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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1950)
The Chem awa American SHOP TALK AUTO SHOP Th© au to shop b e g a n the y e a r w ith one senior, three juniors, six sophom ores, a n d three N avajos on the class rolls, m aking a total of thirteen, the larg est class for sev eral years. The N avajo boys . tak e au to m echanics for one hour a , day, this b e in g their third y e a r a t C hem aw a. They are Joe Lee, Jimmy Dickson a n d Lewis Silver. A com plete Ford V-8 en g in e h a s b e e n p u rc h a se d for u se in the en g in e lab o rato ry a n d ’after it is set u p with all the accessory system s, so, th at it will .run, it is to b e u sed as; a p ra c tic e job in d isassem bling, servicing a n d assem bling. The boys g r e : p re p a rin g to take the sta te driving tests so a s to o b ta in their o p erato r's licenses, w hich is one of the goals of the au to shop. cords, m aking tow el racks, fixing screens a n d re p a irin g the b leach ers on the athletic field. The boys hope soon to b e a b le to work on individual projects. PRINTERS Printers h a v e finished work on the 1950-51 handbook, w hich this y e a r features the school y e a r calendar. A g ro u p of seventh g ra d e rs have com pleted their initial jobs on poetry a n d p a ra g ra p h com position a n d h a v e h a d their first experience w ith proofing, correcting a n d distribution. They a re now w orking on a series of assignm ents involving aligning a n d centering type groups. Ralph Scott h a s b e e n practicing p laten press feeding. He h a s also b e e n distributing type arid sp acin g m aterials u se d on the handbook. Loretta Q uam pts a n d Jean Pichette, seniors, did the stitching a n d trim m ing on- the handbooks. INDUSTRIAL ARTS SHOP There a re 14 junior high in the in dustrial arts shop. They a re learn in g a b o u t the care a n d u se of the most im portant tools. The class h as m ade a n d P ain ted m an y articles, including pin g -p o n g p a d d le s for the first a n d second g rad es, letterm en's p ad d les, a n d a b en ch hook. These projects h av e all b e e n m ad e w ith h a n d tools. Those enrolled in the cla^s a re 7th grade; Jake Gilbert, Terrv L afayette, t ester L o w d eii Leonard Q uenelle, Roger , McKenzie, C harles Morton, Franklin W ilbur, Timmie W hipple, a n d Frederick Reed. From the 8th grade: C lyde Sam p son, C laren ce Hen+horne, a n d Llovd Sanders, The ninth g ra d e b o v s . in clude Farrell G allin eau a n d Frank Spe’arson. STIOE SHOP The shoe shoo h as a n enrollm ent of 12 boys. At the p resen t time these b o ’rs. gre b u sy learn in g the proper m ethod of nutting h eels a n d soles ■ on sh o es. Thev • a re also • repairin g d re s s ...shoes, football shoes, a n d boots. The- boys are learn in g how to do le a th e r craft, too. Some of the new boys a re startin g to m ake belts w hile the older boys a re working on w allets, book coverings, a n d album s. CARPENTER SHOP The c a rp e n te r shop h as three boys enrolled in class—-Ernest Lewis, se n ior, Clifford Matt, junior, a n d K enneth Thompson, n ineth grad e. The work of the c arp en ter boys h as b e e n most- lv re p a ir work a n d such jobs a s lay in g cem ent sidew alk b ack of the new duplex, te a rin g dow n a double g a ra g e .which is to b e rebuilt soon» a n d sm aller jobs a s rep airin g sa sh ELECTRICIANS E lectricians h av e b e e n b u sy lately rew iring old buildings, rep lacin g in side a n d outside lights on cam pus buildings, fixing hot p lates a n d irons. O ur latest job is putting in iron outlets in the W inona hall laundry. D elm ar Hickox a n d Alfred Hawk a re second y e a r students, w hile Rob ert Patterson, Everett Jones a n d Rob ert Kirk a re getting their first taste of electrical work. Mr. L ester Bolton is our instructor. PATNT SHOP The pain t shop boys h av e b e e n getting the shop in order for a b u sy school y ear, refinishing class room furniture a n d rep airin g individual lockers. The p a in t shop class room h as acq u ired new a n d up-to-date text books for the a d v a n c e d students. J u n io r H ig h N o t e s WHAT MY FRIEND MEANS TO ME A frierid m eans som eone I c a n trust a n d tell m y troubles to arid one w ho will try a n d help m e out w hen I n e e d help. A friend corrects the w rong things that I do a n d tells me the right things. A friend helps m e to m ake m ore friends. A friend is alm ost like a brother or cousin to me. W ith a friend I c a n h av e fun. If a friend is not a bully h e ca n get alo n g with others a n d I c a n get a lo n g w ith him too.—Frank L aPena, 7th grade. 3 MELODY LANE BAND NEWS Bright a n d early in the m orning of S eptem ber 19 the b a n d h eld its first p ractice a t 8:00 a.m. They h av e con tinued this practice ever since. The b a n d m ad e its first a p p e a ra n c e on Septem ber 29, w hen it p la y e d for the Mill City - C hem aw a football gam e. The sev en m ajorettes tw irled a t the half. The b a n d this y e a r h as 48 members,- a s com pared w ith 42 m em bers last year, of w hich 37 are girls a n d 11 boys. New m em bers in clude Irene Joan Sicade, Frank Pays, C harles W ym an, M yrna Monroe, Del- m a Jean Gird, Patsy Ochiho, W alter Moses, Philom en St. G oddard, Lloyd Sanders, John Thorpe, Frank L aPena, P eggy W ashington, D althea Miller, Rose McDougal, C aroline Millett, H enrietta C harles, Yvonne Yepez, R am ona Calvin, Darroll Unive, Leon a rd Q u enelle a n d Jaqueline Ann Pyne. The Pep b a n d , consisting of 10 m em bers, is in full sw ing practicing on M onday a n d W ed n esd ay ev e nings. They m ad e their first public a p p e a ra n c e a t Jefferson on O ctober 6 w ith the Pep squad. DO W N ON THE FARM The a g boys h av e b e e n very bu sy since school started, keeping their tractors, harrow s, plow s a n d disk rolling to .g e t in the fall crops. These crops h a v e all b e e n p la n te d b y the Ag boys w ith the help of one em ployee. The d airy cows are producing m ore milk this fall than ever in the past. This is proof of the very fine care th at th e d airy m en a re giving them. The a p p le pickers a re right in the m iddle of g ath e rin g the crop a n d from the looks of the a p p le trees it seem s a s though C hem aw a students will not h a v e to go hungry for a p p le s this w inter. The Ag boys a re grateful for the help the g ra d e school boys h a v e given them in g ath e rin g the fruit. Two new m em bers h a v e b e e n a d d e d to the Ag staff. They a re Mr. B radburg who is em ployed in the dairy, a n d Mr. T. J. O'Brien, a g ric u l ture teacher.
