High School Notes Junior News Staff Editors
The junior class met on Wednesday March 6 to decide a new food sale date due to a conflicting sale. They chose Saturday March 16 for the sale. The senior class met Friday March 8 to discuss a class gift but made no decision. People mentioned include Carolyn Kidder Harold Kirk Thelma Schrimpf Doris Street Mildred Street and Mildred Bateman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Kidder
Harold Kirk
Walla Walla
Mary
Esther Berlin
Pearl Green
Pendleton
Thelma Schrimpf
Doris Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mildred Street
Spring Awakening Probes Beatrice Hiteman School
Spring brings dreamy pupils and restless energy as students swap winter dresses for lighter attire and baseball replaces basketball. Teachers note the sunlit ramp up after a harsh winter with fields turning green and birdsong rising. Faculty trips to Walla Walla and Pendleton are recorded. A student body meeting March 6 discussed buying flowers for ill Doris Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Hiteman
Athena
Doris Street
Junior class to host picture show fundraiser and cook sale
A Tuesday meeting on March 5 set a program for the junior picture show. Committee members appointed were Harold Kirk, Frances Cannon, and Carl Calvert. The class planned candy sales at the high school play and junior show, but the candy sale was replaced by a cooked food sale on Saturday March 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Kirk
Frances Cannon
Carl Calvert
Boy Burned Face in Home Bon Fire Explosion
Newton Murphy, a first and second grader, suffered severe facial burns when a water bottle exploded from heat pressure at his home on Sunday. He self-extinguished flames from his hair. Geraldine Garrett and Gloria Garfield were reported ill or absent with the flu, which was spreading locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Murphy
Geraldine Garrett
Gloria Garfield
Initiative Petition Aims Single Tax Ballot Measure
The Oregon Single Tax league filed an initiative with Secretary of State Hoss to place a single tax constitutional amendment on the November 1980 ballot. The proposal would tax land value for government maintenance from 1931 to 1935 and then tax land rental value thereafter, replacing other taxes. It lists league officers and requires 15 555 signatures to qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Hoss
Oregon Single Tax League
Market Street
Portland
League
H. L. Castro
R. D. Marchant
Laura Lees
J. R. Herman
Hard Chewing and Diet Improve Dental Health Says Eileen Bourne
A Liberty Magazine quote argues daily cleansing rituals are unnecessary with a diet of hard foods. It claims hard chewing keeps molars and gums clean and resistant, praising apples crusts and long chewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Bourne
Liberty Magazine
Local Masons Meet At Dolph Lodge From Years Past
Dolph Lodge No 80 A F and A M held a Saturday night meeting with visiting Masons from Weston Pendleton Helix and Walla Walla. The Master Mason degree was conferred on three candidates followed by a banquet. The lodge numbers growth and maintains a fine hall. Colonel Wood of the Leader aided a press repair and praised his skill. The Athena jail suicide case was noted with burial in Athena cemetery. Various local visits plowing season school terms and farm news fill the rest of the item in a bustling town recap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Weston
Pendleton
Helix
Walla Walla
Dolph Lodge
Colonel Wood
Boyd
Dan Avery
Athena City
Athena
Byron Hawks
Spokane
Della Danner
Elsie Myrick
Walla Walla High School
Chase Garfield
Nelson
Henry Koepke
Charley Barrows
Portland
Musgrove Mercantile Co
Leota Cannon
Rawhide
Chester Connick
Tacoma
Connick
Preston- Parton
Barrett Ranch
Quill
Washington
Weber
Idaho
J. F E. L. Gerking
Marshal Gholson
Jacob Bloch
Union
Athend
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ofs
Virgie Moore
Loie Montgomery
Bes John Kirk
Eldon Myrick
Helen Foster
Mildred Bateman
Miss Bateman
Brodie
Mr. Meyer
Mr. Miller
Initiative
Bell System
Bell
THE
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Standard Theatre
Richard Dix
Ruth Elder
Moran
Douglas MacLean
Carnation
Steve’s Grocery
Oregon
W. G. Cowan
W. Boyd Whyte
Stangier Building
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
Athena Hotel
Laura Froome
Hons
F. Sharp
J. L. Geyer
Post Building
Pink
Bell & Venable
Conoco Gasoline
Bryce Baker
Goodyear Tires
Sicek
A. W. Logsdon
Main
Congress
Bicycle
St. Patrick’s
McFadden’s Pharmacy
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