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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1954)
1 Visit Archery Expert A number of boys have visited Harry Hobson at his archery shop on the highway near the totem pole. Among them are Joe Coburn, Fred Charles, Peter Reed, Pat Morin, Farrell Gallineau, and Ken neth Conner. Kenneth gives the following account of the visit of his group: “Mr. Hobson showed us his workshop which is located in the basement of his house. There he makes arrows, bows, finger guards, wrist guards, bowstrings, and nu merous other items dealing with archery. The basement is filled with all sorts of bow and arrow tools and materials. There are also trophies won by Mr. Hobson in archery, and souvenirs dating back to 1929.’’ “After a look around the shop Mr. Hobson invited us to go out to shoot. He brought his dog, Fry, along. The dog is well trained for fetching arrows. Mr. Hobson would shoot an arrow out into the field and tell Fry to go find it. In a few minutes the dog would come back with it.” “When we were about to leave, Mr. Hobson asked if we wanted to see a good shot. We, of course, agreed. He selected a bow and three good arrows. He said, ‘See that telephone pole across the road? That particular telephone pole is about 130 yards away.’ I thought it w’ould be impossible to hit it from that distance because an arrow does not go exceedingly straight. After a careful aim Mr. Hobson let loose the bowstring, the arrow sailed toward the pole, and hit! Mr. Hobson explained that he hits that pole nearly every day.” “Mr. Hobson promised to come to Chemawa to visit our archery club some day. Archery isn’t a bad hobby!” Mr. Roger Wilson is resigning his position as instructional aide in the Navajo program to attend col lege. Mr. Wilson is leaving in Jan uary for Tempe, Arizona, where he will enroll in Arizona State Col lege. THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Parties Given Several parties were given dur ing the Christmas season for Sun day school classes. Mrs. Carl We- kander entertained a group of first and second year Navajo students at a dinner at her home on De cember 18. On December 20, Mrs. John Wood gave a church party for her class of primary children. The same day, Mrs. Ivan Wright gave a party for her class of fourth and fifth grade children. Mr. and Mrs. Silas M. Olson entertained at a party in the audio-visual aids room on December 23 for their class of high school juniors and seniors. The parties were much enjoyed by all of the children. Finding Information The American Problems class has been studying the different ways of finding information. So tar the class has learned about the library and the use of visual aids. The opaque and film strip pro jectors were used. Miss Beatrice Morse, teacher of the class demon strated the use of each and stu dents had the opportunity of set ting up, running, and putting away the machines. In learning about the use of the library for finding information, the class studied the classification of books, the card catalog, reference books, and many other things. The class has just completed a study of the use of outlines in get ting information. Each student made an outline of a Life Adjust ment booklet, and gave an oral re port on it. Some of the subjects were Why Stay in School, What Your Employer Wants, Dating, Looking Toward Marriage, and Facts About Alcohol. Santa's Helpers During Christmas week the elev enth and twelfth grade girls in Miss Alice Seaver’s classes were kept busy filling sacks for all the build ings’ Christmas Eve celebrations This year many things were put into the sacks nice big apples tak en from the best trees in the or chard this fall, oranges, popcorn balls, peanuts and walnuts, gum drops, mints, chocolates, hard can dy and candy sticks. Indian Club Presents First Program On December 8, members of the Indian Club gave a program for the Eagle Lodge in Salem. Jane Ba- doni and Benson Gibson announced the program and gave talks on the Navajo program and the regular program at Chemawa Indian School. Dances of the Northwest Indians were presented by Ramona Tulee, Dorothy Harris, Delores Cloud, De lores Bennett, and Moses Showa- way. They danced the Welcome Dance, Eagle Dance, War Dance, and Feather Dance. Jane Wauneka told about her Navajo dress and Navajo home life. Leo Jackson, Jefferson Lee, and Roy Dempsey sang three Navajo songs, and played the drum and sang for Tom Woody, who did the Hoop Dance. Philip Anderson played Christmas songs on the har monica. The program was well received by the audience. After the pro gram, refreshments were served. Mrs. Stanley Uentillie and Gladys Helion assisted the students in practicing their dances. Miss Wini fred Koske, Navajo department head, and Mr. James Short accom panied them on the trip. Boys' Intramurals All McNary boys play basketball and enjoy the game. They have eight teams in their intramural league. Four games are played every intramural night. For Thanksgiving Day, Christ mas Day, and New Years, six teams, each team with boys from one state, will try for champion ship. The winners of the Thanksgiving- games are Arizona over Washing ton, Idaho over Oregon, and Mon tana over New Mexico. Other games will be played on Christmas Day, and the finals on New Years Day. The performance of the teams is surprisingly good. They are well matched, and probably the winner will have a hard fought game for the championship.
