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SON STATE LIBRARY
OREGON
COLLECTION
VOLUME 61
Number
CHEMAWA, OREGON, MARCH, 1965
Chemawa's Dog Sled Maker Makes the Headlines
Junior Toastm¡stress Club is Organized
Thirty-nine girls met recently
and formed the Chemawa Junior
Toastmistress Club. Lucille Kill-
bear was elected president, Clara
Van Winkle, Vice President; Ella
Mae Yazzie, Corresponding Secre
tary; Alice Brown, Recording Sec
retary; and Fannie Tritt, Treasur
er. Mrs. Stevenson and Mrs. Grape
are our campus sponsors.
At each meeting of the Salem
Toastmistress Club two of our offi
cers attend and represent the Ju
nior Club. We give a report on how
our club has been progressing. Lu
cille and Clara attended the first
meeting and Alice and I went the
second time.
Our first meeting was a work
meeting. Mrs. Walker showed us
the trophy she was donating for
“Best Speaker of the Evening”.
Mrs. Grape showed us how to pre
pare our first speech called an “Ice
breaker” . After the meeting we had
refreshments of coffee and cookies.
Eight girls volunteered to give
their icebreakers at the next meet
ing. They were: Sarah Nickoli, Jo
Anne Nelson, Annie Moore, Felicity
Unok, Ruth Paul, Angeline Doug
las, Isabel Bifelt, and Carrie Jack-
son.
The second meeting was exciting.
The best speaker of the evening
not only got the trophy but a
chance to attend the Club Speech
Contest held by the Salem Toast
mistress Club. Ruth Paul was the
lucky winner. Congratulations to
Ruth. The trophy is on display in
the library and will be there until
our next meeting on March 2nd.
Then she will present it to the next
best speaker of the evening. Ella
Yazzie was Toastmistress for the
evening.
Twelve girls attended the Club
Speech Contest at the Salem
Speech Contest. We enjoyed a deli
cious meal and thought the speech
es very good.
Sheila Aga, Emma Beaver, Mar
garet Kittick, Fannie Tritt, Alta
Roanhorse, Susie Grandson, Clara
Van Winkle, and Shirley Tanner
will be competing for the trophy at
our next meeting.
Margaret Kittick is showing a
group of girls how to make lapel
pins to sell at the Arts & Crafts
sale. Other groups are selling
cards, pens and other items to raise
money. The money will be kept in
our treasury and used for special
events and where needed.
The girls are very enthusiastic
and we are enjoying our club very
much.
Ella Mae Yazzie
SHEET METAL CLASS
MAKES LOCKER BOXES
The boys in General Metals I are
having fun making a folded metal
cash box to put their valuables in.
They-have learned to use the
sheet metal hand tools and have
done some work with the manually
operated sheet metal machines?
Some of the interesting things
which they have learned are; how
to identify different types of mietal,
how to judge the weight and coat
ing of metals, and how to use sim
ple arithmetic in measuring and
marking our projects.
Moses Owens
Thomas Kameroff built a dog
sled for racing and has been mak
ing headlines ever since. Write ups
in local papers, three television
shows, and several photographs
have been some of the rewards he
has received for his efforts.
A local dog sled racing group
wanted the school shops to design
and construct a racing sled. Thomas
was selected to do the job.
After much careful planning and
many hours of tedious and detailed
labor the sled was completed. The
sled surpassed every ones expecta
tions in design and beauty. How
ever, the big question was, “How
well would it handle.” In its first
four races the sled has placed in
the top four winning positions and
now that the aluminum runners
have been exchanged for stainless
steel it is anticipated that it will
do even better
The appearance and performance
of this slftd has resulted in the boys
getting orders for four more sleds
to be built by the students.
CHEMAWA HOSTS
INDUSTRIAL ARTS GROUP
The Practical Arts Department
hosted The Wiliaiftette Valley In
dustrial Arts Association. Shop
teachers from all over the valley
met at Chemawa for a delicious
dinner served by our Home Econ
omics girls, and a program of In
dian dances presented by the
Chemawa Indian Club under the
leadership of James Jackson.
After the program and business
meeting the group had an oppor
tunity to tour our shops ’ and see
some of the projects of our shop
program.
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
RECEIVE AWARDS
On March 8, the Chemawa Camp
Fire Girls met for a candlelight
'award ceremonial. Abbie Woods
and Lydia Chingliak were honored
for earning the greatest number of
achievement beads. Everyone had
an impressive record; a total of 450
beads were presented. Gloria Mor-
ena presided over the ceremony.
Mrs. Nell V- Brannon, Principal,
was guest of honor.