THE CHEMA WA AMERICAN
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EDITORIAL STAFF
DINNER AT A UNIVERSITY
DORM
PRESIDENT WILSON
Twenty-one girls from Chemawa
were invited to enjoy a Sunday Ac
tivity Dinner at Willamette Uni
versity on April 18, 1965. The din
ner was sponsired by the four girls’
dormitories.
Girls from the university picked
the girls up after church and re
turned, them to campus late in the
afternoon.
When word of the invitation ooz
OUR TRIP TO
ed out there were plenty of volun
teers. The dorm people tried to
HAYESVILLE
pick girls who could give a cross
On March 19 our Homemaking sectional representation of the
class, 10A1 took a trip to the Spe tribes enrolled. Eleventh grade
were given preference in
cial Education Center at Hayes girls
choosing because it was felt that
ville. We were invited to come be some of them might be anticipating
cause they were studying about In college.
The girls were well groomed and
dians. There were three Alaskans
and one Navajo that went. The excited about going. On their re
turn to campus the same excited/
girls were Sarah Bailey, Lenora exuberance was evident. , It was a
Oxeroek, Geraldine Joseph and very fine experience for them to
Rena Largo. Rena was dressed in a have the opportunity to have din
Navajo costume while Lenora and ner and spend a pleasant afternoon
Abraham Wilson has been elect
a group of college\ girls.
Sarah wore their Eskimo parkas. with
The girls did a fine job of repre ed President of The Associated Stu
We left the campus at 9:45 A.M. senting Chemawa and everyone dents of Chemawa, for the 1965-66
and arrived there at ten o’clock. should be proud of their perform school year. Abraham will take
over his duties upon his return to
We then went into a dual purpose ance.
school in the fall.
Girls
who
attended
were:
Pauline
room which had folding doors that Jacobs, Alice Shields, Gloria Haw
Other officers elected were: vice
could be used for an auditorium or thorne, Christine Alowa, Effie Cur presidents — Sheila Aga, Sharon
class room. We began to set up the ley, Fannie Koso, Mary Charley, Velardie, and Barbara Bekes; sec
table. We set things we had taken Joyce Quijance, Elizabeth Andrew, retary—Bernice Gurtler; treasurer
Levshakoff.
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along to display so that the stu Julia Anthony, Alice Laws, Mary —-Carol
Abraham, a tenth grader^ is the,
Ann Brown. Barbara Bekes, Joan
dents could look at them after the Nosfkosky, Helen Romondas, Don son of Mrs. Francis Wilson, of Norl-
program. We took a pair of Plains na Begay, Sheila Aga, Esther Mark, dalton, Alaska. He has been a stu
Indian beaded bearskin moccasins; Margaret Garner and Linda Begay. dent at Chemawa for three, years.
a little boy’s Plains Indian war
dance costume; miniature Navajo
woman weaving a rug on a Navajo SHOP STUDENTS W IN RIBBONS
Several Shop students entered thei-r projects in the Willamette
loom. Before we told them about Valley
Industrial Arts Fair, held in Salem, Oregon, on May 22 and 23,
the thinge we were displaying; we as follows:
each gave a talk on how we live and Moses Alexie
Ivory Carving
Best of Division
work at our home. We let the stu Thomas Kameroff
Dog Racing Sled
First Place
dents ask questions and we tried to Bernard Benedict
(Mass Production)
answer them. Here are a few of the Rodney Howarth
questions:
Aloyouis Wasuli
l.How much does a parka cost? John Alexie
Sled Brake (Welding)
Second Place
2. Do you live in igloos?
Francis Toyuk
Totem Pole
Second Place
3. What do you do with the Norman Stevens
Anchor (Welding)
Second Place
whale?
Jack Aleck
Anchor (Welding)
Third Place
4. Do you drive dogs and ride George Urovak
Wood Carving
Second Place
in sleighs?
Franklin B. Sam
Totem Carving
First Place
The students were also given a James McCormick
Sheet Metal Box
First Place
chance to come and look at our Robert O. King
Mechanical Drawing
Second Place
display, We were invited to stay
Home Scale Model
and have lunch with them but we Ron L. Smoke
Architectural Drawing
First Place
declined because we had not made Ephrem Andrews
Mechanical Drawing
Second Place
arrangements or had not planned Raymond Slowtalker
Mechanical Drawing
Third Place
on it. Also ,we were expected to be Amos Casemero
Mechanical Drawing
Third Place
back on the campus at 11:30.
Bernard Benedict
Third Place
Mechanical Drawing
Geraldine Joseph Calvin P. Nez
Trailer Hitch (Welding)
Third Place
Mr. Hallie O Walters ..... Superintendent
Mrs. Neil V. Brannon ^ - ¿ 2 — Principal
Mr. Edward E. Sipes _______ Chairman
Mr. Frank Divers ___ Editorial Sponsor
Mr. Allan Shepard
Layout Sponsor
Mrs. Ruby Kewaygeshik
____________ Distribution Sponsor
Student Editors: Henry Barber, Bernice
Gürtler, Kate Maillell