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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, MAY 17, 1929 ; 1 1 BARING m Sa-J POWDER, MHi "fall pound. : Imwaj ?ure and & Press Paragraphs Bell & Gray Phone 552 Two Auto Truck Drays Always At Your Service City and Country HAW and Horse Team Work Foley's Honey and Tar wres colds, prevents pneumonia. Miss Frederica Kershaw spent the week-end in Walla Walla. : Mrs. Ralph Hassell of Pendleton visited Athena friends Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. .Forrest Zerba were is Walla Walla Monday on business. R. B. McEwen spent several days this week in Salem where he trans acted business. ' ' Miss Hilda Dickenson spent the week-end in Walla Walla as n guest of Miss Myrtle DeFreece. Several Athena people motored to Walla Walla Saturday night to at tend the midnight matinee. Mrs. H. A. Barrett and daughters, Lucille, Genevieve and Beverely were Walla Walla visitors Tuesday. Miss Virgie Russell left .for Cal gary, Canada, Sunday, where she will have employment for the summer. 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I TV WW Linve Home the Spikes That Mean STABILITY A firm rocklike structure, built on a concrete foundation, of Lumber, the Lasting Material. That is an investment that will LAST thru the years. LET US HELP YOU BUILD IT 1IT hat ever form of structure you have in mind, " let us help you. Over many years we have had the practical experience that will help YOU. TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Free plan service Mrs. A. A. Kimball who has been undergoing a course of treatment in Pendleton has returned to Athena. Kenneth Miller who has been visiting at the home of his brother M. I. Miller has left for Endicott, Wash ington. Judge and Mrs. McBride of Salem were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Watts Tuesday evening. Mrs. Mollie Worthington and Mrs. Vaughn are making their hom-3 in the Vaughn cottage on jerrerson street. Mrs. W. S. Ferguson is spending the week at Nampa, Idaho, where she is visiting at the home of her daughter Mrs. Horace Belnap. Mrs. Elmer Storie of fendieton is conducting a class in auction bridge in Athena. There are ten members of the class who will later study con tract bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Sims Dickenson, Mrs. Minnie Willaby and Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeFreece were in Milton Sun day to attend the funeral of Mrs. Minnie Cockburn. Friends of Mrs. Dallas Smith, (Thelma McEwen) will be sorry to hear of the serious illness of her little daughter Patricia Ann, who is suffering with an attack of diph theria. Miss Genevieve Rogers was -up from Pendleton to spend the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs. E. C. Rogers. Miss Rogers ia employed as a stenographer at Ham- ley and Co. Rev. and Mrs. Dow and Mr. ar,d Mrs. Clarence Zerba will lwe Mon day for Roseburg, where they will attend the Baptist Stata convention. They will make the trip by motor and plan to return home Saturday Colonel Raley was host at dinner at Hotel Pendleton Wednesday eve ning in honor of Judge and Mrs. Mc Bride and Judge and Mrs. Bean of Salem. Covers were laid for twenty four guests. Mr. and Mrs. Homer I. Watts motored to Pendleton for the event. The Crabill home was a scene of a dinner party Sunday when Mr. and Mrs. Crabill had as their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Ray O'Harra and son Wil lard, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Crabill of Pendleton, Mr. Sidney Crabill of He lix, Mr. and Mrs. Orel McPherrin and son Donald and Mrs. Janet Sleeman. A group of Athena High school students motored -to Milton Monday where they were guests at the "Mac Hi" Class day observance. Letters won by members- of the various teams were presented. Stunts ar ranged by the Senior class were clever and made up an interesting program. The fields and highways about Ath ena are teeming with China pheasant families. Last week the highway crew while burning weeds, found a nest full of young birds and a hen, which they carefully carried across the road and out of danger. The next day in passing, the men. dis covered the young birds pitifully caught in the "hot stuff" with which the road had been mended, and the whole of the little family was dead. A group of Athena ladies motored to Pendleton Saturday to attend a tea for the benefit of St. Anthony's hospital at the library club room. About one hundred and fifty guests called during the afternoon and en joyed the charmingly arranged pro gram. Iris, lilacs and tulips were used in profusion and the beautifully appointed tea table was centered with yellow tulips and green tapers. Mrs. M. L. Watts was among those who presided at the urns during the after' noon. F. B.. Radtke left this morning on a fishing trip to Bend. Mrs. B. B. . Richards is confined at her home with influenza.) 1. .; Mrs. Deare Dudley and Miss Alberta Charlton were Walla Walla visitors Arden Gray who has been quite m for five weeks with a gland affection is improving. - Miss Mary Bond of Pendleton spent the week-end at the home ; of ;. her cousin Betty Jane Eager. u The nicnic planned by the Study club to have been held Friday of this j week has been postponed. i' Mrs. George Gerking and Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton left by motor for Spokane Tuesday, morning. The Methodist Ladies society will meet at the home of Mrs. Ethel Mon tague, Wednesday, May 22. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lieuallen of Adams visited Athena friends en route to Walla Walla Saturday. Little Bobby Zerba was operated upon Wednesday for the removal of his tonsils at a Walla Walla hospital. Garth Pinkerton who was ill sever al weeks ago with a gland affection is suffering with a recurrence of the trouble.' Mr. and Mrs. Flint Johns and family and Mrs. M. M.-Johns left Fri day for Portland and Vancouver mak ing the trip by motor. Mrs. Chase Garfield and daughters June and Gloria, and Mrs. C. M. Eager and daughter Virginia were Tuesday visitors in Walla Walla. The condition of "Mrs. Will Kirk who is in a Walla Walla hospital is no better. Mrs. Kirk is suffering with a severe case of hay fever and com plications. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Goff of New- berg who have been visiting .at the home of their daughter Mrs. R. B. McEwen left for their home Thurs day morning. Week-end guests at the C. M.- Eager home included Mr. and Mrs. Everett Eager of Dayton, Washington, Mrs. Gilbert of Portland, and Mary Bond of Pendleton. t The pupils and their mothers of school district number 30 will spend Friday at theh home of Mrs. Marion Hansell in Athena. A picnic lunch will be served at noon. Pupils of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades and the freshman class in high school motored to Bing ham Springs Saturday where thehy enjoyed their annual picnic. The Ford tri-motored plane that is being shown in this district will be in Pendleton next Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dudley will be guests of Mr. Glenn Stater on a fifty mile trip in the plane. The Jolly Twenty-five club will hold the last meeting of the season at the home of Mrs. Jess Gordon this after noon. Plans will be perfected for the annual picnic which will probably be held next week. An interesting event of last Friday was a picnic in Walla Walla park. Pupils, teachers and friends of the two school districts west of Athena motored to the neighboring city and spent the day. A Mother's Day reunion which has become an annual event was enjoy ed Sunday by the Dudley family. The party consisting of twenty-four per sons motored to the attractive Dayton park on the banks of the Touchet river SAVE WITH SAFETY New Comfort New Protection 31 mil yslTTD WW OPHWW GAUZETS Box of One Dozen 49c Two exclusive Gauzet fea tures guarantee you more comfort and protection than you ever received from a sanitary napkin before. Buffed edges prevent irri tation. . Underlay er pro tects clothing. Aren't these worth a few cents more? , Sold Only at McFadden's Pharmacy ThelfacaCIL Store One package of Fiesta Sugar Wafers with every package of Honey Maid Graham Crackers A Snow Flake Bakers Product Phone Your Order To 152 Athena Department Store where a bountiful lunch was served. The guest of honor was Mrs. E. A. Dudley. Others present were E. A. Dudley, and the families of Max Dudley, Glenn Dudley, Verne Dudley, Dean Dudley and Mrs. Herman Kirk (Rene Dudley). The O. D. 0. club spent a most pleasant afternoon Friday at the home of Mrs. Dora Schwandt. The hostess, assisted by a committee of the club members, served delicious re freshments. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Grace Catron, May 24th. .. . Glenn Hiatt, proprietor of Hotel Washington, in Portland and Mr. Beach, editor of the Hotel News called on Mrs. Laura Froome Tuesday. They were accompanied by three members of Portland chamber of commerce and were en route to Walla Walla with the Hotel Men's Caravan. ; Mrs. Fred Pinkerton and Mrs. Bert Logsdon will leave Saturday for Med ford where they will attend Rebekah Grand Lodge. They will make the trip by motor accompanying Mrs. Etta Sanderson of Milton past grand president, and Mrs. Judge' Bean. The party plans to return in about a week. Ideal "growing weather" has grac ed this district for the past week. Showers interspersed with sunsTiine and balmy winds, all conductive to luring, tender plants from Mother Earth, have delighted farmers. Flower gardens have also benefited and are gay with tulips and other wV . s;i w m. -w ik . u kw round-trip Summer m&fS,' summer excur rates are 'JIXV," t- sion fares to East good on $V l the famous Tt 1 ern Pmts on sale . SSS5 I daily from May NOrtH w H 22nd until Sep t;oa$t f& tember30th. Limited" 5J Example of Reduced Rates Round Trip May 22 tO Sept. 30 from Athena ' Minneapolis-St. Paul' $ 70.35 Chicago : &o Duluth-Superior ,.J5 New York W6.45 St. Louis 80.35 Kansas City 7085 Omaha 70.35 Denver : Washington 140.61 Special Rates to Other ffi Points Ask About Them Athena, Oregon Northern Pacific Ry. Firtt of the Northern Transcontinental spring blooms which are now in their prime. Spring wheat is grow ing fast and a part of the bean acre age recently planted is about ready for the first cultivating The Women's Community club of Adams held open house at their re cently acquired club rooms last Thursday afternoon. The rooms are most attractive and were decorated with spring flowers for the occasion. Beside the reception room there is a conveniently arranged kitchen fin ished in apple green and white. The house is indeed a credit to Adams and community. An informal program and games entertained the guests. Refreshments were served at the 'tea hour. Athena ladies who motored to Adams for the event were, Mrs. C. M. Eager, a former member of the club, Mrs. M. L. Watts and Mrs. Rose berry., ;' ' " The Wauna Campfire Girls are sparing no effort in decorating their club room. The walls and wood work are finished in a soft shade of ivory and touches of orange are used in contrast on tables and other pieces about the rtom. The girls expect to give a benefit shortly, in order lo raise money to purchase drapes for the windows. Further furniture need ed is a couch and the members would appreciate A donation of this kind. Mrs. Theresa Berlin entertained the Mother's club, an auxiliary to the Delta, Delta, Delta sorority at Whit man college, Monday afternoon. Eight ladies motored here for the occasion and after a short business sessim a social hour was enjoyed. Miss Doro thy Berlin and Miss Mildred Shaw of Whitman college assisted in serving. Additional guests bidden for the tea hour were Mrs. C. M. Eager, Mrs. W. McPherson, and Mrs. M. L. Watts. A pleasant event of last Friday occurred when Mrs. H. I. Watts was hostess to the Athena Bridge Club at her attractive home on Third street. Beautiful spring flowers were used for decoration. Four tables were" in play. Mrs. Clare Gurney made high guest score, and Mrs. M. L. Watts held high club score, Mrs. Fred Kershaw and Mrs. Alex Mcln tyre receiving the consolations. Mrs. E. E. Goff of Newberg was also pre sented with a dainty gift. Guests in addition to . club members included Mrs. E. C. Prestbye, Mrs. Max Hop per, Mrs. Alex Mclntyre, Mrs. Clare Gurney, Mrs. Frank Ames of Pen dleton and Mrs. E. E. Goff of New berg. V STANDARD THEATRE Saturday I0TEEE KNOWS BEST , ..:; With :. , vh-.A's' ' Madge Bellamy and Barry Norton - . News, Comdy and Sports Reel Admission 10-25-35c Sunday Laura LaPlante In The LAST WAM I m A Universal Picture News, Comedy and Sports Reel Admission 10-25-85e