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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1930
Page
1
Readers recount visits from Walla Walla and Weston, summer cottages at Bing ham Springs and LaCrosse, measles affecting high schoolers, garden and crop notes, and local tradesmen or residents returning from Montana and Portland. Several community events and hospital updates are noted.
Athena High School reports a swift measles spread among pupils with high fevers and contagion seen in classrooms. Quarantine rules are enforced as juniors and seniors prepare for exams and the upcoming banquet at the Grand Hotel in Walla Walla.
Coach Pike Miller took five athletes to the Helix sectional last Saturday. The squad excelled in track events with multiple top finishes including second in the 440 yard dash and 50 yard dash, and thirds in high hurdles 220 yard dash pole vault and low hurdles. Myrick won the high jump and broad jump while Crowley won the low Neritiatis high hurdles. The team lacked enough entrants for field events and finished without a full scoreboard.
At last Friday’s student body meeting the elected officers include cheerleader Raymond Freeze transportation manager Betty Eager editor of the annual Stafford Hansell and business manager Emery Rogers. The May 8 trip for high school students and faculty was set leaving the school house at 7:00 am. Alumni are invited to attend. Mr Schmidt from the University of Oregon spoke to the students and grades on April 17 and spoke with the senior class after the lecture.
Fred Singer visited friends and relatives in Echo Sunday. Aileen Myrick Marjorie Douglas and Jack Moore were in Pendleton Sunday evening. Stafford Hansell returned to school this morning reporting a false measles alarm and experiencing a light appendicitis attack.
Several students qualified for typing awards in recent weeks. Carl Calvert received a bronze emblem from Underwood Company for typing forty words a minute for fifteen minutes with no more than five errors. His actual record was forty four words a minute with two errors. First year students Roland Wilson and Carlyn qualified for the Royal Typewriter Company certificate of proficiency by typing thirty words a minute with at most five errors.
On a cape bound train a woman left a bag and three buns. Mr M across the aisle grabbed the bag and bunpins, ran down the steps, then the train started. The woman returned and explained she spoke to a friend on the platform, and Mr M swore off boy scout deeds.
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