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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.