T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN
VOCATIONS
MACHINE
SHOP
The machine shop has been closed for the past few
days due to illness of the instructor, Mr. Allen. The
boys are all wishing him a speedy recovery.
BAKERY
Last Thursday, Mr. Ryan and Mr. Morrison visited
our school bakery and sampled some of the delicacies
put out by the bakers. Mr. Morrision stated that they
made the best bread of any Indian school he had been
in.
BARBER SHOP
Since the barber boys have all returned from their
spring vacation in the hospital, the shop is now back
to normal.
All we need now is more customers with
whiskers.
George Cummings and Albert St. Martin are now
located at White Swan, Wash. After May 1st, Albert
will be in Portland and George will be located in his
own shop at Ft. Washakie, Wyoming.
Any one wishing a good shave should try Melvin
LaCourse.
SHOE SHOP
Two of our former shoe repairers came back to mas
ter the art of the different phases of leather work.
They are Leo Teehee and Simeon Bean. On March
15th all the shoe repairers journeyed to Salem to view
an Orthopedic Test Machine. This is the only machine
of this nature in the state of Oregon. This machine
tells whether or not the body weight is properly dis
tributed over the soles of the feet. This machine was
on display at Aklin’s Bootery in Salem.
CARPENTER SHOP
We are sorry to announce that Gilbert Glenn is to re
turn home soon.
He has an opportunity to engage
in his trade the entire summer at good wages.
The
best wishes of the carpenters goe with him and all
hope for his early return next fall.
William “Homer” Settler is again in our midst
after a brief soujourn at home. We hear he spent his
time very profitably.
All of the individual projects are coming along in
good shape and hope to be completed by the end of the
school year.
The carpenters are elected to stage the next spell
down.
DRAFTING DEPARTMENT
Frank Friedlander is doing some lettering on a large
wall chart. He thinks the originator of the “Roman
P age 3
Alphabet” had an eye for beauty but what a “bear” for
work.
Janies Dupuis is working on the perspective of his
latest house, a five room cottage.
Then comes the
estimate.
Harold Jones is proving quite a map maker. He is
producing a map showing the fire trails at Siletz and
says water lining could be worse.
Those darnits still pester the first year draftsmen.
Intersections and developments are causing some con
cern for all.
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE
"Have vour shoes repaired before it is too late."
-SHOE REPAIRERS
It is well to remember that all shoes should be used
with consideration, given care and attention and be
to the repairer the minute they show sole wear. A
stitch in time saves nine. The best repairers in the
world cannot make a good looking shoe out of one
wrecked by neglect and abuse; a shoe worn too long.
The repairer doesn’t like to do a job on such a shoe
because the result will not be satisfactory to you nor
him.
Between the outer and innersole is placed a filling of
composition which keeps the insole dry and warm,
prevents the shoe from squeaking and produces a sort
cushion effect that adds to the ease and comfort of the
wearer. The quality of the materials and the methods
of construction give a flexibility to sole and upper that
eliminates strain on the shoe upper.
Modern repairing restores shoes to look like new.
A great many people who have not had their shoes re
paired within recent years believe that to have one’s
shoes repaired means a heavy clumsy tap attached to
the sole of the shoe with prominent shiney nail-heads
showing a distinct line about the edge.
Such was the case in the days of yesterday, but to
day, with modern shoe repairing methods, where shoes
are re-built by machinery of the same type on which
the shoes were originally made, and the repairer is a
student of shoes and shoemaking, things are different.
Regardless of how badly dilapidated a shoe may be
today, if its upper is good, that shoe can be restored
to even more service than it had given the wearer in
the first place; it can be repaired so that no one save an
expert could distinguish it from a new shoe.
Cobbler or Shoe Repairer
To call a shoe repairer a “cobbler” is to call an ar
tist a dauber or a doctor a quach. A “cobbler,” ac
cording to Webster, is a clumsy or coarse workman.
He doesn’t make shoes or he doesn’t repair them skill
fully; he patches them up.
Today, there are few if any “cobblers.” Present
day equipment and the most favorable of working con
ditions have made “Cobbling” almost impossible.
Shoe machinery in its present state of perfection
operates with almost human intelligence and performs
even the smallest details. There are toolsand attach
ments and all kinds of accessories which, if properly
used, make shoe repairing almost fool proof. So
bring your shoes to the Chemawa Shoe Shop before
they are too far gone.