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I j Press Paragraphs .6 Mrs. D. H. Mansfield spent Monday in Athena visiting. Pete McFadden and family spent Monday and Tuesday at Lehman Springs. Frank Carstens spent the week end in Portland, returning to Athena. Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stockstill spent Saturday night and Sunday at Bingham. Mrs. F. B. Boyd left Wednesday night for Seattle, where she will vis for several weeks. Velma and Laura Ross of Freewat er were week end guests of Valeria and Roberta Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Baker were among those who spent the Fourth at Bingham Springs. Miss Dorothy Koepke will leave for Portland Friday where she will vis it friends for a time. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pinkerton, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Douglas spent the Fourth at Bingham. C. M. Eager and family will leave the first of next week for a two week's outing at Seaside. Frank Curl well known Umatilla county farmer was a business visit or here from Pendleton Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Max Hopper and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Prestbye spent Satur day and Sunday at Lehman springs. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Zerba were Thursday visitors from Baker, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Zer ba. Guests this week at the home of Mrs. M. M. Johns, are Mrs. Mary Harris and daughter Nellie, of Spok ane. Flint Johns and family and H. A. Barrett and family made up a picnic party that spent Sunday at Bingham Springs. Mrs. E. A. Dudley suffered a col lapse Tuesday when she was over come with the heat. She has entire ly recovered. Mr. and Mrs. George Dickson have returned to Athena from California, and are domiciled in their residence on Adams street. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller last Friday attended the funeral of the.r nuice, Mrs. L. L. Chisholm, who died in the Pendleton hospital following an operation. Mrs. Chisholm, who was Elva Miller and lived here at one time, lived at Hermiston and survived by her husband and three small children. Mr. and Mrs. James McLean of Washtucna were guests of Mr. Mc Lean's mother Mrs. Bella McLean, over the Fourth. It is reported that Jesse Myrick threshed a field of wheat at Myrick Station that averaged around 50 bushels per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zimmerman were in Athena for a short time Tuesday from their home in Washington, call ing on old friends Dudley Rogers came down from the Dowd ranch at Washtucna, Washing ton, and spent the Fourth with re latives and friends. The families of B. B; Richards and O. O. Stephens spent Monday on the Walla Walla river ,where a picnic dinner was enjoyed. Since returning home from the hos pital last week, Mildred, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hansell, is fast regaining her health. Mr. and Mrs. William McLeod and Miss Gladys McLoed spent Sunday at Pilot ock, visiting at the home of Mr. and -Mrs. T. E. Hurd. F. F. Watkins dealer in wood and posts and who makes his home in Athena during the winter was here from Meacham Wednesday. Mrs. Dean Dudley and daughter Jessedeane left this week forThermo polis, Wyoming where they will spend a fortnight visiting relatives. Nesmith Ankeny was an Athena visitor Tuesday. He was en route to his home in Walla Walla from a brief visit at Bingham Springs. Athena people who attended the celebrations July 5th at Bingham Springs and Freewater, report hav ing a good time at both places. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haynie and daughters were up from Pendleton and spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Kretzer. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell, Mr. and Mrs. Armond DeMerritt and Mrs. Alma Koontz spent Sunday in the mountains, near McDougal camp. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Raymond of Hoods Canal, Washington visited Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Ray mond's mother, Mrs. A. J. Wagner. Miss Ruth Jackson who submitted to an operation for appendicitis sev eral weeks ago has returned home from St. Mary's hospital in Walla Walla. Her sister Mrs. Carl Sheard Why Our Drinks Are Popular l The best syrups that money can buy. Temperature of Carbonated water 40-440. Plenty of ice, Frigid- 4 aire equipment, quick service. Over 10,000 Coca ly. vxmi s serveu w o my isl McFadden'S Pharmacy WEMM ft who underwent a similar operation at about the same time is expected home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Samuels and family of Vernonia visited friends here the fore part of the week. They returned to their home Wednesday. Misses Dorothy Koepke, Mildred Lorton, Mrs. Edith Moss, Henry Koepke, Dr. Gray and Lloyd Still spent the week end at Wallowa Lake. Mrs. J. A. Lumsden who has been seriously ill at a Walla Walla hospit al is so much improved that it is expected that she will be able to re turn home shortly. Poison deliberately thrown into the yard at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Watts caused the death of a stray dog that had made friends with the household. Miss Frederica Kershaw and Pearl Ramsey, Brooks Anderson and Dr. W. G. Cowan were members of a party that motored to Wallowa Lake to spend the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. George Burr of Bak er called on Athena friends Tuesday evening. They were en route home by motor from a brief visit with re latives on the Umatilla River. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mclntyre, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pinkerton, Miss Lois Mclntyre, Messrs. Dean Pinkerton iand Lee Banister comprised a party that spent Sunday at Bingham. R. A. Thompson drove to Heppner Sunday and returned home, accom panied by Mrs. Thompson and her mother, Mrs. Edwards, who will re main here indefinitely at the home of her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jefferies and daughter Ethel were guests -of Mr. Jefferies sister, Mrs. J. C. Baker ov er the week end. Mrs. Baker's guests were from Payette, Idaho where Mr. Jefferies is sheriff. There appears to be a plentiful supply of harvest hands in Athena to meet the requirements of farmers at this time. For the most part thero spprns tn he a desirable class of workingmen here this year. , Mr. and Mrs. Earl Martin and family who spent the Fourth at and around the Cold Springs region were very successful in getting huckleberries, they having secured five gallon. Lloyd Still of Milton was an Athe na visitor Wednesday. Mr. Still is visiting at the home of his parents after a year's absence in New York where he sang in the musical com edy, "Pinafore." Born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen D. Sheeley of Tillamook Tuesday, June 29. 1926. at the Wilcox Memorial hospital at Portland, a daughter Mrs. Sheeley will be remembered a3 Miss Greta Mclntyre. Mrs. Frank Clason Adams will leave for her home in California Sunday. She will be accompanied as far as Portland by her mother Mrs. M. L. Watts who will spend several days in the metropolis. Miss Helen Eubanks of Walla Wal la spent the week end at the R. B. MeEwen home. Miss Eubanks has recently . returned from Yakima where she has been the guest of Miss "Jerry" Cassett for the past month Miss Mildred Mathers of Zillah, Washington snent the week end in Freewater as a guest of Mrs. Rose Miller and Miss Ethel Geissel of Athena who were staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Geis sel and also visited her brother Steve Has Just Received A New Line of Wear Come and Look it Over Don't Overlook Our Grocery Department ... . We carry every kind of fresh fruit and vegetables in the market. Cabbage, Beets, Carrots, Lettuce, String Beans, New Corn on the Cob, Blackberries, Raspberries, etc. STEVE'S GROCERY Quality Quantity. Service. Phone 171. Athena, Oregon 0 Lloyd Mathers. Miss Mathers form erly resided here with her parents, Mr. Mathers being the O. W. R. &. N. agent. She returned to her home Monday evening. Miss Jaunita Fanning who has been a patient at St. Mary's hospital in Walla Walla for several months is in a serious condition following a paralytic stroke Sunday. The doc tors hold small hope for her recovery. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Russell, Miss Thena Russell, Mrs. Al Nordeane and son went to Bingham the latter part of last week. Mrs. Nordeane and son accompanied the Russell's from Spokane from whence they returned recently. A hundred and seventy-five acres of wheat on the Lowell Stockman ranch near Helix burned Tuesday, to gether with sheds. No machinery was destroyed. It is believed that the fire started from a cigaret drop ped along the roadside. A. M. Gillis was in Athena Tues day from his farm home near Washtucna, Washington. He esti mates that the wheat yield in his district will average 20 to 25 bushels per acre. Harvest will begin there next week. H. J. Cunningham and family have moved to Pendleton leaving Athena Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Chamber lain who recently purchased the Prestbye service station will occupy the property on east Main street, .va cated by the Cunningham family. Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, returned Tuesday morning from Nampa, Ida ho where she accompanied her daugh ter Mrs. Horace Belknap. Mrs. Belk nap and children Kenneth and De borah have been guests at the Fer guson home for the past fortnight. Mrs. Ruth Chandler, daughter Na omi and mother Mrs. N. C. Dicken son arrived in Athena Sunday from Portland and are visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Chandler is a tele phone operator in the Milwaukee district. They expect to . be here about ten days. Lack of sand covering the bitulithic surfaced highway caus ed it to become soft Sun day and Monday, with the result that it was badly scarified by traffic in several places. Sand was scatter ed on the surface by the maintenance crew, Tuesday. Mrs. Mina Kirkland, who has been making her home with her sister Mrs. D. H. Sanders, left this week for San Francisco, to reside perman ently in the home of her son. Mrs Kirkland has made a host of friends in Athena, who regret her departure from among them. Mrs. M. M. Johns has received news of the death of Lindsay Hazel tine, at Los Angeles, California. The young man was a nephew of the late M. M. Johns, and leaves a wife and four children. He had been af flicted with an illness extending ov er the past ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Radtke, son Fred and daughter Kathleen return ed from a fortnight's visit to Crater Lake, the coast and other points of interest, Sunday. Miss Dorothy Geis sel who was to have returned with them, will remain in Portland where she will be employed and will live with her brother and sister. She will return to Athena for school. In honor of her daughter Mrs. Adams of Palo Alto, Mrs. M. L. ! Watts entertained guests sufficient to make two tables of bridge Monday afternoon. Lovely flowers of many colors were used as . decorations. High score was won by Mrs. Adams and second by Mrs. H. I. Watts. De licious punch and dainty ices were served by the hostess. Those pres ent were, Mrs. H. A. Barrett, Mr3. M. M. Johns, Mrs. R. B. Mcwen, Mrs. H. I. Watts, Mrs. C. M. Eager, Miss Helen Eubanks of Walla Walla the honoree and the hostess. it her daughter Mrs. Cecile Sturgis Mrs. C. M. Eager entertained at Bridge Friday afternoon when mem bers of the Bridge . club were her guests. Three tables were in play and the rooms were made unusually attractive by a profusion of lovely summer flowers. Additional guests included Mrs. F. C. Adams of Palo Alto, Miss Frederica Kershaw, Mrs. M. M. Johns Mrs. Max Hopper and Mrs. F. B. Boyd. The hostess served refreshing punch and confections during the afternoon. - This is an acre nnf Anrv anrwfs and pvpw snnrf Vina its nnrrw.t COStumC. 1 Swimming is no exception. Today's swimming suit must be above reproach in fit, color, lines and in every thing that makes for comfortable action and pleasing appearance. is 61uih'biaknit Swimming Suits are made to fit snugly, to give the utmost freedom of action and to please with their bright, permanent colors and smart style. . We have them for Men, Women and Children, in : one and two piece suits Price 2.25 to$7;50 Per Suit Phone Your Order To 152 Athena Depart menf Store The Churches Baptist Church Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. De votional at 11:00 a. m. Christian Obligations is the theme. Senior and Junior Young People ai 6:00 and 7:00 p. m. Song and Praise service at 8:00 p. m. Theme Man an Explorer. Young Peoples Prayer meeting Tues day evening at 8:00 o'clock. Mid-week service every Thursday evening at 8:00 p. m. Oregon Baptist conven tion at McMinnville July 13 to 16. B. Y. P U. Assembly at McMinnville July 19 to 30. ' Piano Bargain The case of this piano was marred in shipment. Will sell at big discount. Can be bought on Monthly payments. Penland Brothers Transfer Company, Pendle-j ton, Oregon - - THE STANDARD THEATRE Free Tickets, for this show to MISS VERA MILLER ' Saturday, July 10 William Fox Presents Peter B: ill ynes MoreP ay-lbess Worn With Mary Brian, Charles Rogers, Edward Ratcliffe, Albert Gran, Charles Conklin Wherein Cappy Ricks plays Old King Cole. Their fathers had been business rivals for years But when they tried to make their, children join the fight Romance stepped in and put a monkey wrench in the old men's plans. A Kyne comedy that starts with a smile, runs into a sea of laughs and ends with a riot of roars. ' International News Comedy Admission Prices, 10c-35c Sunday, July An Honest and Exciting Corned Analysis of Married Life Today With Florence Vidor, Tom Moore, Esther Ralston and . Ford Sterling in . . -.V. - - The Trouble -With Wives How often you've heard men start out that way and launch into a serio-comic rigamarole about the frailtes and foibles of the poor dear ladies that leave you undecided whether to laugh or shed a tear of sympathy. Well; here's a picture comedy that tells frolicsomely just what the trouble with wives is, and what's to be done about it. Sada Cowan and Howard Higgin wrote it. Malcolm St. Clair, who made "Are Parents People?" directed. Tom Moore is seen as the husband; Florence Vidor is the wife. Esther Ralston is the vamp and Ford Sterling, Moore's bungling college cnum. Pathe Review Comedy Admission Prices, 10c-35c Coming: ine man ho Found Himself And Phe Woman Hater