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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1951)
The Chem awa American SHOP TALK BAKERY Issuing from the b a k e ry comes the delicious odors from fresh b read , cakes, pies, a n d various other p a s tries. Every d a y there: a re two groups w ho work in the b a k e ry u n d e r the g u id an ce of Mrs, .A ugusta Sanders. In the mornings': the. b o y s w eig h in gredients, roll dough a n d b a k e the cookies. The afternoon group which is com prised of the senior girls, b ak e bread,, start cookies, cut b r e a d . a n d cak es a n d clean , the b akery, W hite o r ' w hole w h eat b re a d is b a k e d daily. It- tak es 1000 loaves of b re a d to su p p ly the dining room for one w eek, a s on a n a v e ra g e forty- eight loaves of b re a d a re u sed at one m eal. W hen buns, biscuits or rolls a re served th e re -is lots of roll ing to b e done a s it tak es 1200 buns, rolls or biscuits for a m eal. V arious kinds of cookies a re m ade in the bak ery , included a re sugar, oatm eal, a n d alm ond. Six hu n d red cookies a re u se d a t a m eal or 2,635 a re n e e d e d for a w eek. W hen it com es to cak es they a re m ad e an d w e ig h ed fo r-th e pans.. Six pounds of cake b a ite r m akes tw elve cakes w hich are;-cut ■ into 600 pieces. The kinds qf cake most often m ade, are chocolate, spice a n d yellow lemon. The last Friday of e ach month b rin g s ab o u t the b irth d ay cake which, is divided am ong the students h a v in g b irth d ay s th at month. Coffee cak e is w eig h ed ? five pounds of d o ugh to a p an . There a re tw enty-five p a n s o f . coffee cake b a k e d ’a t one time. On W ed n esd ay m ornings a n d afternoons 100 pies a re b ak ed . Among those m ost often b a k e d w e find fruit, berry, a n d dif ferent cream pies. AUTO SHOP The au to h av e b e e n re p a ir the work m ust possible. shop "G re a se M onkeys" very b u sy lately h elping cars that come in. This b e done, a s quickly as - R e m e m b er th e a u to sh o p a s s e m b ly th a t w e g a v e a./short- tim e a g o ? W ell iu st so th a t v o u will re m e m b e r th at w e a re still h ere w e a re p la n n in g to give an o th er one spo'n. This y e a r the auto shop sta rte d w ith the follow ing boys in a tte n d ance: R odney Davis, ' Jim . C oburn, C harles S. M alotte, G ale H ow ard, Clifford C ase, Thom as P atchpe, Joe Smiscon, Robert Patterson, K enneth S u p er a n d H ughie Monroe. 'K enneth Super and- Clifford C asé' d e cid ed to ch a n g e sh o p s' a t .: the 'end. of ; the quarter. W e think all- of us a re doing w ell in the auto shop a n d th a t w e are le a rn in g m ore a n d m ore every day. O n sunshiny d ay s w e h a v e driv in g lessons for 30 m inutes e a c h day, b u t w ith all the ra in w e h a v e m issed a lot of our lessons. W e hope to start in a g a in w h en the w e a th e r clears. ELECTRIC SHOP O nce a w eek the boys of the elec tric shop check the outside lights on every bu ild in g th at h a s them a n d rep lace a n y b u lb s th at a re b u rn e d out. - That is routine w ork in con nection w ith the tra in in g in re p a ir ing of electrical a p p lian ces. Two of the boys, Al H aw k a n d Justin. Pinkham, c h a n g e d th e serv ices to the horse b a rn dow n on the farm, O w ens Y allup an d L eonard W as sise a re the radio m en, .they study in the radio room, a n d talk to e ach other b y Morse code íó r '‘d n hour e ach day. N early all the boys h ad a project to work on. Some m ad e electrom ag n et motors w hile others m ad e cry s tal radio sets. Al H aw k is our stu d ent shop foreman. SHOE SHOP The shoe shop h a s a n enrollm ent of ten boys. They a re all w orking e a g e rly to re a c h perfection in a tta c h ing invisible soles on shoes. These b oys a re fam iliar with all the m a chinery in the shop and. a re now learn in g how to op erate the Landis stitcher. 3 HOMEMAKERS CORNER NAVAJO PROGRAM The girls, in the sp e c ia l N avajo Program h a v e b e e n tak in g p a rt in a v ariety of activities th a t w ill h elp them w h e n th e y g e t out on th e job. For exam ple, the fourth y e a r girls took th e project of c le a n in g a hom e recently. This hom e h ad, a v ariety of rooms to b e studied, a den, a fireplace, a n upstairs, also a b re a k fast nook. C lean in g a g e n ts, c le a n ing equipm ent a n d m ethods of pro cedure w ere studied. The third y e a r girls w a n t to u se m ore E nglish in their Home Econom ics classes, so w e h a d a team of two d em onstrate th e m a k in g , of a sim ple dish to their classm ates. O ne girl ta lk e d w hile th e others w orked. Then they c h a n g e d around. The other m em bers of the class a r e .a n x ious for their turn to come so th ey ca n dem onstrate. JUNIOR HIGH NOTES Friday, N ovem ber 16th, the 8th g ra d e girls h a d a te a ccnd e n te r ta in e d all the classes in the Home Ec a s w ell a s Mrs. Cronk a n d Mrs. Brannon. The girls b a k e d cookies a n d m a d e coffee w hich they served. The ta b le w a s d e c o ra te d w ith a n a rra n g e m en t of colored le a v e s a n d berries. C hristine T hom pson' a n d L av en ia Johnson p o u red w h i l e Louise Thornton w a s hostess. Shirley Johnly, M artha McKee a n d Julia Jackson w ere w aitresses. The p u r pose of j this te a w a s not only for enjoym ent b u t also w a s used, a s a stu d y unit o n ' serving a t such an affair a s w ell a s le a rn in g how to a c t as, a g u e st- -• BOYS VISIT HOME EC O n W ednesday, D ecem ber 5th, all the boys from the 7th through the 12th g ra d e s h a d a lesson in "p arty m anners," a t the hom e ec. E ach g ra d e cam e a t a d e sig n a te d time a n d h a d a lesson on how one should act a n d w h a t one should do a t p a r tie s .1 The bo y s a sk e d m a n y q u e s tions a n d follow ing the discussion the boys h a d a ch an ce to go to a p a rty ta b le a n d p racticed w h at h a d
