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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1953)
------------------ ★ ------------------- Students tell of 2 SUMMER ACTIVITIES ------------------- F u tu r e D r iv e r s o f A m e r ic a THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN We worked all summer. We THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN picked s tra w b e rrie s , cherries, Published during the school year prunes, and hops. We worked in prunes just before we came to by Chemawa Indian School. Ad dress all communications to the school. —Donald Quenelle .Chemawa A m erican , Chemawa, Oregon. Published in accordance ☆ . ■ with the Interior Department Ap This summer I went to several Act, 1940, approved fairs and rodeos. The first was propriation Maria’,s Fair and Rodeo. I exhi May 10, 1939. Subscription 50c a year. bited five things. I took third place on a yearling heifer, first place on swine, first place on poultry, third Paul W. Bramlet, Superintendent place on a head scarf, and third Mrs. Nell V. Brannon, Principal place on a cherry pie. On July 4 I went to the Black- Mrs. A. H. Johannaber. Journalism Sponsor feet Roundup. I enjoyed it very Allan Shepard, Printing Instructor much but the wind blew a lot. From July 24 to 26 were Indian Days. I STUDENT STAFF MEMBERS: went to the rodeo and also watched Ethel Mae Jackson, Lorraine Farm Indian dances. In August I went to the Great er, Joan Sicade, Jay Harwood, Falls Fair and to the Browning Orin Allen, Joe Coburn. Junior Fair. I exhibited five things. I took second place on the yearling calf, first place on swine, poultry, and lambs, and third place on swine, poultry, and lambs, and Pep Band Peppy third place on grains. The Pep Band is one of Che- —Joan Harwood mawa’s most active organizations. ☆ It plays for dismissal from all regu The most fun that I have during lar school assemblies, and for all the summer is on Makah Days. Makah Days are celebrated every off-campus football games it can year on August 28 and 29. The attend. Before the final game of tribe has celebrated the days since the season a pep rally was held at the time when they got their first the gym, sponsored by the Pep flag. Different tribes come to watch Band and the Pep Squad. The two the sports and dances. Stores at groups accompanied the team to home contribute some money so that they can give prizes. .Some Jefferson for the game. times the Co-op and Bay Fish Com Members of the Pep Band are: pany give a lot of fish so that they clarinets, Geraldine Hamlin, Sarah can serve baked salmon and other Lewis, Irma Pepion; cornets, Joan food to the visitors. — Glenda Irving Sicade, Carl Brown; saxophone, Myrtle Racine; trombone, Mar Last summer Helen and I got to garet Kennerly; bass, Dorothy Har go to the Y.M.C.A Camp. We ris; snare drum, Joe Frank; and went swimming and hiking every bass drum, Nettie Racine. Mr. day. The best trip we had was Matt is director. when we went to the falls. It was very pretty there. The other girls were very nice to us, and we all had a nice time. — Maxine Punkin Food Handlers Checked To work in the kitchen you have ☆ My first ride in an airplane was to be in good health. The hospital an exciting adventure. I was work gave all the girls 'who work there ing with the Fire Department last a food handler’s check. They will summer, and there was a fire in the mountains. It was about twenty have one each month. miles away and we had to go there We were told how to fix our hair in an airplane. I soon got used to and what to wear. We each got a it, and I’m not afraid to ride in fingernail file to keep our nails a plane now. —John Gallagher short. Interior—C h e m a w a School, C h e m a w a, O regon Average grades made by Che mawa students who recently took the driver test, are wéll above the average made by the citizens of Oregon. Chemawa averages a re : Navajo students, 81; Northwest students, 89; both, 87. Eighteen of the nineteen boys who took the test passed, with grades as shown below, and re ceived their Oregon State Instruc tion Permits. Grade Fourth Year Navajo— Agriculture Alfred Many goat .................. 80 James Lameman.................... 75 Don Tom ............................... 75 Fifth Year Navajo—Auto Shop John Thompson .................... 95 Ninth Grade—Agriculture Milton Tattoed ...................... 90 Douglas Charles .................... 90 Jesse Williams ...................... 82 Ronald Butler ....................... 75 Carl Brown .......................... 75 Tenth Grade—Agriculture Charles Tellier .......................100 Benjamin Charles ................ 100 A1 Timsanico .........................100 Cecil Bremner .............. 90 Andrew Joseph...................... 90 James Osborne ....... 90 Melvin Edmo ........................ 85 Eleventh Grade—Agriculture Jay Harwood ...... .................. 100 Fred Charles ........................ 75 Hospital Sponsors Assemblies At the first health assembly two films on the importance of caring for the teeth were shown. Since many of us handle food and wash dishes in the dining hall and kitch en, two films have been shown about the necessity of keeping Dies away from food, and sanitary methods of washing dishes. Mpst of us know these health facts, but it is a good thing to be reminded of them now and then.
