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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1922)
Press Paragraphs Jan, of the ( Big Snows at the ; Standard Theatre, Thanksgiving. , Joseph N. Scott was up from Pen dleton Sunday. Mrs. Harold Haynie was in Pen dleton, Thursday. Mrs J. W. Smith of Corvallis was in Athena Sunday." Mrs. Dean Dudley was a Pendleton visitor. Wednesday. Remember the Legion dance at Le gion Hall, Thanksgiving night. Sure you're going to the pie so cial at the auditorium Thanksgiving evening. .' .: v Miss Beulah Banister visited her sister, Mrs. Ida Banister of Weston, Thursday. . . ., - Good trout fishing has been enjoyed by Athena anglers during the past two weeks, 'i ' ' :- , . The Eastern Star club met at the home of Mrs. Ralph McEwen Tues day afternoon. ,. Mrs. Minnie Mitchel cf Milton spent several days ;n Athena this week visiting relatives. ;, ': i Attorney E. C. Prestbye has taken the agency for the Northern Life In surance company. , , ,'"... Principal O. C. Hadley was called to Salem Sunday by the critical ill ness of. his father.; .I ; Montana and Whitman clash in foot ball : on ;Ankeny, Field, .IWalla Walla, tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Jess Myrick, Mrs.' ; Arnold Wood and Beulah Banister' ere Pen dleton visitors Saturday."; ? " A turkey dinner will be served at the St Nichols hotel on Thanksgiv ing Day at 75c per plate. Mr and Mrs H. H. Hill left early Monday morning by automobile, for Long Beach, California, to spend the winter. , ' " . Frank Tharpe who was sick last week as the result of serious bron chial trouble, is recovering.- The Rebekahs' will hold a cooked food sale at Watts & Rogers store Saturday afternoon, December 9th, Mrs and Mrs A. B. Steele and daughter Elizabeth, former Athena residents but now of Walla Walla, were in the city Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Banister Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. John Banister Jr., are pleasantly located in California, where they will spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Potts have been down the past few weeks from their home in Idaho, visiting their daughter Mrs, Archie Mclntyre, and other rel : Mrs James Pott came up fro: Portland and her brother, f Arthur Scott from Enterprise, to attend thi funeral, of their aunt, Mrs Ann Taylor. ', . . Don't forget the pie social to be given by the school at the auditorium tonight The ladies of the community are expected to bring pfes; men folk money. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gross, Mr and Mrs. Arthur Douglas and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Prestbye were called to Condon by the death, of their aunt, I aires cuwaiua. . - , - KjGeorge Winship, employed at the -local Standard Oil distributing sti tion, has been transferred to Baker He will leave for the city at ,onc$ to assume his duties there ; ' ' 'So, far .thert Isno. report tormake on the progress of the Red ' Cross drive, for membership in Athena. I? is expected .that next week solicitors will work on Athena's quota. VB. B. Richards and Floyd Pinker- AoY returned home yesterday morn- ingyfrom Portland, where they have been taking medical treatment. Both are. much improved in .health. r u W. J. Pinkerton plucked ripe straw berriesnot many, but a few from IhisWarden patch, yesterday. Mr. Pink- 6 i These long winter evenings a're; just the 'time to mount the snapshots secured during your vaca tion. ' " ' n ' V Our line of Photo Albums is varied and complete. Let us help you to select the best one for your needs. Prices, . 50c to $i50 Photo Albums make ideal gifts at this season. McFadden's Pharmacy Athena, Oregon , erton raised a sufficient quantity of this luscious fruit for the family table this . season. Mrs. Charles Stockstill is spending the week in Milton, attending church. Mrs. Jesse Smith and daughter Ra chel visited Lamar school last Fri day. . . , :: -!-: Mrs. E. D. Patterson is at home again after spending two weeks at the Flint Johns home. Mr. Johns having returned home from Vancou ver, Washington, i , R. A! Thompson has established a adio set at his garage. Dick and the boys are now "listening in" each eve ning. Denver, San Francisco and Los Angles broadcasting stations are heard distinctly. Two occupants of an airplane were forced down bv the fo Wednesda: evening. The machine landed in Ar chie Mclntyre's stubble field, and pi lot and passenger walked into Athe na. They took an automobile for Wal la Walla. Robert Coppock and daughter,' Mat tie, are at Hot Lake, where Miss Cop pock will receive medical treatment. Mrs. W. .O. Read accompanied them and will remain indefinitely. Mr, Read drove them to Pendleton,, where they iok the train. : - esterday was Stafford Hanscll'a 9tl birthday anniversary, and in the evening he' was guest of honor at a fine dinner given at his home north of Athena. He was recepient of . a number of presents in rememberance of the -occasion; '-' . The trees purchased by the Civic club for the City Park arrived today from the Milton Nursery, and will be set out in the park tomorrow. Fred Bennion, County agriculturist has kindly consented to oversee the plant ing, and will be here from Pendleton at 9 o'clock. The ladies are asking that the men of Athena volunteer their services in setting out these trees, for which the Civic club has appropriated from their funds the sum. of $100. : The funeral of the late Mrs. Ann Taylor was held Sunday afternoon at the Christian church .with a large number of ; relatives and v. friends attending. Rev. Russell conducted the services, and the choir, of which she was a member for many - years, gave appropriate numbers. A solo Was sung by Mrs. Ortis D. Harris, of Milton. The floral offerings were most beautiful and . profuse, Pall bearers were C. 0. Henry, C. T. Smith E. A. Dudley, D. T. Stone, 0. H. Reeder and Cass Cannon. . , Tuesday was. Library Day at the, Civic Club meeting, with the program Wider the management of Mrs.; F. S. LeGrow. Hutchenson's "If Winter Comes," was reviewed by Mrs. A. B. McEwen, and. "Queen -Victoria" by Lyttou ,Stracheywas Lreyjewed by Mrs H. I. Wattsboth papers baing highly instructive and ; pleasing. Plans for raising money for the Club funds were discussed, and resulted in the decision to hold a waffle supper and apron sale, soon after Thanks giving. . The next meeting of the club will be held at the home of the pres ident, Mrs H. I. Watts, and it is de sired that the members each bring material for two aprons, to be made on that day. Sewing machines will be provided and the afternoon will be spent in sewing and sociability. A full attendance of all members b Urgently requested by the president High School Notes ; SmmiMiHIIHOIUM.1: i Superintendent Hadley was called to Eortland the first of the week be cause of the serious illness of his father. Mr. Basler is acting in Prof. Hadley's place .during his absence. The high school and grades are pre paring an interesting Thanksgiving program to be given the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The cast for the high school play "Nothing But the Truth," has been chosen and rehearsals have begun. The date of production has not been set, but it will probably be. just before ,e tiie Xmas holidays. y. The Athena football team will meet ... tfie Umatilla squad here this after noon and tonight the Umatilla team will be guests at the Pie Social given by the Junior class, at the school house. The proceeds of the social will go to the annual fund. Everybody is cordially invited to come with either a pie or the price of one. urn mi mi wm wm ni im m m m m m m m m m m m lailAlIAMiliMIAlf cTWade in clthena American Beauty lour per Sack i 'r' t , Cash , ... $1.75 per Sack, on Time Eat plenty of fresh vegetables and you will be healthy and happy. Vegetables contain iust the things you need to keep your, system in fine working order and if you neglect it you may get all. run down. Buy from us. The best vegetables on the market are forwarded to us daily. Give us your grocery order today. . ; . . ' , ; THE PURE FOOD GROCERY Quality Quantity. Service Phone 171. Athena, Oregon 26 Years Ago fl4it;,".:'''T-j- - , . ' ' ' Jay Saling, the mountain politician, was in town Tuesday, taking, in the situation. ' Portions of Main street were flood ed Sunday night by the sewer boxes becoming filled with debris. J. B. Huntington spoke at Helix, Monday night. The Pendleton drum corps furnished music for the occas ion. ,.' .-. : ",: ,.',';.?,; . ' Walter M. Pierce, , of Pendleton, was called ; by telegram, to Morris, Illinois, Sunday, to attend the bed side of his father, who is not expect ed to live.' ; - ,v'" ' The Hon. Moreland of Portland, ex pounded republican doctrine to the McKinley club, in this, city Monday night. It was the last shot of the campaign in Athena, before election. Among former residents of Athena, who are now living in Rossland, B. C, is George Froome, who is run ning a cab and exepress wagon. beside hiring out saddle horses. He is doing well in financial sense. . Billy Winship has a dog that has a craving penchant for candy. The other evening after Ithe family had retired, the dog knocked over on the floor a box of Williams' .Pink Pills for Pale people.. The lid' came off and the doggy had. a pill if east. The re sult was that the canine highness was immediately taken seriously ill. By prompt and -careful nursing he has fully recovered . .. . ,.: Ed Wood, of the Weston Lender force, was in town Saturday. There were ho; horses -sold at the city pound Tuesday.1 '.Range becom ing good," expIaffiFThe matter. Mrs. Sanders of Walla Walla, visit ed in Athena this week,' the guest of her niece, Mrs. J. H,. Hitenian. There was no school Tuesday, for the reason that the school h" se was used as the voting place for North Athena precinct. v ., Tuesday while Jim Clark, was mov ing to Walla Wallak the wagon con taining household goods on which he was riding, overturned. Mr. Clark was seriously bruised. ' Saturday, October 31, was Mrs. J. W. Froome's 67th birthday, and also the 48th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Froome. The occasion was marked by a geniune surprise to the worthy couple by over thirty of their friends gathering at their home in. the afternoon. LOPS OFF WATER JOB " The office of state water superin tendent, now held by George T. Cochran of La Grande at a salary of $2400 a year, is to be abolished after January 1 and the duties of that off ice will be imposed upon the state en gineer, according to announcement by Governor , Olcott, ( Tuesday. The abolishment of this office is brought about under the provision of an act of the legislature of 1921. OREGON DEFEATS AGGIES tOnce more, in the historic state championship football contest, Ore gon fought its way to a gridiron vic tory over its 28-year-old rival, the Oregon Aggies. , The score was 10 to 0, the Lemon-Yellow players scor ing all their points in the first per iod after getting the breaks. Eight een thousand persons saw the game, the largest number ever attending a football contest in Oregon. JAjLee 1 EafV firm th POTATO SHIPMENT Beckner shipped a carload of Rose potatoes to a Waitsburg is week. Mr Beckner raised a bumper crop of spuds of the Early Rose variety, this year." Some of the tubers were whoppers iii size. Sis; of these potatoes on display at the Pure Food Grocery, aggregate in weight, 19 1-2 pounds. Friday and Saturday November 24th and 25th We Give - ;W;V': 24 Bars Crystal White for $1.00 1 0 Bars Crystal White and 1 0 Bars Creme Oil for $1. 1 0 1 Pi g. Soap Chips, 12 Bars Crystal White and 3 Bars Creme Oil for $1.00. At hen a Be pa rim en t St o re For Lower Prices, Phone 152 Card of Thanks We desire to express our heartfelt thanks for all the kindness and sym pathy extended us during the long illness and death of our beloved moth er, Mrs. Ann Taylor. W. R. Taylor and Family. THE STANDARD THEATRE Saturday, November 25 wM'- i Hit- k ' ' " 'mm i Qeore Melford A Eine Paramount Picture International News. 2-Reel Comedy; Admission, 10c-25c-35c Tax Included Sunday, November 26 The Storm Turn to. Page 4 of Today's Press Pathe Review. Comedy Admission, 25c-35c-50c, Tax Paid Coining Thanksgiving (light of the Big S nows Admission 10c-25c-35c