The Chemawa American, January 17, 1934, Page 3, Image 3

T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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Joseph Bettles, who was a great Chemawa athlete
Marie Farron, all-day vocational student, visited her during his student days and later dairyman here, is
now the head man on the two-thousand acre farm of
home in Harrali, Wash., over the week-end.
Superintendent and Mrs. Ryan were guests at the the St. Andrews school at Pendleton, Ore. Mr. Bet­
Shawver home for dinner on the evening of Jan. 10. tles besides having become a man of affairs has also be­
come quite a family man having a wife and three chil­
Dorothy Stevens and Clara Bozeroff recently motored
to Portland with Mr. and Mrs. Showalter and visited dren of whom he is very proud.
Many old-time friends of Reginald G. Downie will
some of their friends in Milwaukie. Ore., on the way
be saddened to learn that he passed the Christmas
back.
season in the Veterans’ Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn.
We have been informed that Lawrence Horn, Earl
Brown and John Arnoux, three of Chemawa’s former A few years ago Mr. and Mrs. Downie were trans­
students, are in Fort Apache, Arizona, training for ferred from Chemawa to the Flandreau school in
South Dakota, where Mr. Downie is boys’ advisor.
supervisory positions in the I ECW.
We felt at the time of the transfer that the climate
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Allen had as their dinner guests might not prove agreeable to the health of our west­
last Thursday, Mr. Kunkel, Mr. C. W. Turner and ern friends, and it seems we were at least partially
Father Ildefonse. After dinner the visitors and their right. On the same basis of reasoning we believe that
hosts enjoyed a few hands of bridge.
Mr. Downie should be transferred to a position in the
Vendean Johnson, son of Mr. V. H. Johnson, is west or southwest. He has proved a valuable man
making his home at Chemawa and is enrolled in the in the Indian Service and his record entitles him to a
Salem high school. We trust young Mr. Johnson will chance to conserve his health. Reggie is as game as
find his stay at Chemawa interesting and enjoyable.
the best of them and all he asks is a fighting chance.
Word has been received that Miss E. W. Patterson, We are with him and feel certain that he will be given
girls’ advisor of last year, has undergone a major oper­ his chance and will be restored to good health speed­
ation. Mrs. Wilcox, our Winona housemother, has ily.
been confined to her room for an old ailment. We
CHAPEL
hope that they will both be back on their feet soon.
In chapel Sunday, January 7, the orchestra played
Tuesday, Jan. 9. the Little Flower society held
Petite Suite de Ballet by Gluck, Daniel Motanic sang
its regular meeting with the sponsor, Mrs. Allen. A
as a vocal solo, O’er the Billowy Sea by Smith and
short business discussion proceeded the program. Vo­
the choir rendered a specially arranged chorus of
cal solos were given by Marie Farron and Alice Alex­
Stand Up For Jesus by Millen. Superintendent Ryan,
ander and the entire group sang songs before adjourn-
after a brief talk in which he introduced Miss Eldridge,
ing.
a visiting official, surrendered the stage to Mr. Moy­
In spite of the disagreeable weather the work of erect­ nihan, well-known attorney of Salem and a member
ing the new brick building on the site of the old of the famous capital city Legion drum corps, who
plumping shop and the former well-house is progress­ gave us an extremely interesting account of his visit
ing rapidly and efficiently.
This furnishes labor for to Chicago and the Worlds fair last fall. Mr. Moy­
skilled and unskilled workmen from the school and nihan illustrated a great deal of his talk with a large
Salem.
panorama of the Exposition grounds and numerous
Miss Lulu Eldridge has been sent to Chemawa by small cards of various points around and about the
the Indian office in Washington, D. C., to make a fair. An unusually interesting feature of his discus­
study of the opportunities for vocational training for sion and of the exhibition was the Pantheon de Guerre,
Indian girls and boys in the northwest. Since coming a painting so gigantic in every respect that it would
to Chemawa Miss Eldridge has been by no means idle be difficult to describe here. Without doubt it was a
for the task placed upon her shoulders by the Office special treat to everyone present to hear Mr. Moyni­
requires a prodigious amount of research and detailed han’s interesting talk and one that will be long re­
membered.
preliminary work.
In chapel Sunday, Jan. 14, Superintendent Ryan
The boys in the Altamot cooking school invited a addressed the students in a brief talk in which he
number of their lady friends to dinner Jan. 10, at the urged them to acquire self-confidence and put forth
Altamot Cafe. The following girls were guests; Eve­ their best efforts to accomplish something that would
lyn Spanish, Catherine Bailey, Clara Bremner, Gladys aid them in making a success of their future. The
Majhor, Dorothy Mercer and Theresa Decelles. Mat­ orchestra played A Dream of Spring by Flath, the
thew Decelles was acting chef for the day and every choir sang Onward Into Light by Donizetti, a quartet
one paid him many nice compliments on the tasty dishes of girls sang Neopolitan Nights by Zamecnik and the
he set before them.
assembly closed with everyone singing the Pep song.
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