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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1928
Page
4
Athena and nearby communities recount a busy Thanksgiving week with visits from Portland to Pendleton. Residents host relatives, attend events, and scenes mix theater plans, school honors, and local trips statewide.
The football season ended with more wins than losses and both girls and boys basketball teams, under coach Pike Miller, aim for victory. Adams game looms Friday for girls and a boys showdown follows, with Eddie Buck officiating and a freshman dues meeting held Monday.
Alumni Helen Hansell returns to Washington State College for Thanksgiving week. Doris Schubert Lorena Schubert and Granville Cannon resume studies at Walla Walla Business College after the break. Carl Calvert Harold Kirk John Kirk Virgie Moore Pearl Green Esther Berlin Mary Tompkins and Marjorie Pasaies are listed among local comings and goings in Walla Walla. A student body meeting Friday November 23 reported term receipts and expenditures totaling 233.95 with a balance of 82.27.
Miss Bryant was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Garfield on Thanksgiving Day in Walla Walla.
Eleanor Price appears in fifth grade and Arleen Foster in sixth grade for November honor roll. Alberta and Carl Ball join fifth grade from Reed and Hawley mountains. Fifth and sixth grades report 100 percent attendance for November.
Freewater Oregon hatchery publicizes completion of major upgrades with Mammoth Electric machines, claiming largest incubator and brooder in eastern Oregon or Washington. It lists season capacities and offers early order discounts on Collins Baby Chicks through January 1, 1929, with breed prices.
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