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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1954)
TIÏE CHEMAWA AMERICAN 2 V o ca tio n a l A ctivitie s Auto Shop Field Trip Practice Apartment Both sections of the auto shop boys and their instructor, Mr. George Speed, went on a field trip to Salem on January 19. It was a Well spent afternoon, in which the boys looked over many interesting jobs car workers do, equipment and parts used, and the manufacture of batteries. The class visited the Douglas Mc Kay Company garage, car parts shop, and show rooms'1; the Gould Battery plant; and the show rooms of other new car dealers, where they saw the new lines of, ,1954 cars. The senior girls are working on a class project, decorating a living room in the home economic^ build ing. The room will be uséd by classes in learning to use and care for a living room- It is the first room of a ^practice apartment which it is hoped will be completed next year. Davenports, chairs, and tables were brought out of storage to be refinished. Miss Alice Sea v e r showed the girls how to sand and varnish thè furniture. Cushion cov ers for the davenports and chairs were made by the girls. While these things were being done, the room was painted by.the paint shop boys. Farmers Keep Busy The agriculture boys find this the easiest time of the year. They have been doing such jobs as col lecting garbage, grinding- feed for the hogs, and hauling milk. Some of the boys are learning welding, the others are remaking the or chard ladders. The C hem aw a A m erican Published during the school year by Chemawa Indian School. Address ., all communications to the . Chemawa A m erican, Chem aw a, O re g o n . Published in accord ance with the Interior Department Appropri ation Act, 1940, ap proved May 10, 1939. Subscription 50c a - year. S ta ff: Paul W. Bramlet, Supt. Mrs. Nell V. Brannon, Principal . HE Mrs. A. H. Johannaber, J oumalism Sponsor j .Allan Shepard., Print ing Instructor Student Joan Sicade, Geraldine Staff: Hamlin, Jay Harwood, Joe C oburn, Jam eX ; Sw itz.ler, S a n f o r d Azure. Partners in Sewing Miss Phoebe McQuilkin, teacher of the eleventh grade sewing class, has the girls sèw for each other as well as for themselves. This gives them the experience of sew ing in different sizes. Partnersr in the class are Eleanor Rabbie and Florence Sorondo, Evelyn Lloyd and Jeanette Moccasin, Dalthea Miller and Gladys Spearson, and G eo r g ià Lucei and Geraldine Charles. Carpentry Class Visits Mr. Charles Holmes has taken his carpentry class, Arthur Lane, Sanford Azure and Simmer Ten- doy, on two interesting field trips. On January 12 they visited a tree nursery in Corvallis. On January 19 they went to the .State Forestry Department in Salem. A t the nursery, the foreman showed the boys around. He took them to the packing and refrigera tion building where they saw how the tree’s are counted and packed, and then sent to the cooler room where they were kept, ready for shipping and planting. The trees can be stored from six to seven months without any damage to them. The boys were taken to the warehouse where they saw all kinds In terio r—C h e m a w a School^ C h ê jn a w a, O reg o n Student Briefs I go to Salem to the Mormon Church with six girls and eight boys. I like to go to church in town. | |j |—Daisy McDonald I had my picture taken in Salem Saturday. —Joyce Bedah I am making a tin salt shaker in shop. I am learning how to solder. —John Martin I am learning how to play cards in my club. —Kee Blacksmith We are going to have a val entine party in our classroom. We all like to go to parties; We will have a good time, —-Paul Johnson We elected a new president in our classroom. He; is Harrison Tsosie. —Joyce Bedah The boys made looms in their shop. The girls made little rugs on the looms. We have sold the looms. We will use the money for our classroom. —Joe D. Yazzie We are learning about match ing our skirts and blouses. Next time we buy clothes we will be “careful and choose colors that match so that we will look nice. — Helen Attakai ☆ Mrs. Mabel Friend, teacher of tools used for digging and plant ing trees. The use of oil in the care of tools was demonstrated. The boys saw the post garden,—'■ jiist posts sticking in the ground. Some of them were painted or treated. The purpose of the post garden is to find out what kind of wood lasts longest in the ground, and is best for posts. At the Forestry Department the boys first noticed the main build ing. The frame work was all done by hand, and so were the shingles which are made of Douglas fir. In side, the carvings on the stairway leading up to the museum, were done by hand* In the museum the boys saw all kinds of wood. Some of the things that are made from wood were shown, such as paper, sponges, and artificial .leather. There was also a map shewing the burnt areas in Oregon. Another interesting thing the boys saw was a tree trunk that is nine feet six inches in diameter. The tree was 415 years old.
