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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1927)
I Press Paragraphs "Men of Steel." . Standard Theatre, tomorrow night. Mrs. Ida Banister is reported ill at her, home in Athena. 1 Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Prestbye were Pendleton visitors Tuesday. 'Most of the. harvesting in the vicin ity of Athena will be finished this week. Miss Audra Winship, is here from her home at Salem, visiting old time friends. Miss' Dorothy .Geissel returned Mon day from Portland, where she spent a week with relatives. ' Mr. and Mrs. T. P. DeFreece, who make their home near Walla Walla, visited in Athena Monday. Miss Zola Keen visited last' week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Steen at Asotin, Washington. John Banister of Weston is spend ing the week (at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. L. McFadden. Mrs. A. A. Kimball of Pendleton, spent the week-end at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Omer Stephens. Mrs. F.. B. Boyd spent the week end at McDougal camp, the guestof her; sister, Mrs. S. A. Barnes.of Wes ton. Mr. and Mrs. Melville Johns and Mrs. M. M. Johns motored to.Ten dleton Tuesday, where they vhitod friends. Mrs. Dean Dudley and daughter Jessiedean, and the Misses Helen and Phyllis Hodgen spent Tuesday at Pendleton. Henry L. Frazier prominent citi zen of Milton and well known farm er, was in Athena Tuesday, transact ing business. Mrs. Victor' Hirsch and little Miss Patricia of Freewater, spent Tuesday in Athena at the home of Mrs. Justin Harwood. , Mrs. Fred Kershaw and daughter Miss Frederica,, left yesterday morn ing for, Payette Lake, where they will ppend a fortnight. Mrs. Grace Kintzley of Portland, is visiting at the home of her parents, MrO and Mrs. Bert Ramsey. She will remain here for several days. ' Mrs. L. L. Sainsberry and little son of Yakima are visiting relatives and friends in this vicinity. Mrs. Sainsberry was formerly Miss Ollic Brace. Bert White, who has been running Jesse Myrick's combine this season, has left for Colfax, Washington, where he expects to operate a ma chine. Mr. and Phillip Yenney of Walla Walla are receiving congratulations upon thejn'rth of a son Tuesday. Mrs. Yenney will be remembered by Athena friends as Lucile Taylor. The many friends of Mrs. Bollinger will be glad to learn that she is im proving in health. Mrs. Bollinger has !been at ;the home of her daughter at Milton for several weeks. Ernest Zerba, formerly of Athena, now with the Preston-Shaffer Mill ing company at'Waitsburg, has been assisting, the office force at the local mill this week. His family will go to Waitsburg about Scptemberl. "Tillie, the Tolier" - Standard Theatre, Sunday night. Dr. Fulton, prominent dentist of Walla Walla, was a visitor in Athe na Tuesday. Mrs. Thompson, accompanied by her daughter Maxine, is here from her home at Eugene. Miss Velma Schubert,' bookkeeper at the First National Bank of Athe na, is spending her vacation at Sea side, accompanied !by her mother, Mrs A. 0. Schubert. Mr. and Msr. Gurney drove over from Baker Satnrday evening and spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. Gurney 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn. Ralph Carsten, who has been visit ing at the home of his grandmother in Portland for the past two months returned to his home in Athena Wed nesday morning. Mrs. A. M. Edwards and daughter Sheila, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Richard Thompson. The visitors will be here about two weeks. Dr. and Mrs. C. H. McCune, Dr. Harry Cowan of Walla Walla, Dr. W. G. Cowan and Miss Pearl Ram sey' of Athena will spend the weekend at Spokane, making the trip by mo tor. Arthur Douglas, who made a trip to Morrow county Tuesday, was ac companied, by Elmer Stockstill, who operates Mr. A. P. Douglas' combine for the balance of the harvest sea son. J. A. Lumsden, well known here who lias been seriously ill ;at his farm home on Dry Creek, left Sunday for Portland, accompanied by Mrs. Lums den. and Mr. and Mrs. William Mc Bride. Mr. and Mrs. James Twohy spent Sunday night here as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F., B. Boyd, Mrs. Two hy's parents. The visitors were en route by motor from Oro Fino, Idaho, to their home in Portland. Fred McElrath of Freewater passed through Athena with three truck loads of home-grown melons, bound for LaGrande and Baker. These are the first melons of the season from the Milton-Freewater country. W. L. Thompson, vice-president of the First National Bank of Portland and Hamilton Corbett, vice-president of the Security Savings and Trust company of Portland, were business visitors here last Saturday. Miss Frederica Kershaw has ar rived from Portland, where she has been taking a course in music at a summer school. Miss Kershaw spent last week) at, the beach and made the the trip home by motor with friends. Miss Elsa Ringel, who attended summer school at Corvallis is home for a short vacation before returning to 0. A. C.'to complete her four year course. Miss Ringel is accom panied home by Miss Smith, a class mate. Mrs. Sarah Jane Bowles of Walla Walla, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. S. LeGrow. Little Sarah Jane Bowles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Bowles of Montana, is also a guest. She will attend school in Wal la Walla this fall and winter and will live with her grandmother at Clinton Court. I? SPECIALS Bath Powder and Salts 98c Shaving Brush and Razor $1.00 Palmolive Shaving Cream 35c and a can Talcum free McFadden s Pharmacy Care of Cemetery Lots We are equipped to furnish either perpetual or annual care of lots in the Athena Cemetery", at reason able rates. CTttEiX'CEME'rERY ASSOCIATION Sec: E. d Prestbye, Secretary, or Ike Phillips, Sextoa Mrs. Bun Moore spent Wednesday in Walla Walla. E. A. Bennett was in Freewater on business Tuesday. Cliff Cullev' of Weston, was a bus iness visitor in Athena Tuesday C. M. Duff, manager of the Walla Walla creamery, was in town Wednesday. Omer Stephens is driving a new Erskine sedan, which he purchased last week. i ,M. Talley of the Weston Hotel was a business visitor in Athena Wednesday. Dr. Keylor (of Walla Walla, made a professional call in Athena Wednes day afternoon. Mrs. James Potts had as her guests this week, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Temp leton of Seattle. Read and Barrett's crew hava fin ished threshing the Barrett spring grain near Athena. Neil Cameron of the International Harvester company, was in Athena from Yakima, Wednesday. C. T. Smith will have the harvest crew in his field today. This is the last of the Charles Kirk run. Louie Ringel gave a splendid chick en supper to the harvest crew after a record day's run at the finish of his harvesting. For several days the auto stages passing trough Athena have been carrying capacity loads of passengers and baggage. George Burdine wa3 in from Thorn Hollow road construction camp Tues day evening. Burdine is an expert powder man. Mr. Purdy, O.-W. R. & N., freight and passenger agent with headquar ters in Pendleton, was a business vis itor in Athena Tuesday. (Mrs. James1 Potts, Mrs. D. H. Sand ers, Mrs. Joseph H. Templeton and Miss Myrtle Potts were guests of Mrs. Wm. Chase Garfield at Walla Walla, Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Tompkins arrived from Walla Walla Wednesday, and is vis iting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Coppock south of Athe na. Mrs. H. A. Barrett and daughters are home after a fortnigh's visit in Portland. Lucile Barrett is still in Portland, visiting at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. A. B. McEwen. Jack Harmon, genial local black smith is over particular when it comes to milk and butter. Mr. Har mon insists on having his goat milk churned in a specially constructed churn. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McEwen and snns Edwin and Ralph Jr.. will spend the coming winter in Portland and the bovs will attend high school there. They will reside at the home of Mrs. A. B. jMcEwen. John Davidson has purchased the Tharp property on Currant street fmm Dr. Thomas of Milton. Mr. Davidson contemplates wrecking the old house now on the property ana expects to build a modern cottage in which he will reside. The Press man is some busy scout this week. The. Linotype operator is taking! her vacation, and so is the press feeder, andso is the bookkeeper, and so is the )ob printer, and so i3 the ad-setter, and so is the make-up, and so is the'i devil. Hobart Perringer who has been farming the Ogle land near Havana, is shipping his threshing machine to Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, where he will thresh some 400 acres of grain for Byron Hawks. Mr. Perringer left by motor for Bonner's Ferry yes terday. ' Mr. and.Mrs.NC. H. Belknap of Co lumbus, Ohio, are visiting nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hill in Athena. Mrs. Belknap is a sister of Mr. Hill. Mr. Belknap is a locomo tive engineer on, the Pennsylvania road, and for many years liaa had a run from Columbus to Chicago. At the Hansell home near Athena may be' seen one of the most beau tiful flower gardens in Umatilla countv. Giant zinnias and dahlias that vie with Portland or Seattle blooms, in size and colors, and an in finite variety of perennials and an nuals, centered with a goldfish pond bordered with pond lilies and other water plants and a rock background make a picture rarely to be seen at country homes. Mrs. H. I. Watts ad Mrs. R. B. McEwen entertained at bridge Satur day afternoon when they invited guests to make up four tables at the attractive home of Mrs. Watts, on south Third street Clusters of sum mer . flowers were used about the rooms and at the tea hour dainty ices were served. Miss Ann Martin of Walla Walla, held high score and Mrs. A. A. Kimball of Pendleton, re ceived the consolation. Those present were Mrs. Roy Raley, Mrs. Willard Bond, Mrs. Fred Donert, Mrs. Char les Bond, Mrs. Elmer Storie, Mrs. L. L. Rogers, Mrs. Carrie Matlock, Mrs. A. A. Kimball, allof Pendleton; Mrs. Robinson,. Miss. Anne Martin. Miss Nell Martin of Walla Walla; Mrs. Barnett, Mrs. Richard Thomp son, Mrs. F. C. Adams of Falo Alto Mrs. M. L. Watts. Ths hostesses were assisted by Mrs. Glenn Dudley, National Emblem of Wales Is Red Dragon While the Imrp 1 a Vo'h1i mttioimT Instrument, it is not rc-'oi:d as th national emblem. Tlie national ;:n blem for Wales Is the red dragon of Cadwallader, the last of the Welsh kings." Thl3 emblem Imd a place In the royal arms of Creat Britain as a supporter In the reign of King Henry VII, but that king, toward the end of his reign, changed the supporters, which were the two white lions of March, to the Welsh dragon on the dexter side, with the white greyhound on the sinister. The latter emblem was representative of either the De Beauforts, his own ancestors, or tiie Nevilles, the ancestors. of his wife, both of these families using the white greyhound as a family Imdgc. In l."28 his son, Henry VIII, used for support ers to the royal arms the golden lion on the dexter, while the red dragon of Wales, which his father had used on the dexter, he relegated to the sin ister side. These supporters continued In use until the accession (in 1G03) of James VI of Scotland as James 1 of England. James kept the golden lion on the-dexter, but changed the red dragon of Wales on the sinister to the unicorn, as In the royul arms of Scotland an emblem of purity. "Star-Spangled Banner" Finished in Rowboat The last lines of "The Star-Span-gled Banner" were written in a row boat by Francis Scott Key and were not penned In the hold of a prison ship as the old school books taught. Legendary history was that Kn.v was a prisoner of war while watching the British bombardment of Baltimore and Fort Mellenry during the war of 1812. The correct story has been brought to light by the Woman's Home Companion, which shows that Key was permitted to go to the Brit ish flagship under a truce signal to obtain ti.e release of a friend who had been taken prisoner, and arrived Just as the enemy was ready to open fire. The young poet developed his verses during the anxiety of the night, but It was while returning to shore in a small boat the following morning that lie wrote exultantly " Tis the Star Spangled Banner. Oh ! long may it wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Then the Fun, Began . A young university undergraduate had to present himself for au exami nation in which he was expected to read a short thesis on Greek tragedy. Knowing nothing of -the subject, he asked the help of a friend, who was an expert. This gentleman wrote and gave him a masterly little treatise, ol which the only fault lay In the pen manship. At the examination all went well until the young man startled his audi ence with the sentence, "We now come to the tragedies of Bophocles." . "The tragedies of whom?" gasped one of the examiners. "You mean Sophocles 1" exclaimed another. For some moments the young man gazed earnestly at the manuscript. Then he looked up with- a reassured smile, and said, ".No, It is distinctly Bophocles here." Tips to Bosses Don't hire a man with light hair and blue eye3 for an ollice job unless you're going to give him a great deal to do and a heap of credit for doing.it Men work harder if they think they are appreciated. Half au executive's Job Is to learn when and how to praise men under him. Most of our great students, phi losophers and scientists have rather dark complexions. Most of our lead ers, pioneers and executives have had a leaning toward light hair, eyes and skin. To reach people you have to ap proach them as friends, not as police men or teachers. i Rainbow Division Plans Paris Meet. Des Moines, la. Plans for a pil grimage to France in 1928 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Champagne, St. Mihiel and Argonne were launched by the veterans of the Rainbow divi sion at their annual reunion here. - An Invitation to Paris or Nancy, France, has been received from the French government. Wren's Sweet Song While Jenny Wren is incubating, her mate perches nearby, untiringly war bling his sweet song, says the Na ture Magazine. After the young are hatched there Is little rest for either of them. Caterpillars, beetles, bugs and spiders must be supplied In aston Ishing numbers all the time, until tho youthful wrens are ready to help In the hunt. , - parUoa! Thl lovely watdi has white fold- nHed-eafw cm and a depenoaoM lajcwei Bulova Movement. a 'ffieadquariers for ig Harvesters FRED II. BROWN, Jeweler Pendleton, Oregon - Men's Work Sox .: ........12y2c, 15c and 25c pair Men's Heavy Canvass Gloves... 10c pair Men's Union Suits...::............... 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Here's ro mance that rings out like the beat of a mallett on a pure steel plate flam ing and surging like the great cauldrons of molten metal which form its background. . International News Admission Prices, 10c-25c-35c Sunday, August 14 j Marion Davies In Tillie the Toiler c Just shown at the Broadway, Portland One of the Snappiest Comedies of the Screen Tillie's in the movies at last! You've seen Tillie in her inimitable, rib-bending comic-strip of the newspapers. Now she's on the screen with her jolly pals. Come and see Mac, Simpkins, Bubbles and all the rest of the gang that has rocked the world with laughter. Beautiful Marion Davies, as Tillie, tingles a dozen throbbing heart-strings in this comedy of -complications! You'll scream! You'll simply adore it! , Pathe Review Admission Prices, 10c-25c-35c Coming: "Rookies5 Wednesday September 7th.