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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1928)
Press Paragraphs Tim McCoy in "The Adventurer" Standard Theatre, Saturday night. Mrs. McNair and daughter Lenore were in Walla Walla Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boling have moved to Freewater to reside. Mrs. Naomi Dickenson is here from Portland, visiting relatives. Umatilla county will receive $10, 437.36 from the state school fund. New service station signs have been put up at "Pink's Place" this week. Earnest Ross was in Athena Tues day from' his home at Thorn Hollow. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Radtke and son Fred motored to Pendleton Sunday evening. A party of Athena young people spent Sunday on the Umatilla river, picnicing. F. B. Radtke and son Fred fished in the Umatilla river Monday and Tuesday with fair success. Mrs. Delia Booher and daughter Marjorie are here from Walla Walla, visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Peter Mclntyre of Alberta is a guest at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Joseph Sheard, north of Athena. John Thompson, Umatilla river cat tleman, was in Athena from his ranch, Monday, transacting business. Henry Miller is doing the carpenter work in remodeling the residence of Mrs. Theresa Berlin on Adams street. There are still plentiful quantities of huckleberries in the mountains and lots of people are there to pick them. Mrs. A. W. Logsdon drove to Pen dleton Tuesday and spent the day with her mother, Mrs. D. H. Mans field. Mr. and Mrs. Max Hopper and little son Bobby, returned Sunday from the coast where they spent a couple of weeks. Mrs. C. L. McFadden and children returned home Monday evening, after spending a week at McDougal's Camp. Miss Mary Church, who has been a guest of Mrs. H. J. Perry for some time, has returned to her home at Vale. The ladies of the Baptist church will hold a cooked food sale at Steve's Grocery tomorrow (Saturday) after noon. Ralph Tucker, prominent cattleman, was an Athena visitor Wednesday, in company with Clarence Avery of Weston. Mrs. W. R. Taylor, who has resided at Pendleton since leaving Athena several years ago, has moved to Wal la Walla to reside. G. M. Morrison of Adams was in Athena Tuesday transacting business. His harvest operations are just well under way, so he reports. Charles Williams, Read Hill and Bob McArthur returned Saturday from a trip to the mountains in the vicinity of Langdon Lake. George Clore, well known in Ath ena, will leave Pendleton shortly for his old home at Abingdon, Illinois, where hereafter he will reside. Have your tubes Vulcanized at Athena Service Station V. It. MOORE, Prop. Cool Refreshing Satisfying The finest sodas in Town Really good sodas how de licious they can be. Tast them ut our fountain. Sodas made with rich, smooth flavors and pure frut sumps, luscious ice creams, delect able sundaesall your fuvoriU hot weather "treats" prepared with a real doaiie to please you and served in surroundings at tractive and clean. Let our fountain be your summer soda headquarters. McFadden's Pharmacy "Alias the Lone Wolf" Standard Theatre, Sunday night. Mrs. Zeltha Mclntyre has sold her property on South Third street to Archie Mclntyre. She will move to her property on Adams street. Mrs. H. S. Swift has returned to her home in Athena from LaGrande, where she attended the summer ses sion of Normal school for teachers. During the hot days the swimming pool at City Park was well patroniz ed. Out of town people enjoyed the swimming as well as the local people. John Robinson's Varsity Vagabond orchestra from University of Oregon, played for a dance at Rose Grey ball room in Pendleton, Wednesday night, Mrs. Horace Belknap and daughter of Nampa, Idaho, arrived in Athena Sunday morning to visit with Mrs. Belknap s mother, Mrs. W. S. Fer guson. The fence back of the Athena Hotel caught fire from an unknown cause Tuesday afternoon, and after a flurry of excitment, it was put out with minor damage entailed. The George Lieuallen threshing outfit was laid off Saturday after noon on account of a breakdown. The thresher was fixed by Monday and threshing was continued. Mrs. Etta Allen and two children, of Wichita Falls, Texas, are visiting Mrs. Victoria Gholson, who is the mother of Mrs. Allen. They expect to remain for several weeks. Mrs. M. I. Miller and small sons left Monday for a visit with relatives at Cheney, Washington. Her sister, Miss Hazel Land, who has been visit ing her, accompanied them to Cheney. The C. M. Jones family has moved to Athena from Pendleton. They will reside in Mrs. Estes' house on Cur rent Street. Mr. Jones recently pur chased the Jack Harman blacksmith shop. Mrs. F. L. McFadden of Corvallis, Mrs. Koken of Hood River and Muir McFadden of California, mother, sister and brother of C. L. McFadden, are in the city, visiting at the Mc Fadden home this week. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dudley came down from Bingham Springs Monday. In company with Mrs. Dean Dudley and daughter Jessiedeane, they went to the mountains Tuesday and picked huckleberries. Mrs. M. L. Watts motored to Walla Walla Wednesday, taking a group of members of the Eastern Star chapter to St. Mary's hospital, where they visited Mrs. Alta McSherry, who is critically ill there. Billy Green of Seattle, one of the best known motion picture salesmen on the Pacific slope was in Athena Tuesday, and sold the Standard The atre another group of "Felix" car toon pictures, for showing here. Mrs. F. B. Wood left for Waukesha, Wisconsin, Monday evening, where she goes to attend a Holiness camp meeting, and also to visit friends in Waukesha. Mrs. Wood will be away from home for about three weeks. Phillip Murtha completed the harvesting of his wheat crop early this season. He is satisfied with the yield of his grain around 40 bushels per acre, grading No. 1 but would like to see the market perk up a bit Mrs. Celia Burden was pleased to have a young nephew, Roman Neid jelski, of Gilman, Minnesota, visit her for a couple of days last week. He was in company with a group of boys, touring the west in a Ford car. Owing to a plentiful supply of water in the municipal system, Ath ena lawns and gardens have been kept in better condition this summer than formerly, when scarcity of water made restriction of use neces sary. Miss Redding, who taught the La Mar school last year will attend Monmouth normal school. At pres ent Miss Redding is visiting her cousin, Mis. H. S. Swift in Athena. Mrs. Swift will teach at LaMar this year. Mrs. Lilian Fredericks, Weston in structor who has a piano class in NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Solista N. Pickett, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed executrix of the last will and testa ment of Solista N. Pickett, deceased, by an order of the above entitled Court. All persons having claims against the estate of said decedent are here by notified to present the same to nie at Athena, Oregon, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice. All claims must be verified as by law required. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 27th day of July. 11)28. Viva Pickett-Prestbye, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Solista N. Pickett, Deceased. J27A24 NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Mar tha J. Shick. Deceased. I Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed his final ac count and report in the above en titled matter and that the above en ! titled Court has fixed Saturday, the ! 1st dav of September, 1928, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A. M. of said day, as the time, and the County Court room in the County Court .house at Pendleton, Umatilla County,! Oregon, as the place, for the heat ling of said final account and report. I Objections to said final account and I report, if any there be, should be filed ion or before said date. I Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 3rd day of August, 1928. ARTHUR E. SHICK, I Executor of the Last Will and Testa ment of Martha J. Shick, Deceased, j Watts & Prestbye. Athena. Ore 'gon, Attorneys for Executor. A3A31 Athena, has recently returned from Portland, where she took a six weeks course in advanced musical subjects at the Kate Dell Marden School of Music. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. LeGrow left Athena Tuesday" by automobile for Phillipsburg, Montana, near which place Mr. LeGrow has a cattle ranch. Range conditions in Montana are good this season, and beef cattle are in prime shape. Miss Zada Snider, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snider of Weston, who are well known in Athena, was recently a patient in a Walla Walla hospital, where she underwent a serious operation. Miss Snider is recovering at her home in Weston. Of interest to Athena friends is the announcement of the marriage at Portland, July 16, of Miss Ruth Proebstel of Weston, to Mr. Lester Richmond, son of Frank Richmond, of Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. Rich mond will reside at Clinton Court, Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gilbert visit ed at the C. M. Eager home Monday evening. They were en route to their home in Portland after three weeks spent with Mrs. Gilbert's parents Mr. and Mrs. Everett Eager, at Dayton, Washington. Mrs. Gilbert is a sister of Mr. Eager. Farmers who this season delivered their grain in bulk by truck to the receiving stations, are well pleased with this modern mode of transporta tion. Two or three trucks, depending upon the distance of hauling, proved adequate for handling the output of the combine. While driving her car recently, Mrs. George Gerking was stung on the foot by a bee. By an unusual dis play of grit, she managed to keep her hand on the wheel and the car in the road, but soon the foot began to swell and for several days she was unable to wear a shoe. Mrs. George McDonald and daugh ter, Mrs. Kenneth White of Pullman, are visiting at the E. A. Dudley home and at the cottage at Bingham Springs this week. They have re cently returned from a trip to the beach, in company with Mrs. H. O. Worthington of Pendleton. Mrs. Frank Ames, who with her husband, is leaving Athena to reside in Pendleton, has been the hotioree at several social functions during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Ames have made many friends during their residence in Athena, and their departure from the city is deeply regretted. Mrs. Dow, wife of Reverend Dow of the Baptist church, accompanied by their son, arrived last week from Halsey, where they have been visit ing friends, and joined the pastor at the parsonage here. The family have been in the West about three months, having come from Maine, their form er home. G. A. R. McGrew, formerly en gaged in the drug business at Wes ton and farm owner, died at his home in Portland, Sunday, July 22, at the age of 66 years, after a lingering illness. He is survived by his widow and three sons, Fred E., Raymond L. and George A. R. McGrew, Jr., all of Portland. Mrs. Minnie DePeatt arrived home Saturday morning by way of Seat tle, from Everett, Washington, where she has visited the past six weeks with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ortis Harris. She re ports mild weather on the Sound, during the recent torrid season ex perienced here. Mrs. R. B. McEwen arrived home Friday morning from Portland, mak ing the trip by auto-bus. With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Goft of Newberg, Mrs. McEwen visited rela tives at Berkeley, and toured other parts of California, including Yo semite Park. She will remain with her family here until fall, when with the boys, she will return to Port land for the school year. Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton was hostess Saturday evening to a number of young people, when she entertained in the Christian church reception rooms, in honor of her sister, Miss Alfreda Hampton of Genessee, Idaho, and Mrs, Pinkerton's neice, Miss Edna Thompson of Alberta, and Mr. and Mrs. Henderson. Music and games were enjoyed. Mrs. Pinkerton was assisted in entertaining by Mrs. II. J. Perry and others. Refresh ing ices were served. Mrs. S. F. Sharp is at Walla Walla, where her husband and daughter are both in the hospital, seriously ill. Two new forest fires were burning in the Meacham district yesterday. The larger had burned over 100 acres of timber before it was controlled. A number of farmers are through threshing and have moved their machines into the shed. Others are just getting their harvesting well under way. William Hall, well-known reserva tion farmer was in town yesterday. Mr. Hall suffered a paralytic stroke several months ago, and now walks with considerable difficulty, having to depend on a crutch for assistance. CHURCH OF CHRIST The first of the union services was held at the Church of Christ last Sunday evening. Song service direct ed by H. Jackson Perry and sermon by Mr. Dow, the new Baptist minis ter. Services next Sunday evening will be held in the Baptist church, sermon by II. Jackson Perry; topic: "Abounding in the work of the Lord." Music will be furnished by the folk of the Baptist church. Everyone is urged to attend these union services during the month of August, as well as the Sunday school and morning worship at one or the other of the two churches. H. JACKSON PER RY, Minister Church of Christ. JUST ARRIVED Another Shipment of Mouse Dresses tonnoauucra In all sizes. Get yours while the Assortment is ,;'. Complete Phone Your Order To 152 Athena Department Store CLASSIFIED For Sale An International Com bine Harvester. Cut only 560 acres since purchased last year. Has been overhauled and is in perfect running condition. Inquire of Henry Koepke, Athena, Phone 32F12. For Sale Beautiful piano near Hanford must sell immediately. $10 per month. A rare bargain. Write Tallman Piano Store, Salem, Oregon, for particulars. Logan Berries Logan Berries $1 per crate and pick the berries; luscious, juicy berries. F. Heath, Read & Hawley Mountain. Notice Those desiring to puschase Hybrid No. 128 seed wheat from me, should order the first of next week, as I will sack only that which is spoken for at that time. H. A. BARRETT. McR,ea Weeder All Steel Self Dump-Light Draft Made in 12 ft. Size No Skips No Bunches No Stop to Dump In a demonstration on the Barrett place the light draft of this Weeder was shown when it did perfect work hitched to a 4-cylinder Dodge car. si Th THE STANDARD THEATRE Saturday Tim McCoy And Dorothy Sebastian In e Adventurer A Splendid Picture Tim McCoy takes you now to South America, the last stronghold of red blooded adventure, for his greatest picture. He spikes a revolution single handed, saves a dark-eyed senorita, and whirls you through a maze of action, hard fighting and hard riding to a thrillingly romantic climax. Comedy and News Reel " Admission 10-25-35c Sunday Bert Lytell and Lois Wilson In Alias fV e Lone "The Perfect Melodrama-The Greatest of All Mys tery Stories" If you like mystery dramas, you're going to enthuse over "Alias the Lone Wolf," the Columbia feature picture at the Standard Theatre, Sunday night. Thrills, baffling mystery and intriguing adventure on the high seas all these, Bert Lytell screendom's leading portrayer of gentlemen crook roles, with Lois Wilson, brings to the screen in "Alias the Lone Wolf, his new Columbia Pictures starring vehicle. Many of the scenes of the picture are laid on" an ocean liner, with the "Lone Wolf" pitted against a ring of inter national crooks in a keenly exciting duel of wits. Grantland Rice Sports Reel Admission 10-25-35c iFii Wolf m II 11 37