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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1926)
I Press Paragraphs Mrs. A. L. McEwen left last week for Portland whore she is visiting. " R. B. Kirwood, traveling salesman of Seattle, was in the city, Monday. French Crigler of Freewater, was a business visitor in Athena Tues day. L. J. Foss is some better in health at present, being able to come down town. The 0. D. 0. club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Roy Cannon. A number of Athena peopli at tended a dance at State Line, Satur day night. Mrs. Clark Mace who teaches school in district 113, was a weekend guest of Mrs. Forrest Zerba. Mr. and Mrs. Will Milne of Pen dleton spent Sunday in Athena at I the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charle3 Dudley. A garage is being built this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Harden. Reed Hill is doing the car penter work. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Shick and Mrs. Gerald Kilgore motored to Walla Walla Monday. Mrs. Louis Stewart, who was in a hospital at Portland for several weeks, has returned home, accompan ied by her mother, Mrs. John F. Herr Mrs. A. W. Douglas and daughter Marjory accompanied by Mrs. Jer.nie Gross and Mrs. Bryce Baker spent Wednesday in Walla Walla. Mrs. Elmer Stockstill has return ed to her home in Athena after spending several days in Mullen, Ida ho at the home of her parents. Mrs. A. W. Douglas and mother, Mrs. Gross left yesterday for a week's visit with relatives at Eugene and other Willamette valley points. Mr. and Mrs. Knowlton and Mrs. Eva Long of Spokane arrived Tues day and are visiting at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P, Willa b.v. Next Sunday will be Homecoming day at the Christian church. Invi tations have been sent to former members of the church who make at the three special meetings of the day. Aside from the meetings a basket dinner will be enjoyed and this of course will be an attractive feature. A special invitation is ex tended to the public to attend. At the pastry sale held at Rogers & Goodman's hardware store Satur day, the ladies of the Rebekah lodge realized $25.35 as the result of the afternoon sale. Cleve Stanton left Tuesday for lone, where he will be employed in preparing machinery for harvest work. He expects to be away for a couple of weeks. Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. Frank Ames, Mrs. I. L. Michener and Mrs. C. M. Eager spent Monday in Wal la Walla motoring over in the Rich ards new sedan. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ervin are here from Portland, and are visiting latives. Mrs. Irvin is a daughter of Mrs. A. J. Wagner of this city. They made the trip by motor, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Scott were up from Pendleton Wednesday night, attending the services at the Christ ian church, with a large group from the Pendleton congregation, Friends of Mrs. Charles Bond will be pleased to learn that her condition since a serious operation is favor able. At present Mrs. Bond is at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton. Rebekah lodge met Tuesday even ing with a goodly number present. After business was transacted re freshments were served by Mrs, Mary McKay and Mrs.. William Harden. Mrs. Fred Kershaw is visiting her sister at Ontario, having left here Sunday. She was accompanied by motor to Baker by Mr. and Mrs. Willaby and Mr. Kershaw who re turned to Athena Monday, Charlie Dunn visited old friends in Athena last night. He was en route to his home at St. Maries, Idaho, from Flint, Michigan, driving a Buick country club car, which he had purchased at the factory. Charlie is conductor on the Northern Pacific running out of St. Maries By mistake, the film of "Light of Western Stars," billed for showing at the Standard Theatre Sunday their homes elsewhere to be present i night, was shipped out Sunday morn- The Lumber You Need If you are planning alterations or ad ditions to your building, let us give you an estimate on the Lumber need ed. You will be pleasantly surprised at the reasonble total we will quote. Wood and Coal Fence Posts Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. Main Street, Athena ing in place of the film screened in Saturday nights show, resulting jn the theatre being dark Sunday night An , euort is being made for a re booking of the picture here. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Blalock and family and Mrs. Gray arrived Tues day from Bend, Oregon and are vis iting at the Lawrence Pinkerton home. Dr. A. C. Froom is on a visit to his home at St. Vincent, Alberta. He will return in a few. weeks, wind up his affairs in Athena, and devote his attention to the sale of his patent automobile window silencers. Tuesday evening a number of Athena people went over to Freewat er, where in the Federated church building, Mrs. Anna Com p ton Winn presented a class of her pupils in voice, in recital. Mrs. Adele Mc Ewen of this city was on the pro gram with two groups of songs as follows: "Starlight," "Just in Hush Before the Dawn" and "This Pas sion is but an Ember," Lohr, for the first part and "Rose in the Bud" For ster; "Little Northern Window," Dare, and "Mah Lindy Lou," Strick land for the second. Mrs. 0. O. Stephens accompanied Mrs. McEwe i at the piano. Mrs. E. E. Goff of Newberg who has been visiting in Athena for the past week has been the inspiration for several pleasant affairs. Satur day Mrs. R. B. McEwen invited guests for a one o'clock luncheon. The table was centered with a bowl of vari-colored tulips and the cards that marked the eleven covers bore alliterative jingles which the guests were required to read for the amuse ment of all. After luncheon Mrs Lillian Fredericks played several pleasing piano solos. The afternoon hours were spent with sewing and chat. Those present were Mrs. A. A. Kimball of Pendleton, Mrs. O. O. Stephens, Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. H. H. Hill, Mrs. F. B. Boyd, Mrs. Lillian Fredericks, Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. H. I. Watts, Mrs. H. A. Bar rett, the honoree and the hostess. Monday, Mrs. M. L. Watts and Mrs. H. I. Watts were hostesses at lunch eon in Walla Walla in honor of Mrs. Goff. The Etude club met at the home of Mrs. 0. 0. Stephens Thursday with the feature of the afternoon, annual election of officers. Mrs. Max Hopper was chosen president; Mrs. B. B. Richards, vice-president; Mrs. Arthur Douglas, secretary; Mrs. Bryce Baker, treasurer; Mrs. Victor Hirsch, custodian; Mrs. Ralph Mc Ewen, director; Mrs. 0. O. Stephens, accompanist; Mrs. Lawrence Pinker ton, assistant accompanist. Miss Merle Best and Mrs. David Sfone had charge of the program, the sub ject of which was Negro music. Af ter the program which follows, the committee served a tempting salad and delicious pastries. Piano solo. Mrs. Max Hopper; Paper, Negro music, Miss Merle Best; Vocal solo; Miss Edna Pinkerton; Musical read ing, Mrs. Lawrence Pinkerton; Quar tet, Mrs. David Stone, Miss Lorraine Terry, Miss Edna Pinkerton and Mrs. R. B. McEwen; Dance, Marjorie Douglas. t J High School Notes! M. E. Church Sunday school at 10: a. m. Church service at 11 a. m. Sermon from thi first chapter of the Epistle of James Saturday, May 1, the high school will go- to Bingham Springs for their annual picnic. The High school play, "Three Liva Ghosts," was given Saturday even ing, April 24, at Griswold High school at Helix. The net proceeds amounted to $43.00. Helix received $17.20 and Athena $25.80. This money will go into a iund to pur chase new stage scenery. The following students will enter the county track meet, Saturday May 1. High schoot, A. Taylor, broad jump and javelin; Ray Dudley, mile run. Grades, Arthur Crowley, high jump; Harold Kirk, high jump, broad jump and 100 yard dash; El don Myrick, high jump, broad jump; George Pittman, 50 yard dash, broad jump; Robert Lee, 50 yard dash and broad jump; and Emory Rogers, broad jump. The 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades will hold their annual picnic at Bing ham Spring, Saturday May 8. Last Friday, the Seniors took their -annual Flunk Day. They went to Bingham Springs and judging by their reports, had a very enjoyable day. Mr. and Mrs. Hadley and Mrs. Pinkerton were guests of the Seniors for the day. Last week the school had a fire drill. The building was emptied in the usual time, thirty seconds. Friday, April 30, the Freshman class presented at assembly a play entitled, "Not By A Dam Site." Gail Moore is absent from school on account of measles. . Miss Best is planning a party for her pupils which will be held on the Barrett lawn. Miss Gladys McLeod gave a p'enic supper last luesday evening for Miss Best, Miss Mclntyre, Miss Randall and Miss Bamford. The Baccalaurete sermon willjbe given Sunday, May 9, at the Christ ian church by Rev. Glenn Hutton. The Etude club will have charge of the music and the Sophomore class the decorations. Miss Best and Miss Randall mot ored to LaGrande, Saturday. The annual Junior-Senior banquet will take place tonight in the party room of the high school. Mr. J. 0. Russell, who was former ly Superintendent of the Athena schools is to be Principal at Stanfield next year. Mr. Fred Kelly has ac cepted the position as superintendent of the Boardman schools. Rev. Hutton' addressed the assemb ly, Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs.. Hadley and family spent the week-end in LaGrande and Baker. While in LaGrande, Mr. Hadley attended the annual meeting of the superintendents and principals of Eastern Oregon. At this meeting it was decided to hold the Eastern Oregon Track meet at Pendleton, May 15. A tennis tournament was held Wednesday,. April 28, at Helix be tween Helix and Athena. Boys' and girls' singles, boys' and girls' doubles were played. The next match scheduled is with Pendleton to be played here Wednesday, May 5th. 1 0)VB Best On the Market are made of Alaskan Buckskin, retain their shape and outwear all others Canvas Gloves 15c, 20c, 25c High Quality Vegetables are again on the Market -We have the kind the big stores sell THE PURE FOOD GROCERY Quality Quantity, Service. Phone 171. Athena, Oregon It Makes a Difference Your success In life depends on your motive. There Is on old fable about a dog that bnnsted of his ability as a runner. One dny he gave chase to a rabbit but failed to catch It. The other dogs ridiculed him on account of his previous boasting. His reply was, "You must remember that the rabbit was running for his life, while I was only running for my dinner." The incentive is all-Important. If you ore In the race merely for your dicner you will not put the same vim and energy Into your running as you will if your ambition Is deeper and more serious. Get the right motive and your chance of success will be much greater. Boston Transcript Care of Umbrella A shabby ; umbrella will spoil on otherwise perfect outfit A much-used umbrella soon shows signs of wear. When this happens, it Is a good Idea to open the umbrella and sponge it with strong sweetened tea. The tea freshens the color and the sugar im parts a slight stiffening to the fabric. An umbrella that has been dropped in the mud and cannot be cleaned by or dinary brushing is best treated In the following way: After greasing the Inside wires to prevent them rusting, the cover of the umbrella should be scrubbed with warm, soapy water. 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Cornelia James Cauuon In the Atlantic Monthly. Free Tickets for this show to MR. W. G. CRABILL THE STANDARD THEATRE Saturday, May 1 Colleen Moore with Lloyd Hughes In Ziegf eld's Biggest Hit The biggest 35c show at the Standard for months The wonder girl of poem and song and dance is here and dainty Colleen makes her irresistible. And she's brought, Leon Errol with her too. And . when you see Leon fall you'll laugh till the roof shakes and when Sally falls in love you'll thrill 'till your heart aches and when you've seen the whole wonderful show you'll want to see it again and again. Pathe Review Comedy Admission Prices, 10c-35c Sunday, May 2 Hulled water .'With : ; . Lois Wilson, Warner Baxter, Phyllis Hav er and Wallace Beery It is a spectacular romance-drama of the life-saving service, the sort of ac tionful outdoor story that Irvin Willat does so well. It bgins with a terrific storm in which two men stand out prominently in the New England coast life-saving service. One of them in temporary command of a station leads his crew in anheroic rescue and qualifies to.bcome a jpermanent commander. The other, older and belonging to another crew, has to be rescued himself, but in such .spectacular circumstances that he becomes a national hero and is given the command that the other expected and deserved. International News. Comedy Admission Prices, 10c-35c Wednesday, May 5 Tom Mix and Tony " .In The Deadwood Coach Warning! All persons traveling from Deadwood to Sidney on the Deadwood coach, due to the presence of bandits and road agents are hereby warned that the company will not be responsibile for the loss of money or other personal valuables. - i ' . TOM MIX, Sheriff, Deadwood, South Dakota. Comedy Admission Prices 10c-35c