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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1927)
Press Paragraphs "Lost At the Front" Standard Theatre, Tomorrow night. Steve has a supply of Christmas trees for the holiday trade. Mrs. Ross Payne is seriously ill at a hospital in Walla Walla. Grandma Shick is very ill at her home in the west end of town. Lee Meyers, superintendent of schools, has been seriously ill this week. Sally O'Neil-Owen Moore in "Becky" Standard Theatre, Snuday night. The Study Club will meet Friday, December 16, at the home of Mrs. F. B. Boyd. Velton Read is confined to his home with a well defined case of mumps. E. C. Rogers and John Tompkins were in Portland on business, over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Gerking of Freewater, were visitors in Athena over the week-end. Mrs. E. C. Prestbye left for Seat tle Wednesday morning, where shs will visit with relatives. Henry Dell, employed at the Zerba garage, is confined to his home on ac count of illness this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cannon and children were guests Saturday and Sunday of Mrs. Zeltha Mclntyre. The Sunday school conference was held at the Christian church Thurs day evening, and was well attended. Weldon Bell is rapidly recovering from the recent operation at Walla Walla, for releif . from appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pinkerton and daughter Jewel, spent Saturday at the D. A. Pinkerton home in Mil ton. Miss Alcy Foss of Spokane, visited i i I. 1 e H 1 IK A A at me nome oi mr. anu mrs. a. n. Foss in Athena, the fore part of the week. Mrs. F. B. Boyd was hostess to the Christian Missionary society, Wednes day afternoon, assisted by Mrs. De Peatt. Miss Pearl Ramsey and Miss Dor othy Geissel were guests of Miss Haz el Hopper in Pendleton, Tuesday eve ning. Mrs. William Potts is a patient at the College Place Sanitarium, as the result of ascrious attack of pneu monia. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lieuallen moved to their home in Adams Thursday of last week, where they will be at home to their friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Russell and son, Elmo, came up from Stanfield, and visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chamberlain. ' A Dancing club recently organized gave thsir first of a series of dances Saturday evening, at Legion Hall, and was well attended. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Parris came over from their home near Walla Walla, this week, and visited at the home of their son, Sterling Parris. Mrs. Everett Eager left for her home at Dayton, Wash., after a week spent in Athena, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Eager. Mrs. Eugene Serimpf is critically ill at Hot Lake Sanitarium, where she has underwent a Rurgical oper ation in hopes of securing relief. Bryce Baker, who recently under went a bone-grafting operation at the Shrine hospital in Portland, is reported to be convalescing satisfac torily. L. J. Fosh, who spent a few days in the city at the home of his son, A. A. Foss, has gone to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hill in southern Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Hill were also visitors at the Foss home, over the week-end. The Jolly Juniors of the Baptist Sunday school, realized $16.25 from their sale last Saturday. They wish to thank every one who helped them in any way. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McLeod attend ed the funeral in Pendleton of Miss Viola Richmond, the young lady who was killed by Ray Ferguson near Condon, last Friday. Hughie Steele is here from Yakima to spend the winter with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Wood. Hughie is attending the Athena school and is a pupil of the 5th grade. On Friday night of this week there is to be a party at the Christian church parlors, given by the Young People's Council. All young folks over 12 years of age are invited. The Baptist Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. Cowan on Thursday afternoon, with Mrs. Mc Fadden, Mrs. M. L. Watts and Mrs. Frank Williams reviewing -the les son. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Barrett attended the funeral of Mrs. A. R. Lempki at Milton, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Lempki was formerly Miss Florence McEwen of Milton, and was a cousin of Mrs. Barrett. Members of the W. 0. W. lodge of Pendleton, will give a free entertain ment and dance at Legion Hall, to morrow night. For the dance fol lowing the entertainment, 50 cents will be charged. The Baptist Juniors have organi zed a junior B. Y. P. U. and are do ing splendid work. They gave a Jol ly Junior party on Monday evening in the church parlors. Jean Zerba is president, and Robert Lee is the vice-president. Charles McFarland has rented the home of Mrs. J. F. Wright at corner f Second and Current street. Mrs. Wright will remain at Big Timber, Montana, with her son Richard, this winter. 1 Improvements and alterations at the Arthur Douglas home on Fifth street have been completed, except exterior painting, and work on con struction of a new garage is now under way. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wood and Mrs. Jesse Myrick returned from Port land Sunday. While in Portland Mr. Wood had a growth removed from his forehead, and has about fully re covered from the operation. George Corder and Bill McClatchie have formed a bachelor partnership, and are occupying quarters in the house south of the Press office. A goodly supply of provisions and fuel have been stored up for the winter. Mrs. Amanda McArthur, who was taken seriously ill while visiting rel atives at Waitsburg, has recovered, and was brought to Athena by Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard spent a couple of days here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Banister. . On next Wednesday night, Decem ber 14, the Standard Theatre will present its annual photoplay for the benefit of the Athena high school junior class banquet fund. The selection of "The Quarterback," fea turing Richard Dix, has been made for the occasion. The Etude Club members were guests of Mrs. Victor Hirsch at Free water. Mrs. Hirsch was a former member of the club, and a goodly number were in attendance. Mrs. M. I. Miller and Mrs. Penn Harris had charge of the program. Assisted by the hostess, the committee served dainty refreshments. MODEL CLEANERS J. II. I500HER, Prop. PENDLETON, OREGON, PHONE 321 Quick Service and Good Work Wc Call for Clothing on Monday and Deliver on Thursday. Agency at Whitehead's Shop. M onuments and Grave Memorials Beauty and Durability Let us help you in making your selection. Our ser vice and workmanship is the best to be had, and our prices are very reasonable. We have a very com plete stock to select from, of American and Foreign Grajrrite. See what is to be had in your home coun ty before you buy. Pendleton Marble & Granite Works CS&si.; ;: Under New Management T. L. REEDY, Proprietor Mrs. C. E. Ralston, of Los Angeles, has been a guest this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards. Mrs. Ralson has sold her farm land west of Athena, to L. L. Rogers. Mrs. Geissel has been confined to her bed since Tuesday evening, when she suffered a slight stroke of paralysis, which affected her right side. She is repidly recovering. The ladies of the Christian church are giving a bazaar tomorrow and all are invited to attend. The bazaar is an annual event and has always been well patronized by the public. This year as usual, the bazaar offers exceptional opportunity for buying suitable Christmas presents. At 5:30 one of those filling chicken dinners for which the ladies of the Christian church are famous, will be served. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McFadden were host and hostess to a party of friends at their home Monday evening, when three tables of bridge were at play. Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Prestbye, Mr. and Mrs. Justin Har- wood, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Penn Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Max Hopper, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lieu alien, Miss Pearl Ramsey and Dr. W, G. Cowan. Miss Ramsey and Dr. Cowan won high score for the eve ning, and Mr. and Mrs. Harwood won the consolation. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. Settler on the Staricid irrigation project, in the west end of Umatilla county, are ready and willing to make whatever improvements neces sary in order that they may receive full benefit from the water impound ed in the McKay irrigation dam. This fact was told at a meeting in Stan field to W. G. Ide, manager of the state Chamber of Commerce, who has been making a survey of the pro ject upon request of Elwood Mead, director of reclamation. Business men of Pendleton are assisting the High School Notes Junior News Staff. Personal Alberta Charlton Classes Oral - Michener Student Body Marjorie Wilson Athletics Wilford Miller Grades Pearl Green Faculty Mildred Street Entertainment Emma Ringel Alumni Areta Kirk Advisor.... Miss Bateman Four-year Course at ' University Present For Portland Youth UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, -En- gene. Some young man of Portland will wake up Christinas and find a real present Jn his stocking, one that he will enjoy to the utmost for the neit four years, and one that will be remembered by him the rest of his lifo. This present will be a complete four-yenr university education, at the University of Oregon. Recently a business man of Portland who declined to give his name called up Earl M. Pallctt, registrar of the Uni vcrsity and wanted to know "how much it costs to i go to the University." " You mean how much it costs a yeart" he was asked. "No, I want to know how much it costs for four years," was the reply. "I am going to give one of the boy up hero a complete college education for a Christmas present." The donor of this unique gift was told that student expenses were esti mated at between $500 and $750 per year, depending upon courses taken, and the mode of living. The nnmo of the boy was not given out because the present is to be a "complete surprise" to him, it was explained. Cocoa Should Be "Cacao"? Chocolate Is made from the targe nutritive seeds of beans of the cacno tree, a small evergreen tree Indigenous to tropical America. Formerly all chocolate came from tropical America, but now the Gold Coust. In Africa, Is the largest producer of cacao. There Is much popular confusion In connec tlon with the words coco, cocoa and cacao. The original name of the tree was cacao and that form Is retained In German, Spanish and French. But In Dr. Samuel Johnson's dictionary It was spelled cocoa. It probably was nn error, but at any rate the spelling now is the accepted form to English. The cacao has no relation to coconut palms. There is also a small shrub that grows In South America called the coco. Pathfinder Magazine. Car Quickly Cleaned After passing through mos tunnels, trains are usually dirtier than they were when they entered, but exactly the reverse is true of a passage over one of the railroad lines in France. After going through it, suys Popular Mechanics Mngazlue, every car is brushed and vacuum-cleaned, saving the time and tabor required for scrub blng with hand implements. The tun el Is an archway which Is lined with brushes and vacuum-cleaning attach inents. As the train Is pulled slowly along, the polishing and cleaning ap paratus functions automatically and. n doing so, reaches almost every part f the exterior of the cars. Auipiciov.s Meeting "Yassum," said Callle. the negro "ik, "I been engaged now for goln 'i ten days." 'Who is the bridegroom?" Wellum, he's mighty nice man." "Have you known him long?" "Yes. lndeedy. Dou't you remem .er, Mis Aronoff. dnt about two wohI igo you lemtue ofT one day right aftei llnnertlme so's I could get to th "un'el of a lady friend of min" "Yes, I do." "Wellum, d one Tin tlxed to raarrj i de departed's huslmnd." Ksdmnge. The Rooting Section i (Oral Michener) What Athena high school needs to build it up is school spirit, not only athletic spirit, but spirit in everything as a whole. The students, perhaps a few, have "pep" enough to yell once in a while, but the ma jority keep quiet, so when these few yell they only do it half-heartedly, This of course doesn't give the boys keen interest in the game . Some students say that yelling for the team doesn't do any good. Athletes know differently. If any of the stu dents saw the game between Med ford and Mac-Hi Saturday, they will agree as to the relation between root ing and school spirit. Let's all re member what has been said about rooting at all of our coming basket ball games, and let the boys know that we are backing them one hun dred per cent. Athletics i The Athena basketball team has the following dates scheduled for the 1927-28 season: Thursday, Dec. 8, St. Johns at 'Athena. i Wednesday, Dec. 14th, Adams at Athena. ; Friday, Dec. 16th, Touchet at Athe na. Wednesday, Dec. 21st, Endicott at Athena. Friday, Jan. 6, Adams at Adams. Saturday, Jan. 7, Union at Athena. Friday, Jan. 13, Weston at Athena. Saturday. Jan. 14, Pendleton at Pendleton. Friday, Jan. 20, Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock. Saturday, Jan. 21, Stanfield at Stanfield. Friday, Jan. 27, Hermiston at Athe na. Saturday, Jan. 28, Helix at Helix. Friday, Feb. 3, Pilot Rock at Athe na. . 1 Saturday, Feb. 4th, Touchet at Touchet. Friday, Feb. 10, Weston at Weston. Saturday, Feb. 11, Hermiston at Hermiston. Friday, Feb. 17, Helix at Athena. The following boys are turning out for basketball: Ray Johnston, Eldon Myrick, George Gross, Clifford Wood Roy DeFreece, George Pambrun, Oral Michener, Jack Moore, Lawrence Knight, Arthur Crowley, Roland Wil son, Walter Huffman and Wilford Miller. Student Body On November 30 a student body meeting was held to hear a letter read from Mrs. Meyers, thanking the student body for the flowers sent to Mr. Meyers. Faculty Miss Louise Porter was absent from school three days last week be cause of illness. Miss Sellars was called to Spokane over the week-end on account of the death of her grandmother. Mr. Miller and Mr. Toole attended the Medford Mac-Hi football game at Milton, Saturday. Mr. Meyers is still confined to his room with the flu. His classes are being taught by Mr. and Mrs. Toole. Personal Among the students who attended the football game at Milton Saturday were Thena Russell, Kathleen Radt ke, Roy DeFreece, George Pambrun, Ray Johnston, Oral Michener, Clif ford Wood, Eldon Myrick, George Gross, Jack Moore, Arthur Crowley. Weldon Bell, who is still in the hos- pital at Walla Walla, is recovering nicely and will be home in about a week, but will be unable to attend school until after the Christmas va cation. ' Classes The senior class held a meetine Wednesday to talk about their class rings. The manual training class is mak ing three new tables for the typing room. This week the sewing class has its work on display in the window of Steve's store. Weston Mountain s Watch ah that it&m Mriaott! ToUlovetf a wfaixa told filled and a dependabla IS Bulora Movement. flttl,lwp" tlTjawel FRED H. BROWN, Jeweler Pendleton. Oregon I DUOS Per 100 lb sack $1.25 Genuine Hubbard Squash per lb 3 cents Head lettuce 3 for 25 cents Soap Saver Wash Boards 90 cents Coco Door Mats $1.00 Wire Door Mats $1.50 Phone Your Order To 152 5 per cent Discount for Cash and 30 day Accounts Athena Department Store THE STANDARD THEATRE Saturday, December 10 Charlie Murray and George Sidney In Lost at the Greatest Comedy Team on the Screan, in a swell Photoplay ' "Where is the War? We've had rain, hail, mud, mixups, women, barbed wire, cooties and top sergeants, EVERYTHING except war! If the enemy Doesn't attack us soon, I'll never speak to them again. Front International News Admission Prices, 10c-25c-35c Sunday, December 11 With I A Sally O'Neil and Owen Moore Lavish aud Spactacular Cosmopolitan Production She's the sad little, bad little, glad little girl millions of serial readers have taken to their hearts. She is here at last in pictures! You just can't miss seeing how she leaps from the bargain counter to the footlights ! Pathe Review Admission Prices. 10c-25c-35c Wednesday. December 14 Athena High School Junipr CJass Bepefit e Quarterbac in Richard Dix Story by W. O. McGeehan and William Slavens McNutt Football game sup ervised by "Hurry UP" Yost. All the excitement, glamor and color that fiil Is the Polo Grounds with 70,000 enthusiasts is packed ir.to this Dix SDecial. Junior Class Stunts. Admission, 10c 2oc 35c