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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.
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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.