THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Mr. Hallie O. W alters__ Superintendent
Mrs. Nell V. Brannon _____ 1
_ Principal
Mr Allan Shephard-..__Layout Sponsor
Mr. Frank Divers ____ Faculty Sponsor
Mrs. Ruby Kewaygeshik ------
1 1 ____________Distribution Sponsor
Student Editors: Kathryn Almquist,
Cyrus Savetilik, Anderson Tullie
N E W STAFF MEMBERS
SINCE M A Y , 1965
Elbert Ellison— Teacher (Mathe
matics) from Pittsburg, Oklahoma.
Taught at Atoka, Oklahoma Public
School 1964-65.
Nancy L. Lynch—Teacher (Social
Science) from Portland, Oregon.
Taught at Born, California 1963-64.
Philip J. Meier—Teacher (Eng
lish) from Salem, Oregon. Taught at
Woodburn, Oregon 1964-65.
Frederick Vogler—Teach (Physi
cal Education) from Salem, Oregon.
Taught at Stanfield, Oregon 1964-
65.
Joseph F. Coburn — Teacher
(Guidance) at McNary Hall, from
Klamath Falls, Oregon. Taught at
Klamath Falls, Oregon 1960-65.
(Former Chemawa High School
graduate.)
Bettie Jones returned on May 3,
1965 as Recreation Leader in the
Girls’ Guidance Dept.
Don Pigsley reassigned to posi
tion of Supply Clerk from Instruc
tional Aid at McNary Hall.
George Ruff reassigned to posi
tion of Cook from Dairyman at the
Ag. Dept.
Roy Carter reassigned to posi
tion of Instructional Aid at McNary
Hall from Night Attendant at Mit
chell Hall.
Roy Carlson reassigned from
Teacher in Academic Dept. to
Teacher in Ag. Dept.
Purpose of Chemawa Hospital
My name is Madelyn Reft. I live
on Kodiak Island in a little village
called Karluk.
I would like to tell you about my
home town. There are only about a
hundred people in our village, and
most of the time we live on sea
foods; fish, seal, clams, (and many
others). We all help pick berries
to make jam for the winter. At
home we get mail two times a week.
Summer time the people fish on
the beach, and my mother cooks
for the fishermen. There are also
many purse-seiners who fish around
our home town. Our village has a
church, which we all enjoy. We are
all Aleuts and speak the same lan
guage; a mixture of Aleut and Rus
sian.
I hope this report will give you
a little glimpse of my wonderful
home.
Madelyn Reft
O'ne of the vital parts of the
Chemawa Indian School is its
Health Center. The Center employs
sixteen people including a resident
doctor.
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Students are treated for accidents
and minor illnesses. Patients with
moi^e serious illnesses are sent to
one of the two hospitals in Salem.
The Center has a hospital with a
girls and a boys ward, and can han
dle 19 patients at one time.
Dr. Robert Sperduto, who is mew
to the staff, has been very busy the
past few weeks giving physical ex
aminations to the students.
Starting in October, the Center
plans to give a course in “Mother
Baby Care” for Junior and Senior
girls. This course will prepare girls
for home life after high school.
A speech therapy class will be f or
students twith hearing difficulties.
Audiometer tests will be given by
the Oregon State Board of Health
to determine which of the students
need the course.
Eli Johnson
Big Turn-Out for Grid-Iron
LETTERMEN CLUB
The Lettermen’s Club held an
election on September 28, and elect
ed the following officers: Clinton
Cook, President; Anderson Tullie,
Vice-President; Stanley Begay, sec
retary; Earl Cleveland, Treasurer;
Alvin Edenshaw, Sergeant at Arms;
and Delbert Kelly, student council
representative.
Mr. Ed. Bartlett is faculty spon
sor for the club. One of the big re
sponsibilities of the Lettermen’s
Club is the selecting of princesses
to compete for the honor of being
the Homecoming Queen. Princess
es chosen for this year are: Lor
INDIAN HERITAGE CLUB
raine Castinana, Sharon Kelly,
All people enjoy knowing about Betty Patterson, Helen Ramondos,
the past happenings of their an and Eve Wilson.
Harvey Hoffman
cestors—the way they lived, acted,
and grew.
Well, the Indian Heritage Club superstitions, and the traditional
plans to do just that, but we plan Navaho dress and hair styling.
to do more than learn about our
The Indian Heritage Club officers
own and other tribes and their cul are Henry Barber, President; Jack-
tures. We also want to share what son Tapaha, Vice-President; Mark
we know and learn with the Salem Hirstsuka, Secretary; and Linda
area. Our first opportunity for shar Boyd, Treasurer.
ing was Tuesday, September 28,
The club is a wonderful oppor
1965, when we were invited to the tunity to teach the public about the
Brush College Elementary School heritage of the different Indian
in West Salem. We demonstrated tribes.
the sign language, Eskimo yo-yo,
Charlotte Albert
and told about Eskimo legends and
Henry Barber
Approximately 78 gridders greet
ed coach Ed Bartlett this fall at the
opening of the grid-iron season. At
the present time, there are 61 boys
on the squad.
With the great number of boys
out this fall, here is a nine-game
junior varsity schedule, as well as
the regular varsity schedule. Thus;
far in the season, the varsity record
is 2-2, while the junior varsity
stands at 1-1-1.
The big Braves opened up with
tough Maclaren and were downed
26-13. In their second encounter
and the first league game of the
season, the varsity squad was down
ed 34-7 by Jefferson.
Bartlett’s crew got back to their
winning ways the following week
by downing the visiting McNary
junior varsity squad, 7-0. The next
game saw the Braves ruin the Scio
homecoming game with a 32-6 win
over the hapless Loggers.
The junior varsity opened their
season with a tie against Jefferson,
6-6. In their second encounter of
the season, the little Braves rolled
over Colton, 31-0.
Then the rains hit the Chemawa
football field. Salem Academy’s ju
nior varsity dumped the little
Braves, 27-0. The Chemawa squad
held the Crusaders to just one
touchdown in the final half.