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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1933)
T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN LOCAL Mrs. Stiff, our beauty culture instructor, visited Portland last week-end. Christine Bailey, an outing student from Portland, paid us a short visit last week. Edith Swann motored down from Oswego last Tuesday and spent Hallowe’en with her sisters. Lawrence Pete and Larry Orton, former students, stopped off for a short visit at Chemawa recently. Mrs. Mary Hankens arrived last week from Detroit, Mich., to take up her duties as head nurse in our hos pital. Mr. Marvin B. Clark, government auditor, is at Chemawa on official business. He is quartered at Kola Tepee. Jesse Jim, who graduated from Chemawa last year, is a foreman of construction in a conservation camp in Washington. Miss Margaret Hoptowit, instructor in the Club kitchen, spent the last week-end at her home in Yak ima, Washington. Mrs. Julius Mercer of Grand Ronde visited here last week with her daughter, Dorothy, who recently un derwent an operation. Laura Morigeau, outing student in Portland, attend ed the dance Saturday night. She hurried back to work the same evening. Rilla Olney and Jaunita Newman left on Monday morning for Bremerton, Wash., where they will work on the outing. They were accompanied by Miss Newell. Alfred Obi, former Chemawa student, is attending the Oregon Institute of Technology in Portland, ma joring in mechanics, and is making very good progress in his work. Naomi Mesplie was one of the fortunate students who spent a few days with her parents in Toppenish, Washington, last week-end. Albert St. Martin also spent the week-end at his home, in Carson, Wash. Miss Elizabeth Codding was the guest of the Lar sons a week or two ago. Miss Codding graduated from Chemawa with the class of 1928. She then went to Pennsylvania where she completed her nurse train ing, started at Chemawa, in the Westchester County hospital. President Myron Anderson presided at the second meeting of the boys’ music club in the music room on Monday eve. Club business consumed most of the meeting time and plans were also discussed for the impending meeting with the Treble Clef club next Tuesday. P age 3 Music classes have been working lately on music to be used in the Armistice program. Leo Teehee and Cyril Archambeau, students at Chemawa last year, have had their credits transferred to Wapato, Wash. Lenora P. Harris had a taste of outing life the latter part of last week while she was substituting in Salem for Alice Jones. The Y. W. C. A. is staging its annual membership drive. Under the leadership of two captains, Cath erine Bailey and Dorothy Parker, the girls intend through this drive to swell their membership consider ably. Mr. Allen F. Space, road supervisor for Indian conservation work in the northwest area, went with Mr. Larson over to Siletz on Monday to look into the possibility of establishing an E. C. W. camp in that region. Nickoli Nelson came “outside” from Cordova, Alas ka, a few days ago and made a hurried trip down from Seattle to look over his old school before returning north. Nick was a student in the engineering depart ment. Student council members were chosen at a meeting of the boys in McNary reading room on Monday night. Joe Arlee, Adam Williams, James Rosario and Louis Orr were selected by the boys to represent them at council meetings. Mrs. Ryan returned to her home at Chemawa from the General hospital in Salem last Sunday. We are happy to have her back. We hope and trust that be ing among friends and in her own home again will speed her recovery. Mr. Cecil D. Rainey has received his transfer to Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and is expecting to leave some time within the next two weeks. He will teach high school subjects at the Pine Ridge school. We wish Mr. Rainey success at his new post. Mr. George Bundy Wasson was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Larson on Sunday. Mr. Wasson represents the Willamette valley and near-by coast Indians in whose behalf he has made several trips to Washington, D. C. He was a student at Chemawa in the ’90’s. Frank Dumont journied over from Warmsprings to visit around the campus a couple of days ago. He is located at Old Mill camp where he holds the position of blacksmith. He claims that his camp is the most efficient, sanitary and best fed out-fit in the district. As this may bring on controversy from loyal adherents of other camps we hasten to add that this is “Lindy’s” private opinion—we are strictly neutral in the matter.
