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The Chemawa American
Boxers Win at Eugene
In the third week of November Mr. Ashcut called
for boxers to turn out. Twelve boys with weights
irom 105 to 160 pounds reported. One week later
they entered the Pacific (’.oast AAU tournament,
losing out three in the quarter-finals and one in
the semi-finals.
Another week passed by, then they journeyed to
Eugene. There they scalped their opponents 5-3,
Richard Burke winning a sensational TKO. On
January 10 they go hack to Eugene and on Jan
uary 11 to Woodburn.
Standouts are Carrol Gensaw, Curtis Stacona,
vVillie Gensaw, Ray Pete, Richard B”rke, Kenny
Sain, Fred Whitewolf and David Shellal
The Football Banquet
On December 12 the football banquet was held
in Hawlev hall. Those who attended were Mrs.
Brannon, Mr. Aaron. Mr. Sanders, Mr. Julian Smith,
Mr. Hampton (our football coach ). Mr. Vandenort
(our basketball coach), Mr. Abell (the toastmaster),
and. of course, the football players.
The banquet was prepared and served by the
senior girls under the direction of their home econ
omics teacher, Mrs. Lena Cronk. Was that meal of
Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, buttered peas, gravy,
hot buns with butter, milk and coffee with apple
pie good? It makes the mouth water even to think
of it.
The banquet was followed by talks, stcries and
jokes by Mr. Abell, the other guests, the coaches
and Captain Joe Jay Pinknam.
The Jamboree
On December 7, a jamboree was held at the Wil
lamette University gym. The following schools
were represented: Chemawa, Jefferson, Gervais, De
troit, Aumsville, Turner, Gates, Mills City, St. Paul,
Sublimity and Hubbard. Each school gave its school
yells and songs. St. Paul won a trophy for giving
the best yells.
Our Chemewa basketball team played against
Jefferson and won the game the w ith score of 14-2
in favor of Chemawa, winning the best team trophy.
The basketball team is making a good showing
in the ffB” league. A full report will be given in
the next issue.
Rickards Visit Former Chemawa
Employees on Holiday Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rickard and Jean spent the
Christmas holidays in California. They spent Christ
mas day in Chico with Mrs. Rickard’s father and
sister. Going on to San Francisco they visited. Miss
Rosalind Cruise and Miss Stella Wentzel, former
Chemawa teachers. Miss Cruise is now connected
with the Veterans Administration and Miss Wentzel
and her brother are operating a radio repair shop.
They also learned that a former barbering student
here, Rudy Maysee, is employed as a hail stylist at
the Emporium, one of San Francisco’s largest depart
ment stores. On the return trip the Rickards spent
New: Year's Eve with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gastineaii
and family at Ashland, Oregon. Mr. Gi.stineau was
a former coach at Chemawa.
Christmas at Winona
Christmas Eve at Winona was a very happy one,
The girls ah came down to the living room and
with their very best manners. We had guests (that's
what the manners were for.) The freshmen girls put
on a play for the benefit of the guests and the girls.
Mrs. Weigel ami Mrs. Sanders were in charge of
the entertainment. The girls were kept in suspense
a long time waiting for old Santa, but finally the
old fellow came. You could hear him a mile off. Af
ter he gave out the presents, everybody was happy.
Christmas Musical Program
On Friday evening, December 28, under the di
rection of Miss Sylvia Dorwtiler, an excellent mu
sical program was given in the high school audi
torium. The theme was Christmas Carols down
through the ages. Boysand girls from sixth through
die twelfth grades who participated may- feel justi
fiably proud of their work in this activity.
Auto Mechanics Visit Salem
The auto mechanics went to Salem on an educa
tional trip. First they went to the National Batterv
factory in West Salem. They went through the place
and found out how a batteiy is put together and
how one is repaired. Then they went to see the
Ford dealer at the Valley Motor company. This
firm buys and sells Fords. We learned a great deal
from this visit.