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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1938)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN K it c h e n : Duane L uffy is p u ttin g his skill as a cook to a test and is cooking 0nd planning the meals for the boxer’s training table. P lu m bin g : T h e plum bers have been dccupied in salvaging all the pipe fit tings and lead from the old D.S. build ing and are p u ttin g in three toilets and a sink in the In d u strial Building. They hooked up an oil stove in the new green fiouse the other day. B a k ery S h o p : T he bakers are all busy figuring out designs and flavors for cookies, cakes, doughnuts, etc., as they will have all kinds of pastry to sell at the coming scrip sale. T ailor S h o p : T he tailors have been busy the past week repairing the base ball suits and getting them in shape for the coming baseball season. E lec tr ic S h o p : T h e electricians have rewired the lights in front of the Dining hhll. T heir next job is to install an in direct lighting system in the school library. P a in t S h o p : T he paint shop boys .have just com pleted painting the interior the bakery shop and have added ’v to its appearance with a light ■kpoo and T erry Cochran are iyplimented on the fine job they G arn ish in g “ J u ly ’s ” new steps in the auditorium . M a c h in e S h o p : Mr. Allen, Buddy Archam beau, Bill Sigo and the grade school boys have been m aking swings, teeter-totters, etc., and have an ocean wave m erry-go-round in the m aking in th e ir shop. It gives the smaller children a play ground and they deserve to be com pli mented on th eir fine work. P r o je c t : T he Project boys have been the busiest bunch in the school the last few weeks. T hey have been m aking tools to hapdle their crops for this sum mer. They have put up about 700 posts for string beans and cleared off about 15 acres of land to be planted in beans. C a r p e n t e r S h o p : U nder foreman, “ Jelly ” Jackson, all th e carpenters have been very busy the past week w ork ing on a 6-room cottage they are erect ing on the site of the old greenhouse. Louis Levay is m aking an elaborate pair of book ends to be put on auction at th e coming scrip sale. A uto S h o p : Preston Bell and Irving Dowd have been busy over-hauling" Mr. Davis’ car. They are installing new rings, grinding the valves and reboring the motor. Raymond Track and Alpheus Bighorn are repeating the process on another car. home economics : The Senior Practice Cottage will soon be having open house for employees and students. The girls who are living in there now are D orothy H ayw ard and A nne Plasteur, along w ith Cornelia A llm an and T heresa Fian- der, two small Brewer hall girls. T he girls plan their own menus and make out their own order lists. T hey also keep a budget. T he house is not completely furnished yet, but w ith the help of “ Jo ” Juneau, M ary Black, and W ilm a Adams they hope to have it com pleted soon. Most of the Senior girls have com pleted their k n it skirts and are beginning on their knit blouses. T he girls are plan ning on u sing the skirts for Baccalaureate. T he Sophomore girls are now plan ning w hite broadcloth suits. T he Freshm en girls have completed their bathrobes and pajam a project and are now beginning w ith slips. Mrs. S an d ers’ sewing classes have the curtains completed for McNary, Brewer and the D ining hall. Junior Commercial G irls are making little dresses for the girls of Brewer H all. T he Freshm en girls are sewing sheets for the Celebration and the .summer School. Six hundred sheets have been sewed in the past two weeks. . T he G2-6Bclass are com pleting cotton prin t dresses. T heir next work is to de sign dresses to be made from cotton broadcloth w ith rayon p rin t for contrast. T hey hope to complete and accomplish a great deal before the end of the term . T he G2 6A class is engaged in com plet ing their fancy work for the coming sale. T he G3 class in productive sewing are m aking sheets for use d uring the celeb ration. T hey need m any so all of the classes are quite busy. . Miss W h ite’s cooking classes are pre paring foods suitable for luncheon menus. They intend to prepare a com plete meal soon. T he girls in G2-6A class are going to start carpentry work of their own in thé com ing weeks. T hey are planning to make book ends , book shelves , radio tables and other articles. Mrs. Cronk is to be their teacher in this training. £ocal ¿AQews g r ie fs R uth I. Riss, former assistant to Dr. Johnson, was a visitor last week. Miss Riss is now Field N urse at Pendleton. Mr. Pat G uy and Mr. Kemp of the Spokane Forestry Office were recent vis itors on the campus. W e regret to hear th at Lydia Pepion, former student of Chemawa, died in her home at Brow ning, M ontana of pneum o nia. Mr. Joe Crow of Linfield College accompanied by a friend were week-end visitors on the campus. Miss Marcella H eitner of Portland was on the campus visiting her m other, Mrs. H ietner, over the week end. Misses Naomi Mesplie, Onalee Nor- m andin, M arguerite Andrews, former students of Chemawa, were visitors on the campus recently. Mr. and Mrs. Quick and son, from Pennsylvania, proceeded on their journey in a trailer after spending several weeks visiting w ith their relatives, Mrs. Mohr and daughter. W e regret to hear that a former physician of Chemawa, Dr. K erner, passed away March 5. Dr. K erner, who retired last spring because of disability, had been residing in Portland until recently w hen he began journeying by trailer. * H e died from a heart attack in a trailer camp near Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. P latt, E ngineer from the W ash ington office; Mr. Asher Jackson, E n g ineer at the H askell Institute of Kansas; and Mr. Evans of the Billing^ C onstruc tion Office arrived March 14 to inspect the heating system. T hey are m aking tentative plans for some courses to be offered at Sum m er school.
