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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1962)
10 News from Former Students We are always happy to hear from our former students. Helen Thomas writes from Kiowa Lodge, Riverside Indian School, Anadarko, Oklahoma. The four other girls from Chemawa are Louise Chavez, Lena Bigman, Rita Rose Joe and I. The boys are Leroy Tsiniginie, Randy Willie, Andrew Begay, Irv ing Begay, Gilbert Yazzie, Kee Ben ally, Franklin Johnson, Johnny Cos- tillo, Leo Howard, and George and Tom Haney.” Linabah Charley is in Ririe, Ida ho. Because of a death in the fam ily she missed the bus back to Chemawa. Letters from Bertina Mercer and Georgianna Gordon mention the following students attending school at Mt. Edgecombe: Midas Koenig, David Smith, Alice Kawanna, Mar garet Alexie, Grace Wassily, Grace * Obrouk a n d Sophia Kagoona. Gladys Angaboogok, Mary Ann Al- lockeok, Mina Sage, Carlos Frank and Hultman Jacobs are also at Mt. Edgecombe. Larry Joe Jackson wrote that he did not return to school this year as he is working in Santa Cruz, California. Julia Begay started to public school in New Mexico but returned to Chemawa when the second bus came and is in the ninth grade which was started a few weeks ago. SPECIAL TRIPS Sometimes we have special trips to Salem. Yesterday the girls in Mrs. Hauser’s class had a special trip. We went to town to shop for material to make a house dress. Some of us girls went to the J. C. Penney Store. We looked at differ ent kinds of material then we bought the kinds that we liked. We bought patterns, belts, buttons and thread. We had a little time left so we went to the fountain and had a cup of coffee. We listened to the juke box. We walked around town for a few minutes and bought a few more things that we wanted. Blanche Issacs THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN VOCATIONAL ACTIVITIES SHOP METAL SHOP There are eleven boys in the metal shop. We keep our metal shop teacher very busy. We are studying sheet metal, welding, and other metal work. Yesterday Charlie Nicohile, Or rin John and I started making a trash can out of sheet metal. I did this work last year but Orrin and Charlie did not, so I have to teach them. I think they will make a good trash can. When we finish the trash can we will work on the play ground. We will put up poles for a volley ball net near Winona hall. Some of the boys are working in the gym fixing the basketball back- boards. Raymond Peneak TEST DRUMS MADE AT METAL SHOP The metal shop students made two new test tanks for the auto shop. The main use of them will be for testing outboard motors. Every boy in the metal shop made parts for the two drums. Some of the parts were bolted and some were welded together. We finished the drums today. They are all painted and ready for the auto shop to use. Simon Arnakin * * * These new tanks are round and will hold over 400 gallons of water which will weigh 3200 pounds. They will hold several long shaft out board motors. The tanks are paint ed green. Roosevelt Titus THE NEW PAINT SHOP A new paint shop is being built here in Chernaya, The size of the shop is 30 feet by 60 feet. I haven’t any idea when the shop will be fin ished. Now the paint shop crew is paint ing inside and the carpenter shop crew is working inside, too. The metal shop boys help when they are needed. We all learn much by building the shop. It will ¡help us in the future, too. Bentley Mark MAKING PICTURE FRAME In Shop we are making a picture frame. My shop teacher’s^ name is Mr. Ashcut.! After we finish our picture frame we will make a sand ing block. Then we ¿will make an other picture frame like a C. The C stands for Chemawa. After that we can make anything we want. We surely have lots of projects to make in our shop. Harvey Hopson HOME ECONOMICS HOME ECONOMICS REPORTS The Homemaking classes have 273 girls enrolled. Starting through October 1 to October 11 all the Vocation II home economics girls will be taking a course in Mother and Baby Care. The Vocational II girls will also take a Driver Training Course for 45 minutes each day. This is to be book learning only with the boys with the hope of making the girls safety conscious through the knowl edge of good driving practices. There are too many boys and so no SHOP WORK “behind the wheel” practice can be We boys go to shop in the morn had at this time. Each group of ing at 8:40 to 10:00 o’clock. In our girls will study this for seven shop every boy is working on a pro weeks. ject. Some of the boys are working Starting October 1, Mrs. Greer on wood work, some on metal work. will again have Vocational II boys The boys who are working on wood for Home Economics. Since some work are making picture frames. boys will come in the afternoon, The boys doing metal work are this means that each group of six making metal boxes for nails and boys can have an extra week of screws. Home Economics. This course will Sometimes our shop teacher talks be on good grooming, care of cloth to us and tells us the names of the ing, good manners, and simple meal tools. Sometimes the teacher gives preparation. us a test on the tools and things Mr. James Tryan joined the Stu that are in the shop. These are dent Feeding Center staff this fall-. some of the things that we have He is replacing Mrs. Helen Smith and do in the shop. in the dishroom. Mr. Tryan is a Clarence F. Shay local person.
