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
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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.'’