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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1927)
Press Paragraphs l Mrs. Edra Harder is waiting on the tables at Kilgore's Cafe. Miss Velma Schubert spent Sunday with her sister Lela at Freewater. Archie Henderson, Walla Walla au tomobile dealer, was in Athena Mon day. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kidder and Mrs. Fred Pittman have returned from a visit at Portland. Mrs. Til Taylor of Portland visited last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Taylor. Delbert Easterwood of Spokane, visited Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gross. Miss Jessiedeane Dudley was op' era ted on Tuesday at St. Mary's hos pital for appendicitis. During the last few weeks the health of H. McArthur of Portland, has not been so good as formerly. Mrs. John Harden who has been seriously ill for several days at her home in Athena, Is reported better. Marion Hansell and Chance Rogers attended a meeting of International Harvester dealers at . Walla Walla, Tuesday. Dale Stephens and Fred Radtke, Jr., returned Sunday evening from their annual camping trip t Bing ham Springs. Rex C. Payne has been given a decree of divorce from hia wife, Adrian Payne, by Judge Fee of the circuit court. Mrs. Chester McCullough ofTekoa, Washington, is here visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Harden. Mr. and Mrs. William Piper are visiting in Albany at the home of Mrs. Piper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carsten Kendig. The Athena Bridge club was en tertained by Mrs. Fred Kershaw of Pendleton, yesterday afternoon, at Hotel Pendleton. Mrs. Clarence Powers (Thelma Keen) of Pendleton, spent Sunday in Athena the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Dickenson. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cannon and daughters are at Soap Lake, where members of the family are receiving medical treatments. The Pacific coast experienced the first hot wave of the season, this week. In Athena Sunday the mer cury touched the 88 mark. Mrs. J. J. Joyce, who has been vis iting at the home of hei sister, Mrs. E. C. Prestbye, left for her home in Seattle, yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hale ara visit ing in Portland, with relatives and friends. They expect to be in the metropolis a couple of week3. Miss La Vone Pittman left Sunday for Lewiston, Ilaho, where she will take the summer normal course at the Idaho Btate normal school. Fay LeGrow, Rich Thompson and Barney Foster are on a fishing trip to the headwaters of the Umatilla. They went in with a pack outfit. Marion Hansell will shoot with the Pendleton gun club in the North west Trapshooting Tournament at Portland, next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Basler are here from Boise, Idaho, visiting friends. They are en route to Salem, where Mrs. Basler's mother resides. Mrs. Jesse Myrick, Mrs. Dora San chez and Miss Ethel Geissel were dinner euests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Geissel at Milton. Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn entertained the bridge club at her home, last Friday afternoon. Guests were Mrs Alma Koontz, of Portland, and Mrs. Max Hopper. Mrs. Alma Koontz of Portland and Mrs. Henry Dell were guests of Mrs. Armond DeMerritt of Walla Walla at a tea given at Jensen's Tuesday afternoon. Z. W. Lockwood who has been in poor health for a long time, will go to a springs resort in Western Ore gon, for treatment. He will be ac companied by his son Zeph. Miss Lois Mclntyre and Miss Roma Charlton returned to their homes in Athena yesterday for. the summer vacation from Pullman, where they have been attending W. S. C. Athena stores will close tomorrow from 11 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. on ac count of the Pioneer Reunion at Weston, so that their sales forces may be enabled to attend the picnic. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson are here from Marshfield, having been called bv the critical illness of Mr. Johnson's mother and sister, Mrs. Al vin Johnson and Mrs. Hamp Booher. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bergevm came up from lone mis ween io vion i latives and friends. Louis has 800 acres of Morrow county wheat to harvest this season, and expects a good crop. Mrs. Alma Koontz who has been a guest at the home of Mr and Mrs. Henry Dell left Tuesday for a vis it with relatives at Pandleton, and later will proceed to her home at Portland. Gu3 Schubert, who has been in poor health for some time, suffered another slight stroke of paralysis, Tuesday, and was taken from his brother's home here to the hospital at Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wilsdn have taken up residence at the M. b. church parsonage. Mr. Wilson, who was formerly with the state highway maintainence forces, is now employed on county road work. Mrs. Glenn Dudley and Mr3. Ralph McEwen returned Sunday evening from Portland, where they visited relatives and friends for a wee. Mrs Dudley played in the preliminary golf games at Oswego links. A Ford coupe, trailing behinu a truck, came to grief at the corner of Fourth and Jefferson streets, Mon day afternoon, when the cable broke. The coupe careened up against the curb, bending the front axle. Judge Richards officiated at a wed ding at his home, last Friday after noon when he united in the holy bonds of matrimony, Mr. Bruce Burt of Spokane and Miss Gertrude Rose Harris of Lewiston, Idaho. In , 1 JJ I Ever-Ready Safety Razor with 50c 1 tube Shaving Cream. 50c bottle ofl f Coty Perfume with each box Coty 1 Powder. Aluminum Shaker with 3 lone lb. Thompson's Malted Milk 60c McFadden'S Pharmacy .mil iihh imu mu luu mu fuy im luu iiuu iwh iwtt IWU 1MB 1WU lyu mil ma IWU IUM 1UI. mil mill imm A Standard Bred Registered Jack will make the season at my iarm two miles south of Athena TermsFor single service $5; or $20 to insure. HENRY KOEPKE, Jr. Phone 32F5, Athena, Oregon. a specifically detailed account of the wedding the judge informed the re porter that the bride wore crepe de' chene, and the groom came up in conventional black." Mrs. Alvin Johnson, who has been ill for some time at her home west of Athena, has Been very low for the past few days. Last Friday while leaving the curb to cross Third street, near her home, Mrs. H. I. Watts was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Lilla Kirk Mrs. Watts received painful bruises. but fortunately escaped serious injury, Henry Schroeder, Weston carpenter is constructing the Dudley cabin at Bingham Springs. The material came already cut for assembling. The cabin is of the bungalow type, con taining three bed rooms, living room and kitchen. Mrs. A. A. Kimball and Mrs. Car rie Matlock came up from Pendle ton and spent Wednesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Stephens, and yesterday motored to Spokane, where they will visit rel atives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McFadden, Mr, and Mrs. E. C. Prestbye. Mrs. J. J, Joyce) Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hirsch; Mr. and Mrs. Justin Harwood, Mr, and Mrs. Max Hopper, Mrs. Lulu Prestbye and Mrs. Frank Ames com prised a picnic party who spent Sun day on the Walla Walla river. Bern Banister will leave the mid dle of next week for Shepherd Springs where he will undergo medi cal treatment. He contemplates vis iting at the home of his daughter Mrs. John Stacklie, at Longview, be fore returning home. Mr. Banister will be away about a month. Mrs. W. P. Willaby left by motor Tuesday for Camden, Indiana, where she will reside with her mother. She was accompanied as far as Chicogo by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Knowlton, of Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. Knowlton came down from Spokane Monday evening and spent the night at the home of Mrs. Minnie Willaby. Mrs. C. L. McFadden entertained with two tables of bridge Friday evening in honor of Mrs. J. J. Joyce of Seattle. Guests were, Mrs. Frank Ames, Mrs. Justin Harwood, Mrs Victor Hirsch,, Mrs. G. C. Prestbye, Mrs. Max Hopper, Mrs. E. C. Prest bye. Mrs. Hirsch won first prize and Mrs. Harwood the consolation. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. DeFreec of Walla Walla and Mr. and Mrs. Sim Dickenson will leave by motor Sun day for Portland. On their return to Athena they will be accompanied by Miss Phyllis Dickenson who has been attending Monmouth Normal school. Miss Dickenson will spend the vacation period with her parents in Athena. No show tomorrow night at the Standard Theatre on account of the evening program given at the Pio neers Reunion at Weston. Sunday night Blanche Sweet and Ben Lyon will be seen in "The New Command ment" and Johnny Hines is coming for Wednesday's mid-week offering in "The Live Wire." Mr. ana Mrs. M. U Watts uie pleasantly situated in their new home at Fourth and Jefferson streets. Furniture, rugs and fixtures which arrived some time ago have been arranged in place, and the owners are now enjoying the conveniencies of one of the finest homes in Eastern Oregon. It is one of the show places of the county, and almost daily out of town people drive by to see it. Mrs. Minnie Booher, widow of the late Hamp Booher, ' died at Walla Walla yesterday forenoon. Since the death of her husband several months ago, Mrs. Booher had been in de clining health. She had been at the home of her brother Alf Johnson, at Walla Walla, for the past few weeks Arrangements for the funeral had not been made when this paper went t; press. Obituary will appear in next week's issue of the Press. Mrs. E. C. Prestbye was hostess for a one o'clock bridge luncheon in honor of her sister Mrs. J. J. Joyce of Seattle Thursday of last week. The rooms were charmingly decorat ed with a profusion of yellow popples and buttercups. Mrs. Victor Hi.'sch won high score and Mrs. Joyce re ceived the guest prize. Besides the guest of honor the guest list includ ed, Mrs. Max Hopper, Mrs. Justin Harwood, Mrs. Frank Ames, Mrs. C. L, McFadden, Mrs. F. S. LeGrow, Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. II. I. Watts, Mrs. Lloyd Miehener. Mrs Bryce Baker, Mrs. Grant Prestbye, Mrs. A. W. Douglas, Mrs. Victor Hirsch, Mrs. James Licuallen of Adams, Misses Edna Pinkerton and Hilda Dickenson. Watch value that defies com paruon! This lovely watch ha white gold filled engraved and a dependable 15 jewel Bulova Movement. j FRED H. BROWN, Jeweler Pendleton. Oregon PRIZES OFFERED FOR BEST VOICES National Radio Audition Open to Young Singers in. This Country. i-1, i . America's future generation of vocal Stars will be disclosed to the world this Fall as another of the wonders due to radio. Every young man or woman with the gift of song, whether from country, town or city, will have an equal chance. 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