THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Miss Thomas spoke to the “Y” Girl Reserves on
Sunday afternoon.
Simeon Bean visited his daughter, Eva, and son,
Simeon, last week.
Mrs. Clark has been substituting at the hospital
this past week as nurse.
A carload of finishing lumber has arrived, which de
lights Mr. Mason and his carpenter boys.
The girls at McBride Hall are rejoicing with Mrs.
Brewer over the new switches put inby the electricians.
Seven years ago today the various nations of the
world declared a cessation of the bloodiest war in all
history.
The McNary Hall boys claim that the apples that
follow study hour are “almost” equal to the study
hour itself.
Ghosts and the like were unknown at Chemawa on
Halloween night, but a social for everyone proved a
most enjoyable affair.
Supt. and Mrs. Hall will pay an official visit this
week to the Siletz Agency which is soon to be under
Mr. Hall’s jurisdiction.
Miss Skipton made a trip to Portland this week to
visit relatives. During her absence the dining hall
was in charge of Miss Eleanor Houk.
Supt. and Mrs. Hall were up in Washington, in
the Sound country, a few days ago on business. It
certainly was disagreeable weather for motoring.
No hive of bees ever worked any harder than did the
companies of Boy Scouts last Tuesday evening. It
takes work to be a Scout, for their motto is “Service.”
Next P'riday evening the girls of the Winona Liter
ary Society will entertain in the auditorium with their
annual “open session.” A fine program is promised.
In Wednesday’s assemblies Miss Houk and Mr.
Fisher entertained the students in most pleasing and
instructive ways, while Jack Abraham and Alfred Ber
nard asked questions in current events.
Sunday afternoon the “Y. M.” had one of the most
interesting meetings of the year. The entire program
was voluntary. Come over, boys, to one of the meet
ings and see for yourselves what you are missing.
Albert Bercier, a graduate of Flandreau, has joined
the Junior Class, making a total of thirty-seven mem
bers. Albert’s home is in Rolla, North Dakota, a town
about eight miles from the Canadian border. Albert
says he is delighted with Chemawa and the fine Oregon
climate. He goes to the machine shop for his indus
trial work.
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Thursday evening Mrs. Brewer and a force of girls
were over to McNary Hall selling delicious doughnuts.
A birthday dinner was given to Phdon Brickell at
the Wigwam on November 4, 1925. Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Agnew and Mr. Frank Perry were the honored
guests. Mr. Agnew and Mr. Perry are co-workers
with Mr. Brickell on the Salem “Capital Journal.”
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. D.Carroll arrived Thursday
from Sterling, Colorado. Mr. Carroll comes to Che
mawa after several years of experience as a teacher.
He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and
taught two years in Mr. Stacy’s home town, Wynne,
Arkansas.
The Kappa Alpha boys met with Mr. Stacy in room
seven of the school building on Thursday evening.
A letter of congratulations from the Sigma Phi Deltas
was received and read with pleasure. After the regu
lar business was dispensed with we adjourned to meet
again on November 19, 1925.
We are in receipt of information to the effect that
Arthur Moore, a former Chemawa student, died in
Corvallis, Or., on Oct. 22, and was buried at Siletz,
Or. He was a fine young man and had many friends.
He was a nephew of James McMann of Chemawa and
of Mrs. Katie Orton of Siletz.
During last week Supt. and Mrs. Chalcraft and
daughter, Miss Hallie, of Siletz, were here on business
and pleasure for a short time. Mr. Chalcraft had
business at Chemawa, Portland and Grand Ronde in
connection with his preparation to turn the agency at
Siletz over to Supt. Hall the latter part of this week.
Supt. Chalcraft on his retirement will remain for a few
weeks at Siletz and then will go to Seattle to reside.
Supt. Hall being absent on business last Sunday
evening, our chapel exercises were conducted by Mr.
Iliff. The orchestra played “The Land o’ Dreams”
by Schumann, Grace Peterson sang “The Americans
Come” by Foster, Nellie Rhinehart gave a recitation,
Reno Booth sang “Dear Old Pal of Mine” by Rice
and the choir sang “Keep the Home Fires Burning”
by Novello. It was a program carried out with Arm
istice Day in mind and proved an evening of interest
for all.
Today the team travels back to Portland and will
play the Bachelors’ Club at St. Johns. The Club
men have an undefeated team this season and have
been defeated only twice in eighteen years. That’s
some record! Well, we have a good high target to
aim at and the team is in fine condition for the fray.
The start of this game is apt to see some new faces
in our line-up, as some new men are working hard to
get a berth on the squad as regulars before the season
closes.