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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
3
In a Brooklyn court Miss Madeline Kaye, a woman attorney, pleaded for her client while wearing linen knickers and a loose sleeve less blouse.
An Oxford undergraduate tallies a census of birds in Ken Sington Gardens London totaling 8 980. The breakdown lists 2 603 sparrows 411 starlings 289 black headed seagulls 87 titmice and 26 moorhens.
Observers note a tufted grass knot at cross roads used by gypsies to indicate routes and messages. The knot reflects road position and time since tying, with broken stems drying to show elapsed duration.
An art hobby inspired by painted rocks uses colored sands to form pictures inside sealed bottles. Fifty six natural shades, gathered from various regions, are arranged with special tools to create lasting patterns without leakage.
School page lists editors Virgie me Beatrice Hiteman and Loie Montgomery as student body contact. Mentions junior news staff, adviser Harold Kirk, and Mildred Bateman. Grades 1st through 8th are noted with teachers Thelma Schrimpf Cecil Pambrun Frances Cannon Helen Foster Carl Calvert.
A brief note on radio and film enhancing public access to presidential inaugurations from Coolidge to Hoover. It notes radio broadcasts and moving pictures bringing events to viewers, plus short local notices of faculty and visitors in Pendleton Milton and Walla Walla.
Coach Miller spoke to the student body about the tournament during Monday morning assembly in the study hall and recalled some of the best games played.
Vice President Alberta Charlton presided at a Friday March 1 student body meeting while President Eldon Myrick attended a basketball tournament. The group discussed sending a peppy telegram to the Heppner tournament basketball players to read before they faced Mac Hi on the floor.
Miss Bateman's American history class gathered for the inaugural address at Harold Kirk's home followed by a noon lunch. Economics class with Mr. Moyer joined Oral Michener’s home listening session during the second period. Local residents Pearl Green and Harold Kirk traveled to Pendleton and Walla Walla respectively, with others visiting nearby towns for events. Gloria Garfield remained seriously ill with intestinal flu.
Beverly Barrett missed school due to flu while grades three and four listened to Mr. Hoover's inauguration on the radio at Dick Thompson home. First and second grades hosted a Washington's birthday program for the older students on February 21. Bettle Mastersiny of Indianapolis visited grandmother in Scipio and contracted mumps, describing the pain as felt in her stomach and sock.
21 years ago Charles Gerking reports Athena connections with Seattle and Tacoma residents, noting W. E. Young in Tacoma and Dr. Scott in Seattle. Marriage of David H. Bayne and Ethel Lieuvallen in Adams. couple to live in Helix. Birth announced for Charles Brotherton’s son born Feb 29 1908. Proposals include land sales in Athena, steel bridge plans on Pine creek, and a smelter stock sale near Wilbur. Community dance at the opera house and birthdays mark social life. Rheumatism prompts Jarman to seek Hot Lake.
An engineering official cites that only 55 percent of 28.75 million American homes own refrigerators and just 20 percent use them year round, wasting 700 million in food annually at about 10 cents daily per family. If waste could be eliminated, funds could feed western Europe options.
In the village of Parson Drove near Wisbech England a wood mill operates seasonally using huge wooden rollers drawn by horses to crush plants. The resulting dye remains valued for certain applications, surpassing modern substitutes in some uses.
The 1928 report of the American Council on Education lists Eugene as the top student hometown among freshmen entering colleges this fall, with a score out of 6517 in the reported biological results.
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