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.
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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.
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