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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1927)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Senior Play on Friday! Father Gall and his “sheep” had a special Lenten service last Saturday morning. The radio in Mr. Klein’s room is certainly giving forth music that is enjoyed by all. The engineers are overhauling the ice plant in order that we may keep cool this summer. Supt. McGregor was indisposed with a bad cold which confined him to his room for a day or two since our last issue. The gym was the scene of a most enjoyable social last Saturday evening. There is no doubt but our students had a good time. Mr. DePoe and his band boys furnished the music. Jack Abraham, Ernest Brunoe and Francis Ross are back in school after their siege of mumps. The malady is proving very “bumpy” to William Johnson, Charley Fagerstrom and Raymond Jones. The stork recently brought a bouncing baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Covert, Mrs. Covert being Lydia Davis, a former Chemawa student. Lydia was a member of the class of ’27. She and little Wilfred Irving are do ing very nicely Our orchestra and vocal music organizations are in great demand this year and they have appeared over a larger area than in past years. Next Saturday even ing they are billed to put on a program at Grand Ronde, more than forty miles from Chemawa. PAGE 3 Mrs. Posey arrived recently at Chemawa and is now in charge of the Small Boys’ Home. Mrs. Posey is not new to the service, having been formerly em ployed at Carlisle, Phoenix and Ft. Hall. Alexander Posey, the Indian poet of Oklahoma, was Mrs. Posey’s husband. Our orchestra and boys’ and girls’ octettes journeyed south to Marion, Friday, and assisted with a program of some length. It is pleasing to state that in every particular our musical people lived up to their splen did reputation. Next Saturday evening they will furnish a program for the people of Grand Ronde, something more than forty miles from home. Robert Peratrovich, Jr., arrived at Chemawa last Saturday for a short visit with his sister Helen and other relatives. He is now a freshman in the Uni versity of Washington and is getting along nicely. Robert is a good student as we know from his work while a student at Chemawa. He departed on Mon day evening for Taholah, Wash., where he was scheduled for a short visit with relatives. We are always glad to welcome Robert to Chemawa. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Hatch and two children were welcome visitors at Chemawa last week. They are both former students and graduates of our school and are proving themselves a credit to their Alma Mater. Mrs. Hatch will be remembered by our old-time stu dents by her maiden name, Hattie Martin. For the past five years they have been teaching school in Alaska, but are now located at Cushman, Oregon, where they intend to go into business. Mrs. Hatch owns some real property in that section. Supt. McGregor has had many “movie” shows for the students during the past year and in this way has entertained our student body and given instruction at the same time. ^Educational “movies” are of great value to any body of young people—or older people, either, for that matter. Robert Perkins has just completed an unusually fine totem pole. The carving shows the master hand and is an evidence of talent and skill quite remarkable, and the painting, too, is splendid. As a totem pole carver our hats are off to Robert. The pole to which we refer stands four and a-half feet high. On Sunday evening the chapel exercises were in charge of the girls of the Eighth grade class and Grace Munson acted as chairwoman and did nicely. The class had arranged for Miss Elizabeth Levy, violin teacher of Salem, to play for them. Miss Levy had as her accompaniste Miss Mildred Yeager. Our student body was delighted with the playing and personality of Miss Levy and feel that they owe her much for so kindly favoring them. Our sincere thanks go to her and also to Miss Yeager who contributed a piano solo to the delight of all. The annual Vocational Declamation Contest was held Friday evening in the auditorium. Rose Smith, Myrtle Rinehart and Bernice Blakeslee took first, second and third places for the girls in the order named. Louis Dupuis. George Flach and Joe Matte received honors for the boys as named. The judges were Misses Johnson, Schraeder and Taylor of the Salem High school. After the contest Mrs. Brickell, Grace Peterson, Elsie Adams and Lila Crofoot served deli cious refreshments to the contestants, judges, teachers and Supt. and Mrs. McGregor. On Sunday last Archbishop Howard arrived from his home in Portland to confirm a class of Chemawa students in the Catholic church. Father Gall had pre pared the class for confirmation and had all in readiness for His Grace, the Archbishop. The band provided music as a welcome and on his arrival here the Arch bishop was taken to the home of Supt. and Mrs. Mc Gregor for a reception and brief rest before the confir mation ceremony. This was, so far as we know, the first visit of Archbishop Howard to Chemawa and it was an auspicious occasion for those of our school. Our Superintendent and all others were most happy to welcome our distinguished visitor.
