THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
News Briefs
Mrs. Lillian Bristow, from Tule Lake Relocation
Center, is to be the girl’s adviser when Mrs. Ivy
leaves to join her husband in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Chemawa Hi Y, sponsored by the Reverend
Allen Wilcox, has formed a basketball team which
competes with other church teams from Salem.
Mr. Stanley Poch took over his new duties as
chief clerk on September 10. Before coming to Che
mawa he was employed in the Indian Office in
Chicago. We welcome Mr. Poch and his family to
the campus.
Recent guests of the Shepards were Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Gritts of Farragut, Idaho, and Mr. Irving
Shepard of Seattle. Mr. Gritts was wounded when the
Franklin was struck off the coast of Japan and is
convalescing in the naval hospital at Farragut. The
Gritts and Shepards were formerly neighbors at
Haskell Institute.
Preston Bell, former student at Chemawa, and his
wife, the former Sina Thompson, visited the campus
on January 8. Mrs. Beil is a graduate of Chemawa
and was employed as matron at Brewer Hall for
some time before she entered the WAC, in which
organization she saw foreign service. Mrs. Bell is the
sister of the boys’ adviser, Mr. Coquelle Thompson.
Captain Milton James, son of Mrs. Mary James,
is visiting with her during his terminal leave. Capt.
James is a former Willamette university student
and is graduate of Salem high school and Kansas
university. He entered the service February 13,1942,
at Fort Lewis, Washington, and was sent to Texas
for training. He took his officer’s training in Caro
lina, and was sent overseas from California. He was
in Hawaii for thirty months working in the field of
radar. He is the holder of the Bronze Star. Che
mawa welcomes him back.
Fred Rickard, class of ’29, was discharged from
the Marine corps in November, 1945, and has re
turned to his family on the campus. He has re
enrolled at Oregon State college. Mr, Rickard was
overseas 29 months with the 2nd Marine division
participating in the Tarawa, Saipan, and the Okin
awa campaigns. He was wounded at Saipan. While
recuperating at the Naval hospital in Hawaii he
met Henry Courville, former student, also recovering
from a leg injury. Mr. Rickard visited the grave of
Louis Beaudry in the marine cemetary on Saipan.
Mr. Rickard was formerly boys’ adviser here.
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All for Fun—Fun for All
The “Fall Carnival” was a very gala affair on the
Chemawa campus on the eve of November 16,1945.
The decorations were carefully planned and exe
cuted to add a luster to the booths.
The doors opened at 7:00 p.m. and the first places
visited were the pop and refreshment booths. Hot
dogs, fruit rolls and coffee seemed the way to any
one’s heart.
The high spots were the bingo and fortune tell
ing booths. They were most popular all evening.
Many came out smiling, others were not quite so
happy.
The cake raffle was quite a thrill. Most everyone
wished their number would be drawn because the
cakes looked delicious.
Everyone was as friendly as possible to the
vistors helping them mix into our crowd very well.
The financial returns gave us great pride because
we know everyone had a grand time.
We may consider ourselves fortunate having
such a fine staff of employees with which to work,
because it took everyone working together to make
the carnival a success.
"This ’n That”
We wonder why our “senior class president”
enjoys Saturday nights in Salem?... What train did
you run into Tommy? Was it the N.P., S.P., or
R.W.?... What is it that has Lillian H. up in the
clouds lately?... Bobby, what happened to the side
burns? Didn’t she like you asTurhan? ... Spud and
Baby, do you often work at the barn after church? ...
Fred M., couldn’t be the pretty lights that are so
attractive in Salem, could it?... Who is this “Con
nie” we hear so much about boys? . . . Wonder
where R.D. picked up the name “Doodles”?... A
certain 10-B girl has to send to New York for that
"special soap”. . . What’s wrong, Herbie, can’t you
make up your mind? Senior or sophomore?
What’s in a name?-- Tuney, Calvin Picard . . .
Woody, Bobby Eickmeyer . . . Keetso, Big John
. . . Edgar, Oliver Henry, (oh,oh)... Van, Chester
Ashman . . . Gin, Minnetta Simmons . . . Doodles,
Delicate Dumore . . . Hayseed, Bernita Hayward
. . . The Voice, Holy Joe . . . Ritta, Genie Wolfe.
We all wondered why Terry did so well in the
Golden Gloves Tournament but now we know.
(Millie is back.)