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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1927)
I' Press Paragraphs Ken Maynard and "Tarzan" Standard Theatre, tomorrow night. Mrs. C. L. McFadden has been a visitor in Portland, this week. R. A. Duffield of Portland, is a guest at the Lee Whitehead home. Mrs. L. Sherman and Miss Maude Sherman visited Friday in Walla Walla. E. A. Dudley was down from his summer home at Bingham Springs, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Radtke and son Fred, spent the week end at Wallowa Lake resort. Mrs. Barbara Willaby is visiting at the home of her daughter Mrs. Fred Kershaw. Mrs. Carrie Rogers and Miss Ed na Zerba were in Athena Monday from Pendleton. Mrs. Iledrick of Los Angeles, Cal ifornia spent the past week with Mrs. Fred Gross. Mrs. Marion Hansell, sons and daughters are enjoying an outing at Bingham Springs. Miss Lizzie McKenzie of Portland is visiting friends and relatives in Adams and Athena. Mrs. Anna Cartano spent Wednes day in Pendleton, with her daughter, Mrs. Enid Rothrock. Billy Pinkerton and Herman Geis sel fished in the Umatilla river Tues day with fair success. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Read and Mr. and Mrs. McCammon of Hood River are camped at Wallowa Lake. The Misses Ethel and LaVone Pitt man are employed at packing prunes in a Freewater packing house. Newt Stone, who was formerly well known in Athena, was in the city Saturday from Walla Walla. Miss Emma Hanson of Ferdinand Idaho was a guest of her aunt Mrs. Charles Dickey over the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ames left the first of the week on a vacation trip to Portland and other coast cities. Come to your state Unlveraity Cor culture! education end profeuionel mining. OpportuntiS it offered in 22 departments of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts An3 m the Schooli of Architecture and Allied Arts Dusiness Administration Educa tion Journalism Graduate Study Law Medicine MusicPhysi cal Education Sociology Social Work Extension Division. College Year Opens September 26, 1927 For information or catalogue writ The ReQittrar, UniVertU) of Oregon, Eu$ene, Ore. "Ranger," the wonder Police Dog. Standard Theatre, Sunday night. Mr. Scott McArthur of San Fran cisco, attended the funeral of his late uncle, Hugh McArthur last Fri day. Mrs. Fred Kershaw and daughter Miss Frederica have returned from Payette lake where they spent a week. Mrs. Lvdia James ' of Pendleton, was in Athena Sunday from Pendle ton, visiting her mother, Mrs. Henry Wood. E. C. Rogers and son Kenneth will spend a few days at Bingham Springs prior to the opening of school. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pinkerton and daughter Jewel went to Seaside last week, where they will enjoy an outing. Mrs. Edra Harder and daughter Marcene were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goodwin on Dry Creek. Miss Louise Waffle of Walla Wal la has charge of Miss Pearl Ramsey's Beauty Shoppe, during her absence at Spokane. Miss Helen Hpdgen and Cy Hod gen spent the past week at Duncan, where they visited their sister, Mrs. McLaughlin. Earl Lee of Los Angeles has taken the place of Charlie Wood at Lee Whitehead's barber shop. Wood has gone to Portland. Mrs. Zeltha Mclntyre and Mrs. Ralph Cannon and children have re turned from Tacoma after an ab sence of several weeks. Miss Velma Schubert and mother Mrs. Ameil Schubert arrived home Friday of last week from Portland and other valley points. Mrs. F. S. LeGrow is at the home of her mother Mrs. S. J. Bowles in Walla Walla where she is convales cing from a recent illnes.. Miss Zina Chapman who has been spending the summer with her sis ter Mrs. Flint Johns left Thursday for her home in Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Watts will leave the first of the week for Seattle, sailing Wednesday for Alaska. They will be away several weeks. Miss Mildred Stanton who is in training at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton, is taking her two weeks vacation at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Randall, of Anaheim, California, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Justin Harwood. J The lady is a neice of Mrs. Harwood. Mrs. George Thompson and Miss Maxine Thompson have returned to their home in Eugene after spend ing a couple of weeks with friends here. Mrs. Horace Belknap and children Kenneth and Deborah arrived from Nampa, Idaho Wednesday evening to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Leonard of Waitsburg and Mrs. Fred Stine of San Diego, left for Waitsburg after attending the funeral of the late Hugh McArthur. A little son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stewart had his arm seriously in jured in a washing machine wringer, Monday of this week. The little fel- ipmniMMmMie We're Off to alio In a few days and I need some Kale. Come in. Remember the old dump whiie I am away. McFadden's Pharmacy K5 I Care of Cemetery Lots We are equipped to furnish either perpetual or annual care of lots in the Athena Cemetery, at reason able rates. ATHENA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION See: E. C. Prestbye, Secretary, or Ike Phillips, Sexton. low was brought to Dr. Sharp's of fice for examination, when it was found that no bones had been fract ured. Mrs.. Julia Hodgen and daughter Phyllis left Tuesday for California, where they will reside. Miss Helen Hodgen and her brother Alton will join them shortly. Dr. and Mrs. McCune, Dr. Harry Cowan of Walla Walla, Miss Pearl Ramsey and Dr. Cowan of Athena left Tuesday for Spokane where they spent several days. The household effects of Mr. and Mrs., E. A. Zerba were transported from Athena to Waitsburg Friday last by the Penland Transfer com pany of Pendleton, The Dempsey-Sharkey fight pict ures will be shown at the Rivoli Theatre in Pendleton today and to morrow. The last reel of the picture is taken by the slow motion camera. Mr. and Mrs. Cass Cannon, Mrs. James Ross and daughters Velma and Laura left Tuesday for Prine ville, where they will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Ridenour of Seattle, were in Athena for a short time Saturday, stopping at the Boya home en route from Spokane to Port land. Mr. Ridenour is a nephew of Mrs. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Carter who formerly resided here on the Swag gart place spent Monday evening at the Forrest Zerba home. They were en route to their home in Lebanon from a trip east. The Fisk Flag and Decoratin, company of Portland has been awarded the contract to decorate the city of Pendleton and - Round-Up Park for the Round-Up, September 14, 15, 16 and 17. Omer Stephens is delighted with a new Studebaker "Commander" sedan which he purchased last week. Mr. Stephens, who had been driving an Erskine, exchanged the lighter car in the trade for the "Commander." C. M. Eager, Union Pacific agent at Athena, left Sunday evening for Seaside where he will join his fam ily. Mr. Eager is taking his annual vacation, and has been relieved at the local station by R. H. Helsby, Lee A. Meyer, superintendent of Athena schools, accompanied by his family, is expected to arrive in Athena this evening from Marshfield. The family will occupy the residence of Mrs. Sherman, on the West Side. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Russell, Miss Thena Russell and Mrs. Al Nordeane and son Russell of Spokane return ed Monday evening from Condon where they have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Booher. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Emmel and son Kenneth, former residents of Athena, where Mr. Emmel was man ager of the J. C. Penney company store, are visiting relatives at Salem. Their present home is at Newton, Iowa. Walter Edger, the boy who was in jured a couple of weeks ago, when the wheel of a truck ran over him, has been taken back to the hospital at Walla Walla for treatment, after being at his home south of town, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn who motored to Haines to spend the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Gurney have not yet returned to Athena. Mr. Lit tlejohn had the misfortune of sprain incr his ankle and will not return here for several days. Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. M. M. Johns were: Mrs. J. W. Shaw and sons Dick and Roger of Vancou ver, and Mr. and Mrs. George Ayers of Wallula. Mrs. Shaw, who is a sister-in-law of . Mrs. Johns was en route to Baker for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, Mrs Bertha Proebstel and son, McArth ur, were in the city last week from Portland. The ladies are daughters of Mrs. W. S. Perry, who is still here with her sister, Mrs. McArthur at the George Banister home. Mrs. Bertha Castleman of Ontario and Mrs. Golda Bacon of Portland spent Tuesday night at the home of their sister Mrs. Fred Kershaw. The visitors were en route to Portland by motor from Payette Lake, Idaho, where they spent the summer. Dolph Thompson, manager of Bingham Springs came down from the resort Tuesday. He traded with Athena merchants, and returned with a load of supplies for the Springs hotel.- He reports that a large num ber of families are at the Springs at present. At the conclusion of harvesting the Watts Brothers wheat crop, tho crew enjoyed a sumptuous feed in celebration of the occasion. A splen did dinner was prepared for the boys at the ranch house by Mrs. Rose berry, and the whole bunch voted it the best ever. Mrs. E. C. Rogers and daughter Helen leave this evening for Port land, where they will visit at the home of Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Watts. Miss Genevieve Rogers daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers lives at the Watts home, so a most pleasant via it is anticipated by Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. Cowan gave a dinner party at her home in the west part of town, Sunday. Guests included the Misses Peart Ramsey, Hilda' Dickeii son, Edna Pinkerton, Lois Mclntyre, Fredericks Kershaw and the Messrs Paul Lieuallen, Mose Banister, Roll Morrison, Cy Hodgen and Dr. Cow an. The first meeting for the coming year of the Athena Study club will be held on Friday September second at the home of Mrs. F. B. Boyd. The club has chosen the subject of Con temporary American Literature for study. Election of officers will be held and all members are requested to be present. Mrs. Lew McNair and daughter Lenore have left Athena for a visit with relatives and friends at Chicago. They went by way of Salt Lake City and Yellowstone Park. Miss Lenore will go on to Kentucky to visit re latives indefinitely. Mrs. McNair returning home at the conclusion of her Chicago visit. Miss Ethel Geissel Athena Press Linotype operator, returned Sunday from a two weeks visit witn re latives in Canada. Miss Geissel en joyed her visit immensely. She tour ed Alberta and a portion of British Columbia by motor, and greatly en joyed the scenic beauty of Lake Louise, Banff and other points of in terest. During C. L. McFadden's trip to Paris, the prescription department of his pharmacy will be in charge of W. P. Thompson of Portland. Mr. Thompson pioneered in the drug business at Athena 'way back in tha 80's when the town was known as Centerville. He was employed by the drug firm of Cook & Irvin, who had a store in the building now oc cupied by Logsdon's Meat market. Miss Kathren Froom was compli mented Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. S. Ferguson when Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Henry Bar rett entertained with a bridge tea. The rooms were attractively decor ated with graceful sprays of colorful cosmos and the score cards used carried the same colors. Five tables were in play and first honors were awarded to Mrs. James Lieuallen. Mrs. M. L. Watts receiving the con solation. A feature of the afternoon was a miscellaneous shower for Miss Froom whose wedding occurred Wed nesday. The shower was a complete surprise to the honoree and she was the recipient of many beautiful and appropriate gifts. At the tea hour the hostesses served delicious refreshments. Tuesday morning at her home in Pendleton, Mrs. Joseph Scott was hostess at a daintily appointed break fast to a group of Athena ladies, the hours until three o'clock being pnssod with bridge and needlework, when a light lunch was served. Mrs. Scott's pleasant 'rooms were attractive in many colored flowers, delicate pink petunias centering the small tables at which the guests were seated. They were: Mrs. Melville Johns of Wilmar, California, Mrs. F. C. Ad- is of Palo Alto and Miss Zina Chapman of Vancouver; Mrs. M. M. Johns, Mrs. H. H. Hill, Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. E. DePeatt, Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. D. T. Stone, Mrs. H. I. Watts, Mrs. 0. 0. Stephens, Mrs. F. N. Johns, Mrs. F. B. Boyd and the hostess, who was assisted in serving by her daughters, Misses Margaret and Pauline Scott. 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