2
The Chemawa American
WINONA HALL
No sweet little voices could be
heard for a spell. It seems the "little
ole flu bug" made its rounds quite
well in Winona; only the "toughies"
stood their ground firm against the
"bug." But we're all back to normal
now, as you can well see and hear.
But I guess the "bug" just couldn't
leave without one more fling and
who did he pick on this time? Why,
Miss Challis. We all wish her a
speedy recovery.
’We thought spring was here but
we were all in for a surprise for one
cold, hazy morning, the word SNOW!
SNOW! was echoed up and down
the halls. All the girls are enjoying
it, especially the ones with Outside
Details. They are forced to take a
Detail Vacation and that they are
taking quite eagerly—lucky girls!
The girls are looking forward to
the spring evenings when they'll en
joy the outdoor sports and Wednes
day night hikes, but with all this
snow and; cold and flu we're quite
contented with the volley ball games
and basketball we play at Intra
mural.
Unit III is working for the Next
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published during the school year by
Chemawa Indian School.
Address all
communications to the Chemawa American,
Chemawa, 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, Journalism sponsor
Allan Shepard, Printing Instructor
HOME LIVING
M c B ride hall
This is our last report from Mc
Bride hall for this school year. We
were very shocked to hear about the
death of our beloved matron, Mrs.
Shoemate. The girls here miss her
very much. She was very fond of
the little girls. She loved them as if
they were her very own. The Shoe-
mate, Reifel and Ashcutt families
traveled
to Lawton,
Oklahoma,
where the funeral was held. When
they returned all the girls were hap
py to see them back again.
While Mrs. Reifel and Mrs. Ashcutt
were gone, Mrs. Matt and Mrs. Suggs
helped us at McBride hall. Mrs.
Shepard is still helping us. While
they were gone we had a flu epi
demic. All of the upstairs in McBride
hall was used as a hospital. There
were many girls sick. We had to
have extra people to help. Some of
the well girls worked very hard to
take care of the sick girls. It was a
hard time for everyone but now we
are happy that everyone is well
again. We are thankful that no one
was real sick.
During the time of the "flu'' we
couldn't have any parties, programs
or movies at McBride hall, but last
Monday we started again with our
movies. We saw "Chimp, the Fire
man" and "Sour Grapes." From now
on we will have the programs and
movies each Monday night. Mrs.
Reifel helped the girls make new
curtains for the stage in our "rumpus
room." The old ones had faded and
were too short. The new ones really
look nice
Ten girls from McBride went on
the Unit Award trip with the Winona
hall girls, Saturday. They had fun.
—Trena Super, News Reporter.
Unit Award trip so Loretta Quaempts
and her "gals" are really jumping at
any chance for extra work. They
helped Miss Morse clean up the
Library and are anxious for any
other odd jobs to do.
Unit II had to postpone their
monthly House Meeting program be
cause of the flu but they will put it
on in March. They won the Unit
Award trip for February also but
again the trip had to be postponed.
Tullulah Tulee is the Councillor for
Unit II.
Winona Hall went ahead with the
Open House on Feb. 22, even though
many had flu, and could not be in
the dormitory. The guest list wasn't
as long this year as last but the
girls were p’eascd with the fine
compliments paid them on their
rooms and the attractiveness of the
building. Sylvia Winnier and Loretta
Quaempts welcomed the guests with
Nancy Samuel in charge of the
Guest Book. Nancy Butler explained
the voting on the most attractive
room. Units I and II, in charge of
Eleanor Charley and Tullulah Tulee,
were the guides through the dormi
Interior—Chemawa School, Chemawa. Oregon
tory. Units III and IV presided in the
Dinette, where punch and cookies
(made by the Home Ec girls) were
served. Ioan Smith and Louise C.
Benally were in charge of the ballot
box. When the votes were counted,
Room 4 (Imogene Washington and
Ethelyn Placid) was the best 2-bed
room; Room 19 (Sylvia Winnier and
Loretta Quaempts) was the best
Councillor's room; Room 22 (Estelle
Swain, Ann Kenezeroff, Charlotte R.
Crane, Sarah Lewis) was the best
in the north hall downstairs; Room
43 (Lucy Bcgaye, Lula Boonie, Lillie
Boonie, Rena Tsosie, Mary K. James,
Dorothy Peter) was the best in the
upstairs south hall, and Room 34
(Jane Bedoni, Daisy Reeves, Fannie
Rose Smith, Phyllis C. Benally, Lilly
Bitsilly) was the best in the upstairs
north hall. All of the rooms were very
nice—it was hard to choose which
was best so it was a very close
contest.
The girls were all greatly shocked
and unhappy by the sudden death
of their little matron, Mrs. Shoemate,
on March 13. We extend our sincere
sympathy to Mr. Shoemate and
family.
Tullulah Tulee and Eleanor Char
ley are the news reporters for this
issue.
McNARY HALL
Have you ever lived in a hospital?
If you have never had the experi
ence, you should have been living
in the boys' dormitories during the
past month. We have had as many
as 100 patients in the dormitories at
one time.
This reporter thinks that perhaps
some of our boys took advantage of
the "flu" epidemic to get some much-
needed rest. He understands that
some of the patients have a way of
controlling their temperatures to suit
their purposes. How about it, Buddy
Williams?
They say the only sure cure for
this type of patients was one-half
portion of soup three times a day.
Their temperatures bounced up when
they saw their meals, but the cure
was the most important phase of
their illness. Oh yes, they had plenty
of water to drink, too.
At last the long awaited snowy,
white mantle has come to Oregon
and Chemawa. The Montanans are