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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Let us introduce 1926!
Mrs. Roddy and family were dinner guests of Mr.
Fisher on New Years.
Archie Demmert spent Christmas with his parents
in Seattle, Washington.
Supt. and Mrs. Hall, and Miss Skipton, were Mrs.
Wood’s guests at dinner on New Years.
Mr. and Mrs. Iliff, Miss Earlougher and Miss Houk
were Portland visitors during the holidays.
Dr. Collard, traveling physician in the Indian Ser
vice, is with us and will remain for sometime.
Coquille Thompson, Elmer and Augustine Logan
spent Christmas with their home folks at Siletz.
Dr. Rowland and daughter, Mrs. Green, wereSupt.
and Mrs. Hall’s dinner guests on Christmas Day.
The shops and the academic departments are all
registering in old-time form and business is good for
all.
Dr. C. T. Alexander, a surgeon in the navy, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson here at Chemawa one day last
week. Dr. Alexander is a nephew of Mrs. Gibson.
We enjoyed ideal weather for our Christmas holi
days—clear and cool. At present we are strictly nor
mal from a weather standpoint—rain and fog. What
ever comes we like it.
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Brown of Smith River, Calif.,
visited us during the holidays. Mr. Brown was a stu
dent at Chemawa in 1909. He reports that every
thing is rosy with him.
Mr. Norris, our efficient bandmaster, has been almost
incapacitated of late through suffering with a carbun
cle on his neck. These “pets” are certainly able to
cause a lot of human distress.
On New Year’s Day it was forty years since Supt.
Hall entered the Indian Service. This is a good long
time to serve with all the “pep” and “ginger” that
Mr. Hall puts into whatever he undertakes—and he
still has a lot of “initiative” up his sleeve. Few men,
indeed, would have stood up under the responsibilities
that have been his for so many years.
During chapel last Sunday evening Supt. Hall gave
a splendid talk to the students in which he ad
monished them to settle down to serious study and
work. He made it most clear that progress is made in
accordance with the purpose back of it. The orchestra
played a “Bolero” by Eno, Reno Booth sang “All
Alone” by Berlin, Carmen Clairmont recited “Fool
Younguns,” the octette boys sang “Soldiers of the
Captain” by Spohr, Martha Orsen gave a recitation,
the choir sang “Stand Up for Jesus” by Miller.
A good chapel!
Robert Peratrovich was down from Seattle, Wash.,
for a brief holiday visit with his sister and friends
here. He is now attending high school in Seattle and
stands among the first of his class in all examinations.
He will graduate this year and it is his intention to
complete a full course at the University of Washing
ton, entering that institution next fall.
Louis Colby, now attending Haskell Institute at
Lawrence, Kansas, spent the holidays with us, to our
pleasure and his own, we are pleased to state. Louis is
one of the bright stars of the great Haskell football
team and came w’est to Los Angeles to play with his
teammates a game in the “city of the angels” just be
fore the holidays. This gave him an opportunity
to visit us. On Monday he took his departure to
again take up his work in Haskell, where he is mak
ing a name for himself.
WEDDING BELLS
At seven o’clock on the evening of New Year’s Day,
Jan. 1, 1926, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Guthrie, a mile west of Chemawa, was solemnized the
wedding of Mr. Clyde R. Cardy and Miss Marie Doro
thea Catherine Vesper, Rev. N. K. Tully of the First
Presbyterian church of Salem officiating.
At the appointed time, to the strains of the “Bridal
Chorus” from Lohengrin, played by our Mr. and Mrs.
Turney, the bridal party marched to a position under
an arch beautifully decorated with Oregon grape, white
narcissus and snowberries, where they were met by
the minister who performed the impressive ceremony
that made the young couple husband and wife. The
bride was elegantly gowned in white satin and wore
a veil; she carried a beautiful bouquet of bridal roses;
the groom wore conventional black; the matron of
honor was Mrs. Lenora Truhn Croy, of Portland, and
Mr. Gust Friske was best man. It was really an
unusually impressive ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. C.
Vesper, employed at Chemawa, where she, too, is
employed as the head of the domestic art department.
The groom holds a position with the Valley Packing
Co. Both are capable and energetic and success is
certain to bless them.
After the ceremony delicious refreshments were
served and there was a social time for all in a home
that was so “homey” that there was no evidence of
restraint on the part of any one. All will assert that
Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie are ideal as host and hostess.
The bride and groom slipped away quietly and took
the train to Portland, where they passed a brief
honeymoon. Both are now at home in Chemawa and
each attending to duty just as in the past. A large
number of Chemawa people attended the wedding of
this popular young couple and they join whole-heartedly
with The American in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Cardy
every joy possible during a long and happy life.