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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1930
Page
4
A dense column of society notices from Athena area residents includes visits to Weston Pendleton Walla Walla and Portland. Names like Mrs Fred Pittman Mr John Adams Mrs Florence Merrill and Mr and Mrs J F Kershaw appear along with events such as bridge parties birthdays and church group gatherings.
The Bible school and church meetings move back to the main auditorium with milder weather. Mr. Sias will speak on "The Words of This Life" next Sunday morning. Young People meet at 6 30 p m and the choir gives a 7 30 program. The revival Bible study cast will follow the programs.
Athena boys battled Helix in a 34 33 overtime victory while the girls second team fell 26 24 to Amapine. Crowley hit a late field goal in the overtime as Helix missed key players and Athena staged a bold comeback. Starting lineup included Rogers Myrick Jenkins Huffman Ley Hansell. The second team beat Amapine 25 19. Classes notes mention Tuones The Recruits and class colors silver and blue with sweet peas as the class flower.
A pregame dispute over refereeing led Athena players to refuse to play as Weston provided a different official. Athenians protested by walking off the floor amid a crowd and home team reaction, while Weston supporters argued the choice showed sportsmanship.
The student body met to decide if they should keep sending flowers to ill peers. They unanimously voted to continue the practice and named Rhoda Nelson as chair of a committee with Maxine Moore and Betty Eager among others to select the flowers.
Helix defeated the local girls team on their floor with a 19 to 9 decision last Friday. Campbell and Myrick, forwards, led for Helix in the season finale.
Eldon Mirick of the second year class earns bronze emblem from Underwood for forty five wpm with two errors after fifteen minutes. Stafford Hansell, Thelma Schrimpf, and Virgie Moore win Royal Certificate of Proficiency for thirty four twenty five and twenty seven wpm with five errors.
An assembly in the auditorium last Friday at 2 30 p m featured talks by Mr EB E Coac and Mr Miller, a piano duet by Marjorie Montague, a naval conference talk, and songs including On the Side Walks of New York. Alumni Wayne Pinkerton reports Dudley Rogers taking a hardware store clerk job and moving to Canada near Bonners Ferry to buy a farm. Ralph McEwen recovers from a horse accident causing a shoulder dislocation. Satah is in a sling for a week. Arthur Crowley and Eldon Myrick attended Helix Weston basketball game. Grade honors go to Alvin Kibby Jenne Standage Darrell Coppock Winifred Wilson Orville Paterson Robbie Zerbe Iva Mae Bocher Mary Lou Hansell. The 2nd and 5th grades plan a party for 3rd and 4th grades. Marjorie Martin and Billy Johns are honored in 4th grade. Shekton Sheard remains absent due to illness. Senate contest results show the upper rooms averaging 95 4 and 96 9 in six weeks. A future six week period likely to start.
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