The Chemawa American
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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P ub lish ed d u rin g th e school 'y e a r b y
C h em aw a In d ian School.
A ddress all
com m unications to the C h e m a w a A m erican,
C h em aw a, O regon. P u b lish ed in acco rd
a n c e w ith th e Interior D epartm ent A ppro
p riatio n Act, 1940, a p p ro v e d M ay 10, 1939.
S ubscription 50c a y ear.
Russell M. Kelley, S uperin ten d en t
Miss B eatrice M orse, Journalism Sponsor
A llan S h e p a rd , Printing Instructor
And therefore, I, W illiam Bradford,
(by th e g race of G od today,
A nd,the franchise of this good people,
governor of Plymouth, sa y — . I
Through virtue of v ested pow er—ye
shall g a th e r w ith accord,
And hold in the month of November,
thanksgiving unto the Lord.
—M. J. Preston.
STUDENTS WELCOME
NAVAJO GROUP
W elcom e to C hem aw a! C h em aw a
stu d en ts w elcom e the n ew students
from N avajo-land, w ho cam e a long
w a y to go to school. W e hope they
like C hem aw a.—John C rane.
Hi, g uys a n d gals! W hat's so in
teresting a ro u n d here lately? Look
ing aro u n d the cam pus one m ay see
m an y n ew students,- They a re the
N avajo boys a n d girls from A rizona
a n d New Mexico. W e students at
C h em aw a a re h a p p y to w elcom e
a n d h av e them here a t our H appy
Home. So, N avajo boys a n d girls,
don't b e too lonesom e for your home.
You try a n d w e will help you to
m ake your stay here a h a p p y one.
—Joan Adam s.
NAVAJOS LIKE CHEMAWA
There a re 93 N avajo boys a n d girls
a t the C h e m a w a Ind ian School. It is
our first time a w a y from home. W e
cam e from A rizona a n d New Mexico.
W e like C h em aw a very much. We
a re h a p p y b e c a u se w e a re in school.
O ur teach ers a re Mrs. Hill, Miss
Koske, Mrs. Detrick.
O ur teach er-in terp reters nam es a re
Mr. A skan, Mr. B egay a n d Mrs.
Brown.
—Frank G oldtooth
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W in o n a s A ctive
W inona Hall girls w a n t to publicly
thank Mr. a n d Mrs. M ason for the
m an y bfeautiful bo u q u ets of flowers
they h av e so generously sent to the
dormitory. The flowers h av e ad d e d
g re a tly to the enjoym ent of all.
Unit II h as w on the unit a w a rd trip
tw ice so far this year. The girls e n
joyed a movie in Salem e ach time.
C ongratulations to Ernestine Lane
and? her girls. McBride high point
girls w ent along on the trip also.
S everal em ployees h av e b e e n very
kind in accepting the invitations of
the girls to m ake the formal in sp ec
tion of the girls' dorm itories on S at
u rd a y morning. The girls ap p re c ia te
this in terest a n d w an t to thank Mrs.
Barnette, Miss Koske, Mr. Johannaber
a n d Mrs. Howard.
Intram ural gam es of b ask etb all
a n d volley ball a re in full sw ing
every T uesday a n d T hursday night
in the gym for W inona hall girls.
Jeanette Blake, W inona hall sports
councillor, is a b u sy girl keeping all
the team s, athletic shoes a n d girls
in the right p laces a t the right times,
b u t m uch enthusiasm is b e in g show n
am ong all concerned.
W inona hall house council has
b e e n m eeting e ach w eek over coffee
a n d cookies a n d h a v e decided m any
things for the im provem ent a n d h a p
p iness of the girls living in the dor
mitory. E rnestine L ane is house presi
dent, H elen G eorge vice-president,
a n d Joan A dam s secretary. O ther
m em bers of the house council a re
Unit Councillors G e o rg ian n a Young,
A gnes T ahkeal, Loretta Hawk, W a-
n ita Kiona, Joan A dam s, F reda Bent,
A bbie Jane Begay, Jeanette Blake
(sports councillor) a n d C larice Mc-
Covey (read in g room).
Regional Officers Call
E. M organ.Pryse, reg ional director,
a n d G eorge P. LaV atta, regional
trib al relations officer, w ere a t C he
m a w a N ovem ber 9 on a tour of in
spection.
Miss Ella Roberts a n d Mrs. B.
Brice, of Portland, w ere visitors at
C h em aw a recently.
GRIDDERS WIN
TWO, TIE ONE
C hem aw a w ent through the foot
ball seaso n w ith only five letterm en
to spark C oach K ettleson's g am e but
green outfit. Ray Pete, V ernon Lane,
D anny Foster, H orace Ironpipe a n d
Ralph C harles a re the vets who le a d
their team m ates to a total of two
victories a n d one tie for the seaso n
in B le a g u e play, w inning from Tur
n er a n d Aumsville a n d tieing with
Marion. The boys really found them
selves w hen they dum ped the potent
Aumsville crew on Sanders field Ar
m istice Day.
Twenty-five m en w ent out for foot
ball this y e a r a t C hem aw a. The line
up included C. Matt, left end; R.
Davis, left tackle; W. Shellal, guard;
H. Ironpipe, guard; G. Williams', cen
ter; I. Goodwin, right tackle; H. Hood,
right end; R. W ells, fullback; R.
C harles, left halfback; V. Lane, right
halfback; W. Belgard, quarterback-
V. Lane, captain.
TAKES NURSE TRAINING
M arie Jones, former C hem aw a stu
dent, w rites Mrs. Seaw right that she
is enjoying her n u rse's training.
M arie g ra d u a te d from a Spokane
high school last soring. She received
a scholarship a n d en tered the nurses
training school a t St. John's H ospital
in H elena, M ontana, in Septem ber.
CONVALESCING FROM ACCIDENT
. Doris Mowitch, 11th g ra d e student,
is convalescing a t the T acom a Indian
hospital. Doris w as injured in a n
autom obile accident la te last sum
mer. She hopes to return to school
in January.
PREVENTION IS STRESSED
M any of the new stu d en ts a re re
ceiving diphtheria im m unizations.
This treatm ent consists of a Schick
Test to determ ine w hether or not the
child is im m une to the disease. If
the test is positive, the student re
ceives 3 to 5 injections one month
apart. The num ber of doses d ep en d s
upon the stu d en t's age. It is so e a sy
to prevent this d re a d e d d isease. Pre
vention is to b e stressed in all com
m unicable d iseases.