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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1941)
from the Vocational Departments C arpenter S hop : The boys have been doing mostly all outside work so far. They have shin gled Mr. Pepper’s garage, a wood-shed, and our school onion house. But in addition to this, they said that they picked spuds, too. T ailor S hop : Boys in the tailor shop have been busy making bus-drivers uniforms. They have received two orders for uniforms, one came from Phoenix, Arizona, and the other from Potowa- tomi, Kansas. The first order will soon be ready to ship. P aint S hop : The painters have been painting beds and tables. The paint shop is being remod eled by the carpenters. Mr. Wilder now has a special art room for this class in the paint shop. The paintersand Mr. Wilder extend their thanks to Mr. Mason and his boys, Harvey Whitfrod, Harold Dilts, Owen Grant and Wilfred Teton, who did such a fine job of remodeling. B akery : The bakers have been very efficient in keeping the school well supplied with bread and pastries. This year the bakers are Harold Joseph, George Rice, and Louis Youngman. B arbering : The barbers this year are “old timers,” having taken it last year. They are: Louis Beaudry and Arnold Adrian. The barber shop is only open in the mornings. D airying : The boys taking dairying this year are: Chuck Lawrence, Charles Lyle and Horace Small. “Chuck” exhibited a cow in the 4-H division at the State Fair and won first prize in Marion County and second prize in the State Exhibit. HomE Ec: This class of girls have spent most of their time practicing their knitting. When they have had a little more practice they will be taken to the Red Cross in Salem where they will choose the articles they wish to knit for National Defense. This class includes: Marie Nic holson, Shirley Allen, Gloria White, Irene Four Bear, Mary Dick, and Barbara Capaman. studying commercial patterns, drafting, and parts of the machine. They will soon start their problem which is to be children’s under garments. F oods : These girls have started their study of the breakfast unit and have prepared one simple breakfast. They will soon start on the study of cereals. The everyday living class (9-B) has been working in the cannery. F oods (11-12): These classes have been very busy canning. They have canned nine day pick les, bread and butter pickles, green tomato pick les, and Chow-Chow. Besides this, they have also canned five kinds of preserves. This can ned food will be used for the Practice House. Miss White and her students are very proud of their laboratory since it has been redecorated. Tahola Students Crate Canned Salmon for Shipments to Way Points The Tahola home room, headed by Mr. Sal ter, last week sorted the canned fish and pre pared for the various shipments. The fish was sent by Indians from Toppenish, The Dalles, Celi- lo, and other distant points to be canned in our can nery. The school furnished all the equipment necessary for canning a n d by agreement with the Indians retained half of all fish canned. The cans were packed in cardboard boxes, 37 making up one crate. The labels were stamped on the boxes, completing the preparation for ship ment. The ratios on these different shipments ranged from 40 one lb. cans to over 400 cans. The fish was canned by students that were detailed to the cannery. The Tahola home room was chosen for the preparation of the shipments because they are from that part of the country where fishing is a booming industry. Grade School Activities The primary graders are engaged in partof a farm project, that of Raising chickens. This’s A rts and C rafts : This class is busy making entirely run by Stiem. Grades one to four are ornamental pins. Their first pin is a little tom partly responsible for feeding and caring for tom made in a clever manner. The girls have these chickens. Fourth graders on up are chiefly also given reports on Indian lore. responsible for the caring of the chickens. They sell the eggs which goes to pay for the necessary C lothing : The eleventh, tenth, and eighth supplies in poultry raising. grades have had interrupted work right along d'^e The kindergarten is also making useful arti to the need for help in the school cannery. cles for themselves, like making toys and other Mrs. Johnson’s class of sophomores ha <ve been playthings.
