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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1918
Page
3
Pendleton and Portland visitors stop in Athena for family news and chores. Local events include library reopening after flu, Red Cross campaigns, farm work notices, and a McDonald family update as residents cope with illness and war relief efforts.
A curio of late 19th century style. Notable items include Marville Watts teaching progress, the Damon and Pythias play announcement by Chas Kinsio and Knights of Pythias, and West on Lendar leadership news. Rebecca Murphy and Jennie Nelson wed, Major Collins to arrive for new company muster, and Master Dick Winship’s seventh birthday. Weather shifts bring snow sleet rain, a Lamar Sunday school organized, with J W Adams and T J Watts leading. Global arms discourse reflects concerns on European armament and restraint.
After a long break the Athena school reports most students back in class. George Pratt transfers to the third grade, new pupils Katherine McIntyre Marcus Pratt and Harold McClintock join the eighth and sixth grades, Gale Plord returns from vacation, Gertrude Martin and Merl Dickenson withdraw, and Margaret Herndon moves away. Ralph and Edwin McEwen return to school, Mrs. D Fisher visits the primary room, and Ancient History discussions touch on punishment for the Kaldor with a general sense of conflict within the Patadan family.
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces a local quarantine and invites all to attend. Sunday school begins at 10:00, preaching at 11:00 a.m. A community gathering with Athens is planned for 7:00 p.m. Pastor W. A. Pratt delivers the message.
A church bulletin urges worship next Sunday to celebrate peace after Germany’s collapse. Members are asked to attend morning services and a 4 o’clock Bible study in the evening as Pastor Burton commends wartime and postwar spiritual unity and attendance. The note laments draft dodging risks amid late war anxieties.
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