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Brings you alt the conveniences and labor saving devices of electricity. 1 I I J q ,-. 1 n n TL I ! rress raragxapns i I Mrs. Esther Willaby has been vis iting in Athena this week. . Mrs. George Brace of Thorn Hol low was a visitor here Tuesday. John Thompson of Gibbon was a busirfess visitor here Wednesday. Emmett Lee and family are moving to the Joe Scott ranch west of Athe na. Mrs. Ethel Montague and Mrs. C. O. Henry were in Pendleton Satur day. The grain elevator being built at Adams by Frank Curl is about com pleted. Mrs. W. S. Ferguson and Mrs. H. I. Watts were Pendleton visitors Monday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charle? Smith, Wednesday, May 18, 1927, a daughter. Dolph Thompson, in company with Joe Holladay, was down from Bing ham Springs Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Watts are moving into their new home on Fourth and Jefferson streets. Mrs. Will Kirk and son Harold have joined Mr. Kirk at their ranch near Thorn Hollow for the summer. The Sunday school of the Christ ian church will motor to Walla' Wal la and picnic in the park Saturday. Mrs. Frances Herr and little 3on of Baker, are visiting in Athena, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Herr. Mrs. A. A. Kimball and Mrs. Mat lock of Pendleton spent the week end here as guests of Mrs. O. O. Steph ens. Rev. and Mrs. D. Loree, who spent last week end visiting Athena friends, have returned to their home at Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. Armond De Merriti of Walla Walla spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell. Billy Pinkerton and Bert Logsdon 'spent Monday on the Umatilla river, angling for trout, they report a fair catch. Superintendent Hadley and Mr. Miller are spending this week in Pen dleton correcting state examination papers. ; Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards and Mr. and Mrs. 0. 0. Stephens made up a motor party to Walla Walla Wed nesday evening. "Skin" Brewer, a University cf California friend of Henry Koepke Jr., has been visiting at the Koepke ranch this week. , George Winship formerly of Atho- na and recently of Boise, Idaho, i3 now agent for the Standard Oil com pany at Union, Oregon. N. A. Miller went to Portland, Tuesday, where he is attending the Undertaker's convention. He was ac companied by Alec McRae. Plans for the Pioneer picnic at Weston are going forward. Athena musicians have been requested to contribute numbers for the program. Dickenson & Bell are installing; a now ice house on south Fourth streets. Heavily lined walk and oth er protection will make the building efficient. Mr. and Mrs.-F. B. Boyd accom panied Mr. and Mrs. James Twohy to Portland Wednesday and will visit for a few days at the home of their daughter. The Connoyer land consisting of 160 acres south of Athena at the head of Thorn Hollow has been sold to Harold Barnett, for the consider ation of $23435. Mrs. Ralph Singer, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Malcolm of Echo, and brother Delbert Malcom of Pen dleton, spent the week end with re latives at The Dalles. C. M. Eager and family ruetoied to Walla Walla Sunday where they were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Everett linger of Dayton, and the party enjoyed a picnic dinner in the park. Grant Prestbye left Tuesday for Glacier National park where he will spend the next four months. Mrs. Prestbye and Miss Jennamae Read may join him later for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Harden and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller wera called to Pendleton Wednesday by the death of Jesse Vaughn, brother of Mrs. Harden and Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Bert Logsdon, Mrs. Lloyd Michener, and Mrs. Mansfield, are at Astoria attending the Rebekah con vention. They made the trip by mo tor and will return in about a week A number of Athena ladies were guests at a tea given Thursday af ternoon at the home of Mrs. Por ringer in Pendleton. Mrs. Muriel Dolph entertained with her mother. Mr. and Mrs'. Sylvester Crabill of Pendleton, Sidney Crabill of Helix, Oscar Bisner and Eimo Pekola of Cold Springs, were Sunday . dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Crabill The Baptist Sunday school will have their annual picnic Saturday, They will eat their breakfast on the banks of the Walla Walla river and have lunch at the park in Walla Wal la. Mr. and Mrs. Victor McDonali of Long Beach, California, are guests ot the E. A. Dudley home. Mrs. Dudley and Mr. McDonald are sister and brother. After a visit here Mr. and Mrs. McDonald will visit friends and relatives in Washington and later will tour Yellowstone park before le turning to California for the winter. York Dell, Henry Booher and John Benson attended the Knights of Py thias district convention at Walla Walla. One of the principal speakers of the evening was Congressman Summers. Miss Ellen Henry has signed a con tract .to teach the third and fourth grades in the Boardman school for the coming year. Miss Henry will also have charge of the music for the entire school. . Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pendleton of Lakeview, who have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Zerba went to Pendleton Wednesday and today they will return to their home at Lakeview. A number of Athena people spent Sunday at Bingham Springs, includ ing Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McEwen, Edwin McEwen, F. L. Pittman and family. Mrs. Lawrence Pinkerton spent Thursday here to attend the recital of Miss Hanna's music class. Mrs. Pinkerton is undergoing medical treatment at College Place and her condition is much improved. Friends and relatives of Mrs. A. B. McEwen are looking forward to her arrival here next week. Mrs. McEwen has recently returned to Portland from Los Angeles and Long Beach where she spent the winter. Miss Lois Mclntyre came down from Pullman, Washington to attend the exercises, of the graduation class of which her brother Norman, was a member. She returned to Pullman Sunday, where she has about 3 more weeks of school at W. S. C. Miss Belle Anderson who graduated from the Athena high school with the 1927 class, has accepted a position in the Athena Department store for the summer. Miss Anderson contem plates entering Linville college at McMinnville in the fall to continue her studies. M 9 en s Era 1 Cut to High School Notes : Most of the teachers have left for their homes. Some of them expect to attend school this summer. Miss Bateman will attend the Portland branch of the University of Oregon. Miss Cornelison will go to the Uni versity of Washington. Miss Rod man will go to U. of W. Miss Ter ry will be at her home near Rosalia, Washington. She has signed a con tract to teach in Pendleton next year. Mr. Stolzheise expects to work in a cannery in Salem, and during a part of the summer he will work in the harvest fields. Miss Sellars will be at her home in Spokane. Mr. Miller and family expect to leave tomorrow They will be on a farm near Endi cott, Washington. . Mr. Hadley and family will go to Portland for the summer. They will leave in about ten days. Athena high school won the last athletic event of the year when they played tennis at Helix shortly before school closed. The teams from Athe na were composed of the following: La Vone Pittman, Ethel Pittman, Dorothy Geissel, Fred Radtke and Art Taylor. The Athena high school student of ficers for next year were elected a few days before school closed. The result of the election was as follows: President, Ray Johnston; Vice presi dent, Helen Hansell; Secretary Treasurer, Dorothy Geissel; Athletic manager, Weldon Bell; Transporta tion manager, Ethel Pittman; Yell leader, Thena Russell; Editor, Alber ta Charlton; Business manager, Al len Simpson; Sergeant at Arms, Itol Schubert. The reports from the various school treasurers showed that the high school will start next year with a balance of about $400 to ts credit. Belle Anderson was awarded the scholarship this year. Her average for the four years of high school work was above 94 per cent with no recorded grade below 90 per cent. Fred Radtke ranks second. Margaret Lee was given the Lin coln medal for the best essay on the life of Lincoln. The senior class is having pictures of the graduating classes, which have graduated during the time that Mr. Hadley has been here, framed in one group. This picture will hang in the library. Watch value that defies com parisonl This lovely watch hat a white gold filled engraved case and a dependable 15 jewel Bulova Movement FRED H. BROWN, Jeweler Pendleton, Oregon M Bib Overalls 220 Weight Denim per pair $129 . en's Full Cut Chambray Work Shirts, each 79c Phone Your Order To 152 Athena Department Store THE STANDARD THEATRE Saturday, May 21 Francis McDonald In "The Desert's ToF 'If you want action and plenty of it, 'here's your picture! A rapid-fire story of the gold-hunt days, of a chap who flirted with death to save a girlonly to learn that-she had "double crossed" him! International News Admission Prices, 10c-25c-35c Sunday, Nay 22 Colleen Moore And Jack Mulhall - In "We Moderns" She's here the delicious star of "Sally," . the fragrant "Desert Flower," slams the lid on the flapper and bows in The Modern. Fifty laughs for ev ery tear. She'll make you sigh she'll make you cry; that's why it's wonder ful! Only Colleen Moore could do it! ft Pathe Review Admission Prices, 10c-25c-35c Wednesday May 25-Special Buster Keaton In 99 Filmed in 0regon--His Greatest Picture You are going to like the story becausee it is refreshing, clean and full of in terest You. are going to gasp and shake, shiver and quiver at his thrilling rides and daring adventures. Comedy Admission Prices, 10c-25c-35c