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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1925)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Solomon Fleury, Olie Strom and Jacob Atkins went to Portland on Saturday to see the game between Col umbia and Albany. Moses George, a sophomore, returned to Chemawa on Thursday last from his home in Omak, Wash. Moses spent most of the summer working in Alaska. Allan Shepard returned to Chemawa on Friday evening, last, having been called to Hoopa, California, by the unexpected death of his brother Irving’s wife. Mrs. Brewer, matron of McBride Hall, went to Tacoma, Washington, for a few days. Mrs. Parks had charge of Mrs. Brewer’s work during her ab sence. Frank S. James arrived at Chemawa a few days ago from his home in Alaska. Frank was an honor stu dent who graduated from the Salem High School last spring. Mr. Bent, Mr. James and Mr. Sanders motored to Spokane, Wash., last week and attended the Haskell- Gonzaga football game as well as the northwest Indian congress. Walter Eagle, a member of the sophomore class, re turned to Chemawa recently. Walter left here early in the summer for his home in Idaho, where he spent his entire vacation. A mission study class was organized by the Girl Reserves of the Y. W. These girls are going to study foreign lands. The first studies will be upon the people of southwestern Europe. Eva O’Brien and Daniel Orton were present at the Saturday evening social. Eva is now a student in Salem and Daniel is an agent for an eastern manu facturing company. Both of these young people re flect credit upon their alma mater. Sadie Seeds came down from Portland on Sunday evening to pay a short visit to her Chemawa friends. She was a guest at chapel. Sadie is finishing her course in the Girls’ Polytechnic School in Portland, and her sister Rose, class of ’24, is attending the Northwestern Business College in Portland. Alice Geary won the prize of $150 in the beauty con test at Spokane last Saturday. Alice is a Chemawa pupil from the Coeur d’Alene reservation, Idaho. Eliza Cowapoo, a Umatilla girl who is also a Che mawa girl, secured the second prize. In looks and as prize-winners Chemawa girls are unbeatable. Ferrol Porter received the sad news on Sunday of the death of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Merton Porter, of the Klamath Agency. Merton was a mem ber of the class of ’24, and Mrs. Porter was Cora Black when a student here. They both have many PAGE 3 friends at Chemawa who deeply sympathize with them in their loss. We are in receipt of a note from our old friend, J. W. Purns, who is an ex-Chemawa boy and who for many years has been in government service. For some years he has been at Mescalero, N. Mex., in the position of engineer, but recently he was promoted to the position of general mechanic and transferred to Crown Point, N. Mex. Good for Joe! On Monday, Oct. 25, 1925, the following girls, Fran ces Morrow, Florence Evans, Cleo Plasteur, Evelyn lyall and Edna Audette, prepared a dinner under the direction of Miss Strout to be served in honor of Super visor Peairs. Those present were, Supervisor Peairs and his brother, Supt. and Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Brickell and Misses Eakin, Judd and Gunn. Theresa Wil liams and Marlieta Davis served. During chapel last Sunday evening the orchestra played a “Teddy Bear” Characteristic by Weidt, Alice Clark sang “Dreamy Moon” by Smith, Carmen Chamberlain gave a recitation, the Octette girls sang “The Big Brown Bear” by Mana-Zucca, Leander Wil son gave a recitation, the choir sang “Out on the Deep” by Lohr, and Supt. Hall gave a talk that was unusually fine and he gave it a splendid delivery. It was on lines touching everyday life and carried truth in every sentence. Mr. and Mrs. Ruthyn Turney entertained at dinner on Saturday evening at their cozy bungalow on the school campus. The Hollowe’en motif was very ar tistically carried out in the table decoration. Indian baskets filled with beautiful autumn flowers were ef fectively arranged about the rooms. Covers were laid for Dr. and Mrs. Sites and Mr. and Mrs. Weis of Sa lem, Supt. and Mrs. Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Turney. This delightful annual dinner is looked forward to each year by the fortunate guests. Addie Merril, class of ’23, shows her loyalty by sending a renewal subscription to the Chemawa Ameri can. After graduating at Chemawa Addie finished her high school course at Eureka, Calif., and is now in San Francisco taking a business course and working her way through school. Catherine and Madeline Wilder are also working their way through a business college in San Francisco. Addie tells of meeting a number of Chemawa students there and says they are all doing well. We are in receipt of a letter from Charlie Buchert, who graduated from Chemawa a couple of years ago and who is now located in Metlakatla, Alaska. A par agraph in the letter is so strikingly significant that we publish it, as follows: “There is no place like Chemawa and I wish that I could start all over again, for if students could only see far enough ahead they would understand what Chemawa has for them. I find after all that Supt. Hall’s speeches mean a lot and I often wish I could be there to listen during Sunday evening chapel.'’
