The Chemawa American, November 26, 1930, Page 2, Image 2

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LOCAL
Miss Merle French spent the week-end in Portland,
the guest of friends.
Sally Emmett has returned to her home in Parker,
W ash., on account of illness.
Mr. Larsen made a trip over to the coast last T hurs­
day on governm ent business.
A gnes Dowd, a former student, h^s( retu rn ed 'to
school and is again enrolled.
She returned last
Thursday.
R ecently Miss Cruise and Mrs. Middletón enter­
tained about tw enty em ployes in their quarters at the
teachers’ club.
A group of senior girls gave a private dinner àt 4he
W igwam last Friday evening. It is stated the affair
was in every respect most ¡creditable,
Mr. Sherm an’s brother and sister, who have visited
here w ith his fam ily for the past w eek, left last Friday
for San D iego, California, where they w ill visit, other
relatives.
T h e concrete foundation of our new gym nasium is
practically completed and as soon as the contract for
the brick is .approved by the W ashington authorities
brick laying w ill start.
Our new w e llis being tested and therfe is promise
of a bountiful flow of water. As soon as a new pump
can be purchased and installed we shall undoubtedly
be ready for any water demand that may occur.
Mr. Teter had Dr. George D. Bishop of Salem,
g overnm ent v eterin ary , test our dairy herd last F rid a y .
T h e re w as no sig n of tuberculosis in th e hé'rd.. This
is th e sev e u th straight year that Mr. Teter has re-
céived so; fine a report on the herd under h isea rè.
Pretty good, we opine.
Supt. Lipps madé local affairs the subject of part
of his talk during our chap'el hour last Sunday even­
ing. Later on he fold of his decent trip to Fort Shaw,
Id ah o , on gov ernm ent business. H e had m any favor­
able com m ents to m ake on th e progress of o u r In d ia n
friends of that section. T hey are fo rg in g ahead and
k eep in g abreast of th e tim es in every way. It was a
m ost in te restin g talk . On th e program was a n u m b er
by th e choir, a sex tet of girls sang a couple of num b ers
m ost acceptably; th e orch estra played a doublé n u m ­
ber, one being “ K ila rn e y ” played as a trumpet solo
by M r. B ent.
Dr, Earl A . Bates and Mrs. Bates, of the Cornell
U niversity faculty, w ho are m aking a study of the so­
cial and health conditions of Northwest Indians, .for
the Indian Beaureau, arrived at Chemawa Tuesday
m orning on the 10 o ’clock train,. T h ey are loaned to
the Indian Service for one year by Cornell U niversity.
T h e farm ers an d gardeners have been busy of late
a t th e ta sk of g e ttin g o u r potato crop in th e bins. We
have 3,438 bushels of potatoes— n o t at all bad. T h e re
is an ab u n d an ce of vegetables to do us for the y ear.
I n ad d itio n to th e above w ork, th e g ardeners have,
been a so rt of ex-officio saur k ra u t force—g e ttin g in
cabbage, etc.
T om orrow is o u r d ay of n atio n al T h an k sg iv in g .
T h e re are few of us so poor th a t we have n o th in g for
w hich to .b e th a n k fu l, an d at C hem aw a .especially does
th is ho ld good. T h e d ay should be one of quiet med-;
ita tio n ra th e r th a n g o rg in g , b u t we often fancy th a t
in tim e it w ill lose all aspects of th e devout occasion
of its o rig in .
M iss B lack is ta k in g M rs. D ow nie’s place as G irls’
S co u tm aster as Mrs. D ow nie has too m uch w ork an d
h a s n ’t th e necessary tim e to spare. W e ce rtain ly
appreciate th e help she gave us. W e hope to have
m an y new m em bers in o u r troops. A t our first m eet­
in g we elected new lie u te n an ts and p atro l leaders.
T h e lie u te n a n ts are. V ern a S ta rr an d E v an g elin e
G illette; p atro l leaders, A lice L ad d ero u te an d E lla
R eynolds. '
T h e L ittle F low er Society h eld its first social of th e
y ear fo r th e C atholic stu d e n ts of th e 10th, 11th an d
12th grades in th e L ittle F low er room S atu rd ay eve­
n in g . T h is room was b ea u tifu lly decorated in th e
S o ciety ’s colors of Old Rose an d G old and v o lu n ta ry
m usic was fu rn ish ed d u rin g th e ev en in g by m em bers
of th e Society an d th e C atholic B oys’ A ssociation.
R osalie G ro u n d s, as p resid en t, gave th e address of
welcom e an d acted as floor m anager. D elicious re ­
freshm ents w ere served b y a com m ittee in charge of
M argaret H o p to w it. D u rin g th e evening \o c a l solos
w ere co n trib u ted b y A lice S later, M arie LaFrance and
R u d o lp h M aysee. In one prize contest Jo h n P eltier
an d E arl Brow n tied for first place, an d in an o th er
M abel H alsey an d C harles D ePoe received first honors.
In m a k in g th is social a success th e L ittle F low er
Society w ishes to express its appreciation to S u p e rin ­
te n d e n t L ip p s, M r. R y an , F a th e r Ildefonse and th e ir
advisor. M iss R oddy, as w ell as to all o th e r em ployees
w ho assisted in so m any ways. A lto g eth er it is believed
th a t th e stu d e n ts an d em ployees p resen t had a v ery
enjoyable evening.
ESCORTS
S a t., N ov. 29— T o Salem
S u n ., N ov. 30-—M cBride
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M r. J. S. K u n k el
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M r. S a n d e rs
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