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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1929)
1 he CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Cecelia Pepion, class of ’30, is back. Ann Jackson is Mr. Mote’s new typist. Anna Moon and Lillian Trottier made a flying visit here last Sunday. The new matron of Winona Hall, Mrs. Bloxum, has arrived and is welcome. Mylie Lawyer, from Fort Lapwai, Idaho, is attend ing Willamette University. Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Hans Seitz of Salem were guests of Chemawa friends last Sunday. Charley Dy sal was seen in Salem on Tuesday. He is attending Willamette University. Miss Peters had as breakfast guests on Tuesday Misses Vina Smith and Ann Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Elting of Siletz were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Larson last Sunday. Mrs. Herbert Eakin and Mrs. Ben Job of Cottage Grove were Miss Eakin’s guests for a few days. The Senior girls are all w’orking in different places, trying to carry as much responsibility as possible. A new nurse for the hospital is scheduled to arrive soon. Miss Borland left recently for Tacoma, Wash. Milton “Pete” Lipps graduated from Salem High last year and is now attending Willamette University. The kitchen is one of the busiest departments on the campus. All sorts of canning is continually going on. Flora Harper has many “locals” to her credit in this issue of The American. We are grateful for this assist ance. Miss Virginia Brickell came up from Portland and passed the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Louise F. Brickell. Frances Tanner, one of our senior girls, has been a helpful contributor of “locals” in this issue. She did her work nicely. Mrs. Hauser and Mrs. Mason recently visited several laundries in Portland for the purpose of introducing new ideas at Chemawa laundry. Dorothy Green, who left Chemawa a year or two ago for her home near Crescent City, California, returned to our school recently for a visit. Miss Adela Ballard, Supervisor of Migrant Work for the Council of Women for Home Missions, is a visitor at Chemawa for a few days. Miss Elsie Lipps graduated from business college in Salem last spring and now holds a position with the Portland Electric Power Co. in Salem. Miss Judd has a young parrot. It was sent to her by her brother who caught it in the mountains of Mexico. The parrot’s name is Esperanto. Page 3 When we went to press yesterday afternoon there was scheduled a joint meeting for employes and stu dents in the auditorium. Vina Smith, a member of our graduating class of last spring is enrolled at the Bellingham, Wash., State Normal School. Pretty good! The Misses Margaret Roberts, Helen and Mabel Peratovich and Betty Sookum are attending Queen Anne High School in Seattle. We wish them good luck. It is very unusual that the State Fair should have come and gone without bringing us a good old Oregon rain. The valley is pretty 'well parched for want of moisture. We have some very entertaining “movies” at Che- mawa. Last Saturday evening our people, young and old, enjoyed the “Sky Scraper,” a most unusual production. We are proud to hear that Myrtle Rinehart won a prize for being the best student at the Junior High School in Salem. The prize was a six-weeks vacation at a select girls’ camp. The Y. W. C. A. girls met in the regular place and at the usual time last Sunday. Then they indulged in the annual “Treasure Hunt.” Every year the old students write greetings for the new members and at the first meeting there is a hunt for the box containing the “treasure.” Just as we were going to press we learned of the arrival at Chemawa of Miss Mary Stewart from Wash ington, D. C. She is on a tour of the country gathering vocational data with a view to bettering conditions at our various Indian Schools. Miss Stewart is a new comer in our Service, having recently been appointed Assistant Director of Indian Education. Mr. John Dexter went to Seattle last Sunday to meet the incoming boat from Nome, Alaska. He expected to look after some business matters for his father and himself, possibly to ship some winter supplies north, as the steamer making that run will leave on her last trip of the season within a few days. Chemawa friends look for John to return here early next week. The Chemawa String Quartet, at the suggestion of Supt. Lipps, gave a program of master works last Fri day evening for members of our faculty. It is not know positively whether the quartet will be able to continue its “chamber music” series of concerts this winter, as it did last year, owing to the business affairs of Mr. John Dexter, our second violin player. He is now in Seattle on business and this trip will decide the matter. We are hoping that the organization may be able to continue in this class of music for cultural rea sons.
