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THE (JHEMAWA AMERICAN
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LOCALS
Mr. Mann and his detail of blacksmiths
cleaned the sewer the first of the week.
Mr. Smith has a new panama and a
new umbrella. You just watch the
weather.
In the absence of Mr. Smith, Mr. Fickle
was in charge of the weekly sociable on
Friday evening.
Levi Sortor fears that the 50-yai d dash
in the coming McMinnville meet will be
pretty strenuous on his old age.
Nut many sprinklers running. Justa&
soon as the sun comes out, the grass wiil
all die. It will be too late then.
Warren Grant Smith, who is six years
old today, lost his first baby tooth last
Friday. He says "It just dropped out
itself."
Judging from the clean condition of
the gymnasium after the Nonpareils
party last week, it must be an exception
ally fine society.
Mr. James Burdette, who ha been
quite ill for a few days, is again at his
post of duty, Simon Matthews was in
charge of his detail.
Mr. Van Tassel and family and Mr.
Frye and family are boarding at the
mess for the present, awaiting the com-,
pletion of quarters for them.
Several employes have recently been
the recipients of generous boxes of
pansies from Mrs. Bullard, picked from
her large bed at the sanitarium.
Mr. Kittson, the father of Frank, Ag
nes and Salena, is now occupying with
his family, the place recently vacated
by Prosper Picard east of the school.
The next event to prepare an exhibit for
is commencement. Lets get busy,, un
less we want everything FRESH. After
that comes the annual Oregon State Fair.
Twenty-three of the smallest girls went
out tor a walk with Mrs. Smith on Friday
evening and they all had an enjoyable
time picking wild strawberries and
flowers.
Of the 370 boys at Chemawa, there are
188 in Brewer Hall, 84 in Mitchell Hall,
93 in the Small Boys' Home and the
balance are living with their parents in
other quarters.
Passing through Brewer Hall at any
time of the day or evening, one can
not realize from the quiet therein that
there are almost 200 large and medium
sized boys housed there.
Miss Christine Harold of Quimby is
temporarily performing the duties of
head cook in the school kitchen during
the absence of Mrs. Brewer, and she is
staying with the Brewer gin.
Mr. and Mrs. Prospt r Picard and
family, who have been living east of the
school the last winter, returned to the
Umitilia Reservation to live, leaving
their four children at Chemawa.
The party of nine pupils from North
em Washington were photographed in
front of the dining hail by Mrs. Mann
within a half an hour after their ar
rival at the school Saturday evening.
In marching from the dining hall
Sunday morning, upon actual count, 67
boys out of 84 band and company "A"
boys from Mitchell Hall, and 16 out of
188 of companies B, C and D from
Brewer Hall, were looking or rubbering
towards the girls' side of the grounds.
Sometimes others see us.'