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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1951)
The Chemawa American HOMEMAKERS CORNER Skill in measuring and ability to do things more accurately are two things which we have improved in. Our class periods go quickly as we are always busy We seventh graders have tried our hand at making light bread and find that it isn't so hard, after all. We have also been studying "main dishes" for a meal, such as Spanish Rice, and "Macaroni and Cheese." In our theory work we have learned the proper way to wash dishes, and studied about habits, neighborhoods and communities. Our 9-B Foods class has only six members in it. We have finally got ten to make a cake. We have been looking forward for a long time to this. We were responsible for the making of the cookies which were served at Winona hall's open house. Hope no one holds that against us! The late spring snow has caused a great demand for mittens from the Chemawa girls. Several pairs have been made in the sewing classes. They have been decorated with gay bits of yarn. When these made their gala appearance on the campus they gave other girls an inspiration and many more were made. Now that we feel that spring is just around the corner, our thoughts turn to new clothes. It is surprising what one can do with a few yards of material, a needle, thimble, and a pair of scissors. Some of the Home Making classes have been making posters and auto graph albums.—Berniece Ryan, 10B. The eighth grade girls have been dividing their home ec time so that they have done many interesting things in one day. Thirty minutes are spent doing book work, then we sew for one hour and fifteen minutes, a rest period of ten minutes during which time we enjoy an apple; this is followed by an activity period during which we make posters and other interesting things and, last, we do our details. Thus our morning time is well used. HOSPITAL NEWS Chemawa School rated headlines in the Salem papers on February 19 with "Flu Epidemic at Chemawa School." Aver a period of two weeks 270 cases were treated. Our 49 bed hospital overflowed with beds in the halls, waiting rooms and surgery to give us a 62 bed capacity. Wards were established in both McBride and Mitchell halls. Three practical nurses were employed for each dor mitory. McNary and Brewer halls had fewer students ill so the older chil dren helped care for each other un der the supervision of the matrons. Dr. Stone and Mrs. Seawright visited the dormitories twice daily. The sickest children were transferred to the hospital. The splendid coopera tion of all employees and students made it possible to give good care to all the children and the employees who were ill. This seems to be the year when we have had a little bit of every thing. We have had several cases of 3-day measles, 10 cases of chick en pox and more developing. Mumps seem to be reducing in number. McNary staff cared for two cases of mumps in their "Private room with bath" during the flu epidemic. This is a good time to check your smalloox vaccination. A severe case of chicken pox is hard to differenti ate from small pox. A good small pox scar is your and my best protection. 4 to 5 year re-vaccination is now being advised. Dr. L. Fisher, government dentist, has completed two months of work at the dental clinic. A lot of good work has been done and many of our students are appreciative of the services given. We wish Dr. Fisher could hav^ snent another two months with us. The dental needs of our students are great. Dr. Fisher is now working at the Warm Springs Board inn school. Miss Mary Lou Jansen, staff nurse, has been detailed to the Colville Reservation hospital. She left us just before the flu epidemic hit us. We need her now but the isolated hos pitals have a far greater need for well-trained nurses and that is the reason she is there. During the flu epidemic we were fortunate in obtaining the nursing services of Mrs. Veronica Legacy, nee Veronica Chamberlain, who Graduated from Chemawa in 1939. She had her nurse's training at St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland and has been on the nursing staff at Tacoma Indian Hosoital until her recent marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Leg acy are making their home in Salem. NAVAJO TRAIL WHAT WE ARE DOING IN SHOP We have lots of work on at the shop. Some of the boys work on wood, tin, and leather work. There are many other things we work on in our shop. Four of us are starting our work on leather. The other four boys have almost finished their leather work. That is what we learn at our shop.—Peter Mark. GETTING A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER Last Monday our teacher helped the boys to fill out their application for a social security number. There were nine boys who filled out the ap plication. When you want to work on the railroad or some other place you must have a social security card. It will help you get a job much quicker. Also, that social security number must be your number the rest of your life.—Joe Badoni. VISITING AT THE FARM A few days ago we went to visit the farm. Mr. Friend took some pic tures of us. First, we went in the dairy and we saw some cows and calves. After that the girls went to Home Ec. Then we went to the ma chine shop. Mr. Noel showed us how to use the blow torch to cut steel and he showed us the tools. When we came out of the machine shop we met a plumber. He was working on some pipe and he told us the names of the pieces of pipe. The last thing we did was to go to the fire truck. Some of the boys got on the fire truck and Mr. Friend took a picture of it. Then we came back to our classroom.—John Goldtooth. MEETING AT KOLA TEPEE On Monday afternoon, March 5th, all the grade school teachers went to a meeting at Kola Tepee. Dr. Murphy, who is executive director of the mental health association of Ore gon, and Miss Consuelo Gosnell, of the Area office, were guests. Miss Cleora Helbing, associate supervisor of Indian education, was also pres ent. While the teachers were gone, Miss Morse and the seniors came to take care of the different grades. Eleanor Charley and Raymond Pete came to our room. Eleanor read a story to us. It was about taming animals. All the children tried to be good. At 3:15 p.m. we all went to the gym and watched the big boys ploy volley boll. It was fun to watch them. We all had a very good time. —Marion Dick, Grade 5.
