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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
3
Pendleton and Athena residents mingle with short trips and calls. Wagons, harvest equipment orders, spring plowing prep, and local store activity fill out a busy week. Community updates include health, church, school, road, and shipping interests.
School notes reveal DeFraece elected secretary replacing Macbelle Duncan who cannot return this semester. Seventh grade earned a quarter holiday for 90 days without tardiness. UK grade received a similar break. Moving pictures shown, current event talks planned, and Lucille Taylor enrolled for business classes. Honor Cup excitement grows with past and potential room wins. various staff and students recognized. Roy Quartet to perform with magic and a dance number. ticket sales urged for February 28 event.
The Local Red Cross and Athena Red Cross hold their regular monthly meeting next Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Hilly, the chairman, reports 20 sweaters to be made and asks sewers to respond generously. Six finished sweaters have been turned in, knitters await more yarn. Many members knit for Red Cross workers and soldiers, some using their own yarn. A Silver Tea hosted by Mrs. J. W. Ware raised 14 dollars for the local Red Cross fund.
The text mentions two fruits newly found in the Philippines, the durian dubbed the vegetable hamburger and the magosteen, noting their exotic flavors and the need for further verification abroad. It includes unrelated quotations and notices, plus a stray stray notice about a missing filly and a reward.
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