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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1929)
Page 3 'Ihe CHEMAWA AMERICAN 111 LOCAL Christmas is next week—do your shopping early! The high school students enjoyed a social of a couple of hours duration last Saturday evening. It proved enjoyable for all. Miss Myrtle Peters, our financial clerk, began last week on her “annual leave.” She departed on Fri day for Tacoma, Wash., where she is visiting friends. During the past week no one could conscientiously have complained of any lack of rain in our section. It seemed that the bottom was missing from “Jupe’s” water can. Two of our graduates who are now attending Wil lamette University were just recently awarded letters and jerseys as members of the football team of that insti tution this season. Raymond Haldane and Charles DePoe are the young men to whom we refer. The prizes for literary work during November went to Roland Booth and Matthew James, first and second, respectively. Our students cannot show too much interest in their English and submitting articles for publication is certain to prove of the greatest value to them. “Bud” James left last week for San Francisco, California, where he will have employment with the C. C. Moore Company, boiler makers. This is the company that installed the new boilers at Chemawa during the past summer and fall at a price of $25,000. “Bud” worked for the company here at the school and made good with them, and, as he likes the work, he decided to continue it, hence his trip to the City by the Golden Gate. Mr. Silas Moon is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Larsen. He will spend the Christmas holidays at their home. Just recently he has been in Portland, but during the past season he has been in Lincoln county workingas head loader for the Hutchinson Logging Company. Silas has a reputation all over the coast as an expert logger and he never needs to worry about employment. He is one of Chemawa’s most upstanding students of the good old days—a credit to himself, his friends, and his school. It is a pleasure to note the progress and initiation of our students. A lad who has especially distin guished himself is Joe Matte of the plumbing depart ment. During the past few weeks he has done a nice piece of sheet metal work on a range at the Wigwam; he practically rebuilt thestove. It looked like a man’s size job, but Joe tore into it and when he got through the range had a new front and back, and a new oven. His next job will be roughing in five bath rooms in Kola Tepee (the old print shop). Joe is arriving. " 11 1 1 ——................... —-B. We are happy to report that Mrs. Nora Foster Walker is again a member of our teaching staff, after an absence of nearly a year spent in teaching in Okla homa, and just recently at Tulalip, Wash. On Thursday evening of last week Mrs. Mote enter tained quite a large number of students who had assisted her wnth the Thanksgiving entertainment. As a large percentage of her assistants were choir members she very graciously invited the entire organ ization to be present—a courtesy appreciated by all. In every way the reception was most enjoyable. Con versation, games, etc., combined with refreshments, made the evening pass all too quickly. All feel grate ful to Mrs. Mote. Since our last issue Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Klein have taken their departure from Chemawaafter a resi dence of several years, during which time they were valued members of our academic staff. They have ac cepted a transfer to Keshena, Wisconsin, wheie Mr. Klein will have the position of principal teacher and Mrs. Klein w’ill have one of the classes under him. This is a promotion for Mr. Klein, and a happy one» too, as it places him back in his home state. This worthy couple left many well-wishers in Chemawa, who will at all times be delighted to hear from them and who wish them good luck wherever they may be. Our band, under the direction of Mr. H. A^ Kunkel, played a concert in the auditorium on Surf- day evening. Molly Charley appeared with the band as vocal soloist and an octette of boys contributed U couple of vocal numbers. Every season our band must be rebuilt at the beginningof the school year, owing tp the fact that there are nearly always important members who do not return after the summer vacation. This means an immense lot of work for the bandmaster and from many points of view is more or less discouraging’. Last Sunday marked the first appearance of our boys iti concert this season and they certainly gave a good ac count of themselves and pleased everybody. Like all “first appearances,” many of the boys were a trifle nervous, but a few more concert appearances will end all of that. Thanks are due to Mr. Kunkel and his boys for an enjoyable concert. The bandsmen and all of the vocalists certainly did well. At the conclusion of the concert Supt. Lipps greeted all of us after an ab sence of about a month on business in Washington’, D. C. He gave a verbal sketch of what is planned for Chemawa and the district this great school represents. From both the vocational and cultural points of view the future promises to be rosy. Altogether the concert and the address following made an enjoyable and inter esting evening for those in the auditorium last Sunday evening.
