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Athena Press

Location

Athena, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1929

Page

4

High School Notes Junior News Staff and Meetings

The junior class set a new food sale date for Saturday March 16 after a March 6 meeting. The senior class met March 8 to discuss a class gift with no decision. Carol Kidder and Harold Kirk visited Walla Walla. Mary and Esther Berlin shopped there. Pearl Green visited Pendleton. Thelma Schrimpf was in Walla Walla. Doris Street at St Marys hospital after appendicitis operation. Mildred Street absent due to illness.

Carolyn Kidder Harold Kirk Walla Walla Mary Esther Berlin Pearl Green Pendleton Thelma Schrimpf Doris Street St. Mary’s Hospital Mildred Street

Spring Fever Sweeps School With Outdoor Fun

Beatrice Hiteman notes spring influences at school as students trade heavy winter dress for lighter outfits and switch from basketball to outdoor baseball. Pupils fill grounds after classes, enjoying sun and warmth as teachers observe the season’s arrival. Faculty travel to Walla Walla and Pendleton for various tasks. A student body meeting on March 6 planned to buy flowers for ill Doris Street.

Beatrice Hiteman Athena Doris Street

Junior class plans activities for picture show and sale

A March 5 meeting established a program committee with Harold Kirk Frances Cannon and Carl Calvert for a junior picture show. The class voted to sell candy at the high school play and junior show, but then repealed that and chose a cooked food sale on Saturday March 9.

Harold Kirk Frances Cannon Carl Calvert

Bon fire blast burns Newton Murphy at home

Newton Murphy of 1st and 2nd Grades suffered facial burns after a water bottle exploded from heat pressure during a bon fire at his home on Sunday. He stopped the flames in his hair with his hands. Geraldine Garrett and Gloria Garfield are listed as ill with the flu, with Garfield absent from school.

Newton Murphy Geraldine Garrett Gloria Garfield Dan Avery Athena City Athena Byron Hawks Spokane Della Danner Pendleton Elsie Myrick Walla Walla Chase Garfield Nelson Henry Koepke Charley Barrows Portland Musgrove Mercantile Co Leota Cannon Rawhide Chester Connick Tacoma Connick Preston- Parton Mill Barrett Ranch Washington Weber Idaho J. EB. L. Geerning Marshal Gholson Jacob Bloch Union

Initiative Petition Advocates Single Tax

The Oregon Single Tax league filed an initiative petition with Secretary of State Hoss to place the single tax issue on November 1930 ballot. The league lists H L Castro as president and 271 Market Street Portland as headquarters. It requires 15 555 signatures to qualify. The plan seeks a constitutional amendment setting land value tax funding from 1931 to 1935 and then taxing full rental value thereafter.

Salem Hoss Oregon Single Tax League Market Street Portland League H. L. Castro R. D. Marchant Laura Lees J. R. Herman

Complete diet and environment may prevent dental cleansings

The article argues that extensive dental cleansing is avoidable through a complete environment and diet. It suggests hard foods keep teeth naturally clean and resistant, with apples and crusts aiding dental health. It emphasizes chewing hard foods to benefit gums and jaws and cites Eileen Bourne in Liberty Magazine.

Eileen Bourne Liberty Magazine

Masonic Meeting Highlights in Athena

Dolph Lodge 80 A F and A M reports a well attended Saturday meeting with visiting Masons from Weston Pendleton Helix and Walla Walla. Master Mason degree conferred on three candidates followed by banquet. Community notes include local residents travels farming work ill child and civic updates.

Dolph Lodge No A. F A. M Weston Pendleton Helix Walla Walla Dolph Lodge

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Virgie Moore Loie Montgomery Boi John Kirk Eldon Myrick Torsion George Gross Cecil Pambrun Cee Frances Helen Foster Mildred Bateman Miss Bateman Brodie Mr. Meyer Mr. Miller Initiative Bell System Bell Direcrory Narion THE Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Colonel Wood Boyd 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 F. Sharp J. L. Geyer Post Building Pink Bell & Venable Conoco Gasoline Bryce Baker Goodyear Tires Sicek A. W. Logsdon Main Congress St. Patrick’s McFadden’s Pharmacy
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