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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1930
Page
5
A long list of visitors and local movements fills Athena Oregon area pages. Virginia Eager, a new victim of Joe Anderson, visits Spokane relatives. Pendleton, Walla Walla, and La Grande are frequent stops for residents. Births, illnesses, weddings, and a red plane sighting punctuate a busy week.
A senior from Athena High reflects that commencement marks not an end but a start for life. The piece urges students to shape actions and habits now to build a peaceful, contented future through ongoing effort and education. It sits amid local sports and school events including a muddy baseball game and upcoming grade-level picnics.
Students crowd to sign yearbooks with jokes and neat signatures. Years later old pages reveal playful scribbles of classmates from the 1939 annual, producing nostalgia and laughter.
Professor Mark Harris will deliver the commencement address to the graduating class at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. Junior class oversees the decoration of the event.
Rain nearly halted the high school baseball game between Athena and Hermiston last Friday. The contest neared completion with Athena stepping toward the Loving Cup, the winning prize.
The annual picnic will be held at Bingham Springs on Thursday May 8. Students will depart from the school at seven o clock in the morning. Transportation will only be furnished for designated participants.
A biology class completed a herbarium of 20 flowers with 10 wild and 10 tame species under Mrs Blatchford. Loie Montgomery earned a silver pin from the Royal Typewriting Company for a 43 word, two mistake piece in fifteen minutes. Patronella Walter earned a Certificate of Proficiency in typing for a 31 words per minute result with five mistakes in fifteen minutes. Senior English themes of 800 to 1000 words wrapped up the term, revealing surprising talent per Miss.
Mr and Mrs B B Richards and son Roland entertained at a dinner party Monday for faculty members Miss Dorothy Brodie Miss Beulah Smith Mr E B Coad and Mrs A L Gurney Mr and Mrs R B McEwen and family also attended. Mr and Mrs Henry Barrett hosted a Saturday dinner party for their daughter Miss Helen fourteenth birthday with guests Miss Dorothy Brodie Miss Beulah Smith and Mr F B Boyd. After dinner the guests motored to Pendleton to attend a movie.
Emery Rogers and his father E C Rogers visited Dudley Rogers near Creston British Columbia with Arthur Crowley Eldon Myrick and Coach Pike Miller. Stafford Hansell attended Pendleton track meet. Mary Tompkins returned to school after three weeks with measles. Fred Singer visited relatives in Waitsburg. Frances Cannon visited Walla Walla. Lowell Jenkins stayed at Bingham Springs Campbell cabin. Walter Huffman visited Pendleton Sunday evening.
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