The Chemawa American
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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published during the school year by
Chem awa Indian School.
Address all
communications to the Chem awa American,
Chem awa, Oregon. Published in accord
ance with the Interior Department Appro
priation Act, 1940, approved May 10, 1939.
Subscription 50c a year.
Russell M. Kelley, Superintendent
Mrs. Nell V. Brannon, Principal
Miss Beatrice Morse, lournalism oponsor
Allan Shepard, Printing Instructor
HOME LIVING
WINONA HALL
Winona Hall girls are very happy to
h a v e . Mrs. D avis a s their new . matron.
Mrs. Davis' home is in Salem, Oregon.
Mrs. Chambers and Miss Grider have
been to our dormitory to make the Satur
day inspection. We are alw ays happy
w hen the em ployees can come to our
dormitory to inspect. W e're proud of our
clean building.
Loretta Quaempts has recently becom e
Councillor for Unit III. She w as also
elected b y the Council to be Secretary of
the House Council. All of the Senior girls
are now Councillors.
Eleanor Charley and Tullulah Tulee
went to Salem last Saturday to pick out
new records for the Gym and for Winona
hall. They did real w ell in their buying,
selecting 11 new recorrs for the Gym and
9 for Winona hall. All the girls are very
pleased with the "boogie" and "waltz"
records.
Christmas w as a busy time but very
nice this year, at Winona. There w ere a
lot of nice things sent from different clubs,
stores and schools to the girls. So the
Councillors a n d Miss C hallis h a d to sp en d
m any hou rs fixing a n d w ra p p in g a n d
nam e ta g g in g th e gifts for e ach girl.
W inona h a ll Councillors got all the Mc
Bride hall gifts re a d y , too, a s a C hristm as
gift to them. The R eading room really
looked like S a n ta C la u s' w ork shop for
ab o u t tw o w eeks before C hristm as. The
girls of W inona h all a re a lw a y s very
thankful for the m any nice things people
send. It is a p p re c ia te d b y everyone.
The com m ittee in c h a rg e of th e C hrist
m as eve p rogram h a d every th in g w ell or
g an ized a n d carried out. The committee
w as Tullulah Tulee, chairm an, N ancy But
ler, E leanor C harley, a n d Julia Sakota.
The p rogram Was a n n o u n ced b y Tullulah
Tulee, She w elcom ed the visitors a n d
everyone joined in singing sev eral favorite
Christm as carols. Yvonne Scott sa n g a
solo, "W hite C h ristm as," G erald in e a n d
Jean Hamlin a n d A llene G ray harm onized
"W inter W o n d erlan d ." The g irls' choir
sa n g two num bers a s did the 8th g ra d e
girls, w hich w ere very b eau tifu l. Nettie
Racine sa id " 'T w as the Night Before
C hristm as" very effectively in h e r nig h t
gow n a n d cap. The program closed w ith
m ore carols b y everyone. W inona hall
girls w a n t to th an k Mrs. Jo h annaber for
play in g the piano for th e program . S an ta
C laus cam e in to w ish all the girls a
"M erry C hristm as." After the program ,
e ach girl received a b ig candy sack treat,
then the Units w en t to v arious p a rts of the
dorm itory for their little Christmas, eve
parties a n d distribution of gifts. Lights
w ere not out until 10:30 p.m. C hristm as
eve.
The following Units h a v e w on the A w ard
Trip so far this y e a r in the order they
h a v e won: Units VI, V, III a n d IV. W e
hope e ach Unit g ets to win. Sylvia Win-
nier a n d h er Unit IV h a d their trip in
January, alth o u g h they w on the a w a rd
for Decem ber.
W e a re very h a p p y to h av e R ebecca
Andy back a t school. She enrolled last
week.
-During the C hristm as vacatio n the. fol
low ing w ere visitors a t W inona hall: Mrs.
Q uaem pts a n d d au g h te r, Mrs. M arkussen
a n d Mrs. W illiams, Ellen Henry, Iris John-
ley a n d sister. They w ere all here to visit
W inona hall girls.
D uring the holiday season there w ere
so m any activities th a t for ten days in a
row there w a s som ething going on a t
night—so one evening w e w ent to b e d at
9:00 to g et ca u g h t u p on some much
n e e d e d sleep.
The pop corn tre a t w as w on by Units I,
VII, III, a n d II. W e're hoping the other
Units will g e t it some time this year. Let's
b e good citizens a n d then w e 'll be sure
everyone g ets the treat.
Since half of the y e a r is gone, Miss
Tedlock counted the Excellent R atings in
H ousekeeping for the rooms. So far the
follow ing rooms h a v e the most Excellents:
50 (Julia Sakota, N ancy Butler)2-bed room;
for for th a n tw o b ed s it is 39 (V era Davis,
V era A braham , W ilma O lsen, Delores
Allen, Elsie Allen, Rose M arie John). Room
50 h a s the most excellent points so far this
y e a r in the dormitory.
The H ouse Council h a s m ade a schedule
for the House M eetings for the rest of the
y e a r for e ach Unit to p u t on a program .
Jan u ary 21 w a s Unit III a n d IV w ith Sylvia
W innier a n d Lor.etta Q uaem pts in charge.
F eb ru ary 18 will b e Unit II a n d VII with
T ullulah Tullee a n d Joan Smith in charge.
M arch 11 w ill b e Unit VIII w ith Louise
B enally in ch arge. April 15 is Unit V w ith
N ancy Butler in c h arg e, a n d on M ay 6
will b e a n A m ateur Hour for all girls,
w ith E leanor C harley in ch arg e. At these
program s there is a House. M eeting first,
then it is turned over to the C ouncillor and
h e r Unit. Units I a n d VI h a v e a lre a d y
perform ed.
At in tram u ral the girls hav e b e e n p la y
ing b ask etb all. I t ' w ould b e more enjoy
able. for everyone if all the girls w ould be
good sports, L et's m ake a special effort
to b e good sports a t all tim es, b u t esp e
cially in connection w ith SPORTS.
Interior—C h em aw a School, C hem aw a, Q regon
Loretta Q uaem pts a n d Sylvia W innier
h a v e really b e e n w orking — they have
sa n d e d a n d varn ish ed all the furniture in
their room. It looks nice, girls!
The H ouse Council spent a p a rt of one
m eeting discussing movies th at th ey w ould
like to h a v e put on the list to b e show n in
the auditorium next sem ester. Anyone who
h a s recom m endations for m ovies should
tell their Councillor so w e can h av e a
good list.
Julia Sakota a n d N ancy Butler a re the
new s rep o rters for this month for the
C hem aw a American.
McBRIDE HALL
The y e a r of 1950 h a s end ed a n d w e are
startin g a new y e a r of 1951. W e hope it
Will b e a h a p p y y e a r for all of us. We
know that it will b e if every McBride girl
is a good citizen a n d tries to m ake other
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So far w e hav e now h a d tw o A m ateur
program s on M onday nights. Mrs. Fischer
cam e to the la st one a n d h elp ed to judge
w hich w a s the b est perform ance. The
judges can u su ally tell which, is the b est
by the ones th a t get the most ap p la u se .
M ary Ellen W ym an, M arie Thomas, Lucet-
ta H ahn a n d R egina G odow a have, w on
prizes on the A m ateur hour.
The girls of McBride a re g la d that they
got their report c ard s for the first sem ester.
Some are going to .work a lot h a rd e r so
the report- will b e better.
Christine Thompson a n d Beverly Morin
w ent to Salem one S a tu rd a y a n d selected
some records for McBride hall. Christine
a n d Beverly a re McBride officers so they
w ent w ith tw o W inona h all Councillors to
look for p h onograph records. They m ade
good selections a n d McBride girls liked
them. They hav e b o u g h t some racks to put
the records in, so th a t they can b e checked
out easily a n d not g e t broken. They use
some of the records for dancing up in the
"rum pus, room " a n d the others a re just
to listen to.
G roups I a n d II w on the p a rty for being
the best citizens, in D ecem ber. The House
Officers g a v e them a n ice cream party.
McBride girls h a d a very M erry Christ
m as. E ach girl received sev eral presents
a n d then th e re w ere m any gam es, toys,
furniture, a n d other things for the play
room. Christm as eve S a n ta C laus cam e for
the program a n d sta y e d to h elp p a ss out
the presents. The program w a s enjoyed
by m any visitors a n d the girls p u t on a
good program . McBride girls got a candy
tre a t for C hristm as a n d then an o th er tre a t
for New Y ear's day. W e .w ant everyone to
know that w e sa y "th a n k y o u " for the
nice C hristm as that w e h a d a t McBride
hall. •
VZe a re still h a v in g our m ovies every
other M onday night. These a re some of
the reels w e h a v e seen: “ O ld Dog T ray,"
"F ishing F u n /' "Sim ple Sim on," "T hree
Bruins M ake M ischief," "E lep h an t Round
u p ," "T exas R a n g e r," "In the P ark ," an d
others.