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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1926)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Capt. Stacy was a dinner guest of Dr. Rowland in Salem on Sunday. Misses Gunn and Earlougher and Mrs. Eaton were Portland visitors this week. Miss Lacey, who has substituted as teacher at Che- mawa at different times, was a Friday evening visi tor. Miss Erwin of Dayton Ohio, a childhood friend of Mrs. Palmer, is here spending a few days with the latter. All of the advanced pupils are looking forward to the Nonpareil Open Session, which will be held Feb. 5, 1926. Hon. Wilbur Campbell, son-in-law of Mrs. Eaton, and judge of the probate and juvenile courts at Grange ville, Idaho, spent Monday with Mrs. Eaton. We are informed that we are short some nine or ten inches in the matter of precipitation this year. We are glad to know it, as we had not missed it! Miss Skipton was called to Portland in the early part of the week on account of sickness of relatives. Mrs. Hauser is taking her place in the dining hall. It is reported that Mr. Ewing Clark, who has been here for several months as blacksmith, is now em ployed in a similar position at one of the state institu tions in Salem. Miss Smith, of Portland, a childhood friend of Vir ginia Brickell, spent the week-end in the Brickell home. Sunday Mrs. Brickell entertained her Portland guest and Su pt. and Mrs. Hall at dinner. Mr. Bent, Olie Strom and Allan Shepard had the pleasure of hearing Scusa’s Band in Salem on Fri day afternoon, while Mr. Fisher, Misses Roddy, Judd and Eakin heard them on PTiday evening. On Thursday evening the Kappa Alpha boys had the pleasure of “listening in” on Miss Gunn’s radio. Some very fine music was heard and in the different stations tuned in to much territory was covered. Announcement has been received by the Sigmas of the birth of a little daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Turnquist in San Francisco. Mrs. Turnquist before her marriage was Miss Emma Carlson, a student at Chemawa. Mrs. Mittby, of the Monmouth Normal School, is now on our teaching force. Mrs. Mittby is an ex perienced teacher and at present is in charge of the first grade and teaches psychology to the Junior girls. R. F. Davis, father of our Marlieta, paid his daugh ter a brief visit at Chemawa a few days ago. Mr. Davis came down from his home in Metlakatla, Alaska, to Seattle on business and embraced the opportunity to visit his daughter. PAGE 3 Congressman Hawley wires from Washington that the Interior Department bill which has passed the House provides for 900 pupils for next year, $70,000 for a new dining-hall and kitchen, $30,000 for repairs and improvements, $10,000 for industrial equipment—in all $312,500 for the Salem Indian School, Chemawa, Oregon. Supt. Hall has had gravel hauled and placed on the road running east of the hospital and greenhouse. This bit of road had reached a state of disrepute and gravel was badly needed. There are quite a number who appreciate this road improvement far more than they can tell. We can think of nothing in the nature of improvements more stable than good roads, at Che mawa or any other place. Mr. N. A. Norris, who has been our bandmaster and instructor in band instruments during the winter, de parted with his family on Saturday last for California. For some time Mr. Norris has been in ill health and he has gone south seeking a location where he hopes to regain his normal condition. We regret his depar ture, for he was a most affable gentleman and a very fine clarinetist and all-around musician. Many of the Chemawa employees were interested to learn that Miss Deborah Brown, daughter of Supt. John B. Brown of the Phoenix Indian School, will return to Phoenix in April after a two years’ sojourn in Europe. Miss Brown studied music in Paris and was a very fine musician before going to Europe. It is also learned that John B’s son, Allen, is now a proud father, the youngster being a son. This adds, along with other distinctions, the name of “Grandpa” to John B. Brown’s titles. The Wednesday assemblies proved to be two of the most interesting meetings held this year. Miss White arranged an algebra contest between five boys and five girls. They solved their problems on blackboards on each side of the stage. Quickness in finishing the problems correctly made it an interesting race. The girls’ team was composed of Martha Kininook, Helen Peratrovich, Lucy Baughman, Ethel Quenel and Vina Smith. Charley Fagerstrom, John Franier, Clifford Meachem, Lloyd Clairmont and Archie Demmert were the members of the boys’ team. The girls won the test in the auditorium. The boys felt that they were the best algebra “Sharks” and came upstairs and beat the girls in the second trial, which shows that both boys and girls know algebra. In the afternoon Mrs. Leaven worth gave a most interesting and instructive talk on thrift. Two sixth-grade girls, Agnes Peters and Wave Bolster, asked questions on current events of their respective divisions. Subscribe for The American—50 cents a year.
