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AMERICAN
Vol. 49
Chemawa, Oregon • January, 1949
QUEEN CANDIDATES
Candidates for Chemawa Birthday
Queen have been chosen and will
be voted on during the week of Jan.
31 - Feb. 4. The winning candidate
and hei court of four will not be re
vealed until the night of February
25 when last year's queen, Esther
Skahan, will place the coveted crown
on the brow of Chemawa's 1949
Birthday Queen.
Who will it be? The choice will be
made from this group.
Loretta
Sohappy, Isabelle Patchpe, Eleanor
Charley, Tallulah Tulee, Jeanette
Lewis, Eulalia Minthorn, Agnes Tah-
keal, Janice Rambeau, Georgianna
Young, Loretta Hawk, Ernestine Lane,
Leora Plummer, Florence Ingawan-
up, Helen Campbell, and Phyllis
Miller.
COUNCILLORS HOLD MEETING
A joint meeting of Winona and Mc
Nary councillors was held in the
senior high school room on January
5. Mr. Kelly, Mrs. Brannon, Mr. Hud
son, and the following councillors
were present: Vernon Lane, Victor
Jackson, Reginald Wells, William
Belgard, Donald Rambeau, Ralph
Charles, Ernestine Lane, Georgianna
Young, Freda Bent, Loretta Hawk,
Florence Ingawanup, Agnes Tahkeal,
and Helen George.
The purpose of this meeting was
to get acquainted. Mr. Kelley com
plimented the students on the fine
cooperation given by them.
We have about three one one-half
months of the school year left so
what do you say, kids; let's get in
there and finish the year success
fully and happily.
Betty Jo Brannon, who is attending
the University of Oregon, spent the
Christmas holiday with friends and
relatives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
She was among those marooned at
Denver, Colorado, by the storms and
was a week late returning to school.
ANOTHER LAND MARK PASSES
The Southern Pacific has sold the
depot at Chemawa and it, at this
writing, is being dismantled. Mr. R.
G. Henderson, our storekeeper, is
the purchaser.
The depot was built in Chemawa
in 1904 or 1905. Mr. Henderson was
the first agent, receiving $35 a month
for his services. Mr. Frank Pender
grass and Mr. S. H. Francisco each
served as agent for a considerable
period and will be remembered by
the old-timers. Mrs. Ella Swink, the
last agent, came to Chemawa in the
early 1930s and remained here until
she retired December 15, 1947. Since
that time the depot has been closed.
SKATES APPRECIATED
No doubt we should have an am
plifier to broadcast "The Skaters'
Waltz" as young Chemawa goes
breezing along on the four dozen
pairs of roller skates that were al
lotted to the school by the Office of
Education through Dr. Beatty. There
were also, in the package, 100 offi
cial soft balls and about 50 sets of
jackstones, to please the young fry.
We appreciate them all very much.
UNUSUAL WEATHER
We wonder if the people of Che
mawa and the surrounding territory
should not change their theme song
from “Old Man River" to “Old Man
Weather." The campus of Chemawa
has recently been adorned with
snowmen of varying personalities.
Prior to the snowstorms we shivered
in the icy blasts of the cold winds.
Yes, Chemawa is having “unusual
weather."
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
Youth fellowship members went to
Pratum to a youth rally Sunday, Jan.
16th. Florence Ingawanup, Mary Lou
Davis and Victor Jackson were lead
ers in the service
No. 3
PENGUIN HOP ENJOYED
The New Year's Eve dance was
held in the gym, December 31. The
dance began at 8:00 p.m. and lasted
until 12:30 a.m. for the Senior High
students.
This dance is sponsored by the
members of the senior class each
year. The gym was beautifully dec
orated. A large Christmas tree, glow
ing with many lights was placed in
the center of the gym floor. A silver
colored tree with a spotlight thrown
on it furnished a background for Mr.
Matt's orchestra. The ceiling decora
tions represented a snow storm with
patches of sky showing through.
Penguins, with varying personalities,
were seen all around the walls, com
bined with “Happy New Year"
greetings, Old Father Time and Little
New Year were also cleverly inter
woven in the decorations.
All the junior and senior high
students attended the dance, besides
small groups from McBride and
Brewer halls and a few employees.
Refreshments, prepared by the
senior girls, were served at 10:00
p.m., after which the junior high
students returned to the buildings.
Dancing continued until 12:00 m., at
which time the New Year was heart
ily welcomed in with “Auld Lang
Syne" by the orchestra and a rattle
of noisemakers and blare of horns
intermingled with serpentine and
confetti from the dancers After the
noise subsided, all returned tired
but happy to their respective build
ings. This being the last dance of
Leap Year, the girls escorted the
boys to the dance. The reverse was
true in 1949
A greeting card was received from
Christine Edwards. She writes that
she hopes to be back in Chemawa
soon. Christine is one of our students
who is at the Cushman hospital in
Tacoma. We hope to see Christine
soon