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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1971)
5 Concert A n d Choir Tour H eld There were thirty six students from the Mt. Edgecumbe, Alaska, chorus and band who came to Chemawa on April 24th until April 30th. There were eighteen students from the choir and eighteen from the band. The stu dents and their directors stayed in the dorms during their stay at Chemawa. The Spring Concert was held at the auditorium on Thursday, April 29th at 7:30 p.m. The choir from Mt. Edge cumbe and Chemawa and both bands put on a performance. On Friday, the Mt. Edgecumbe choir put on another concert by themselves during the 4th period. The Choir director was Mrs. Sophia Porter and the Band director was Mr. Lance Eagleman. The Mt. Edgecumbe students left Saturday morning at two o’clock. On May 2nd, the Chemawa “ A ” Choir and Choral Ensemble went on a tour to many different places. There were forty eight students and two ad visors, Mr. Wolfe, the music director and Mrs. Lane, chaperone. They left here early Sunday morning and theii first stop was at Okanogan, Washing ton, for one day. The second stop, on Monday, was in Northern Idaho, at Plummer and Lapwai where they sang. On Tuesday, they went to Pendleton and sang at the high school and had an evening performance. Wednesday they went to Warm Springs and sang. They left Warm Springs at 9:30 p.m. and got back to Chemawa at 2:00 a.m. Not every member of the choir got to go. Most of the tour group were Juniors and Seniors who had worked hard in the program for two or three years. A few Freshmen who had also shown exceptional ability, got to go along. Mr. Wolfe thougnt that the tour was a success. “ Those who saw us thought we gave a good performance,” he said. He also said that the students, most of them Alaskans, saw a lot of new territory. The Home Economics Intermediate and Advanced Clothing classes had an open house on April 7th from 8:30 to 4:00 in the Home Economics Build ing. The girls and boys from other Home Ec. classes visited. There are seventy girls that have enrolled in the Intermediate and Ad vanced Clothing classes this year. They have made dresses, formals, and pants, and have had small pro jects like crocheting and making hand bags. There were twenty-five formals made by the girls this year. In the Intermediate class, the girls made a dress or formal; then they made a pair of pants. The Advanced clothing girls each made a double knit dress. Then they had the choice of picking any project they wanted to work on. The girls went shopping for their material. On April 27th, the Intermediate class went on a trip to visit the Pen dleton Woolen Mills in Washougal, Washington, and White Stag in Port land. The Advanced clothing girls went to Jantzen, Inc., and White Stag Rose Fitka and Jim Aleck won then .in Portland on April 21st. awards for their contributions to the student body and the school. Herbert Sheldon, Marie Neakok and Miles Cleveland were given awards for their contributions to dorm life and Cheri Stephan won the award for out standing member of the pep club. The agriculture department present ed its awards to John Henry and David Enock, and the reading lab awards for the greatest improvement in read ing ability went to Ed Pungalik and Eva Merculief. Explorer Post 123 was also honored at the same assembly for placing sec ond out of 13 teams in the annual search and rescue competition spon sored by the Northwest Sheriffs Asso ciation. The contest was held at McGowan Creek Camp in the Mohawk Valley near Eugene. Team members were Pat Madros. George Sam, Herb McIntyre, Roy Wil liams, Tom Napoka, Harry Wassilly, Robert Sheldon and Harold Yatlin. ¡amie Williams clears the bar at a Roy Williams and Tom Napoka won record 11’ 3” to set a new standard their senior scout award at this com in the pole vault. The old record was 10’ 8”. petition. A w a rd s Given A t A ssem bly Eighteen outstanding students re ceived watches and certificates for their contributions to Chemawa at a special awards assembly on May 11. Percy Frisby and Kathy Olson re ceived awards for their contributions to the community. Bert Merculief and Linda Panamarioff were given awards for friendliness. Oliver Kirk and Laverne Willoya won the awards for leadership, and the athlete of the year awards went to William Albert and Lorean Driggs. THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published by the joint efforts of the Business Education Department and the Journalism class. Reporters: Daryle Marchand, Patty Phair, Sharon Clark, Harriet Samato, Linda Kirsteatter, D. J. Taylor, Jim Aleck, Mabel Kudraluk, Staff Advisors: Mr. Dashney Mrs. Sturgeon Principal: William J. Tucker Superintendent: Gordon W. Gunderson Hom e Ec C lasses H old Open H ouse
