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Press Paragraphs "The Vanishing Pioneer" Standard Theatre tomorrow night. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Catron are driving a new Willys-Knight sedan car. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dudley re turned Sunday from a visit to Port land. John and Dean Pinkerton have purchased one of the new model Pontiac sedans. Mrs. Alex Mclntyre, Mrs. Fred Pinkerton and Miss Hilda Dickenson were in Walla Walla Wednesday. Miss Zeltha Mclntyre recently purchased a fine Radiola which she had installed in her home on Adams street. Mrs. Clarence Gagnon underwent an operation at a Walla Walla hos pital last week, and is reported to be convalscent. Mrs. Henry Dell, Mrs. Ralph Mc- Ewen, Mrs. H. I. Watts and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson were Walla Walla visit ors, Wednesday. Bud Mclntyre came up from Sherman county Sunday and visited at the home of his mother, Mrs. Zeltha Mclntyre. Mrs. M. M. Johns left yesterday for a few days visit at the hpme of her niece, Mrs. George Ayers, at Wallula, Washington, kindly with him and we will venture to assert that he is more handsome than either of his brothers, who are at the helm of the Weston Leader. Master Dell DeMerritt of Walla Walla, visited at the home of his grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell in Athena over last week-end. Mrs. S. J. Bowles, who has spent the past month at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. S. LeGrow, return ed Wednesday to her home in Walla Walla. Miss Marie Foster, employed as bookkeeper in the Peacock flouring mill at Freewater, is reported ill at the home of Mrs. Howard Mansfield in that city. The M. E. Missionary society will meet at the home of Mrs. Crabill next Wednesday, Mrs. John Tompkins and Mrs. Charles McFarland serving. A very interesting program is anticipated. RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St. II. H. HILL Athena Take your Old Shoes To the Athena Shoe Shop and get them rebuilt like new work. Strictly Guaranteed. Prices right. Cleve Myers Jensens Blacksmith Shop Repair Work Prices Reasonable Athena, Oregon Milton Sills in "The Hawk's Nest" Standard Theatre, Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson re turned from their trip to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. 0. 0. Stephens and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rogers motored to Walla Walla Tuesday evening, The 0. D. 0. club was entertained at the home of Mrs. Schwandt, south east of Athena last Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Flint Johns have re turned home from their visit with relatives at Portland and Vancouver, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dudley left Wednesday for Portland and Corval lis where they will remain over the coming week-end." Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Logsdpn completed their visit to Portland last week, re turning home Sunday. Albert and Ernest Pond, of Grand Junction, Colorado, spent Sunday and Monday in Athena, at the home of their uncle, Lee Wilson. Raymond Geissel suffered an attack of, influenza at his home in Milton this week. He has recovered suf ficiently to resume his work at the O.-W. R. & N. station in that city. William Winship, who has a tract of land at Salem, forwarded to The Press this week a bag of English walnuts. The nuts which are of ex ceptionally fine quality, were grown by Mr. Winship. Miss Genevieve Rogers, who is em ployed in the clerical department of the Portland Woolen Mills, spent Sunday and Monday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rogers, in Athena. The Weston potato show will be in progress at Weston today and to morrow. The exhibits this year are said to be on a par with those offered in the past. A number of Athena peo ple will visit the show. The Christian Missionary society met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. B. Boyd, with Mrs. Lew McNair in charge of the pro gram. Refreshments were served by Mrs. R. A. Thompson and Mrs. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Singer and sons accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Alex Malcolm, parents of Mrs. Sing er, of Echo, motored to The Dalles, Sunday and visited Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Malcolm, brother of Mrs. Singer. Weston Leader: A telephone mes sage received here Wednesday an nounced that Laura, and Geneva Lucas had returned to their home in Ashland. The girls had been work ing in an olive orchard near Oroville, California. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Radtke motored to Yakima, and spent the night in that city. At Zillah, Washington, they spent several hours at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mathers, former Athena residents whom they found well and prosperous. A pleasant afternoon was spent by members of the Etude club, at the home of Mrs. Arthur Douglas, last Wednesday. The program as out' lined in the Press was carried out, following which, refreshments were served by the hostess. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. LeGrow have a new LaSalle sedan, the first to be delivered in Athena. The LaSalle is a companion car to the Cadillac, and is a product of General Motors Cor poration. The car is up to the minute in design and equipment. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Maloney of Pendleton, Miss Pearl Ramsay and Dr. W. G. Cowan of Athena, left this morning for Corvallis where they will witness the homecoming foot ball game between the University of Oregon and Oregon State College teams. A birthday cake supporting six burning tapers climaxed the end of a splendid dinner at the Hansell home north of Athena, Tuesday evening, given in honor of Mary Lou Hansen's sixth birthday anniversary. The Hansell family and Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Boyd enjoyed the dinner. High School Notes Junior News Staff Editor John Kirk Faculty and Alumni Carl Calvert Athletics Eldon Myrick Student Body ....Virgie Moore Classes Beatrice! Hiteman Subject Classes Cecil Pambrun 1st & 2nd Grades .Thelma Schrimpf 3rd & 4th Grades Harold Kirk 5th & 6th Grades...... George Gross 7th& 8th Grades... Frances Cannon Personals Helen Foster Advisor Miss Mildred Bateman ORIGINAL ESTIMATE AND ACCOUNTING SHEET ' , . UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. NO. 7 . This original estimate is made in compliance with section 231-A of the school laws of 1921 and shows in parallel columns the unit costs of the several services, material and supplies for the three fiscal years pre ceding the current year, the detail expenditures for the last one of said three preceding fiscal years and the budget allowances and expenditures for the current year. EXPENDITURES Editorial Ten years ago peace was declar ed between the Allies and Germany, It would seem that after the terrible struggle between the great nations of the world, with the bloodshed and horror that goes with war, such thing as war would be forever abolished, but will it? Of course there have been many different pro positions to abolish war, of which Kellogg's peace-pact is the most out standing. Its idea is to outlaw war among the nations. But will all the nations abide by this treaty? Jealousy and distrust of each other is a great factor that stands in the way of abolishing war. Each nation seems to want all the rest of the nations to disarm, but each is un willing to disarm herself. England wants France to abolish submarines, who in turn wants the ban lifted on light cruisers. Submarines are the most powerful armament which France possesses, while light cruisers are the most suitable for the pro tection of England's trade routes, Airplanes are being manufactured in great quantities by all the large na tions, and these planes are not all small passenger carrying planes but are large fighting planes. What does this mean? Are these. planes being manufactured at a tremendous expense by the governments just for pleasure? With little countries al ways bickering at each, other and with their powerful armies, how can war be averted? War is always possible until each nation controls death-dealing inventions that will make war so terrible that the nations will be too afraid to go to war. Let us hope that that time will soon come when all the countries can live in peace with each other. Athletics Athena Hi was defeated by the Touchet eleven 18-6 Friday, Novem ber 9, on the local field. The first quarter opened with Tou chet receiving the kick-off. They did not make their necessary yardage and were forced to kick. Athena took the ball and with a number of line plunges and end runs carried the ball over for a touchdown. The try for point failed. The second period opened with Touchet using a passing attack. A touchdown was made when a Touchet man lay out on the sidelines and caught a pass which went for a touchdown. The second half opened with Ath ena kicking off to Touchet. The play was fairly even until an Athena fum ble gave Touchet the ball on Athena's 25-yard line. A long pass over the goal line resulted in another touch down for Touchet. The kick for the extra point was blocked. Athena received the ball at the kick-off but was forced to punt. Touchet con tinued passing as the Athena men could not seem to solve their attack. Another pass resulted in the ball be ing put on Athena's 3-yard line. After several bucks it was put over for a touchdown. The try for point failed. The fourth quarter was mostly In ' ' - Estimated Expenditures and budget allowance Expen. for 3 fiscal years next pre- expendituers for last school year ceeding the last school year ITFM frhnnlCwft!-n8 Endituw. Budgellow'w. Last year of Second year FUstYear li&ia school year In Detail la Detail 8-year period Yearly totals Yearly totals PERSONAL SERVICE: Superintendent ... Teachers .......... Athletic Coach ....... Janitor Clerk Other services . ... ,..$ 2,100.00 ... 5,810.00 ,.. 350.00 ,.. 750.00 .. 100.00 ... 100.00 $2,000.00 6,697.98 875.00 81.80 64.42 Total Personal Services.... 9,210.00 9,719.20 MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES: Furniture (desks, etc.).. 200.00 Supplies (chalk, etc.).... 35.00 Supplies Miscl 90.00 Library books 100.00 Flags . Playground equipment Janitor's supplies 25.00 Fuel 500.00 Light and Power 150.00 Water 60.00 Postage, statoinary and 608.80 468.39 88.88 2.85 9.74 461.29 135.90 60.00 $2,000.00 6,665.00 675.00 100.00 200.00 9,640.00 200.00 350.00 50.00 50.00 450.00 120.00 70.00 $1,833.33 ! 4,300.00) 643.75 : 100.00 . 183.55 ' 1,833.33 4,550.00 625.00 75.00 528.98 15.00 7,060.63 7,612.31 15.00 205.64 ; 357.11 39.36 494.27 120.92 67.50 349.34 190.57 33.00 2.44 1.50 8.99 393.60 103.02 67.50 Printing 110.00 107.72 110.00 44.45 110.71 47.56 Total Material & Supplies 1,270.00 1,943.57 1,400.00 1,329.25 1,260.67 47.53 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS: Buildings and grounds.. 150.00 10.99 400.00 795.14 649.01 Total Maintenance & Rps. 150.00 10.99 795.14 649.01 INDEBTEDNESS: Warrant, and interest thereon 3,376.05 1,091.14 Total Indebtedness 3,376.05 1,091.14 . INSURANCE: . 58.90 50.00 Total Insurance 58.90 50 00 MISCELLANEOUS: Premium Clerks Bond.. 62.50 50.00 50.00 60.00 Telephone... - 30.00 23.85 30.00' 29.01 29.42 Interest 150.00 141.74 150.00 128.53 25.52 Total Miseccaneous 242.50 215.09 230.00 207.54 54.94 EMERGENCY: ; 200.00 Total Emergency , 200.00 GRAND TOTAL..... ..$14,248.55 11,888.85 9,451.46 9,576.93 the 112.56 year 1928-1929 was 12.96L14 I, J. F. Kershaw, do hereby certify that the above estimate of exoenditures for prepared by me and that the exoenditures and budeet allowance for six months of the current vear anH the ex. penditures for the three fiscal years next preceding the current year as shown above have been compiled from the records in my charge and are true and correct copies thereof. J.F.KERSHAW, District Clerk. Clothing For Weather Winter neutral territory. Several fumbles were made by both sides, but neither team was able to follow 'up the ad vantages. The following line-up started , for Athena: Wayne Pinkerton, L. E.; Stafford Hansell, L. T.; Walter Huff man, L. (.: Cecil Pambrun, C; wu ford Miller, R. G.; Lee Foster, IS. T. George Gross, R. E.; Arthur Crowley, Q.; Wayne Pittman, R. H. Ralph Mc Ewen, L. H.; Eldon Myrick, ?F. B. Substitutes were: Edwin McISwen, Emery Rogers, Oral Michener, and Lawrence Carlile, Faculty Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Meyer en tertained Mr. and Mrs. Htvrold Fred rick Friday evening at dinner. Superintendent Meyers and Coach Pike" Miller attended the Pemlle- ton-La Grande game at Pendle1;on, Monday. 1 Miss Bateman and Miss Brodie at tended the Mac-Hi-Wa Hi game at Milton Monday. Miss Brodie and Miss Bateman spent Sunday at the home of Mrs- D. R. Cook (Gertrude Mclntyre) in He lix. , , Alumni Granville Cannon left for business collego at Walla Walla Monday. Girl's Athletics Thursday night, November 8, was the first basketball practice for the girls this year. The following thirteen girls turned out for practice: Areta Kirk, Emma Ringel, Betty Eager, Mary Tompkins, Myrtle Campbell, Marjorie Douglas, Loie Montgomery, Beatrice Hiteman, Ber tha Price, Patronella Walters, Arleen Myrick, Goldie Miller, and Thelma Schrimpf. Several other girls are expected to turn out at the next practice, and everything points to a good team. NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING . JCEIS HERE BY GIVEN to the legal voters of Union High SSJSL Dlstr,ct No. 7 of Umatil a County, State of Oreeon that S?SSt hMEE7NmG f Said &SVSI heldat the sSSfi&cS? on the 26th day of November, 1928, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of discussing the budget hereinafter set out with the levying board, and to vote on the proposition of levying a special district tax. The total amount of money needed by the said school district during the fiscal year beginning on June 25th, 1928, and ending June 30, 1929, is estimated m the following budget and includes the amounts to be re ceived from the county school fund, state school fund, elementary school fund, special district tax, and all other moneys of the district: BUDGET ' ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES PERSONAL SERVICE: 1 Salary per year Superintendent $ 2,100.00 Teachers ..... '5,810.00 Athletic Coach .. 350 00 Janitor, : .. 750x0 , . Clerk t 100.00 . Other services 1 00 on Total : MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES: ..$ 9,210.00 $ 200.00 125.00 100.00 25.00 500.00 150.00 60.00 110.00 Men's Leather Coats 13.50 to 16.50 Men's & Ladies Leather Blazers 12.50 Men's Heavy Woolen Blazers 6.50 to 8.50 Men's Heavy all wool Water Proof Cruisers 12.50 Men's Sheepskin lined Coats .9.50 to 12.50 Men's Blanket lined Jumper ........3.75 Men's Heavy Woolen Pants.... 5.25 to 6.50 Boys' Heavy Blazers 2.25 to 4.95 Boys and Girls Woolen Slipons with high school Emblem, just the thing for school 3.75 5 per cent Discount for Cash Phone Your Order To 152 Athena Department Store Entertainment The high school held an assembly Friday morning, November 10. Coach "Pike" Miller talked about the game with Touchet high." A few school songs were sung. Subject Classes Emma Ringel received a silver pin from the Royal Typewriter Company for writing over forty words a min ute without making more than five errors. Personals Carolyn Kidder was in Walla Wal la Sunday. Myrtle Campbell was in Pendleton Saturday. Emma Ringel and Thelma Schrimpf were in Walla Walla Satunlay night. Pearl Green was in Pendleton Sun day. The following attended the Mac Hi-Wa Hi game at Milton Monday: Ralph McEwen, Edwin McEwew, Oral Michener, Carolyn Kidder, and Har old Kirk. The following attended the FendJe- ton-LaGrande football game at Pen dleton Monday: . Eldon Myrick, Lawrence Carlile, Arthur Crowley, Weldon Bell, Jack Moore, and Coach "Pike" Miller. i Virgie Moore was in ' Pendleton Saturday. f, 3rd and 4th Grades Virginia Eager was absent from school Thursday on account of ill ness., "i Furniture (desks, stoves, curtains, etc.) Supplies (chalk, erasers, etc.) $35.00, Misc. Exp. $90.00 ' Library books .. Janitor's supplies Fuel Light Water Postage, stationary and printing . MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS: ' Buildings and grounds 150.00 Total isn nn .INDEBTEDNESS: Warrant, and interest thereon 3,376.05 Total ; 3,376.05 MISCELLANEOUS: Premium clerk's bond ... 62.50 Telephone . . 30.00 Audit of clerk s books Interest 150.00 Total 242.50 EMERGENCY: Total estimated amount of money for all pur poses during the year 14 048 BS ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Estimate of probable unexpended balance at end of current year , . 95.85 Total estimated receipts, not in- a r'r-- " . . 9U.OO RECAPITULATION Total estimated expenses for the year 14,248.55 Total estimated receipts not in cluding proposed tax 95.85 Balance, amounts to be raised by district tax. '. .... 14 152 70 The indebtedness of District No. ... , . 7 is as follows: i ' Total bonded indebtedness.........................!... None Total warrant indebtedness $ 3,276.05 Total amount of other indebtedness None Total amount of all indebtedness $ 3,276.05 Dated this 23rd day of October, 1928. 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