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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1929
Page
3
A vacation week included a teachers' institute. Mr and Mrs Potter visited Walla Walla to surprise Mr Potters sister for a birthday. Emmet Lee and Roy Cannon hosted dinner guests. Marguerite Herford and Cannon children attended Desert Song in Pendleton. The Potters bought a new radio. Ad Pinkertons visited Laurence Pinkerton's home.
Next Sunday at 7:30 the program includes solos by Mrs. R B McEwen and Mrs David Stone, mixed and male quartets, musical readings by Mrs C M Eager and others, a ladies trio, and a chorus number. Congregational singing of old hymns will intersperse the numbers as Pastor leads with the sermon Antecedents to Progress.
Bertha Anna Potts died at her home on Wednesday evening October 9 1929 aged 58 years one month and three days She was born in the Willamette Valley September 6 1871 the daughter of Albert and Mrs Bales She lived in Eastern Oregon except ten years in Idaho married William Potts July 12 1896 and had one daughter and one son She was long active in the Christian church of Athena and leaves husband Edna McIntyre three grandchildren and one brother Albert Bales Her son had died about a month earlier.
Family members express appreciation for kindness and sympathy shown during illness and death of wife and mother. WM. POTTS MR and MRS ARCHIE MCINTYRE acknowledge support from friends.
An ad invites readers to send their name and address to receive a new puzzle for free. It highlights a 1980 Dodge Six Sedan and 24 other prizes in a Salem Oregon advertising campaign by Western News Co. at 1944 Hazel St.
A compact page lists roles in the high school notes section including Editor in Chief Stafford Hansell Assistant Editor Myrtle Campbell and staff such as Arthur Crowley Georgie Green and Emery Rogers. It also notes departments Boys Athletics Entertainment and Faculty with advisors Miss Beulah Smith and Herbert Reeder.
The article argues that a community's fate rests on its schools and the readiness of pupils for life. It notes movement away from towns with poor schools, the need for up to date systems, and how today’s students become tomorrow's leaders. It also reports student activities at W. S. C. Athena visits and local college workers, plus a Diology Class bug collection of twenty specimens.
Last week the Sophomore class held a meeting to organize activities to entertain the Freshman group.
The following students were in Pendleton during the Institute vacation Ralph and Jack Moore Eldon Myrick Emery Rogers Arthur Crowley James Wilson Mary Tompkins Mildred Hansell Maxine Moore Francis Cannon Bernice Wilson Dorothy Burke Doris Street Fred Singer and Roland Richards Velma Ross spent Saturday in Walla Walla Bonnie Alkire Myrtle Davis and Miller were in Milton Saturday Elizabeth Walter spent Friday in Walla Walla Georgie Green visited relatives in Walla Walla Thursday
Kenneth Rogers was absent from school last week due to illness but has returned to his studies this week.
An ad-style notice urges women with bladder irritation to try Cystex from McAddens Pharmacy. It claims rapid relief from burning itching backache and leg pains with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Coach Pike Miller has been reshaping the football lineup to face Hermiston on Friday October 18. He notes improvements in the line and backfield after the Adams practice game and aims to overcome weaknesses seen against Touchet. Miller attended Pendleton Kennewick and Dayton Milton games, while local residents and visitors enjoyed weekend events in nearby towns.
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