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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1950)
4 DORMITORY NEWS McNARY HALL The boys of McNary Hall wel comed Mrs. Sadie Mitchell "home" January 20. Mrs. Mitchell is head matron at McNary. She has been ill and has been recuperating at the home of her daughter in San An tonio, Texas. Mrs. Ann Bjorg, sister of Mrs. Mitchell, with the cooperation of the boys, has been temporarily in charge of the boys' building during Mrs Mitchell's absence. Unit one leader, Reginald Wells, won the Unit award for having the most points lor the second quarter. The boys enjoyed a show at a Salem theater. These unit award trips are financed through the sale of pop and candy in the building evenings. Under the supervision of Mr. Hud son and with the cooperation of the varsity basketball players, an intra mural program is reaching out to all the fellows who have not had experience on the court or have not been interested in the sport before. As a result there are some exciting games which result in close scores which furnish an evening's entertain ment for all participants. These games teach the boys the funda mentals of the game, keep them oc cupied, and are an excellent place to demonstrate good sportsmanship. Raymond Pete and Rodney Davis of McNary Hall have been helping in Mitchell hall by aiding the little men in organizing their details and teaching them how to become lead ers. Ernest Lane, Milton Tatowat, and Franklin Lewis are the little men leaders in Mitchell hall McBRIDE HALL The McBride hall officer girls have a party every month for the most outstanding group Maxine Elwell's Group 5 won the first one. The girls in Group 5 were the best all around citizens. We played games, served sandwiches and punch. The officers v/ere the entertainers. On Saturday, December 17, Mc Bride hall girls had a very happy afternoon. First of all, we had many visitors. They were members of the American Legion Auxiliary from Troutdale, Oregon We were all readv for them at 1 30 in the down stairs play room. Alice Alexander, vice president of McBride hall, wel comed the guests with a little talk, then Roberta McDevitt took charge of the program. Bonnie Morton twirled, Vera Davis said a poem, Viola Sohappy and Joan Alex sang and there were other numbers. Then our guests gave to the McBride hall The Chemawa American girls an 8mm movie projector and screen. Alice said "Thank-you" and invited everyone to have punch and cookies. The table had two lighted red candles and a little electric Christmas tree on it, which was so pretty. The officer girls served and all the girls behaved real nicely. It was a ver ynice party and we are all so glad to get such a wonderful Christmas present for all the Mc Bride hall girls to enjoy. Every other Monday night we have movies in our rumpus room. The house officers picked out the shows they wanted to see. There are shows about travel, cowboys, scenery, car toons of Mickey Mouse and many others. This week Mr. Ashcutt showed us some pictures he took last spring at the school picnic. He also showed pictures of the Indians in Oklahoma, the scenery in Arizona, New Mexico and Vancouver, B. C., where he had visited. The McBride girls also now have a pop corn popper. It is electric. The group that wins this time will get to pop corn All the girls are trying their best to win. It's going to be hard to choose the best one. If evervone is good they'll all get a turn. The of ficer girls already have had a pop corn party. We have been buying many nice things for McBride hall with the money from our candy fund. We are getting our dormitory fixed up better all the time. This is what we have bought: little ruffle curtains for the front door windows, a lamp and vases and pictures for the front hall which makes it look pretty. We also bought the pop corn popper from our candy money. Now we're aoing to buy a 50 foot roll of film and Mr. Ashcutt is aoing to ta^e movies of McBride hall girls in action. We will be glad to see ourselves in the movies when we hove our shows on Mondav nights McBride li'tle girls have manv new things in the playroom to have fun with They ran keen house and cook and have plav meals. They got many new tovs such as dishes, ironing boards, irons, stove, ref’"’aerator, doll buagv. dolls, cooking dishes, knives and forks, furniture, carnet sweener. Thev have a aood time, thanks to all the '"¡nd people who remembered us at Christmas time WINONA HALL Congratulations ao tn I onise C. Benally and her Unit VIII for win ning thn last Unit Award trip to Salem. The girls enioved the double feature at the Caoital theater. So Hr Units U, I, IV and VII respectively, been the winners The Rec room paint job is finished Jeanette Blade and Joye James have made it look very gay with two green walls, two gray walls and red woodwork. They also did the ping pong room in the same colors, 'they should be very proud of how well they did. Now the house councillors are painting their rooms. Jeanette and Imogene's is coral, Eulalie and Joyce have deep rose with Janice and Georgianna in sunshine yellow. It is hard to say which is the pretti est. They have painted the wood work ivory which makes the rooms so much lighter looking than with the original dark woodwork. 'Nation Ball" is the popular game to get a lot of girls out for Intramural sports. The sophs seem to be the champions in this game. Helen George, sports councillor, oicked out g team of basketball play ers that defeated the gym class bas ketball team the other night. From these players a Chemawa girls' team will be chosen to play the Deaf school soon. The Winona hall house councillors, along with Miss Challis, sorted, wrapped and name-tagged all the many Christmas gifts for the McBride and Winona hall girls received from the clubs in the Salem and Portland communities. It was quite a job but thev are glad to be "Santa Claus's ’ ¡ttle Helpers" at each Christmas time. Georgianna Young, Winona hall house president, presided at the Winona hall Christmas Eve program of songs presented in the candlelight beside the huge Christmas tree. AU of the girls participated in the sing- ing with Janice Rambeau taking the solo parts and Mrs. Johannaber at the piano. Nettie Racine said the noem, " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas," very effectively just be fore the arrival of Santa Claus. The pep band and girls' pep squgd gttended the basketball game at Salem. A good time was had by all, even though the bus broke down and it was a cold, cold night. Card games, jacks, jig-saw puz zles, Chinese checkers, animal rum my, checkers, dominoes, monopoly are some of the many names the Winona hall girls were glad to have Santa Claus leave them at Christmas temi. The dance records for the rec ord plaver were appreciated, too. Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Shipshee, Mr. French, Miss Morse, Miss Koske, Mr. Begay and Mrs. Hardy have in spected Winona hall on Saturday mornings at Formal Inspection time. Winona hall girls appreciate it when employees accept their invitation to come to Winona hall to see how well they do their housekeeping.
