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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1926)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Everybody’s running—track! track! track! Mr. Fisher attended the Easter services at Mt. Angel on Sunday. Reggie DePoe and Mr. Bent made a business trip to Pendleton recently. Bucket repairing is going strong with Mr. Glover’s detail at the blacksmith shop. Mabel Bremner, who recently underwent a major operation, is around again as usual. A group of Reliance society boys enjoyed Miss Gunn’s radio and phonograph on Saturday evening. The machinists had the job of overhauling and re setting the bearings on the school truck during the past week. Mr. Kirk arrived home last Friday evening from a trip to Seattle, Wash., and vicinity on business for the government. A stoppage of the drain pipe at the hospital kitchen last week caused an immense amount of work for Mr. Kunkel and his detail. Miss Juana Holmes of Mill City was the guest of Miss Skipton recently, as were Misses Helen Scruggs and Susan Miller of Portland. Three Sophomore girls, Vera Korter, Marie Bauer and Alfreda Kipp helped Mr. Fisher decorate the auditorium for Sunday evening exercises. Miss Eakin taught in room 7 on Friday morning. The Sophomore boys report that her story of “Jean Vai Jean” was one of the best they ever heard. New paring knives are the cause of rejoicing at the students’ kitchen. This is the only excitement that we can report from this busy place in this issue. The 7th grade team beat the Sophomores in the ball game on Sunday by a score of 5 to 4. All of the games have a bearing in determining the class championship for 1926. Miss Skipton speaks in high terms of her new dining-room detail. The detail is composed of 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls and they are making good with a plus. Jesse Steed came here from Rosebud, S. D., with Supt. McGregor and has enrolled as a student. He is prepossessing in appearance and undoubtedly will make friends here. William Markishtum is making a reputation for himself as an operator of the turning lathe. At pres ent he is turning out some work on piano lamps for exhibition purposes. The wood is myrtle and is most beautiful. Mr. Sanders brought it here from Gold Beach, Oregon, where it grows in abundance. PAGE 3 Mr. Carrow and his detail are at present putting in cement walks at the Turney-Kirk cottages on the eastern fringe of the campus. This xVlll be greatly appreciated by those benefitted. On Easter morning the students all enjoyed a feast of eggs. During the year eggs are given the students in sections of the big dining-room, but on Easter an effort is made to give all students eggs. The writer has never heard the Chemawa band play any better than it did on Sunday morning. Mr. Bent has “god-fathered” the band along with his other work and should feel justly proud of their efforts on Sunday. Under the supervision of Misses Eakin and Judd a special Easter program was given in the auditorium on Sunday morning. Miss Judd sang, and a mixed double quartet and the “Three L Chapter” also con tributed most enjoyable numbers. During the early part of last week the painters gave Brewer Hall a new coat of paint and before it was dry a wind blew sand all over it and it appeared to have been sand-blasted. The work had to be done all over. It is now as fine as possible. Clarinda Quenelle and Mary Crow gave their demon stration dinner in the junior domestic science depart ment on Wednesday evening. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Vesper, Mr. and Mrs. Cardy, Mr. and Mrs. Iliff, Miss Strout and Mrs. Brickell. Mr. Teter, our dairyman, reports that he is getting about 100 gallons of milk a day, which is in excess of anything he has got from our herd at any time duriug all the years he has been here. By way of spring cleaning he has just had the various dairy buildings whitewashed. On Saturday, March 27, our second team of base ball players defeated the deaf school in a score of 38 to 4. Our team was in charge of Solomon Fleury, varsity pitcher. The outstanding players on our team were Leander Wilson, who fanned 18 men, and Clif ford Meachem, who knocked a home run with three men on bases. Supt. and Mrs. Jas. H. McGregor and two young daughters arrived at Chemawa from Rosebud, S. D., on Saturday evening. An older son remained in school in the East, but will join his parents at Chemawa when his school term closes. The employes and students are all pleased to welcome Supt. McGregor and his family to Chemawa and The American joins whole heartedly in the good wishes extended the new-comers. One and all, we trust that Chemawa may prove just what Supt. McGregor is hoping it will, for he is a man who occupies a high place in the Indian Service and has the confidence and esteem of the Indian Office.
