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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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H aw ley
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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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Mr. R qss