The Athena press., December 04, 1931, Image 4

THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, DECEMBER ' 1931
Press Paragraphs
Mrs. Sabina Morton is spending a
few days in Athena.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koepke were
Walla Walla visitors Tuesday.
S. Roy Gwinn of Pendleton trans
acted business in Athena Tuesday.
Clarke Key of Umapine was a
business visitor in Athena Wednes
day. Wayne Pittman assisted Frank Lit
tle at the Quality Grocery, Wednes
day. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gordon spent
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Maggie
Banister.
The Etude Club will meet next Mon
day night December 7, at the home
of Mrs. E. B. Foster. '
Mrs. Claude Dickenson is visiting
in Portland, the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Minnie Mitchell.
Mrs. Henry Dell is entertaining the
Athena Bridge Club at her home on
Fifth street, this afternoon.
Mrs. L. A. Cornell was called to
"Walla Walla Thursday by the illness
of her granddaughter, Arlene. .
. Mrs. Mary Sharp, now residing in
San Diego, California, renews her
subscription to The Press this week.
Asa Swan, Athena school bus driver
has leased the Simpson farm on Wild
Horse creek.
Joseph N. Scott took the morning
stage in Athena Monday, and went to
Pendleton to transact business.
Mr. and Mrs. John Milligan have
moved from the . Zeltha Mclntyre
cottage to the Sanford Stone proper
ty on Fifth Street.
Mrs. May Johns who is visiting her
son Melville Johns, gives her ad
dress, 313 Rosewood Court, Ontario,
California. .
Charles Wilson came up from Peiv
dleton Wednesday and visited at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R,
L. Wilson
Miss Fredericka Kershaw returned
to Roseburg Saturday evening, after
spending Thanksgiving with her par
ents m Athena.
Mrs. Ellen Potter was a Walla
Walla visitor Monday where she
transacted business. She made the
trip via stage.
0. H. Reeder was an Athena visit
or Wednesday. With his family he is
now residing on the Claude Reeder
place near Helix. The boys are at
tending Griswold high school.
Whai, Oh What Shall I Give?
Is that what's on your mind right now?. Why not
let us help you out? We will be only too glad
to do so.
This is the time of year we become
gift specialists. Every day lots of
folks come in and unload their gift
worries on us. With a store full of
widely assorted NEW GIFT GOODS,
moderately priced, we have been
very successful in solving the gift
problems of those who laid their
"What Shall 1 Giver troubles -De-
fore us. W2L
May We Help You?
Body Powder 50c, $1.00 and $1.50
Toilet Water -50c to $L50
Men's Shaving Sets $1.00 to $3.00
Fountain Pens ....$1.00 and Up
Automatic Pencils 25c and Up
ameras and Kodaks $1.75 and Up
Stationery and Candy for Everyone
Lack of space prevents giving a complete list. We
invite you to come and see our displays.
Main Street
WATKINS' PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
Phone 332
Use R
ed .White
Tested Foods
None has ever failed to pass the
Bureau of Sanitation
and Health
SPECIALS for SATURDAY and MONDAY
Dinamite, Medium
19c
Dinamite, Large
. 33c
Red and White Cereal
19c
Red and White, Spaghetti, Macaroni, Noodles
7 for 49c
Red and White Vacuum Pack tin, Coffee
lib, for 38c
- Red and White Baking Powder
23c .
Red and White, Tuna, y2s
2 for 45c
Red and White, Relish Spread, pint
39c
Red and White, Whole Kernel Corn
2 for 45c
Red and White, Orange Pekoe Tea, y2 lb. .
45c
Red and White Pop Corn, 2 Cans
25c
Crystal White Soap
3c per bar
Light Weight Bacon .
22c
$ MONTAGUE & ROSEBERRY
g PHONE 171
Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Hodgen have
returned to The Dalles after spending
Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Uhnson. .
Mrs. Ralph Haynie and little
daughter, Margaret Helen are here
from Burns, visiting at the home of
Mrs. Maggie Banister. " ;
Bonnie, little daughter of Mr." and
Mrs. Sterling Parris, has been ser
iously ill With croup for several
days, but is improving. .
Since deeper snow has covered the
higher mountains, deer are reported
to be drifting down in the draws and
canyons of the foothills.
Mr. and Mrs. Flint Johns and chil
dren motored to Vancouver, Wash.,
where they spent Thanksgiving Day
with Mrs. Johns' parents.
The Triple Link club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Boy Johnston Mon
day. This meeting of the club was
postponed from-November 30.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Elder are plan
ning to move to Athena for the winter
months and will have housekeeping
rooms with Mrs. Mary McKay.
The Thimble Club will meet Tues
day afternoon, December 8 at the
home of Mrs. Charles Henry. All
members are urged to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jenkins and
family have returned to their home
in Athena after a holiday visit with
relatives at Tacoma and Seattle.
Two Walla Walla Valley orchardists
have recently returned from mid
western and southern states, where
they disposed of 17 carloads of apples.
Ray Hansell was in Athena from
his mountain ranch the first of the
week. He made the trip by team as
mountain roads are impassable other
wise. Th Weston Leader reports that Mr.
and Mrs. Charles May of Ashland,
have deeded their ranch on Weston
Mountain to Frank Rambo, of Walla
Walla., . '
Joe Cannon attended the meeting in
Pendleton Thursday, the main fea
ture of which was the address by
"Farmer" Browijjj national Co-op
speaker. ' - ;. '
Rev. and Mrs. Graham, who spent
Thanksgiving at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Gordon Watkins, re
turned to "'their home in Randle,
Wash., Tuesday.
A number of Athena home owners
experienced frozen water, pipes dur
ing the cold weather, and Jack Cald
er, Athena-Weston utility plumber,
was again in action.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Eager have
returned to. their home at Dayton,
Washington, after spending the re
cent holidays at the home of their
son C. M. Eager here.
Thanksgiving day guests at ' the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kilgore
included Mr, and Mrs. Chester Mc
Cullough and son Ellsworth of Spo
kane and Mrs. Mary McKay.
Miss Lola Tucker of Toppenish,
Washington,', visited her sister Mrs.
Ray Jones -Thanksgiving. Mr. and
Mrs. Jones spent Sunday and Mon
day at the J. E. Jones home here.
Mrs. Robert Cutler and daughter,
Jerry arrived Sunday from Niskowin,
Oregor, to visit at the home of her
parents, Mr. And ilrs. George Payne
until after tiie Christmas hoM ays.
The Good-Time u -.ing club .gave
a holiday dance Thanksgiving night
at Evergreen Hall on Main street. A
big crowd was in attendance ,w and
everyone present reports a splendid
time. ' - -
Miss Jane Kavanaugh of Pendleton
entertained at a bridge party Satur
day night. Miss Kathleen Radtke,
Miss Helen Hansell, Norman Mcln
tyre , and Leonard Geissel motored
down for the event.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Kirk, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Harden of Athena were guests recent
ly at a pinochle party held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Murtha,
northeast of town.
A temporary coal shortage was re
lieved in Athena Tuesday, when the
Farmers Grain Elevator company re
ceived a carload. The Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company is expecting a car
load to arrive today.
Ray Jones took a load of turnips to
Walla Walla the fore part of the
week. He had no difficulty in finding a
ready sale for them. He raised a good
crop of turnips this season on the
Jones mountain ranch.
At a seven o'clock dinner on
Thanksgiving Day, Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Catron had as guests, Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Hale and daughters Margaret
and Mary Jean and Sims Clarke.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Henry enter
tained at dinner on Thanksgiving
Day, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Catron, Alvin John
son, Mrs. Ethel Montague, Miss Mar
jorie Montague and Elmer Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Gurney have re
turned to their home near LaGrande
after spending several days visiting
in Athena. The visitors report hav
ing experienced sub-zero weather in
their vicinity during the recent cold
snap.
Little Gene Miller suffered serious
injury to one of his fingers when a
playmate accidentally closed a door on
the digit. The flesh was torn loose
below the linger nail, but a prompt
dressing of the wound makes "every
thing all right," says Gene.
Misses Helen and Mildred Hansell
and Miss Kathleen Radtke attended
the Phoenix Club dance in Pendleton
last Friday night. Misses Helen Hansell-and
Kathleen Radtke were house
guests of Miss Adeline Mclntyre and
Mildred visited at the home of Janet
LaFontaine.
The Depression tynb was enter
tained "Friday night at the home of
Miss Jrtle Campbell. Ten members
and guests were present and passed
the evening playing card games. Miss
Mary. Bradford and Uin Nadine
Bradford of Portland, ' were guests.
Light refreshments were served by
the hostess. , ; , , , ; ; !
R. B. McEwen and son Ralph are
engaged in moving a large band of
sheep to their winter feeding grounds
in the Eureka Flat country, j The
sheep came from the summer range
in Idaho and were received by Mr.
McEwen, for Portland parties, at
Asotin, Washington.
Night sleigh riding has! been the
joyful pastime, of Athena youngsters
the past week. Bobsleds drawn by
horses with loads of merrymakers
and jingling bells with once in a
while an automobile running slow
enough to permit a string of small
sleds to hook on behind, have been
gliding over the streets.
The Leader reports that the last
stretch of the Weston-Wild Horse
road is receiving the final coat of
rock, and the crusher will be moved in
a few weeks to the Banister quarry
in the lower part of Weston. Material
will be prepared there for the LaMar
gulch market road into Athena , and
the branch from it into Weston.
. The next meeting of the O. D. O.
club is scheduled for Thursday after
noon, December 10. A pleasant af
ternoon was spent by the members
Tuesday of last week when they
were entertained at the home of Mrs.
Claude Dickenson. Guests for the af
ternoon were Mrs. Frank Sanders,
Mrs. Henry Knight and Mrs. Zeph
Lockwood.
The Walla Walla home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Lees was the scene of
a family dinner on Thanksgiving day
when they entertained Sims Dicken
son, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Harden,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knight of Athe
na; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cockburn of
Waitsburg; T. P. DeFreece of Walla
Walla, and Miss Hilda Dickenson of
Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude , Dickenson
were hosts on Thanksgiving day and
the following friends and relatives
were guests at their home: Mr. and
Mrs. Bryce Baker, Mrs. Sarah Gross,
Sims Dickenson, Mr. and Mrs. A. W,
Douglas, Aaron and Marjorie Doug
las, Mr. and Mrs. Henry , Knight,
Wayne Pinkerton and Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Harden. -
W. E. Campbell has three colonies
of bees, one at his home near At
na, one at his ranch and the third over
on the Umatilla river Recently Bill
played a; trick on the whole works
and robbed it of 620 pounds of fine
honey, which he is disposed to sell at
this time, not being able to consume
it himself; although he is not so cold
as a honey eater, at that.
While returning from Pendleton
Wednesday of last week, the car of
Max Hopper left the road and crash
ed into a rocky embankment. It was
during the recent snow storm and Mr.
Hopper was not using chains, and the
highway was unusually slippery. A
wheel, fender, running board and
glass were smashed, and the car dam
aged so badly that a new one will re
place the wreck. Fortunately Mr.
Hopper'was not injured.
An interesting meeting of Circle
10, Women of Woodcraft was held
Tuesday evening at the Pythian-Odd
Fellow hall. Mrs. Dick Swift and
Mrs. Jesse Smith received the degree
of initiation and the work was exem
plified by the lodge from Weston,
about thirty members motoring here
for the event. A social hour was also
enjoyed during which delicious chick
en sandwiches and pickles, chocolate
rolls and coffee were served by the
following committee, Mrs. Will Har
den, Mrs. Mary McKay, Mrs. Leon
Miller, Mrs. Bun Moore and Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Elder.
The Athena Pinochle club was en
tertained Wednesday night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Remil
lard. About twenty-five members and
guests were present, and pinochle was
played during the first part of the
evening followed by dancing. First
prizes were awarded to Miss Myrtle
Campbell - and Ed Montague, Mrs.
Montague and Jesse Smith receiving
the consolation prizes. ' Mrs. Arthur
Jenkins and Mrs. Montague served
appropriate refreshments of chili
beans and coffee. The next meeting
of the club will occur December 6 at
the Montague home with Mrs. Potter
and Mrs. Jesse Smith as hostesses.
McKenzie Chapter O. E. S. met
Wednesday night at Masonic hall. An
nual election was held with the fol
lowing result: Worthy Matron, Mrs.
Marion Hansell; Associate Matron,
Mrs. James Cresswell; Conductress,
Mrs. Frank Little; Associate Conduc
tress, Mrs. Gordon Watkins; Secre
tary, Mrs. Louis Keen; Treasurer,
Mrs. Homer Watts. Appointive of
ficers will be announced later. Instal
lation will be held meeting after next.
Mrs. E. F. Bloom and Miss Mary
Cameron were elected to membership
and initiation will be held Wednesday
night December 16. A social hour was
enjoyed following the business ses
sion when bridge was played Mrs.
Marion Hansell served light refresh
ments. Three principal cities of the East
comprised the subject for considera
tion Monday afternoon for the Study
Club which met at the home of Mrs.
J. W. Pinkerton, the meeting being
postponed from last Fi-iday. Roll
call was answered with Washington
current events. Most interesting pa
pers on the cities of Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington were pre
sented by Mrs, Stella Keen, Mrs. F.
B. Radtke and Mrs. M. W. Hansell,
respectively. The club is now mov
ing southward, the" study for next
Friday which will be at the home of
Mrs. Hansell, being: "Virginia and
the Carolinas," by Mrs. Boyd and
"Kentucky and Tennessee" by Mrs!
Rogers. Koll call will be answered
with sayings of Lincoln.
Kill Kara Pinochle club met at the
SPECIALS - SATURDAY and MONDAY
' : Kraut ; Corn . "
Hillsdale, 2y2s, 2 cans.............. .25c Standard Brand, 2s, 3 for...... ..-35c
Peaches Soap
Yellow Cling, 2s, 2 for.. ...38c Polar White, 10 bars..!..-...... 25c
Kadota Figs Tomato Soup
Put up in Wine, 2 for .........25c Van Camps per can 5c
Walnuts Grape Fruit
California Soft Shell .... . per lb. 19c Good Size, 3 for 21c
Oranges, 150 Size, per dozen
29c
Phone 152
ATHENA DEPARTMENT STORE
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7
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Johnson
Tuesday night, tha hostess serving
dinner at seven o'clock. Members and
guests appeared in hard time cos
tumes which ' afforded much merri
ment. In addition to club members
those present included Mr. and Mrs.
Laurence Pinkerton, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Mclntyre and Mr. and Mrs.
Clark. Following dinner four tables
of pinochle, the club game, were in
play. High scores were made by Mrs.
D. A. Lowe and M. I. Miller, and con
solation prizes were presented to Mrs
L. A. Cornell and JDick Swift Mrs.
Archie Mclntyre won the guest prize.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Swift will enter
tain the club , at the next meeting,
when a feature of the evening will
be a Christmas tree.
A group of Athena ladies motored
to Pendleton Tuesday afternoon to
attend a meeting of the dramatic de
partment -wf the Woman's Club at the
home of Mrs. Roy Raley. The play
"Elizabeth, the Queen," was read, a
number of the Pendleton members
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taking the dialogue and the Athena
ladies the explanatory notes. Criti
cisms of the play and its production
were also given. The play, "Allisons
House" the prize play of the year will
be studied at the January meeting. A
tea hour was enjoyed following the
reading when Mrs. James Cresswell
of ..Athena and Mrs. Smith of Pilot
Rock presided at the prettily appoint
ed table centered with chrysanthe
mums and green tapers. The group
from Athena included Miss Helen
Hansen, Miss &.atnieen naaiKe,- mrs.
James Cresswell, Mrs. Fred Kershaw,
Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, Mrs. C. M.
Eager, Mrs. H. I. Watts and Mrs.
Ralph McEwen.'
QUALITY GROCERY
Some More Reduction in Prices
1 " Sunripe Preferred Stock
OLIVES VEGETABLES
No. 2 Can for
15c SALAD
; . , No. 2s
Dinner Set 25c .-"
COFFEE , No. 1 lb. Size """"
2 lb. Bag and 9 in. Dinner Plate SHRIMP
75c ' 2 Cans for
Fountain 35c
SALMON 10 lb. Size
Vi Flats, Red at EXTRACTED HONEY
is- Home Grown
1&c $1.05
Preferred Stock, Sliced
PIN,ACPPLE EXTRACTS) HONEY
1 Home Grown
20c 55c
.L' Preferred Stock, Tiny Kernel
PINEAPPLE WHITE CORN
-,- Vi Size No. 2
15c 15c
Frank Little, Prop. Athena, Oregon. Phone 561
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Grian and Feed
SPECIAL
A Full Line of Sperry's Chick Feed
Phone 382 LEE WILSON, M'gr.
Goodyear Tires "
and Tubes
Valvoline
Oils
Automobile Supplies,
Parts and Accessories
AtKena Garage
( North side Main Street - - Phone 352