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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
TFifi Closes Basketball Season
Chemawa High School’s cagers
closed the basketball season on the
strength of three straight wins. The
Braves downed Saint Paul 75-63,
avenging an earlier 61-59 loss at
the hands of the Bucaroos; scalped
the MacLaren Hawks, 75-39; and
added the final feather ot the war
bonnet by knocking off Oregon
State School for Deaf, 70-48.
Head coach Martin Vogler, in his
first year at Chemawa, felt this
was a fine season, although his
cage squad enjoyed only a 5-7 Mar
ion “B” League record in the Ma
jor Division. However, this did net
the Braves undisputed possession
of fourth place in the league.
Chemawa enjoyed a little more
success outside the league, moving
to a 9-1 record. The Braves finished
the season with a 14-8 record.
Despite the loss of several key
players, Chemawa netted nine wins
out of their last thirteen games*.
The Braves will miss fine perform
ances of Dennison Begay and Jef-
fory George next year, as both
ended their careers as Chemawa
basketball players, with good hus
tle against O. S. S. D. Begay hit
the nets for 20 points, as George
came up with 12 points.
George led the point production
for the remaining players, scoring
264 points for a 12.5 game average.
Wilbur Begay, who did not finish
the season, topped all scorers with
292 counters, for a 14.6 game aver
age. Harry Y. Begay and D. Begay
were next with 224 points and 181
points, for a 10.2 and 9.1 average,
respectively.
Varsity letterman for the season
include, George H. Y. Begay, D. Be
gay, Kee John, Harry Begay, David
Galakationoff, Charles Sakeagak,
Clifford Davis and James Chokwak.
Returning letterman to next year’s
squad will be H. Y. Begay, Sakea
gak, John and H. Begay. In ad
dition to these boys, Chemawa will
have the services of Kee Wilson,
Tom Katoney, Herman James,
Jimmy Charley, John Leavitt, Det-
lef Wulf and Alvin Edenshaw. Wil
son and Katoney, both up from the
junior varsity, played some good
basketball for the varsity this year.
Ed Bartlett’s junior varsity en
joyed aonther fine season, finish
ing with a 21-1 record. Salem Acad
emy stoped the little Braves’ win
ning streak at 38 wins in a row, as
the jayvees compiled a 21-0 record
for the ’64-’65 season. Bartlett’s
J. V. cagers are now 42-1 for two
years.
Track Star Gets Mention
In Statewide Listing
The many hours spent in train
ing has been reflected in the per7
formance record of one of Chema-
wa’s capable cinder men.
Stanley Begay, a senior track
star for the Braves, has received
word that he has been selected on
the basis of his record in compe
tition to be ranked in Who’s Who
in Oregon Track and Field 1965.
From the information submitted
by the Oregon High School Coach
es performers were ranked accord
ing to time and distance. The
twenty-five top performers in each
division are listed in the booklet.
Last-Minute Change in
Cast Doesn't Hinder Play
Seven days before the first per
formance of the Junior Class Play,
one of the supporting actors, Was-
sie Wassillie, was hospitalized for
surgery. A substitute, Eugene Mia-
karin, stepped in to take his place,
STANLEY BEGAY
Eugene only had a few days to
learn the part and memorize the
lines.
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Field Trips Are Important
In spite of the sudden change the
One of the best things about atr play went on at the scheduled time.
tending Chemawa is that the stu-’
Those who saw it were convinced
dents get to go on many different that the three act comedy, Beef
tours and field trips. The three Stew, was a big success.
buses that the school has, travel
Cast (Beef Stew)
Mary Kay Randall —— Director
many thousands of miles each year. Mrs.
Victor
E.Lekanof
Beef
The trips include such things as: Joyce Quijance __________—
___
Jane
Basketball, football, and track Maxim Buterin _________ Drumstick
Kudrin
Clarence Melville
trips; educational tours; trips George
Thecla Wasulie ______ . Grace Melville
touring the community to view Stella
Becenti
- Boots
Christmas lighting; and trips with Eugene McKarin ___ „.^ i^ ^ ^ S a d d le
Gladys Wells i ___ S__________Peaches
the boy scouts.
Abe Wilson
Cream
Trips have been taken to such Mark Hiratsuka ___ L----_-------- Aloysius
Donna
Morrison
............
Susie
places as Oregon Museum of Susan Buterin
— Miss Finster
Science, Oregon Historical Mu Marlene Fred ____ "Gwendolyn
seum, Montgomery Ward’s, May Carlson Malemute
Assistant to the
Director
flower dairy, Freight Liner factory,
Marlene Fred
Lloy’s Center, Astoria Coast Guard
base, and many musical concerts,
plays and social events in the com Business Procedures
munity.
Donna Morrison Students Get Training
Students of Mr. Giedd’s Business
Procedure and typing classes are
Girls Basketball Has
getting first hand experience by
working in different offices on the
Short Successful Season
campus. Home Economics, Voca
The Chemawa Girls Basketball tional shops, and Academic are all
Team has had a short season but getting the advantage of additional
a successful one. They have played help by having these trainees.
two games with Hillcrest and have
Student works for 15 days in an
won both of them.
office. Then they are replaced by
What they really like is the another student. This gives them
social hour after the game when an opportunity to find out what
they get together with the oppon office work is. Most of the stu
ents for refreshments.
dents enjoy the work.
Bernice Gurtler
Rosalind Andrews