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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1929)
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Miss Hilda Dickenson was the guest of friends at Walla Walla, Sun day. Lew McNair was kept at borne over the week-end owing to illness from influenza. Lee Bannister has taken a position with the Scott-Buick company at Walla Walla. Mrs. Frank DeFreece was hostess to the needle club Tuesday afternoon, April 23. Harold Kirk was confined to his home this week with illness as a re sult of the flu. Mrs. Minnie Willaby visited at the home of her son Virgil near Free water, oyer the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dickenson, who were at Pilot Rock for several weeks, have returned to Athena. Born, at Walla Walla, Wash., April 19, 1929, to Mr. and Mrs. Rawlind Morrison, of Adams, a daughter. H. H. Hill was in LaCrosse, Wash., Saturday. Mr. Hill owns a business building in the Washington town. A portion of the McBrlde Bros., farm land south of Athena will be devoted to growing peas this season. Ed Burtch, veteran sheepherder, came up from his Wallula ranch this week and made his periodical Ath ena visit. Marion Hansell and a number of Pendleton shooters went to Lewiston Sunday and shot over the traps with the Lewiston gun club. Mrs. Sims Dickenson and daughter Phyllis, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DeFreece, near Walla Walla, Tuesday. Mrs. Dudley Rogers is home after visiting for three weeks with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gross, near Washtucna, Washington. The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Athena, will meet at the home of Mrs. George Gerking, next Tuesday afternoon, April 30. Mrs. Nellie Taylor and daughter, Mrs. Philip Yenney and children of Walla Walla were guests recently of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Logsdon. Mr. and Mrs. Homer I. Watts and Mrs. Ralph McEwen returned Sunday evening from Portland, where they spent several days last week. The Camp Fire Girls gave a food sale at the Quality Grocery store, Saturday afternoon and netted a sum of money for their treasury. Mrs. J. F. Kershaw and daughter Frederica, motored to Ontario, where they will visit for several days at the Castleman home in that city. A pastry sale will be held at the Quality Grocery by the ladies of the Christian church, as a church bene fit, Saturday, tomorrow, afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. L, McFadden have returned home from Medford and Corvallis where they spent several days last week. They made the trip by motor. Dr. T. A. Meredith-, who came to Athena to fill the pastorate of the Christian church for four weeks, has returned to his home at Richland, Washington. .The annual rollcall of the members of the First Baptist church of Ath ena will take place at the church next Wednesday evening, when a ban quet will be held. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stater were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dudley, and the quartet spent the afternoon on the golf links at the Walla Walla Country club. Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Johns and fam ily,, Mrs. M. M. Johns and Mrs. Zeltha Mclntyre were dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cannon in Walla Walla. Until such a time as Masonic Hall improvements are completed, Doluh Lodge No. 80, A. F. & A. M., will hold meetings in the K. of P., I. 0. O. F. Hall, on the regular meeting nights. Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Atherton (Anita Forrest) who recently came from Los Angles, have purchased acreage on the Umatilla river near Thorn Hollow, and are building a new home there. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Goff of New- berg are expected here next week for a short visit. They plan to remain for the Athena high school com mencement exercises where their grandsons. Ralph and Edwin Mc Ewen will graduate. Mrs. George Hartman and Mrs, Roy Raley were hostesses at a bridge luncheon at the Hartman home in Pendleton Monday. Athena guests who enjoyed their hospitality were Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. R. B. Mc Ewen, Mrs. II. I. Watts, Mrs. F. S. LeGrow, Mrs, M. L. Watts and Mrs, W. S. Ferguson. Last Friday, Mrs. Verne Dudley was hostess to a group of Athena ladies at her farm home near Day ton, Washington, when she served a delicious ono o'clock, luncheon. With Mrs. Dudley to receive the guests, were Mrs. Herman Kirk and her daughter, Miss Edna, who also re side on a largo farm a few miles be yond Dayton. Those from Athena were: Mrs. E. A. Dudley, Mrs. M. M. Johns, Mrs. Dean Dudley, Mrs. F. B. Boyd, and Mrs. Glenn Dudley, who urove ner car, ana ner mue son, Glenn Junior. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Zerba and little daughter Beth, have been in Athena this week from Waitsburg. They were guests at the Hargeti home in the north part of town. N. A. Miller talks about new fur niture in his advertisement in to day's Press. One of the finest black walnut dining room sets to be seen anywhere is being displayed at the Miller store this week. See the fine big North picture, "The Trail of '98," at the Standard The atre tonight. Buddy Rogers and Marion Nixon are coming to the Standard Sunday night in "Red Lips," a spiffly college comedy-drama. Bryce Baker is giving his Athena Sen-ice Station a new coat of paint this week. Other improvements no ted at the station by the reporter, is the newly painted rock boundary of the lawn, and the planting of more flowers. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Gurney arrived in Athena Wednesday evening from Chicago, and are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Little john, Mrs. Gur ney's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gurney stopped at Yankton, South Dakota, en route here from Chicago. Dolph Thompson was in Athena, Wednesday from his stock ranch near Gibbon. Dolph is going into the sheep business on an extensive scale this season, having purchased . several hundred head in the past week, and is in the market for more. He has range privileges on the Umatilla forest re serve. Armond DeMerritt, who has been associated with the Walla Walla of fice of the Standard Oil company, has received promotion in service of the company, and has been assigned a position on the road. Mr. and Mrs. DeMerritt and little son, Dell, 'will come to Athena to reside, and will occupy the Dell cottage on High street, east of Fifth. Friends of Mrs. C. A. Phillips, now of Marshfield, but formerly of Ath ena where her husband was pastor of the Christian church, will be interest ed to know that in a contest sponsor ed by the Poetry Society of Amer ica, she received first honors over three thousand competing poets. She is publishing a book of poems which will be on sale in the near future. The Athena Study club met last Friday at the home of Mrs. Milton I. Miller. The next meeting will be on May 3rd with Mrs. Marion Hansell who expects to be settled in her new home. As this will be the last meet ing each one is asked to return her pamphlets on" Oregon History. 5 Be prepared to answer roll call with the name of some pioneer of this region. A silver tea which promises to be one of the most delightful affairs of the season is an event of this after noon -at the home of Mrs. M. L. Watts. The Baptist ladies who are sponsoring the affair have arranged an interesting program which fol lows: Instrumental duet, Mrs. Max Hopper and Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton; vocal solo, Mrs. Otho Reeder; read ing, "The Fireman Hero," Mrs. Lee Hiteman; solo, Laura Jean Ross; violin solo, Mrs. Philo Rounds; vocal solo, "Give me a house on the hill side," Mrs. Ralph McEwen; instru mental solo, Miss Dorothy Wentsch; musical reading, "Dame . Fashion,"' Mrs. C. M. Eager; vocal solo, "Tis Springtime," Mrs. David Stone. ' . Mrs. W. O. Read was hostess to the Methodist Ladies' Society Wed nesday . afternoon, when she enter tained twenty-three ladies. Mrs. Ethel Montague was elected treasur er, to take the place of Mrs. Moore, removed. Mrs. Frank DeFreece was appointed chairman of the committee having in charere the cooked food sale to be held May -11, at the Athena Hotel. Mrs. Ralph Singer and Mrs. John Tompkins were appointed to supervise the decoration of the Sun day school room for meetings during the summer. After the business ses sion a sumptuous repast was served by Mrs. Charles Henry and Mrs. Montague, assisted by Mrs. Velton Read. Mrs. H. H. Hill and Mrs. Laura Froome poured. Visitors pres ent were Mrs. J. R. Hugunin of Pom land; Miss Morey of Umapine, and Mrs. J. S. Huffman. The next meet ing of the society will be at the home of Mrs. Ethel Montague, with Mrs. Arthur Coppock and Mrs. W. 0. Read serving. 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