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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1947)
The Chemawa American Ags Visit State College On December 19, the upper agricultural students from Chemawa went on an all-day trip to Corvallis. There, they saw the different types and breeds of swine such as fat hogs, bacon hogs, and a new type of crossbred hogs. They also went over to the horse barn where the draft horses and registered saddle horses were kept. Then they saw the steers at another place. They had some Hereford and Aberdeen Angus. There, they fed them the foods required for growth and for beef. They went to the dairy barn which is reallv two big barns. They found that Corvallis has some good bulls and cows too. Their hay loft surely is a big place. Thev had hav, baled hay, and sacks of mix ed feeds. The Ag boys went to their museum, too. where thev had all sorts of old weapons, rugs, antiques, rocks, bones, birds, animals, and Indian costumes, baskets, and weapons. They had most everything in there. Of course nothing was alive. The Ag students are taking care of two calves which are half Holstein and half-Hereford. We plan to f <iten them to sell and buy some things for our club room. There is to be a small kitchenette at the back. The boys had a meeting and elected the following officers: president, Jimmie Chocktoot; vice-presi dent. De I ford Claim secretary treasurer. Leonard ( a ee. Many New Books In Library During last summer and this fall seventy new books have been added to our library. About nine hundred volumes recieved from the Japanese relo cation center at Fule Lake have been put on the shelves. The school has also recieved two hundred new textbooks. Mrs. Sanders Jr. has been busy mending book as she has mended forty so far. The magazines have been moved to another part of the librarv so she could make room for the additional books. Thrills Not long ago Spade Coolv, a former C. I. S. stu dent. and his cowboy musicians were at the armory in Salem. A number of Chemawa students were at the affair. Spade invited them backstage where thev had a nice visit with him and two other stars, Bol) Shannon and Billy Hill. Before the students left he gave each one his picture. It is rumored that Spade promised them he'd pay Chemawa a visit again some dav. ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ MAYOR MILLER Moving Days at Chemawa Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Tisinger, with their two chil dren. Richard and Catherine Ann, have moved to Portland. The big white house formerly occupied by the Tisinger family now houses Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Aaron and their children: the apartment vacated by the Aarons is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe J. Weminger. The twentv-four students enrolled in tenth grade have read 1 1 7 library books or an average of 4.6 per person. MarceleneGensaw, having lead 19 books, is aion leader. The Metlakatla, Alaska. all-Indian choir will sing at Chemawa February 8. 3 Jessie Miller, a Senior, who hails from the Klamath Falls Agency, is mayor for the Student Council.
