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fa Clothing For Winter Men's Leather Coats.. ...... . .13.50 to 16.50 Men's & Ladies Leather Blazers............,........:.. 12.50 Men's Heavy Woolen Blazers 6.50 to 8.50 Men's Heavy all wool Water Proof Cruisers............. .12.50 Men's Sheepskin lined Coats........ ...:...9.50 to 12.50 , Men's Blanket lined Jumper......... : . 3.75 Men's Heavy Woolen Pants..... ...5.25 to 6.50 Boys' Heavy Blazers .:. ......2.25 to 4.95 Boys and Girls Woolen Slipons with high school Emblem; just the thing for school 3.75 5 per cent Discount for Cash Phone Your Order To 152 A t h e ha Be pa rt m e ni St o re Press Paragraphs Ken Maynard in "Gun Gospel" Standard Theatre tomorrow night. Mrs. Lila Kirk and Mrs. W. Mc pherson were Pendleton visitors Tues day. The office of Dr. Geyer, Athena dentist is being given a fresh coat of paint. Mrs. Ray Young has been confined to her home by illness during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Parris of He lix, spent Sunday at the Sterling Parris home. Mrs. Wm. Bush and Mrs. Ross Catron were Walla Walla visitors Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Myrick and daughter Arlecn, visited friends in Milton, Saturday. -Miss Lenore McNair is home from Walla Walla, and is confined to her room with illness. John Banister came over from Wes ton Wednesday and visited at the C. L. McFadden home. Mrs. Frank Sanders returned Sun day from a visit to relatives and friends at Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hunter of Walla Walla were week-end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gordon. The Misses Loreta and Hazel Schwandt were dinner guests Sunday of Miss Marjorie Wilson. Mrs. Ralph Singer and sons motor ed to Waitsburg, Sunday. They were the guests of Mrs. James Stonecipher. The ladies of the Methodist Episco pal church will hold an opron sale at the Athena Hotel, Saturday, Decem ber 15. Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Baker motored to Spokane Monday, where they transacted business. They returned Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Becker, of En terprise, are visiting relatives in Ath ena and vicinity. Mrs. Becker was formerly Miss F,ay Gerking. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Holmes and daughter, of Pomeroy, Washington, and Mr. Moore's mother are guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Moore. Until further notice, The Athena Dcpartemnt Store, the Quality Groc ery and Steve's will close at 6 o'clock, p. m., except on Saturdays. Born, at Eugene, Oregon, Novem ber 12, 1928, to Mr. and Mrs. Olin C. Hadley, a son. The youngster has been named William Keith. Weston Leader: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cannon and their three daughters, of Athena, were dinner guests Sunday of the A. M. Ross household. Mr. and Mrs. Aiken, who conduct a servicie station at State Line, were recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Logsdon in Athena. Dale Stephens was one of the honor guests at a dance given recently at University of Oregon in honor of students pledged to Kappa Sigma fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Foster en tertained the following guests at din ner last Sunday, Mr. Charles Wil liams and daughter Ruth, Miss Doro thy Lee and Miss Margaret Hereford. RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St. II. II. HILL Athena ; . Take your Old Shoes To the Athena Shoe Shop and get them rebuilt like new work. Strictly Guaranteed. Prices right. Cleve Myers v- . Jensens Blacksmith Shop Repair Work Prices Reasonable Athena, Oregon v ; 1 "The Whip Woman" Standard Theatre, Sunday night The Benedict Dancing Club held its first dance of the season last eve 1 ning. A business session was held when plans for the ensuing year were discussed. Mrs. Fred Pinkerton, Miss Mildred Bateman, Miss Lois Mclntyre and Mr. John Pinkerton will motor to Eugene for homecoming day at University of Oregon, tomorrow. Mrs. Ethel Montague entertained a dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hale and daughters Margaret and Mary Jean, Mr. Boyles and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Catron. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dudley have returned home from Portland, where they visited friends for several days. They witnessed the homecoming foot ball game at Corvallis Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards and son Roland were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Meyers, Monday eve ning, the occasion being in honor of Mr. Meyers' birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Dudley have returned from Corvallis and Eugene. They visited their daughter Jessie deane at University of Oregon, and were present at Corvallis homecoming day. Mrs. Anderson has been visiting Gale and Brooks and daughter Belle, at Walla Walla. The condition of Brooks is steadily improving, his many Athena friends will be glad to learn. An inspector visited Athena recent ly and checked up on the cow barns located within the city limits. He is said to have recommended a number of changes that would improve sani tary conditions. Any one doubting that a consider able amount of butterfat is being shipped from Athena daily, should visit the O.-W. R. & N. railway station and count the number of cans labeled for shipment. Mrs. Glen Steen (Zola Keen) enter tained the following dinner guests Sunday, at her home near Milton: Mr. and Mrs. Ross Payne, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. LeRoy and family, Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Stella Keen. Mrs. Chase Garfield attended a Bridge luncheon Wednesday given by Mrs. Clyde Lester at the Grand Hotel, Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. Garfield were guests at a dinner party in Walla Walla, Saturday evening. S. A. Newberry, Pendleton attorney, was in Athena Tuesday on legal busi ness pertaining to the appraisement of the Tompkins estate. Mr. New berry is attorney for the executors of the estate of Mary Tompkins, deceas ed. Clarence Ross, range rider for the Weston Cattle Association, was in Athena Monday. Stock has been gathered from the range and removed to winter quarters, and Clarence, to use his expression, "is taking things easy." The Tawanka Camp Fire Girls held a very pleasant and profitable meet ing at the home of Eloise Venable Monday afternoon. The girls are very enthusiastic over making their looms and getting their headbands started. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Smith stopped in Athena for a short time Sunday, en route from Weston to their home at The Dalles. Mr. and Mrs. Smith came up to Weston to attend the potato show, held in that city Friday and Saturday last. The young matrons class of the Christian Sunday School will give a bazaar and street carnival about December 12th or 13th. Arrange ments are being made for quite a show, The entire program will be announced later. Mrs. Dora Sanchez returned home Sunday from a visit with her son Fred Geissel, and daughters Mrs. Jay and Miss Ethel Geissel, in Portland. Miss Dorothy Geissel left for Port land Sunday evening for a visit of several week's duration. Arnold Wood has returned home after attending the homecoming foot ball game at Corvallis, and visiting his con Clifford who is a student at Oregon State College. Mrs. Wood will remain with friends in Portland until after Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. James Cresswell and little son Jimmie, returned home af ter a .two week's visit with relatives at Forest Grove and other points in the Willamette valley. Mr. Cress well, who is manager of the Standard Oil distributing station in Athena, re sumed his duties Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Gordon enter tained at dinner Sunday in honor of Mrs. Gordon's father's seventy-eighth birthday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Beamer, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Staggs and daughter Lucille, Mr. and Mrs. James Beamer, all of Weston, and Mr. and Mrs. Driskel of Waitsburg. The 3 o 4 Bridge club was enter tained at the country home of Mrs. Ravella Lieuallen Thursday afternoon. Mrs. M. L. Watts entertained the Athena bridge club, at luncheon at the Walla Walla Country Club Thurs day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Thompson were in Athena Monday from their home on the Umatilla river. Mr. Thompson who formerly raised cat tle, now devotes his time to buying and selling sheep. At the present time he has a band of 200 sheep. He reports that hay for wintering his stock will cost him $20 per ton. Mrs. H. I. Watts in company with Mrs. Ralph McEwen, Mrs. Henry Dell and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, was returning from Walla Walla, when a truck driven out of a field on to the highway without the driver observ ing the customary practice of stop ping the machine before entering the artery of main travel. The truck struck the Watts car and slightly damaged it. The Wauna Camp Fire Girls great ly appreciate the co-operation extend ed them by the pubilc. They especial ly appreciate donations recently made by Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. C. M. Eager, Mrs. H. I. Watts, Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. O. O. Stephens, Mrs. Arnold Wood and Mr. N. A. Miller. The girls held an interesting meeting Monday evening. They will com plete making dolls this week. The Etude club met at the home of Mrs. Archie Mclntyre last Thursday with 13 members present. A splendid program was given by Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton and Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton. Roll call ; was answer ed with compositions by Sousa. After the program the entire after noon was spent practicing for the musical program to be given in con nection with the service conducted by Evangelist Johnson at the Christian church. Dainty refreshments by the hostess closed an enjoyable afternoon. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton on December 13th. Last week we omitted to mention the splendid time the Knights of Pythias lodge members and visiting friends enjoyed at an open meeting recently held. A program of highly entertain ing quality, was participated in by Miss Caroline Kidder who rendered vocal solos. Edwin and Ralph Mc Ewen, Eldon Myrick and Oral Mich ener appeared in costume, giving a ballet stunt. Miss Katherine Kidder pleased with a toe dance. Mrs. Ralph McEwen was at the piano, visiting members were present from Pendle ton, Adams, Helix and Weston and a delicious supper in which Bryce Bak er officiated as circumspect factotum, was served. High School Notes , i.iii .. Junior News Staff , Editor ........John Kirk Faculty and Alumni Carl Calvert Athletics Eldon Myrick Student Body .yirgie Moore Classes Beatrice! Hiteman Subject Classes Cecil Pambrun 1st & 2nd Grades Thelma Schrimpf 3rd & 4th Grades ..Harold Kirk 5th & 6th Grades George Gros3 7th& 8th Grades Frances Cannon Personals Helen Foster Advisor Miss Mildred Bateman Editorial Why go further than high school for an education is the question that so many students are asking at this time. Why should we? Abraham Lincoln became President with only an elementary education. Many great men successful in the business world worked up the ladder with only a meager education. In their day this was possible, and also these men had to work all the time to become suc cessful. In those days the oppor tunities were greater for men, but that day is past. The oppor tunities now are open only to college men and women. Of course no edu cation is needed to get a position on the road gang where you work all day with a pick and shovel, but can that be called success? Most of the students of today want to gain some high office where they will be in con trol of some business and become of some importance. To do this a per son has to climb from the lowest rung of the ladder to success. The start may be gained by answering an "id" for "Help Wanted." The first ques tion that is usually asked by the em ployer is: What education have you? There are many more applying for the position, and the one with the most education plu some experience, or the willingness to get that ex perience, will land the job. Athletics Athena high school football team defeated the Weston eleven 6-0 Fri day, November 16, in a hard fought game on the Weston field. Weston won the toss and elected to receive. The Athena captain chose to defend the west goal. Weston re ceived the ball on the ten yard line and advanced it to the 15 -yard line. Two plays failed to gain. On the third play a Weston fumble was re covered and carried across the goal line for a touchdown by Pinkerton, left end for Athena. The kick for point after touchdown failed. Weston chose to receive but was forced to kick. The second quarter was played mostly in neutral territory. Athena completed two passes for yardage but lacked the necessary punch to take advantage of them. In the third quarter Weston stark ed by making two first downs in s"uc. cession by a series of line plunges, but the Athena men tightened and held them for downs. Athena was consistently out-kicking Weston and so kept them from getting within scoring distance. At the opening of the last quarter Athena recovered a fumbled punt on Weston's 30 yard line, After three line plays had been unsuccessful, a pass was completed, but it did not make the necessary yardage, so Ath ena lost her last chance to score. The latter part of the quarter found Wes ton throwing passes, but none of them was successful. The following players started for Athena: George Gross, L. E:; Eldon Myrick, F. B.; Stafford Hansell, L. T.; Oral Michener, L. G.; Cecil Pambrun, C; Wilford Miller, R. G.; Lee Foster R. T.; Ralph McEwen, R. E.; Arthur Crowley, Q.; Wayne Pinkerton, L. H.; Eldoh Myrick, F.; Edwin McEwen, R. H. Substitutions for Athena were: Wayne Pittman, Walter Huffman, Emery Rogers," and Jack Moore. Faculty Those attending the Athena-Weston game Friday afternoon were: Mr. Meyers, Miss Bateman, Miss Brodie, and Mr. and Mrs.Fredrick. Of course coach "Pike" was there. Miss Brodie spent Friday evening and Saturday in Milton and Walla Walla. Miss Bateman was in Walla Walla and Milton Friday and Saturday. Entertainment The high school held an assembly Friday afternoon November 16, at one o'clock. The last football game coming on Friday, many of the boys were called on to. talk, especially those who were playing their last game. Coach "Pike" Miller spoke on the game and urged the whole school to be present. A few yells were giv en under the leadership of Raymond Freeze. The high school girls gave the foot ball boys a banquet Saturday night, November 17. Many of the boys spoke, and later they were taken to the show by the girls. The whole affair was well carried out by the girls and was greatly ap preciated and praised by the boys. Classes A banquet and treat to the show on Saturday night for the boys of the fooball team was decided upon at a meeting held by the high school girls on Tuesday, November 13. 1st and 2nd Grades Lawrence Ball enrolled in the first grade yesterday. Billy McFadden has been visiting his grandmother in Corvallis the past week. !-;! Bridge Favors A Complete line of Bridge Pads, Tally Cards, Playing Cards and Gift Novelities McFadden's Pharmacy THE STAND ARD THEATRE Saturday Ken Maynard In "(GUN GO The Screens greatest Cowboy in a De Luxe Outdoor Drama-See it! Comedy and News Reel Admission 10-25-35c Sunday "Whip Woman 99 WithN - Estelle Taylor, Antonio Moreno, Lowell Sherman Drama, Thrills. Action, Suspense Grantland Rice Sports Reel Admission 10-25-35c On Thanksgiving Night Richard Barthelmess in , "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Comer ' . - , ' With . . cTVIolly O'Day, in a Great Show!! Simple in its grandeur sweeping in its surge of emotion. A poor hill-kid lifted to the heights of human happiness by a great love a saga of the hills that brings back Dick Barthelmess in a role he made immortal in 'ToFable David." Comedy "Between Jobs" v Admission 10-25-35c