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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1909)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN 5 The trestle which was started upon about a month ago to be filled in is near Jng completion,' We have twu skating plaoes here at the sohool, on the cement walks and the other on the pond. Mrs. and Miss Wood3 werei in Salem last Wednesday and had an enterview with dear old Santa. Miss Dohse remembered one of her friends with one years subscription to to the Chemawa Amerioan. Mr, Burdett and his boys transplant ed some apple trees from the yard of Mc Bride Hall to the deer park. Some of the boys bought themselves roller skates and are now enjoying skat ing on the walks all 1 over the grounds, A number , of boys were sent over to Polk County in wagons yesterday to get misletoewith whioh to decorate the gym. Orin French, of the senior clas, sewed, the letters on the muslin which made up the motto, "Glory to God in the High est." ... The entertainment last night was en joyed by all who attended, and the boys and girls who took part deserve great credit. Mr. Mann and a numher of boys went out on Thursday morning and gathered greens with which to decorate, the gym nasium. ; Mrs, Woods mt a very painful acci dent on Thursday morning, Her left hand was scalded while working in the Jaundry, Mr. Enright and his tailor boy roast ed, yesterday, 100 pounds of peanuta for the pupil . Tbe bakers enjoyed popping the corn. Mr; Joe Dick arrived at the school on Thursday to visit his son, Charles, who is a pupil here,' Miss Grear and Mies Faris were assist ing in deoorating the gymnasium yester day afternoon, The commissary force, under the sup erintendency of Mr. Larsen, unloaded a car of flour and delivered them to the bakery and to the kitchen. The farmer boys were busy Wedneg. day and Thurgday delivering "popcorn, pumpkins, and other "vegetable to the different quarters around the grounds. Tomorrow night there ig going to be another game hetween our middle sized boys and the Y. Ut C. A; ; intermediates of Salem, - This is going to be more in teresting than their last game, sinoe both teams have been practicing hard all : this time. There are 3,000 bushels of potatoes in the root'houseand Mr. .Westley has del tailed two boys to keep fire in the rcot house to protect the pototoes from, being frost bitten during these very cold days. There are about. 2,000 bushels yet in the field, .." . There was a Santa . CJa-us ioe-cream social on Tuesday nights in the gym nasium, It was well attended -by both employes and pupils. .The band furn iehed good music for the maroheg, ..After Mr. Campbell made ome announcements relating to the holidays a grand march began. Mr. ttnright-. an,d Mr. Fickle tnen got dowu to business and dinponnd. of about 45 gallon of ice cram in an houi' or fo, shortly after which the social ended and nvery body departed for quartern