The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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LOCAL
Mr. William L. Allen, our new instructor in shop
subjects, is here and on duty. Mr. Allen comes to
ns from La Grande, Oregon, and we hope that he
will like it at Chemawa.
We are imformed that Mr. Amos Vosburgh of New
York is to be our next bandmaster. He is expected
to report early next month. This will be interesting
for our band boys, many of whom are anxious to get
their band work started.
All is well!
Myrtle Crofoot, former student at Chemawa, was
Many new students are with us.
“Princess American Legion” at the recent rodeo suc
The school bell is ringing again at Chemawa.
cessfully held in the Okanogan country. She acted as
Miss Ruth Lipps spent a week or two of the past hostess to the rodeo queen. Very Kincaid, and was
summer at the Girls’ Scout camp at Santaly up on the much in favor at the rodeo.
Santiam river.
Misses Eakin and Judd opened Chemawa’s social
Mrs. O. H. Lipps spent about a month of the sum season with a tea” last Friday afternoon. It was
mer at Browning, Montana, the guestof her daughter, certainly a most pleasing affair in every particular.
The gracious hostesses entertained with music and
Mrs. B. G. Seymour.
During the summer vacation our students were scat general conversation followed by delicious and dainty
tered all over the country, some of them as far as refreshments.
Last Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Corbett,
their homes in the Dakotas.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lipps of Lewiston, Idaho, prominent citizens of Kamiah, Idaho, arrived at Che
passed the week-end in Chemawa the guests of the mawa for a brief visit. Their trip down here was for
the purpose of returning their children to school. It
former’s parents, Supt. and Mrs. Lipps.
Assistant Superintendent Mote took educational is a real pleasure for all of us to have Mr. and Mrs.
leave during the summer and visited the agencies at Corbett as guests.
Among others who have come to Chemawa recently
Klamath and Warmspring. He was accompanied by
as employes are: Mrs. Amy O. Durkes, matron, from
his family.
Miss Lucile Lipps, teaching school in Connecticutt, Belleville, Illinois; Miss Stella E. Wentzel, teacher,
transferred from Jicarilla, New Mexico; Miss Lucetta
and Miss Idaho Lipps who holds a similar position in
Bissell, girls’ advisor, from Minneapolis, Minn.; and
Ceur d’ Alene, Idaho, spent the summer here at the
Mr. Cecil D. Rainey, teacher, transferred from Tongue
family home.
River Agency, Montana.
We have a large number of new employes at Che
Mr. Hermann A. Kunkel, our able bandmaster, ac
mawa this year and The American voices the senti
cepted a transfer to the school at Phoenix, Arizona,
ments of all-in bidding them welcome and bespeaking
where he will fill the same position that he held at
for them a pleasant year’s work.
Chemawa. All of us regretted very much to have
During the summer Mrs. Herlits, and her mother, him leave us, but we trust that he will be happy in
Mrs. Fisher, and her young son, Billie, were in Los his new environment. In Mr. Kunkel Phoenix is
Angeles where Mrs. Herlits took special work at getting a most capable employe.
the University of Southern California.
Chapel exercises were resumed last Sunday evening
Dr. Sisco of our school used his annual leave to and there was an unusually large crowd in attendance
make a visit to’his home in Baltimore, Maryland. On for the first session of the year. Supt. Lipps was in
his arrival^back here he stated that he had experienced charge and he took occasion to welcome the new stu
an over-sufficiency of hot weather during his trip.
dents and to congratulate the old students on their
During the summer Mr. E. R. Mason, head of our prompt return to school. He outlined what had been
carpentry department,"took special work at the Wash done at Chemawa during the past summer and the
ington State College at Pullman. Mr. and Mrs. R. work still to be acomplished—all for the betterment
G. Downie also took a course at the same institution. of conditions at Chemawa. He told the young people
Alex Gouley, a member of our last graduating frankly just what is expected of them for their own
class, is nowiassistant dairyman at Chemawa. During good—their own advancement. In addition to Mr/'
the summer he enjoyed a trip to Phoenix, Arizona, in Lipps’ fine talk Alice Slater sang two splendid numbers '
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the company^ofiMr. Kunkel, our former bandmaster. and the orchestra rendered a pleasing selection.