The Chemawa American, April 14, 1926, Page 3, Image 3

T H E CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Miss Harold of.Salem was Mrs. Brewer?s ' guest da
Sunday.
The Chemawa otchestra played at the Kaisef school
last Friday evening.. t
Mrs.'Palmer and Mrs? EeaVéríW'órth were Portland
visitors this week-end.
Mesdames Steusloff and Eooker of Salem were re­
cently the guests'ôf Miss Skipton.
The farmers near Chemawa are hiring every boy fhey
can get on ’Saturdays for farm work.
Supt. McGregor and Mr. Camp made an official visik
to Siletz An Thursday. They returned the same day.
It is reported that the orchards throughout this part
of the state were nevèr' mofe promising than at present.
The Ftesh'meri defeated the 7tb Grad^’by a score of
5 to 3 in a, splendid baseball game óh Sunday afternoon.
Clifford McEeod, George Flack and Carl Valensole
decorated the chàpèl for the Sunday evening'’"exer­
cises. 1
Tomorrow it will be within the law to 'fish for
trout. Soon the trout streatns will be lined with’fish’*'*
ermen.
George Berry was a week-end visitor at Chemawa.
George’s home is in Montana, but he is now employed
ih ^p jtla n d .
The botany-classes áre certainly enjoying the flow­
ers—and, such beautiful specimens as they are bringing,
in for their herbarium.
Joe Bettles was on the campus last Sunday.Sloe is
à returned student who Is always¡ welcome. He is
now employed.at Oregon City.
Dr. and Mrs. Hans Seii^iof Salem visited friends at
Chemaya pp Sunday afternoon, and evening. They
are íóy ah boosters for our school.
The plumbers ¿and masons.are constructing .a back­
stop for the tennjs court. It will hayp„a^eoncrete
baset and be equally substantial otherwise??
fetters , from Wilson Sampson state that he likes
Phoenix. All at Chemawa hope that Wilson will re-
g a in liis health in Arizona’s curing climate.
Oregon woods, especially in the Willamette tv alley,
are just now at the height of their loveliness^ Náture
is now at her best and beautylA apparent everywhere.
The eârpenteh'fi’ôys, under Mr. Mason’s supervision,
have built af splëhdid chemistry table for Mr. Fisher’s
schoolroom. A nhw bread cupboard 'f-or the bakery
will soon be completed.
The seventh grade pupils received a package of
letters- from York', Nebraska These letters yere in ­
teresting and the 7th gr^deífpupüs of Chemawa have
enjoyed answering them.
The upper classmen of the machine ;shop department
have been busy studying, and tracing the-'pafts of a
coil. . This i® interesting work and evëryone is learn­
ing rapidly. The remainder'b'f the term will be spent
in studying the electrical parts of a motor.
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Frank Peratrbvich ■ recently? wrote from Alaska,
where he is captain of a small coasting» vessel^ to Miss
Skipton,' expressing regret at the death of Mr. Eoos
and stating that he wants tovi$it Chemawa soon.
The girls in the students’ dining hall are now wear-!
ing neat head bands when on duty. East Sunday the
waitresses appeared in attractive uniform aprons. We.
understand that Mrs. Brickell brought this feature into
vogue.”’
The* inter-class baseball gamés have developed not1
only sòme good baseball timber, but-’àlìso sòmé very
good umpires. Coquelle Thompson,, Eeander Wilson,,
and Jack Abraham have officated in seyeral.of the
gaiiies?. ffl
Arthur Eowell writes, from .’„Spokane,, Washington,
that he is improving rapidly and . will return go» Che­
mawa inSeptem ber. Arthur is certainly missed at
the store ahd his smiling còuntenance will be wélcohied
by his many friends.
The eighth grade girls of the domestic science de­
partment entertained the O. A. G. baseball team last-
Satutday, when»t-hey ¡served the team twb well-cooked.
meals.- The details -at this ^department are also, un­
dertaking to raise garden, truck.
Flora Dexter gave a dinner Tuesday evening, in the
domestic science department in honor of her brother
John’s birthday. " Covers were laid for Miss White,
Anna Peratrovich, Marion Packineau, Martha Pàck-
ineau, Ida Esehblt, Norma Douglas, John Dexter,?
Alile Smith, Roy*Peratrovich .and Capt. Stacy.
For oncetheiSame “ w riteup” wilifit all four,pf-the
Senior Eiterary Societies.,. The itnportant business
was the plans for the1 joint sessions, of the Excelsior
and Nonpareils, the Reliance and ¡Winona Societies
ph A pril-/S ? The Excelsior Society*, challenged the
Reliance Sqei|ty for a field me'ét/and the challenge
was accepted. j Who will' win?’ H
The carpenters ' have 'just installed a watering'
trough at the dairy for the use of the cattle. Perhaps
a more interesting item from the carpenter shop is
that the, details . have juSt completed twelve parrots,
in outline, to balance on a wife* The parrot's are to
be dècorated by the domestic art classes at the W ig­
wam and later given to the various students’ quartets;
Strawberries-have already made their appearance in
thetfSalem ¡markets? ••Just where they are from wendo
not know, but have seen an announcement to the ef­
fect that Roseburg and vicin-ity will have them on the
market in abundance within a fortnight. Here' at
Chemawa the berries vare* already “ setting?’ There
is: no denying the fact that this i§ a most forward sea­
son
The Freshmen classes had. charge of the programs
for Wednesday’s assemblies. . In- the morning John
Franier read a biography of Shakespeare, Archie Dem-
m ert gave a memory selection from “ Julius Caesar?
and Clifford Courville ■ asked question's on Current
Events. In .the afternoon the above .program was
given by Elizabeth Codding, Cleo Plasteur and Alice
Hall,. Supt. McGregor was present and spoke briefly
to each'division. His timely remarks in the morning
were on “ The East Eap of the Race” and in the after­
noon on*“ The Springtime.”