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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1930)
7he CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL A movie was the source of much enjoyment last Saturday evening. Mrs. Crothers, a sister of Mrs. Steward, is here on a visit of a few days’ duration. Henry Bowker, a graduate of 1928, is now a Ford car salesman at the Cheyenne River Agency, S. Dak. Frank Mann is now known as a merchant at La Plant, S. Dak. He was a member of our class of ’28. Elsie Allen is a recent arrival at Chemawa and is enrolled in our eighth grade. She is from Pendleton, Ore. Alfreda Kipp, who graduated in our class of 1928, is now married to Winslow Devereaux and is living in South Dakota. Miss Lena Burcham was here again just recently gathering additional data for her master thesis. Her home is in Cottage Grove, Oregon. The Junior Y. W. C. A. girls are meeting each Tues day afternoon to study a delightful text, prepared es pecially for little folks, “Filipino Playmates.” Virginia Knight, a junior here and captain of girls’ company C, returned recently to her home in Ukiah, California. The bad state of her mother’s health was the reason for Virginia’s departure from Chemawa. The Pioneer Club basketball team played a team of Salem Pioneers at the Salem Y on Saturday afternoon. The boys came home with the small end of a 30-21 score, but reported a fine game and a good swim after wards. Clifford Meachem, who on graduation here last year went to the hospital in Tacoma (Cushman) as disciplinarian, has recently been changed to the posi tion of engineer at the same school at an increase of salary. This is a good report. The basketball girls entertained the two visiting teams from West Linn last Friday evening after the games. A luncheon was served in the Wigwam and aside from the teams playing the coaches and Mr. Bent and Principal Mote were honored. Miss Elizabeth Codding left last Monday for West- Chester, Pa., where she will enter the Chester County Hospital for a three-year course in nursing. This is the splendid institution where Mrs. Codding, Eliza beth’s mother, graduated in nursing in 1904. Last Sunday evening a telegram arrived here for Clyde Cooley, our cellist, bearing the sad information that his brother, Clarence, had been killed in a railroad accident near the parental home at Alpaugh, Calif. On Monday, Clyde and his sister, Mrs. Gladys Town of Silverton, Oregon, departed by train for home to attend the last sad rites for their brother. Page 3 Mr. D. E. Clancy was a visitor at our school one day last week. He has quite an unusual record—26 years of government service in the Philipine Islands. “My favorite poem” was the theme of the Y. W. C. A. meeting Sunday afternoon. After a song ser vice, each member present read or gave from memory her favorite poem with her reasons for its choice. A discussion of various types of poems followed. Warren Wilder, president; Charles Motschman, vice- president; Mary Williams, secretary; Armenia Plouffe, treasurer; Louis Panseau, sergeant-at-arms; Joe Con don, song and yell leader, represent the officers of the Junior Class for the coming semester, the result of a recent class election. A short time ago some of our smaller boys were in the woods playing what they call “treetag” and Earl Bauchman fell and broke his arm. In the excitement of the “tag” it is presumed that Earl had overlooked the indefinite status and remoteness of his possible (or impossible) monkey kinship. Last Saturday was what is practically universally known as “Ground Hog Day,” and the behavior of that sagacious little animal is supposed to give us an inkling regarding when winter weather is to cease. Well the usual weather controversy is on again, but it is safe to predict at least six weeks more of winter. The Y. M. C. A. had a most interesting open house debate Sunday evening on the subject, Resolved: That the reading of books is more valuable than the reading of magazines and newspapers. The discussion was opened by Bob Perkins. Well prepared arguments were offered by Dan Constantino, John Frenier, War ren Wilder and others. The judges’ decision was in favor of the affirmative. The auto mechanics have installed a new battery charger and have rejuvenated a number of batteries as proof of the success of their undertaking. In addition they have recently repaired an air-pressure tank, so that “free air” for auto tires is the order of the day down there at present. This tank has been out of commission for some years, we are informed. All of the government cars are now in fine condition. Karl Muller, who graduated from Chemawa last spring, is now attending O. S. C. at Corvallis and is getting along well in his studies. Karl had a reputation while here as a wrestler and he had not forgotten any of his old tricks, according to what we’ve learned just recently. In an elimination series of wrestling contests recently staged at O. S. C. Karl went higher and higher until he finally lost to a young man who had held the intra mural championship for four years. Good for Karl! The Excelsior boys staged their annual party last Saturday evening in the big gym. The place was beautifully decorated for the occasion and the society members and their invited guests enjoyed themselves fully and freely for some three hours. At the proper hour appetizing refreshments were served after which all repaired to quarters, thus closing a memorable evening. Mr. Carl Turner is the advisor for the society and to him and the society members a vote of thanks is due for a delightful evening.
