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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1926)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Mr. Fisher was a Portland visitor on Sunday. The World War ended eight years ago tomorrow. How time flies! Mr. Bent returned from an official visit to Washing ton State on Thursday. George Nicholson and John Davis, both of the soph omore class, are recent arrivals. The carpenter shop detail turned out a number of towel supply cabinets last week. Dr. Collard finished examining the students on Saturday. They were examined by classes. We are in receipt of notes which indicate that the sophomore class will some day come into their own. It was reported on the campus that Ramona Tripp is married, to Mr. Robert Stuart of Arcata, California. Josephine Sommers and Josephine Nelson have writ ten that they will be present at the Winona Social. Superintendent and Mrs. Babcock of the Umatilla Reservation were official visitors on the campus last week. Albert and Ernest Orr were called home by telegram on Sunday. The best wishes of Chemawa go with these boys. Edna Crofoot returned recently to attend business college in Salem. Edna graduated from Salem High School last June. Floyd Dupuis and Mabel Desautel made the highest grades in the intelligence tests given recently in their respective divisions. The printers are loud in their praise of some work done on one of their presses by Mr. Bewley and his detail. It was a difficult piece of work well done. The Excelsior society reports a fine meeting last Friday evening. It is said that a poor program is an exception with those boys, and this is certainly good news. Rev. Dr. Tully, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Salem, gave a talk to the students on faith, Sunday. The pupils are always pleased to hear Dr. Tully. Mrs. Woods is again on duty after having been absent for a couple of months as the result of an accident last summer while on a visit to her daughter in San Francis co, California. Mrs. Alta Bruce and children left recently for her home at Wahpeton. North Dakota, where her husband, H. E. Bruce, is Chief Clerk. Little Dorothy June Bruce’s smiling face is missed. Mr. and Mrs. Williams returning to their home in Washington after a trip to California stopped over on Thursday night at the school. Mrs. Williams has many friends among both students and employees, and “Mrs. Williams’’ seemed strange to us who had called her Violet Mahone for so long. Joseph Shannon, formerly a student at Chemawa but of late a tubercular patient at the Ft. Lapwai sani tarium, passed from this life on Oct. 30 and was buried there. Poor Joe! He was at one time on our detail and he was instinctively one of Nature’s little noble men. His home was near Nome, Alaska. PAGE 3 E. A. Towner, ex-Chemawa student, has been forg ing his way to the front since leaving Chemawa. He graduated from the Salem High School, was a student at Mt. Angel College, and last June received a diplo ma' from the law department of Willamette University. Miss Foster told the pupils in the Wednesday morn ing assembly of her first impressions of Chemawa. Her talk was entertaining and instructive. Mr. Henderson told the pupils of his trip to Washington and other points east. Eustace Markistum and Grace Munson asked current event questions. Mr. Walter E. Klein, of Ellsworth, Wisconsin, ar rived on Friday evening. Mr. Klein is to be science teacher at Chemawa and takes the place filled tempor arily by Mrs. Leavenworth. Mr. Klein is a graduate of Corroll College of Waukesha, Wisconsin, and no doubt will prove a great asset to Chemawa. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peratrovich arrived at Che mawa on Sunday evening from their home in Bay View, Alaska, for a brief visit with relatives. Nearly every year this kindly couple visit us and they are always most welcome. Mr. Peratrovich is the leading busi ness man of Bay View and a more progressive citizen would be hard to find anywhere. Chapel services last Sunday evening were in charge of the sophomore class and Charles Fagerstrom acted as chairman, and did nicely. Colonel Carl Abrams of Salem was the speaker of the evening and he cer tainly made a splendid address—one of “food for thought.’’ In addition to the address of Colonel Abrams the orchestra played the “Swedish Fest March” by Perfect, Joseph Kahklen sang “Let Us Have Peace” by Ball, Lawrence Crofoot gave a reci tation and the choir sang “Keep the Home Fires Burning” by Novello. The exercises were of an “Armistice Day” nature. RESERVE OFFICERS AT CHEMAWA The following article which appeared in the Salem Statesman tells the facts regarding a recent event at Chemawa so nicely that we are delighted to give it space: A fine exhibition of the domestic science work be ing done at the Chemawa Indian school was given last Thursday night when the junior and senior classes planned and served a full course dinner to 35 officers of the officers’ corps. A perfect meal, was the verdict of the officers. Officers elected Thursday night were Dr. J. O. Van Winkle of Jefferson, president; Capt. B. F. Pound, vice-president, and Richard Slater secretary and treasurer. The officers were the guests of Supt. McGregor and J. K. Stacy, senior teacher, who is a member of the corps. An excellent musical and literary program, directed by Mrs. Turney, teacher of music, was given by the students. This was followed by a military lec ture by Major John P. Bubb of Eugene, an officer of the regular army. As grand marshal in the Armistice Day parade next Thursday, Col. Carl Abrams extended an invitation to the reserve officers to march in a body as his staff. The invitation was accepted and 35 to 40 members of the corps will march in full uniform in the parade for the first time.
