The Chemawa American
MELODY LANE
BAND ITEMS
The Pep band played at the bas
ketball tournament which was held
at the Willamette gym
Donna
Stone and Leoda Plummer did some
twirling. Little Bonnie Morton, of the
third grade, did solo twirling. She
has been asked to twirl for the Tur
ner Community show.
The Pep band played at the sixth
grade assembly on March 9.
The present members of the Pep
band are as follows: Laura Mae
Conway, clarinet; Vincent Matt Jr.,
corne’; Imogene Washington, cornet;
Gale Howard, baritone; Marthella
Stahi, tenor sax; Margaret Sampson,
bass; Nettie Racine, cymbals; Re
becca Andy, bass drum; Alta Mc-
Cash, snare drum; Mr V. Matt, trom
bone and director.
The newly organized grade school
band has been assigned seats and
instruments in the band room. At
present the band is practicing in
tv/o sections but will soon be re
hearsing together They are in hopes
oi being ready to play one or two
numbers v. hen the High school band
gives its annual spring concert in
May. At that time the grades will
feature their grade school twirlers.
With the closing of the basketball
season, the band is busy practicing
for their concert which will be held
March 17. This date is the birthday
oi the Chemawa band.
The band plans on entering the
class "C" band meet which is to be
held at the Salem High school build
ing April 22. The band will play
three selections, "Golden Glow" ov
erture, "Passing of the Red Man"
and "Normal" march
The band is also working on two
numbers which were written by
band director I S. Loos, when he
was director of the Chemawa band
about 1915
The band has been trying to rub
out the rough spots with the aid of
the tape recorder and phonograph
records.
A party is being planned for the
band members March 18 This was
an old custom and the new band
will try to revive it
SPORTS BY PLUMMER
Chemawa Braves lost three and
won five of their league games for
a tie in the League conference for
second place.
The League games were as 1fol-
lows:
Oregon State Deaf 25 Chemawa 45
Chemawa 26
St Paul 21
O S D 14
Chemawa 32
St Paul 25
Chemawa 27
Chemawa 32
Gervais 45
Jefferson 34
Chemawa 29
Chemawa 30
Gervais 35
Chemawa 34
Jefferson 20 _
Chemawa entered the tournament
where they were defeated two nights
in succession.
Sublimity 40
Chemawa 22
Jefferson 25
Chemawa 24
The top scorers for the season were
as follows: Louis Belgarde 73 points,
Reginald Wells 48 points, Roger Sa-
tanus 41 points, William Shillal 36
points.
Coach Patterson called for the
baseball plovers and thirty-five boys
turned out so baseball is in full
swing now. The first game has been
scheduled with Gervais
SUPT. KELLEY RETURNS
Superintendent Kelley has return
ed from a trip which took him to
Washington, D. C., where he at
tended to school business. While
in the east Mr Kelley also attended
a meeting of the National Educa
tional Association conference held
at Atlantic City, New Jersey
Mr. and Mrs. William Patterson
left for Seattle, Wash., on March 6.
Mr. Patterson was called to Seattle
by the death of his grandfather.
HAVE PICTURES TAKEN
The membeis of the Junior and
Senior classes had their pictures
t f'en for the Commencement num
ber oi the Chemawa Amiian. Th’*
Seniors were attired in caps and
gowns for the event while the Juniors
were dressed in their Sunday best.
Miss Morse and Mrs Johannabor ac
companied their classes to Bishop's
studio in Salem, where the pictures
were taken
SHOP TALK
The 7th, 8th and 9th grade boys
are busy drafting and making vari
ous items by the use of hand tools
only in preparation for open house
to be held early in April. The stu
dents are making such items as let
ter "C" picture frames, book ends
and what-not shelves out of ply
wood. An educational trip has been
planned by the group to Lebanon,
Oregon, where they will see how
plywood is cut and put together on
a large scale.
The following boys, under the sup
ervision of Mr. Matt, are taking
woodworking:
Ninth grade—Vernon Henry, Ar
thur Hickox, Norman Eyle, Maurice
James, Charles Reed, Lester Herman
and Duayne McCurdy.
Eighth grade—Everett Jones, Leon
ard Hahn, Donald Hoptowit, Ralph
Scott, Kenneth Super.
Seventh grade — Merlin Geaiy,
Thomas Hugues, Clyde Sampson,
Edward Spott, Alfred Tashwick, Alex
George, Frank Pays, Mike Sorondo,
Allen Tahkeal, Lemoire Wahtomy
The boys in the carpenter shop,
under the direction of Mr. Caulkins,
are a very busy class. Among some
of the activities that they have been
working on in the line oi construc
tion are, construction of a new load
ing platform and a new stairway on
the front of the commissary, and a
small office for Mr. Suggs inside the
commissary. At the auto shop the
boys built a bed for the pickup that
the farm just received. In the plumb
ing shop the carpenters constructed
a room which is being used as a
class room for the plumbing boys.
Besides this construction work, the
bo”-: have been kept busy repairing
furniture and other items on the
campus.
The paint shop is in a state oi
renovation. A paint spray room is
Being built in the rear of the mam
shop and the class room is to be
decorated.
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Chomawa in 1880 consisted of
throe buildings located at Forest
Grove, with capacity of 75 pupils.
(From Feb 25, 1910, Chomawa Arn
oi icant