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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1966)
THE; CHEMAWA AMERICAN CHURCH GROUPS BUSY The Christmas Season is a very busy time for the religious educa tion groups on the campus. Rever end Stevens, the Religious Educa tion Coordinator for the school ar ranged for the Protestant Choir to sing before a statewide meeting of, “The Order of The Eastern Star,” on the evening of December 15. On December 19, a group of 15 members of the Protestant Choir and 15 members of the Orthodox Choir sang at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Banquet. The annual party given by the Seminarians of Mount Angel for the Chemawa Catholic students has been given and the Orthodox stu dents were invited as guests. On December 19, The Gideon Society distributed New Testa ments to all Protestant Sunday School students, who were in at tendance. All Covenant, Lutheran, Friends, and Pentecostal students received invitations into homes< for parties and festivities. The annual Nativity Program which is given by the Protestants was presented on December 24. Cyrus Savetilik Students Like School Exchange Steve Wight, Ray Ashbury, Bob Hender son, Jim Reiman guests at Chemawa stand behind their hosts; W alter Samp son, Eugene Bordakosky, Joe M artin, and York Mendenhall. SECOND GENERATION STUDENTS AT CHS Chemawa Girls Field Some Chemawa students are fol A Volleyball Team lowing in the educational footsteps of their fathers. Four members of the 1966 graduating class have fathers who were former students of this school. Three fathers of this years sen iors who attended here in the late 1920’s or early 30’s are: Paul Dem mert, father of Pauline Demmert; Alfred Gurtler, father of Bernice Gurtler; and Andrew Frankson father of Nina and Andrew Frank son Jr. Mr. Gurtler also has an other daughter Carol who is a Freshman at Chemawa. In recounting some of his ex periences to his daughter, Mr. Frankson recalls that in his day students all wore uniforms, and that they lined up and marched everywhere they went on campus. Boys and girls were forbidden to talk to each other except on cer tain occasions. The things most vivid in the memory of the fathers seem to be the dining hall, the dormitory life, and the noisy railroad that runs through the campus. Nina Frankson 3 Chemawa girls are getting to play volleyball with other schools this year. Miss Sharon Ward, Girls Athletic Director, has arranged for our girls team to travel with the basketball team and play prior to the start of the basketball game. On December 7 the girls played two games with Valsetz and won 15-13 and 15-11. After the game the Valsetz girls treated our team to sandwiches, cocoa, potato chips, and cookies. The refreshments tast ed very good after the hard game that they had played. Members of Chemawa’s team are: Susan Buterin, Bernice Gurtler, Carol Kompkoff, Lorena Mills, Grace One, Augustina Sampson, and Gladys Wells, Bernice Gurtler WIND IS FRIEND AND FOE Wind is something that is in visible but we are able to feel and hear its movements. Wind damages our property and destroys nature’s beauty, but it also is man’s friend, because it brings the clouds which give us rain and moves the air. Marilyn Gologergen Four students, Robert Hender son, Steven Wight, Ray Asbury, and Jim Reiman; from the Junior His torical Society of Western View Junior High School of Corvallis, Oregon were participating guests at Chemawa December 8-9-10. They were the beginning of an experience of building understand ings and appreciations between students of different schools and cultures. Each of these guests was assign ed to a Chemawa boy who acted as a personal host. They attended classes together, lived in the dorm with these boys, ate in the dining hall, and engaged in the same social activities as regular stu dents. In talking with these boys it was learned that the boys were amazed at the similarity of the two stu dent body groups. The following week four Chem awa boys; York Mendenhall, Joseph Martin, Walter Sampson, and Eu gene Bordasky were guests of the Corvallis students living in their homes with them arid attending classes with them. It is hoped that this exchange will be a beginning for building more community understanding of both our pupils and our school.
