THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Pages in Oregon Legislature
Jane Lee, Lee LaPahie, Bert Fox
glove, and myself were given the
opportunity to act as honorary
pages at the state legislature. I
was in the House of Representa
tives. Mr. Clarence Barton was the
Speaker and he introduced me as a
person from above the Arctic Cir
cle. I felt like a real foreigner but
I was also ve^y proud. I sat beside
a regular page so I watched her
and ‘followed whatever she did. I
learned that there are certain rules
one must follow to be a page. Run
ning errands for the Representa
tives was a very worthwhile experi
ence and I enjoyed it.
Jane Griest
AG. ATTENDS SHEEP
SHEARING SCHOOL
Eleven Chemawa students have
completed a short course in sheep
shearing. This course was sponsor
ed by the Oregon State University
ih cooperation with the Sunbeam
Corporation. It was held on an ex
perimental farm near the Oregon
University campus.
This annual training session has
been established to teaeh farm boys
the fundamental «kills needed for
shearing of sheep. We boys were
taught the correct position of the
feet and the proper method of
handling the animal so as to put
the least strain on the person do
ing the shearing.
George Kudrin, Theophilus Mum-
chuck, Lawrence Chuitt, Robert
Constantine, M a t t h e w Andrews,
Lewis Secody, Roy Tom, Larry
Tsingininie, Johnson G. Begay, Wil
fred Lynch and I took the course.
Cyrus Savetilik
SOUTH PACIFIC
On April 24th a group of thirty
girls and thirty boys were invited
to attend a dress rehearsal of the
play, “South Pacific.” Groups from
State schools were invited also. It
was held in the Armory Auditorium
in Salem, Oregon. The people were
acting on the stage and the orches-
tra was in front of the stage. The
stage and lighting were beautiful.
George Smith
Alice Zhonie
Nick Potty
GOOD BYE
Judith Hinch, Secretary to Mr.
Tadlock, Social Worker, has left
Chemawa to work for the State.
Good luck, Miss Hinch.
Nita Cleveland
AWARDS PRESENTED
As part of the Department of In
terior Incentive Awards Program,
Superintendent Hallie 0. Walters
presented the following awards: A
posthumous award for Mr. Rudolph
N, Kitto, to Mrs. Kitto. The Award
consisted of an Honor Award for
Commendable Service in recogni
tion of his loyalty and devotion to
duty and the contribution he made
to thè Education Program of the
Bureau of Indian affairs, a medal,
and lapel pin. Mrs. Kitto also re
ceived a Department of Interior
Lifetime Pass to the National Park
areas.
A Special Act or Service Award
to Cecil Bremner, which consisted
of a check for $150.00 and a Cer
tificate of Superior Performance
for moderate benefits and limited
application.
To Mr. Dewitt T. Tiger, upon re
tirement, an Honor Award and to
Mrs. Florence 0. Wylie, a Merito
rious Service award. Both received
lapel pins, and lifetime passes to
the National Park areas.
OSWEGO RETURNS THE VISIT
This morning Oswego students
came to visit at Chemawa. When we
came back from Home Economics
we went to the bus to get our
guests. It was very interesting to
see them again.
We visited Home Economics,
then we went to the dining hall
and ate lunch with our guests. We
came back to our classroom at 1:00
p.m. and then went on a tour of
the campus. It is very pleasant to
have visitors from other places.
Nellie Rose Barbone
BOYS EARN GATHERING BRUSH
Last month three other boys and
I went to work for Mr. Hashbachler.
We gathered brush and piled it
one pile after another/It was fun
gathering brush, but at about one
in the afternoon we got tired. But
we kept on working. At around
4:30 we went home all tired and
kind of dirty.
Mr. Hashbachler asked us to
work for him the next Saturday.
That Saturday we worked two hours
and a half because of bad weather.
In these two weeks we boys each
earned seven dollars and eighty
cents.
Mark Augustine
9
STUDENT COUNCIL
ACTIVITIES
Jim Lewis Jr.
Treasurer of Student Council
SPECIAL ELECTION
The Student Council held a spe-
cil election on April 26 to deter
mine whether or not to change the
constitution to permit election of
officers to be held in September
instead of February of each year.
The vote was in favor of keeping
the vote in February.
Recent visitors at the Student
Council meetings have been our
Superintendent Mr. Hallie O, Wal
ters, Mr. Leo Frederickson, Head
of Guidance, Mr. Emanuel Hudson,
Guidance, Miss Velma Ackels, Sec
retary to Mrs. Brannon^ Mrs. Shir-
led Hendron, Clerk in Academic,
Miss Winifred K 0 s k e, Academic
Supervisor, Mr. L. D. Tadlock, So
cial Worker, all from Chemawa In
dian School and special guest Mr.
Donald De Kay, Social Worker, of
Juneau Area Office, Juneau, AlaS-.
ka.
The Student Council has an
nounced that the 1963 Yearbook
will sell for $1.50. The Council rec
ommends that next year the stu
dents and employees pay a mem
bership fee to belong to the Asso
ciated Students of Chemawa. This
would admit all members to attend
the regularly scheduled activities
without further charge They will
work out a; plan and submit it to
the students before the school
closes this year.
FORMER STUDENT
Mrs. Gertrude Bates reports that
she met Dick Moonin, former grad
uate of Chemawa, from Soldovia
Alaska, at the Indian, Fellowship
Church 4n Tacoma.
He had just finished his train
ing at Fort Ord and was spending
part of his two weeks leave in Ta
coma. He expects to get an over
seas assignment when he returns
to Fort Òrd. His address is: Co. A
5th B.G 1st Bde. 3rd Platoon, Fort
Ord, California.
MISS INDIAN AMERICA
VISITS CHEMAWA
Ramona Soto, Klamath Falls, O r
egon who was recently voted Miss
Indian America visited the Chema
wa campus. She gave the Lord’s
Prayer in sign language at a sne-
cial assembly. She had lunch vith
the Chemawa students*
Nita Cleveland