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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1935)
T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN P age 2 CHEMAWA^AMERICAN Published Bi-Weekly at the U. S. Indian School, Chemawa, Oregon. <JAddress all communications to Robert Thomas, Manager 50 Cts per Annum Subscription LOCAL The loud noise coming from upper front in Old Winona is just Miss Bedard cranking up her new radio. A good many of the student body attended the Sal- em-Chemawa at Salem on Jan. 8. Our team lost a close hard fought game by the score of 27-33. Five of the Beauty Culture students expect to take their State Board Examinations in Cosmetic Therapy in Portland on the 22nd of this month. They will go to Portland accompanied by Miss Bedard. Mr. Larsen and Mr. Rickard spent most of last week in Tacoma, Washington where they took nine of our sturdy lads to have their tonsils removed at the Indian Hospital. Edward Hall came back with a new bass voice. Clarence Weaver, a popular student of the days that “wuz’ ’ paid the school a visit on Jan. 2. ‘ ‘Goose Egg’ ’ who used to delight his "gang” with his original reci pes on the spot where we now have the log cabin is now chief chef in one of the camps at Hays, Mont. The Willamette University Band under the direction of Alexander S. Melovidoff gave a concert in the Che mawa auditorium Jan. 12. The band featured a va riety of numbers and vocal solos by Kathryn Smullen of Salem. A small admission was charged which will go into the fund for the school annual. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES O. ROOS Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Roos of Glendale, Calif ornia who are employed to do special supervision work for the improvement of the IECW have spent several days as guests of the Salem Indian school. They have been extremely busy securing reports from various em ployees and in securing information relative to the possibilities of improving the IECW work and reserva tion conditions in general. It has been indeed a pleasure to have Mr. and Mrs. Roos with us as they are constructive and helpful and we will be glad to have them back in the spring if their plan works out. The weather has been extremely bad for trips to Grand Ronde and Siletz, but both Mr. and Mrs. Roos went to Siletz and Grand Ronde yesterday to secure what information is possible during a hurried trip. Some of our IECW projects have been practically inaccessible because of inclement weather but a return trip can be made this spring or summer, conditions for supervision will be much improved. INDIAN SERVICE NEWS William C. Beddow, retired superintendent of print ing and instructor of printing at Haskell Institute, died at his home at 1529 Kentucky Street, early Friday morning, January 4, at the age of 64 years. He had suffered intermittently from heart trouble, for several months, and had been ill for several weeks. Members of the family who survive are: his wife, Mrs. Alice McGillick Beddow; a daughter, Gladys, of Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Mae Baker, of Butte, Mont., and Mrs. Martha Alma Hunt, of Alma, Mont.; and two brothers, Samuel Beddow, who lives in Canada, and Warren Beddow, of Alexandria, S. Dak. The latter has been in Lawrence for several days. Five brothers had preceded Mr. Beddow in death. Mr. Beddow was born at Clinton, Iowa, October 11, 1870, and lived in that section of the country until 1897 when he entered the government service and was employed in the government printing office at Wash ington, D. C. Here his ability for more important duties was recognized and in 1915 he was placed in charge of the printing department and made print ing instructor at Haskell Institute. Under his super vision the plant at Haskell was gradually enlarged from a small, hand-set shop to a plant with all modern, up-to-date equipment, providing laboratory and instruction for a great number of Indian students over a period of years, and producing much of the printing required by the Indian Service. That the printing instruction at Haskell was thor ough and practical is evidenced by the number of Indian students who are successfully following the trade. Mr. Beddow retired on February 1, 1934.—The Leader. ♦ ♦ ♦ On January 1, the Potawatomi agency in Kansas was separated from Haskell Institute and Harold E. Bruce, chief clerk at Haskell since the retirement of George Shawnee on September 1, 1933, assumed charge of the new jurisdiction as superintendent and special disbursing agent. Miss Jessie Marsh, long a member of the Haskell clerical staff, is to be advanced to the grade of senior clerk to succeed Mr. Bruce as Haskell’s chief clerk. Restoration of Potawatomi agency as an independent jurisdiction comes as a result of strong recommenda tions from Supt. Roe Cloud to Commissioner John Collier and the Commissioner gave his approval to the proposal and selected Mr. Bruce for the appointment during his brief visit to Haskell’s anniversary cele bration.—The Leader.
