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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1908)
2 THE CHBM AWA AMERICAN yfcyftygraQt agyjyt aye ayy ayg jk. ay& jt -ggr: LO GALS The fruit trees and strawberries are all in bloom. Evelyn and Mrs. Woods took a trip to Portland last Friday. John Brown is a new member of the band. He plays a clarinet. Easter is rapidly approaching, and so, are the Easter suits and hats. Mr. West ley says that his rhubarb is showing up better than before. Mr. J, M. Teabo went to Grande Ronde for a day or two this week. Miss Evelyn Woods was the guest of Miss Brown at the Mess. en Sunday. Mr. Westley made his first delivery of rhubarb to the students' kitchen this week. : : ,; ': ' ; Rhubarb roily poly is one of the delicacies of the season in the doniestic science room. : ; ,- ! We were sill sorry to hear of Mrs. BewleyV mother's death at Salem, Sat urday of last week. 4 A number of cMnployes from the school went to Salem to hear Francis Hericy speak on the 12th. v Mr. and Mrs. Chalcraft took a flying trip to Portland on Sal urday, and Alice took her meals at the Mess during their absence. Mr. James W. Swoboda, our new Shoe and Harnessmaker, is a splendid .. musician;-'- and for five years : was with the (Uh XT. S; Infantry Band; Mr. John Page of Latouche Isle, Alaska, was a Chemawa visitor one day this week. He was interested in quite a number of pupils who are from his home and had quite a visit with them. Mr, Moran has a switch put in on the G. 0. & P. line. The Senior girls entertained the 0. A. C. baseball boys in the domestic science department last Friday while the Junior class entertained them on Saturday Joe Bittles, a half-breed Alaskan, is the youngest and smallest apprentice at the Chemawa school, he is 10 years old stands 4 ft. 1 inch, weighs 59 pounds, is in the 1st grade and belongs to the small est company of the Battalion. He is enthusiastic in his work as a beginner, running errands and making buttonholes just now, having entered the tailoring department upon his special request ; to the disciplinarian's office. ! ' Keej) in mind that it does not depend upon the size of a person to produce re sults. ' '':V. . : ;,. ;. ., Miss Elizabeth Francis, who for the past. two years has been in charge of the S, P. R, 11. office at this point, resigns her position. While at Chemawa Miss Francis, tbv her pleasant disposition, cheerful and accommodating manners, made many friends, who deeply regret her t leaving, Miss ; Francis will - visit Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Scott, of Portland, and later expects to accept ' a reinstate ment with, the Southern Paesfie Office in the San Joaquin Valley. Mr. E. G, Wilson vvi II succeed Miss Francis at this Office.-' ; ; After a man has posed as a cynic for a short time he begins to think too lictle of others and too much of himself. Wisdom will enable you to overcome the most difficult problems and frequent ly fate itself; therefore gather wisdom wherever you may find it; let the past teach thee lessons for the future. -Loth.