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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1906)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN 7 Nobody would have believed that "It was the Dutch" boys were Indians. They had the very best kind of a Dutch get up and were the hit of the evening. Mr. Beck the tailor made the costumes for "The Mistletoe Bough" and they were very correct in style the old col onial style and very becoming to the wearers. Mrs. Campbell received a letter from Mr. Stelzner. They were at Red Rluff Cal., visiting friends of Colonel Randlett. They send their regards to all Chemawa friends. Bessie Chiloquin's recitation was heartily encored on Wednesday night, last week, and she gave in response, "Especially Jim," was one of the best ever heard here.' Bessie will make a fine elocutionist. Mr. Campbell had three chickens for Sunday dinner and Mr. Spink had hard boiled eggs and sardines. However, early Monday morning Mr. Spink order ed 4 pig's feet, spare ribs and bacon. Piggies' trotter? evidently were in good shape for tht reached the mile post down the railroad track that evening, after supper. The office has a new way of sending us the pupils' itenn. On a lon-g sheet of paper were pinned many slips of paper each slip contained a pupil's item. We ijreatly appreciate this idea as it facili tates our work some way or another. The pins are what we are after. Now don't ask us to return the pins. ' ill'. Campbell has received a number df interesting photographs from Mr. Cof fin, the first superintendent of Chtmawa. They show the first pupils, of the school chopping down trees and getting the plae: cleared. ""There is a picture of the tirst gradua ting class, the band, the tem porary quarters erected for girls and boys and many other exceedingly inter esting photographs. Mr. Swartz surprised the printers by telling them a few points about type. He seemed to know all the names of the type; and just before he went out he said: "I think I ought to come' in once in a while and show you boys how to do job work, but it was quite a long time since I used to work in a printery." There he went out and one of our student printers or "devil" said: "You all right kid!" Program of Last Week's Entertainment 1. Piano Duett Misses Gertrude and Katie Brewer 2. Recitation, "The Victor of Morengo" Bessie Chiloquin 3. Semi Choru, "Glory" Girls 4. Tenar Solo, "If all the world belong ed to me" Mr. Lew Stelzner 5. Character song, "It was the Dutch." Eugene Williams, Paschal George, Thos, McCully, Martin Sampson, Peter Seltice, Maxime Barnaby, Cyril Morri sette. . 6. Japanese Song, "Whoa San." ilessie Boles and Chorus of Girls. 7. Piano Solo, ... Miss Gertrude Brewer 8. "The Mistletoe. Bough". Lady L vel Louise Murray Lord Lovel Merl Poland Wedding Guests: Nellie Sloan. Albert Payne, Dora Gray, Orson Bell, Martin'Sampson, Lizzie Gal breath, Alice Williams, Chas Payne, Ella Brewer, Maxime Barnaby, Bessie Boles, Fortunato Jayme, Nora Mann, James Sloan. Father: Cyrill Morrisette Mother: Laura Reed. Addresses by Col. Randlett, Mr. Chal craft and Mr. Campbell.
