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LOCAL
Charles Motschnian of Fairbanks, Alaska, was a
visitor during the week-end. It has been some four
years since Charley left Chemawa and he enjoyed his
visit very much. He is a ’31 graduate.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Edleman, a couple who were
married recently, were guests of Mr. Julian Larnard
during the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bayne of Siletz and Mr. Wayne
Morgan of Portland are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Larsen
this wTeek.
Miss Cronk was a Portland visitor last week. She
left Dorthy Shumaker as nurse-maid for the baby girl
they have at the practice house.
Mrs. Margie Emmons of Portland was a visitor dur
ing the week-end.
Warren Wilder and Frank Dumont, two ambitious
lads of Portland, attended the senior ball and visited
friends through the week-end. Both are attending
school in Portland.
Miss Hally Bedard of Oswego was the guest of her
sister, Essie, during the week-end.
Marie Farron, who graduated from beauty culture
recently, is visiting her instructor, Miss Essie Bedard.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Orton came from Portland to
witness and enjoy the Senior Ball Saturday night.
Larry, a brother of Mr. Orton, was also in attendance.
VOCATIONS
BAKING
The local student bakers, under the direction of Mr.
Whitney Comeau, seem to take great delight in baking
dainty pastries and light bread which our students
treat unmercifully in the dining hall.
AGRICULTURE
The boys on the farm are busily engaged in learning
the art of pruning and spraying. The field that is
plowed by pigville and way points was done by the
farmers and during this nice weather we have also
accomplished a lot of work.
MACHINE SHOP
Wilfred “Swede” Cline is a candidate for shop fore
man. He has his program all mapped out and is cam
paigning with the motto, “More play and less work.”
PRACTICE
HOUSE
We are getting along quite nicely in our home.
One of our regrets is that the time is flying all to
quickly. Three weeks have passed since we have
been residing here and much knowledge of how to
take care of a home has crawled in our brain.
What makes this house more realistic is that we
now have a child to take care of. Her name is Norma
Jones and we all enjoy taking care of her because she
is such a bright child. She already knows all the
names of the girls in our home.
The carpenter boys are making suitable furniture for
Norma’s little nursery and the sewing room girls are
busy making clothing for her. She is being well pro
vided for. We each take turns taking care of her.
Ester Arquette spent the last week down at the hospi
tal and we are very glad to have her with us again.
HOME ECONOMICS
The senior planning girls entertained the Monmouth
high school basketball team here yesterday as well as
our local team with a very delicious dinner. The
tables and room were beautifully decorated.
We welcome a new cook, Leatta Metcalfe, into the
senior planning class, and she started to cook with us
this semester. She seems to be a very promising cook.
We hope she finds the work as interesting as we do.
HOSPITAL NEWS
The nurses are having quite a time taking care of
a baby girl.
It’s a lot of fun and very good training
for any girl. Little Norma Jones who is now at the
practice house will be at the hospital soon also.
A couple of boys had to clean house for us and we
certainly appreciate it. We are taking this oportun-
ity to extend our many thanks to George Bostwick
and Dave Archambeau for being so cooperative in this
matter.
COMMERCIAL1TE NEWS
The commercials are getting quite nicely. Of course
we can’t say we are used to our new typewriters, never
theless we can say this much, we know how to handle
them much better than we did at the beginning. Miss
Hoffman informed us the other day that she would
insist we use those typewriters for at least a period of
six weeks.
After that we can use any machine we
wish.
The senior commercials have to prepare and recite
orally, talks on success and cooperation. They have
to be approximately ten minutes long. Miss Hoffman
had quite a difficulty in getting someone to be first,
however, she settled the situation by writing numbers
on a slip of paper and making us draw a number.
All the senior commercials took the Bronson test,
Jan. 23. We admit that it was quite a task keeping
our studious minds in good composure.