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4 The Chemawa American MINSTREL SHOW BIG SUCCESS Ag Item s EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO MT. ANGEL CREAMERY O n O ctober 25 the 10th, 11th a n d 12th g ra d e Ag b oys w ent to the Mt. A ngel cream ery. W e saw how they m ad e ch eese a n d pow d ered milk. In m aking p o w dered milk, the w a te r is tak en out of skim milk b y m ean s of a hot v at w hich ev ap o rates the w ater. W e saw the ch eese w hen it w as re a d y to b e p ressed a n d covered w ith w ax. The ch eese w as then put into a cooler. O n our w a v b ack w e w ent to Mr. Thom as' place to see his Hereford pigs. He h as q u ite a good stock. MR. BRUSH. NEW DAIRYMAN Mr. L aw rence Thom as resig n ed from his position O ctober 26, to take one n e a r his home in Silverton. Mr. Joe Brush, of the Pipe Stone school, is the n ew d airy m an a t C hem aw a. Students of the agricu ltu re d e p a rt m ent h av e b e e n w orking h a rd in p rep aratio n for their class a n d indi vidual projects. They h av e com pleted them now a n d p en s a n d feed a re re a d y for use. W e w an t to w elcom e Mrs. Tom Kizziah to C hem aw a. She retu rn ed with Mr. Kizziah following their m ar riag e la st month in Texas, w here Mr. Kizziah sp en t his vacation. O ur b a rn s a n d agricu ltu re b u ild ings a re very attractive in a g leam ing n ew coat of paint. VISIT LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION O n O ctober 6 w e w ent to Pacific International Livestock Exposition. On our arriv al w e m et Mr. LaVatta, Mr. M urray a n d Mr. Tisinger. After w e w ere adm itted w e im m ediately w en t to the stock ju d g in g show. There w e tried to pick the stock a n d p lace them the w a y w e thought, bu t som e of our g u e sse s w ere not right. But w e found out w h at to look for a n d how to judge. (Ralph C harles, Gr. 12) W e all w en t to the livestock sale w here they w ere auctio n in g hogs a n d beef cattle. The g ra n d cham pion The Senior class sta rte d the y e a r's assem b ly program s w ith a p re se n ta tion of “Community M instrels." It w as p resen ted a g a in a t Turner high school a s a n ex ch an g e assem bly program a n d the senior class m em b ers received wild a p p la u se through out "both shows. Mr. V incent Matt did the p art of Sheriff Holdem, the Interlocutor; W illiam B elgarde w as Jake, the first right end-m an; F reda Bent w as Minnie, second right end- w om an; Vernon Lane w as Spinach, first left end-m an; Florence Inga- w a n u p w as S arah, second left end- w om an. John C rane took the part of Mose; Alvin Settler, of Ned. Vernon Lane, Florence In gaw anup, W illiam Belgarde a n d Phyllis Miller sa n g sp ecial solos in addition to several num bers by the entire chorus. Instru m ental num bers w ere furnished by W illiam B elgarde, Victor Jackson an d Vernon Lane. At the T urner show ing of the Min-, strels, ap p ro p riate nam es of Turner instructors a n d students w ere in serted, rep lacin g C hem aw a nam es, thus ad d in g a p p e a l a n d local color. BEGINNERS ARE HAPPY The b e g in n ers a re h a p p y to have Viola S ohappy in school a g a in . Viola w as in the hospital for two w eeks b e c a u se of a broken arm. H om e Economics FOODS LAB GIVEN "NEW LOOK" The senior girls h av e given a “new look" to the foods lab oratory I b y m aking new curtains a n d p ainting ta b le tops a n d stools in m atching colors. They a re trying out a new plastic finish called "W ipe-O n." If this proves to b e a s satisfactory a s it prom ises, w e hope to use it on our floors a n d other work surfaces. There a re three divisions of 9th g ra d e girls taking hom e econom ics clothing. O ne division is b e in g in structed by Mrs. James. The other two a re tau g h t b y Mrs. Jeannette H auser. Some of the 9B girls are m aking skirts for their assem bly program . . INTERESTING MOVIES BOOKED FOR DECEMBER D ecem ber ’ prom ises C hem aw a students a n d em ployees some u n usu ally fine m ovie-going en te rta in ment. “Fort A pache," a n RKO pro duction, is scheduled for D ecem ber 4. W e w ere fortunate in b ein g a b le to book “The M iracle of 34th Street" for D ecem ber 11. On D ecem ber 18 “Road to Rio," a P aram ount picture, will b e featured a n d a Metro Gold- w yn-M ayer production, “This Time For K eeps," will b e show n Dec. 25. NINTH GRADE NEWS sold for $1.50 a pound a n d the re serve cham p for 61 cents a pound. (Joe Felsm an, Gr. 11) I m ade a choice of a bull but, not know ing m uch ab o u t them, did n 't do so well. The one I picked cam e fifth in line. I w as kind of d isg u sted a b o u t my bull com ing in so low a n d didn't know w hether or not to try to pick an o ther w inner. But I did try a g a in a n d did a little better, putting my calf in fourth place. After that I thought I w ould w atch a n d see how the ju d g es p la c e d them a n d why. They sure naijied out a lot of places I n ever looked in judging, therefore show ing how m uch I d idn't know a n d w ould look for next time. (Don Ram- b e a u , Gr. 11) W e elected class officers a n d s e lected students that w e ca n d ep en d on. We chose Violet Lane, president; W illiam Shellal, vice - president; N ancy Butler, recording secretary; W ilm a Celes'tine, corresponding sec retary; Rodney Davis, treasurer. Ser- g ean ts-at-arm s a re Billy B ourgeau a n d V esta Lane. O ur reporters a re N ancy Sam uels, Delores Tashwick, Rosalie W ilkinson, Jim D em psey a n d L aura M ae C onw ay. (C ynthia Switz- ler) Mrs. Pearl Jackson, of Beatty, O re gon, visited w ith her sons Victor and Robert, students a t C hem aw a, last w eek. The junior class g a v e a n im pres sive Armistice Day assem bly.
