East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-15
Athena W0ODNEN
HAVE BIG SMOKER
-FOUR ROUND BOXING CONTEST
FEATURED AFFAIR WEDNES-
DAY EVENING.
Milton High School Basketball Team
Meets Athena Tonight In the
school, Gymnaslum-LAteraFy SOci-
ETY. VIII Hold Session Dec. 21.
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(East oregonian Speclal.)
ATHENA, Dec. 15.-At a meeting
OF the Woodmen Of the World lodge
held last Wednesday evening officers
were elected and a monster smoker
staged in which a four round boxing
bout between Ernest BOyntOn and Ed
Sebasky featured After the election
Of officers and the smoker refresh
ments were served The following
were elected officers for the ensuing
year. Ed Sebasky, Council Com
mander; VIII Shick, Adviser Lieuten-
ant; Elmer Booher. Escort; H. o.
Korthington, Banker; LIE Roy McCub-
bins. Watchman; Cleye Myers, Sentry;
District Manager Hoyt was present
and gave an interesting talk. Other
visiting members were ]. P. Walker
and AL Garden of Pendleton. class
OF 80 will go from Athena on Monday,
December Is to be initiated at a meet
ing OF the Woodmen at Pendleton on
that evening. The officers elected
at Wednesdays meeting will be in
stalled at the next meeting of the
| AlntIld huuuIitI III JdnudAs
As a result of a shortage in the sup
ply Of books for the Athena school
library from the state, Superintend
ent j. o. Russell Of the Athena school
has just received a shipment Of books
valued at over $16. These books
which are mostly on industrial sub
jects have been 80 selected that there
will be at least three or four out Of
the list which will be useful to each
room Of the school.
Among the visitors to the grade
rooms this week were: Mrs. s. S. HUT,
Mrs F. B. Radke, Mrs. T. Taggart and
Oliver Dickinson.
Because Of the Christmas program
and Christmas trees to be given on
the school auditorium on Friday. De-
cember 22. the second regular meet
ing Of the high school literary society
will be held on Thursday, December
2lst at $3.50 in the afternoon. A fea.
ture of this meeting will be the tryout
debate by the members of the debat-
ing class for places on the Athena
high school debating teams Two
teams Of two members each will be
chosen after this debate which will
alternately represent the local school
at home and away The teams,
wherever they are. will debate on OPP
posite sides of the state question
which is Resolved that Oregon
should adopt health insurance law
embOdying the essential features OF
the Standard Bill for the American
Association for Labor Legislation"
All teams arguing at home will have
the affirmative side of the question.
The program follows. Song my Old
Kentucky Home" society; piano solo,
Kenneth Bentley. debate. Elmer Mar
tin. Verne Dudley. Edna McAlexander
affirmative. and Henry Koepke. Zola
Keen and Florence McLennan mega
tite; vocal solo, Ida Crabill; report Of
critic Lawrence Thorp.
The members of the cast in the
Athena high school play scored an
other success Saturday evening when
the play was taken to Helix and stag
ed in the Helix opera house under the
auspices of the Helix high school stu
dent body. The opera house was
packed to its fullest capacity and the
local school actors and actresses were
received with great enthusiasm by the
Helix audience. The performance
netted the local student fund a total
of $l6.05. the Helix opera house be-
ing able to seat but $45 house.
The grade school teachers and pu-
pills are hard at work on their elabo-
rate program for Christmas exercises
to be given in the school auditorium
on Friday, December %, and the pu-
pills are already becoming proficient
in their parts. All parents and patrons
Of the school are invited to attend
these exercises.
Tonight in the local gymnasium the
Athena high school basketball teams, |
both boys and girls will meet the |
Milton teams. Milton last year won |
the championship of Umatilla county |
in which Pendleton was not represent |
ed, and while the Athena girls won |
two games from Milton it is reported |
that they are eager for revenge this |
year.
Pendleton comes here next Friday |
night for a double header game and |
this game promises to be the best
game of the season.
The Athena boys met the Pendleton |
quintet but once last year and lost by
score of 26 to 20, but the locals are |
considered to have a better working |
team than ever before and consider
able interest has already been aroused /
over the coming contest. The Athena |
girls realize that in the Pendleton SEX
tette they have probably the hardest
aggregation to play they will meet
this year and are working hard to get
in shape for the fray.