Image provided by: The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde; Grand Ronde, OR
About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1908)
8 THE CHEMAWA A MERC AN r LOCALS Monday, .there was no ; school for the forenoon pupils. The girls went back to their quarters while the boys went out in the woods to dig up wild ferns, Oregon grape and different shrubs to be planted here on the school's birthday. ; , The old, iron pipes laying around are being put to good use by Supt. Chal craft. They are made into fences and put along the sidewalks at different places to help keep the pupils from tramping on the lawns. The boys who went o Dallas last Sat urday to play basketball " report having had a very nice time. Mr. Teabo, who lost two horses two weeks ago, has recovered his property. They were caught at Mollalla? about forty-five miles northeast of here. The blacksmiths are helping the en gineers stretch large wires from the pow er house to the hospital and McBride Hall Silas Moon, an ex-pupi 1 of this-school , was here Sunday. He left for Tacoma, where, he works in the car shops, Sun day evening. James Evans is now apprenticed in the printing office. ,: ' We had singing services in the chapel 1 ast M onday even! n g . Mr..Bowen and his boys are leveling th e grou nds by the ne w hospital . The morning school boys devoted their time to digging various plants to be planted by the new hospital last Mon day. . , Mr. Mann and his force of boys are very busy.fixing the electric wires con uecti n g all buij din gs . J Frank Booth, who was working at the Salem Troiv Works,' isi with us" again for J his vacation. ! The building, formerly known, as the LargB Boys' Home, is now called ''Brew er Hall." ? The Nesikas had their party last Fri day evening. The girls' first and second basketball teams played a game last Saturday evening. v ' . : ; '-r' Frank Sorrel, a boy from Montana, is now working in the kitchen. The attendance ' of the Bible Study class last Sunday was 75. ! . Mr. and Mrs. Smith took quite num ber of girls out for a walk last Sunday afternoon. -o- Miss Irene Campbell took some of the pupils into the woods to get fern, shrubs, etc; They had a fine time! . Adella Payne is making a very nice bead neck lace' for herself. . We are all glad to see James Benjamin back in school again after be- ing out on account of his eyes. Mrs.' Be w ley's ! brother came from Dallas, Tuesday morning, and he stop ed off to visit his sister. She was glad to see him. ' - f r . ; Maggie Jerry has completed u; very pretty bead chain for one of her friends. M iss Steponeck; the new laundress, is very nice to, the girls.. The hand boys had a fine practice : Monday evening - John Brown is getting to be an expert , basketball player. He has been, prae ; ticing eve r since he came. ' -; ; ' The student body 'practiced some songs Monday : evening for the 98th anniversary of our school.