheer fulness.” He made it plain that “Cheerfulness” is an assert of great value for all of us—a real lesson. Hawley Hall which was completed last June and is awaiting bedsteads, which have been ordered, with which to finish the equipping, has a capacity for 140 girls. Mrs. Gibson, who will be matron of the building, has been anxious to move the girls therein. The delay is due to the manufacturer in St. Louis. In the meantime Winona is packed to the roof with over 300 girls, and McBride houses about 150. The building has been ready for occupancy since last June. The masons have had to suspend operations on the shop addition for the past week on account of the rainy weather. They are now setting frames preparatory to resuming operations. The time that outside work was impossible they have used to advantage in repairing the plaster in Winona Hall and elsewhere as needed. They also did valuable service in helping to move in the slab wood from the siding and in providing fuel for the several departments while the truck crew was rushed. DETAIL FOR WEEK Sunday escort for girls November 16 McBride Hall Winona Hall Teacher No. 4 Asst. Disciplinarian Shoe and Harness Maker Teacher No. 1
