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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1949)
radio broadcast, sponsored by the "Double Trouble Blew a Bubble Chewing Gum Com pany." We are proud of our prom which depicted Beautiful Hawaiian Nights. Club Eleven sponsored by Mrs. Jeanette Hauser and Miss Morse did much toward making it a suc cess for it was the untiring ef forts of this club made up o* Juniors that made many of the decorations that added to the beauty of the affair. Our fare well to the class of 1948 was the singing of "Now Is the Hour" at the close of the prom. Ernestine Lane, Leora Plummer and Phyllis Miller were Birthday Princesses once more. In the field of sports we were repre sented by Victor, Lawrence, Vernon, Danny, Ralph and Jim mie in football. On the basket ball court were found William, Vernon and Victor. While on the baseball diamond William, Ralph, John and Victor could be seen doing their bit to bring honor to the Red and White. Phyllis took up the task of being a cheer leader to further school spirit and foster good sports manship Joan Adams and Leora Plummer joined our ranks as Juniors. September 1948; at last our goal loomed high on the hori zon and we were conscious of the fact that we were organiz ing for the last time as students of Chemawa Indian School. Many of our former classmates took the paths of least resist ance and dropped by the way side. Perhaps they thought we had set our aims too high. Our number was reduced to a mere fourteen but, as the old saying goes, "It's an ill wind that blows no good," our good came when we found new classmates ready the Department of the Interior. and willing to join us. They Turning our spotlight to athlet were Barney Hyde, Helen ics, we find Vernon, Ralph, Dan Campbell, and Alvin Settler, so ny and William on the football with our new found friends we team; Vernon, Barney and Wil set out with more determina liam on the basketball court; tion than ever to reach our goal. Vernon, William, Ralph and We were on the depot platform Barney again on the baseball to welcome the Navajos to our diamond with Coach Francis Alma Mater. The Seniors started Kettleson leading the way. The the year's activities by present girls got into basketball too this ing a blackface minstrel show year and we find Leora, Freda for an assembly. We took this and Phyllis on the girls' team. assembly to Turner crs an ex Phyllis again was one of the change program. New Years cheer leaders for the "Braves." found us as sponsors of the Lettermen in the Senior class Penguin Hop vzith all the hilar are John, Ralph, Lawrence, ity that goes with a New Years Danny, Vernon, William and celebration. Miss Morse and Victor. As a gift to the school Mrs. Hauser took us to see from the senior class we donat "Stars In Stripes," a program ed $65.00 toward the amplify presented by inmates of the ing system which we know al! Oregon prison to benefit the of you will enjoy, during social Our senior breakfast Infantile Paralysis Fund. The hours. Seniors also did their bit for held in the Home Ec May 3 this good cause by selling food was yum! yum! Skip Day to and pop at a benefit dance. the "World's Crab Center," Three of our classmates, Phyllis Newport, was a day we will Miller, Ernestine Lane and Le never forget. Now that our school days are ora Plummer, were seen in the royal court at the Birthday cele drawing to a close, we can only bration of Chemawa's sixty hope that our years ahead of ninth birthday. To get a peep us will be as happy and suc into where our future might cessful as those we have spent lead, Miss Morse and Mr. Hud in school. Our advice to the son took us to view college life. Senior Class of 1950 is well ex We visited Pacific College at pressed by the old Greek phil Newberg, Normal School at Mt. osopher when he said, "There Angel and State Teachers' Col is no royal road to learning," so lege at Monmouth. We have keep on digging; it is worth it. been responsible for collectina To our many friends we hope and editing the news so that that you will count each of us our readers might enjoy the as a link in your friendship best school paper in the North chain. Thus we bring to a close west, "The Chemawa Ameri the list of important events in can." Two very special events the lives of seventeen seniors during our senior year were during their four years of high our attendance at Governor school. McKay's reception and the Open House at Chemawa for Helen Campbell the Centennial Celebration of John Crane 8
