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.