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George Christian, who attended Chemawa 1935
to 1937, was recently a week-end Chemawa visitor.
He is now a barber in San Diego, where he makes
George Rice, Bkr. 1-c, stationed at Bremerton, his home.
Washington, was a recent campus visitor.
Pfc. Eugene Hoffer of the Marine Corps visited
Miss Ruth Jensen, a nurse on our hospital staff, the campus en route to his home on a 60 day fur
returned on Feb. 18 from her vacation. Miss Jensen lough. Gene has had no overseas duty but will be
spent her leave visiting at her home in Wisconsin. stationed at Bremerton, Washington. His discharge
Miss Goings and Ziebach celebrated St. Patrick’s will become final May 16, 1948. Dorothy Billings,
Day with a trip to Portland where they attended a former student, accompanied Eugene to Wapato,
the boxing finals and the Don Cossack chorus. Washington, where they will be married. We wish
Arnie Davis, Rdm. 3-c, a graduate of Chemawa both much happiness in the coming years.
Lt. Kenneth Van Pelt called on friends here this
class of 1944 and his sister, Caroline, were campus
visitors recently. Arnie was on leave from the Navy. month. He entered Chemawa in 1938 after grad
Mrs. Bertha A. Ellinger, superintendent of Indian uating from a school in San Francisco. He entered
Education, from Salt Lake City is on the campus. Chemawa for vocational training as a tailor and left
She is helping Dr. Tysinger get the books, recently the school in 1940. Kenny entered the service of
his country serving in the armored tank corps, in
received, graded.
Mrs. Rose Bronson (the former Rose Gray) and the ETO. He participated in the Normandy land
ing on D-Day. At the present he is at the Ft. Lewis,
son, Dean, visited Miss Peters on March 4. Mrs. Washington, hospital taking treatments for a leg in
Bronson was a graduate of Chemawa in 1922. Her
jury which he received while in service.
home is in Nome, Alaska.
Other recent visitors: Supt. Archie Phinney and
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Porter of Lapwai, Idaho,
Victor Fontenelle, chief clerk, of the Northern Idaho
were visitors of Miss Peters. Mrs. Porter, the former agency, Walter Sheldon, chief clerk of the Umatilla
Cecelia Smith, was a former Chemawa student. Mr.
agency, and Mrs. Sheldon; Supt. Evans’ parents, Mr.
Porter is supply clerk at Lapwai
and Mrs. Hugh Evans, of Malad, Idaho; Pressley
Fred Rickard, formerly boys’ adviser here, is now LaBreche, class of 1938, recently returned from over
attending Oregon State College where he is enrolled seas, and now employed by the Siletz office and
in the school of Forestry. He spent a week with his headquartered at Astoria; Professors Whiting an d
family on the campus during the spring vacation.
Cressman of the anthropology department, Univer
Mr. Wright Noel is home for a short stay. He is sity of Oregon.
returning soon to the Marine hospital in San Fran
cisco for further treatment for a hand injury suffer
ed some months ago in connection with farm duties. Mr. T hom pson R esigns
Mr. Coquelle Thompson, boys’ adviser, physical
Miss Sylvia M. Dorweiler, the new registrar and
music teacher, arrived at Chemawa and took up the education director and coach of all sports, here since
new duties on March 1. Miss Dorweiler was trans Sept. 6, 1943, resigned March 31 to go into private
ferred here from Santa Fe, New Mexico. We are
business in Eugene.
glad to welcome Miss Dorweiler to our school.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson received as farewell gifts
The juniors may not have been the first to go
swimming this spring but they think they were the an auto robe from fellow employees and a hand-
first to picnic. On Feb. 15 they entertained the carved table lamp from the students.
seniors and other guests at a picnic in Chemawa’s
Mr. Thompson made a worthwhile contribution as
Park. Everyone reported a fine time- Thanks, juniors. a boys’ adviser and w ill be greatly missed by the stu
“Books to the right of you, books to the left of dents with whom he worked. Also in the pysical ed
you, and Dr. Tysinger leading the way.” This is the and coaching program he made an enviable record.
impression we get as we make our way through the
stacks of books which Dr. Tysinger and his helpers His teams have brought home more then their share
have arranged from the many thousand volumes that of honors, including a state championship in B-
have come to us from Tule Lake project for dis League football.
tribution in this area.
Pfc. Jimmie LaRance of the Marine Corps and
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Leona Bell, were quietly married at Stevensville,
School will close this year on May 31, we are
Washington, February 27. Jimmie came to the camp
us en route home from duty in the South Pacific. advised by the Administrative Office. The Junior
Both have been class mates of this year’s Seniors. prom has been set for May 17. Baccalaureate services
They are now living in Portland. Jimmie’s discharge will be held May 26 and Commencement Exercises
will be final very soon. We extend wishes of hap
on May 29.
piness to them.
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