The CHEM AWA AMERICAN
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LOCAL
John Frenier, of the class of ’29, spent a few days
with friends here at the school last week.
Rachel Ward and Pearl Cultee spent Thanksgiving
in Taholah, Wash., at the home of their parents.
Mr. Chas. E. Larsen accompanied Dr. and Mrs.
Bates on a trip to the Siletz Agency last Wednesday.
Miss French spent her Thanksgiving in Corvallis,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George O. Gatlin of O.
S. C.
Verne Wilson was an invited guest at the Thanks
giving family dinner at the home of Supt. and Mrs.
Lipps.
Miss Elsie Lipps, who is attending the Oregon State
College at Corvallis, came home to spend Thanksgiving
with her parents.
Last Friday Supt. Lipps accompanied Dr. and Mrs.
Bates to Corvallis for a conference with those in
charge of the extention department of O. S. C.
At the usual hour on Sunday the Y. W.s held their
meeting. There wasn’t any special program so a
“Song Service” was held, which everyone enjoyed.
Bandmaster VosBurgh and his bandboys accompan
ied our football boys to Salem on Thanksgiving to as
sist as a part of our rooting section in our game with
Salem Hi.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wasson of North Bend, Ore
gon, arrived at Chemawa last Sunday and departed
for home on Monday.
During their sojourn here
they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Larsen.
Chief Shunatona and his band who were appearing
at the Elsinore theatre in Salem during the week-end,
were hosts to Bandmaster VosBurgh and his band
boys last Sunday afternoon and our people were en
tertained at the theatre.
The open session of the Winona Literary Society
girls given last Wednesday evening in the auditorium
proved to be a most creditable affair in every particu
lar and assisted in bringing before the public some
new talenLof real promise. From beginning to end
it was an evening of real entertainment and the so
ciety members and their advisor, Miss Wentzel, and
all those who extended a helping hand may well take
pride in their success.
Mr. Boyes, who is in charge of our students’ din
ing hall, wishes to give personal thanks to all the em
ployes who assisted him in serving the dinner to the
students on Thanksgiving Day. He also hopes that
the students were well satisfied with their menu on
this occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Sandberg and daughter, and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burt, and son, of Reedsport,
Oregon, arrived at the school on Saturday last to
remain as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Larsen until Sun
day when they returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Sand
berg have two sons here in school, Fred and Everett.
Chief Shunatona and his Indian Bandsmen were
visitors at Chemawa during the past week-end. They
were in Salem filling a theatre engagement. They ap
peared in every respect a most likeable party and with
far more than average musical ability. Chief Shuna
tona is the director of the organization and he is a
gentleman one is pleased to meet.
Members of the Teachers’ Club and their invited
friends enjoyed a wonderfully fine dinner at their din
ing hall on Thanksgiving Day—it was a turkey dinner
with everything that could be expected to go with it.
It was truly a dinner to be remembered, and we know
whereof we speak as we were foitunate enough to be
‘ ‘among those present, ’ ’ for which favor we were truly
thankful.
We feel very anxious regarding the condition of
Supt. James H. McGregor of Pine Ridge, S. Dak.,
and formerly of this school. A few days ago Supt.
Lipps received a brief letter from Mrs. McGregor ad
vising him of the serious illness of her husband. He
suffered an excruciating attack of angina pectoris and
at the time Mrs. McGregor wrote was under the care
of a clinic at Hot Springs and his condition was pre
carious. This is certainly distressing news for a le
gion of friends in this section who hope most devoutly
for a speedy recovery for their good friend.
During chapel last Sunday evening Supt. Lipps,
who was in charge, introduced Dr. Earl A. Bates,
who with his wife had been guests at the school for
several days, and the Doctor made a memorable talk.
He is a fluent and agreeable speaker to hear and he
has a wonderful knowledge of Indian history. Our
people fell in love with both Dr. and Mrs. Bates dur
ing their brief stay at Chemawa. On leaving the
auditorium platform our visitors hurried to catch the
train south, while Supt. Lipps made a follow-up on
matters touched upon by Dr. Bates. There was no
misunderstanding what either speaker said and what
was stated is true. During the evening there was a
vocal number by a group of girls, a choir and orches
tra number.
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