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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1941)
QHjnatwaa (Üaletibar <( ► ◄ ► ► ◄ < ► ► > w ◄ Dec. 19__4:15 p.m. Christmas vacation begins; 7:30 p.m. Basketball game at Camas; 7:30 p.m. Soph- omore playnight,sponsor,Miss Griffith and Soph- omore sponsors Dec. 20__l:00 p.m. Grade school week-end duty, Miss Chambers; Boys town day; Christmas pro- gram practice Dec. 21__7:30 a.m. Late breakfast begins from 21st to 28th inclusive; 9:15 a.m. Church service; 7:30 p.m. Christmas program Dec. 22-_Christmas Preparations begi Christmas Carols; 7:30 p.m. Emplo party Dec. 23-_6:00 p.m. Basketball game at Dec. 24__7:30 p.m. Christmas Tree in gki Dec. 25._9:00 a.m. Catholic Church; 7 Dance in gym, Mrs. Black, Mr. Schi< n erons Dec. 26_. 2:00 p.m. Intra-Mural Sports i Hall: Dec. 27-_ Grade School week-end duty, 1 2:00 p.m. Intra-Mural Sports; 7:30 j. ’ictu show Dec. 28_-9:15 a.m. Church services; Campli duty, Mr. Wilder; 1:00 p.m. High schoollb^ s a nd girls show in Salem, Mrs. Black and Mr. Schie- nost, sponsors Dec. 29.-8:15 a.m. School resumes Dec. 30.-7:30 p.m. New Years Eve show; 10:00 p.m. New Years Eve dance; McNary and Winona chaperones, Mrs. Hauser and Miss Morse Jan. l__7:30 a.m. New Year’s Day Breakfast Jan. 2-_School; 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Freshman play night, sponsors of Freshman in charge Jan- 3__Grade school week-end duty, Mrs. Salter- 12:30 p.m. Girls town day, chaperon, Miss White Jan. 4__Campus duty, Mr. Berry; 9:15 a.m. Church services; 1:00 p.m. Boys show; 7:30 p.m. Chapel, Supt. Jackson in charge Jan. 6__7:30 p.m. Basketball game to be announced ► ◄ £ ◄ 2 ◄ ◄ money is used for food and some of it goes to candies, etc, for the children and they also often reserve some for the New Year’s Eve celebration. The entire tribe is very happy at this time of the year and rejoice. They dance till day break on Christ- and on New Years.—W ilbur W olfname Christmas Letter Dear Santa, As you make your rounds on Christmas Eve And are down Chemawa way S Do you suppose that you could leave T tese gifts for these students Christmas day? A rattle for baby, A baby doll for Marge, A new wig for Al Davis „- -- < For And a & W ill do for M. 4 New Bibles for axwe And his whole congregation, ► More records for Bing, > 4 Mucha, the great sensation! A new fiddle for Murphy, J ► A bow of Ereaux for Champ, > A louder bell for Miss Semanski, 5 ► And a Cake for LaCompte! 4 ► Rose Mary wants a “bird” named Larry, £ Ethel wants a sack of Rice, ► A little Tommy gun for Clarkie, ► A Penny for Jaunita would be nice! ► ◄ For Sandy Beaudry and his gang > 4 Some “Callee ’n stuff” would be swell, J And bring along a Johnny cake For a girl named Laura Courville Gee! Santa, I will sign off here Christmas Feast of Northern ’Cuz I can’t name the rest, Cheyenne Tribe The Everyone’s been so darn good this year The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Tongue River Just bring them all the BEST! reservation gather at their community halls on Yours truly, Christmas day to enjoy their Christmas feast from B. C. N. U. their annual money donations through their various P. S. I know you'll come in your sleigh recreations. So please bring lots of snow along There are four districts on the reservation and all For me don’t want more rain for Xmas Day districts have the same program. They elect the Gosh! wouldn’t that seem wrong? officers to supervise the tribe’s celebration. The Mr. James Shawver has been appointed director officers are entitled to give away the presents which include horses with pretty shawls, blankets, etc. of defense for the Chemawa campus and with the covering them. During the time of donations some other members of the defense committee have been people give away cattle. On Christmas the tribe making regulations concerning use of lights and the donations of money in each district amount to over observance of blackouts for Chemawa.
