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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1926)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL John Dexter entered business college last Monday, a week. Mr. Carroll, wife and mother, visited Portland on Sunday. Roy Peratrovich and Paul Keta arrived from Alaska on Friday. Supt. McGregor was a recent official visitor to the Siletz Agency country. Mr. and Mrs. Cardy and Mrs. Vesper are now tak ing their meals at the club. Clifford McLeod solicited ads. for the senior an nual in Salem last Saturday. Our Sunday Evening Chapel services are well at tended by many of our neighbors. Miss Foster was surprised last week by a visit from her mother and sister from Yakima, Wash. Mrs. Carroll, mother of our principal, arrived re cently for a visit with her son and his wife. Mrs. Palmer and Miss Gunn are taking an extension course at Williamette University on Monday evenings. Mr. Edward Sorenson, formerly of Genoa, Nebras ka, is now temporarily employed on the engineering force. Questions to be settled: Who will win the football championship? What literary scciety are you going to join? George Flach and Solomon Fleury were in town on Saturday securing a speaker for the Junior class on October 24. Archie Greycloud, Solomon Fleury, Lawrence Pratt and Teddy Rosseau, went to Newport on Sunday. These boys had never seen the ocean. The entire school sincerely regrets the serious illness of Olie Strom. It is unnecessary to say that the hopes and prayers of the school are with him. Chas. E. Larsen, who is in charge at Siletz, was over here during last week conferring with Supt. Mc Gregor on business matters. Mr. Larsen reported everything at Siletz to be O. K. We are in receipt of a letter from Irving Shepard, a former graduate of Chemawa but now Disciplinarian at Hoopa, California. Mr. Shepard mentions having met George Roberts, a former student here. George at the present time is a sign writer at Cresent City, Calif., and a good one, too. He is getting along nicely. Jasper Grant is another old-timer from Chemawa whom Mr. Shepard mentioned. Jasper since leaving Che mawa has practically sailed the “Seven Seas” and he has a goodly supply of interesting anecdotes and ad ventures to relate. We would like to toast our feet at a log fire some evening and listen to Jasper. PAGE 3 During the fore part of last week, on a reminder from Mr. Iliff, superintendent of industries, the various industrial departmental heads convened in monthly session. Mr. Iliff presided and matters of importance and interest in school affairs were given attention. Practically a full attendance was reported. Mr. Iliff was in charge of the chapel exercises last Sunday evening, as Supt. McGregor was absent. Father Gall had accepted an invitation to address the meeting and he was appropriately introduced by Mr. Iliff. Father Gall made a fine talk and was given splendid attention. The orchestra played a Schlepegrell over ture, Grace Peterson sang “Love Came Calling” by Zamecnik, Walter Eagle gave an oration, the Octette boys sang “Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground” by Foster-Parks, and the choir sang “O, be Joyful in the Lord” by Tussing. The Nonpareils held their first meeting on Oct. 1, 1926. The purpose of this meeting was to elect new officers. The house was called to order and the follow ing officers were elected: President, Grace Peterson; vice-president, Flora Dexter; secretary, Ferol Porter; corresponding secretary, Theresa Williams; treasurer, Mabel Desautel; sergeant-at-arms, Josephine Alberts; reporter, Zelma Johnson; cheer leader, Nellie Rhine hart; critic, Cecelia Smith. Miss White is advisor for the Nonpareils. After a short business meeting the society adjourned. Just after our last issue came from the press Super intendent Lipps arrived at Chemawa in pursuit of his official duties. He takes a keen interest in our school and his vast experience in the Service renders him and his kindly services invaluable. He has given attention to various important matters here. Last Wednesday he visited the assemblies of the two school divisions and gave a short talk at each. From what reached us, it would be hard, indeed, to imagine addresses more able than those with which he favored our student bodies. Mr. Lipps will always be welcome at Che mawa. We regret to state that on Sept. 17th Supt. J. F. House died at the Flandreau Indian School, South Dakota. He was aged 61 years at the time of his death and had passed a-third of a century in the Indian Service. During this time he served in many different capacities, from clerk to supervisor. He resigned from the position of supervisor, as it kept him from home too much, and accepted the superin tendency at Rapid City, South Dakota, in 1904. Here he remained for seventeen years, during which time he made Rapid City a real school. Again he was supervisor for a short time when he accepted the superintendency at Flandreau, which position he held until his death. He was a native of Ohio. Friends and acquaintances throughout the Service regret the demise of this good and efficient man.
