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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1952)
Vol. 52 Chemawa, Oregon • Nov., 1952 No. 1 SCHOOL BELLS RING The school y e a r 1952-53 got u n d er w a y in record m anner, Little tim e w a s n e e d e d to orien tate the new stu dents a n d re a c q u a in t th e old. A g e n e ra l assem b ly on S eptem ber 11, g a v e the students a n opportunity to h e a r Mr. Holm express his attitude a n d desires for m aking this a p le a s ant, active y e a r for stu d en ts a n d ' em ployees alike. The im provem ents m a d e over the entire cam pus during the sum m er a re proving to b e in cen tives for the kind of conduct th at new furnishings require if they are to rem ain attractive. There a re 295 girls a n d 313 boys enrolled this y e a r a n d from all a p pearances,, the m ajority a re w ell ad ju ste d a n d actively p articipating in the life th a t is theirs in their new hom e here a t C hem aw a. "Operation Bean Picking" The se a so n h arvests give j m any C h em aw a stu d en ts a source of sp en d in g m oney. It's not. a ll work a s can b e seen b y this enthusiastic group w ho a re on "O peration Bean Picking." From the m iddle of the sum m er until w ell into the fall, or gan ized groups of students u n d er the supervision of their teach ers go into the b e a n or berry fields a n d the nut groves. The current picking is in the filbert groves w here the la st sev eral w eeks am bitious classes, could b e found vying w ith e a c h other for a record pick a n d ad d in g cash to their c la ss coffers. BAND ORGANIZES FIRST MEETING OF NFFE Mr. M att prom ises us ano th er y ear of spirited m usic a t our athletic events a n d p le a sa n t listening a t the concerts. M any new students h av e enrolled in the school to fill the chairs left v a c a n t in the b a n d by g ra d u a te s. This y ear, sectional re h e a rsa ls a re b e in g held. Mr. Shep a rd is assistin g the re e d departm ent; Mr. Sipes, the trom bone section a n d Mr. M att h as the b ra ss section. The b a n d h as b e e n enriched w ith the ad dition of a S ousaphone a n d a Scotch, b a ss drum this year. The b a n d is resp o n sib le for p la y ing at all hom e football a n d b a sk e t ball gam es. They p resen t a n n u a l spring a n d fall concerts. Ten M ajorettes a d d color to the b a n d a n d a re a n im portant p art of 'each, appearance,. The officers of the. NFFE, Local 241, for the current y e a r h a d ch a rg e of the first m eeting held this y ear. The officers are: Mr. Joseph Brush, presi dent; Mr. C harles Holmes, vice-presi dent; Miss A lberta C hallis, treasurer; and, Miss H elen Gordon, secretary. For their initial m ixer-m eeting, they w ere a ssiste d b y Mrs,. Edith H ow ard a n d Mrs. G rayce Burley. NOTICE! STUDENTS— EMPLOYEES The C h em aw a A m erican is the school paper. It is the pilace to let others know w hat goes on in your departm ent., See th at w e get the n ew s b y the 12th of the month. We will see that it gets into the current issue.—The Staff. SPELLING CONTEST Plans for the a n n u a l KSLM sp o n sored spelling contest h a v e b e e n announced. The contest is open to the m em bers of 1 the 7th a n d 8th g ra d e s of M arion, Polk a n d Southern Yamhill counties. S tudents from Mrs. H ackett's a n d Mrs. Burke's classes will com pete to decide the stu dents w ho will rep resen t C he m a w a a t the district contest. District winners a re eligible to the county finals. Last y ear, F rances McGriff re p re sented us a t Keizer w here she p laced second a n d thus was entitled to enter the finals a t Salem . A lthough F rances did not w in there, she did w ith stan d nine rounds of spellers. A lready the te a c h e rs a re on the alert for the stu d en ts w ho will rep resen t C hem aw a, a n d the students are e a g e r to b e a p art of the fine pro gram th a t is afforded the p artici pants. He wljo is afraid of a thing gives it pow er over him.—Moorish Proverb.
