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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, MARCH 28, 1930 Press Paragraphs Justin Harwood this week calso mined the Athena branch library room. Mrs. Penn Harris came up from Portland and spent the week-end in Athena, ' X ". v Mrs. Jesse Myrick was in Athena Tuesday from her farm home near Myrick Station. Mrs. Richard Powers of Weston, is assisting in the household work at the E. C. Rogers home . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson came up from Pendleton and spent Sun day with relatives in Athena. " Ed Montague of the Red & White store was confin?d to his home wi.b illness the fore part of the, week. Marion Hansell ft driving a new Oldsmobile coupe, having disposed of his Chevrolet in the purchase deal. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Wright of Walla Walla, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Logsdon, Sunday. Bert Logsdon was taken ill with the flu Tuesday morning, and Don Wilks came over from Thorn Hollow and went behind the counter at the meat market. ' Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Willaby have come over from State Line, where they conducted a service station and are occupying the Willaby cottage on Jefferson street temporarily. Dr. Sharp continues to improve at his home and with the arrival of warm weather, hopes to be able to bo at his office again. x Mrs. Victor Hirsch and children were in town Tuesday from Waits burg, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Prestbye. Mrs. E. Mann and daughter of Salinas, California, were guests Sun day at the Athena home of Mr, and Mrs.: Willard Crabill. Mrs. Clarence Tubbs was hostess to the Bide-a-wee club, at her country home south of Athena, Wednesday afternoon of last week. - Mrs. M. M. Johns is expected home shortly from California, where she spent the winter months at the home of her son, Melville Johns. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brooks of Stage Gulch, were Athena visitors Satur day. Mrs. Brooka is teaching school in the Stage Gulch district. Nate McBride is carrying his arm in a sling as a result of having his collar bone fractured, while playing on the school grounds, Tuesday. The girls' basketball team of Adams high school went . to Walla Walla one day last week, where the team members were photographed. , Dr. arid Mrs. Blatchford, Mr. and Mrs. Justin Harwood and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. I Prestbye were dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs.' Rice, at Pen dleton, Tuesday evening. ; Water" Superintendent Miller has been engaged this week in piping Chocolaie Coated Dates 1-2 lb. 43c Health Nuggets -Special 4 lbs, for 43c The Quality Grocery Continental Oil Company ' Always at Your Service Athena Service Station Gas, Oils, Greasing Automobile Assessories Tires BRYCE BAKER, Prop. . . Athena, . . Phone 761 jB.BMi,r innnn.mi-w if Our Circle of Friends Enlarges 511 m.i r.uui fri..nHa for Red & White... More folks SAV- More good friends for Red & White... More folks SAV- 1NG money, SAVING time, secu ring greater oiuorw TION . . . You are invited to join in the circle. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY AND MONDAY Brooms, Red & White . f . $1.15 Brooms, Gem, 85c One Mop Stick Free with Either Broom Citrus Washing Powder, large " 2 for 47c American Lye 2 for 19c Crystal White Soap 10 for 39c Old Dutch Cleanser 2 for 15c O'Cedar Polish 49c Oysters, Blue and White 2 for 35c Dill Pickles, Red & White, No. 2Ms 2 for 49c Layer Cake, "Day & Night" - 49c Golden Bantam Corn, Red & White No. 2 3 for 63c Red Kidney Beans, Red & White No. 2 2 for 27c 4yolb Box Honeyniade Grahams - - 73c- ED MONTAGUE PHONE 171 spring water to a water trough on the Koepke place at the head of. the city's gravity water system. Virginia Eager was a guest of Joyce Pinkerton Wednesday night. Mrs. W. McPherson attended the Pendleton Women's club last week. Attorney Harold Warner of Pendle ton, was an Athena visitor Wednes-day. Mrs. 'Alva Blalock and children will join Mr. Blalock in Pendleton Monday. Mrs. Lilla Kirk is driving a beau tiful new Chrysler 77 sedan. The color is tan. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kirk and Mrs. Lloyd Michener spent Monday in Walla Walla. T. C. Elliott and R. E. Bean of Milton-Freewater were Athena visit ors Wednesday afternoon. The Athena Study club will meet at the home of Mrs. Lew McNair, Friday afternoon, April 4. Rev. McQuary. pastor of the church at Milton, was in the pulpit at the local Christian church, Sunday morn- ln- ' ... . . r' .. N. A. Miller has purchased the service station near State Line re cently operated by Clyde Willaby and son. Dr. and Mrs. Blatchford entertained at dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Betts and Mr. and Mrs. Kohler Betts. V Mrs. W. K. Wall writes friends and relatives that she is happily located on a small acreage with her brother, near Goldendale, Wash. Alex McCorkell, well known resi dent of Weston neighborhood, wa3 recently operated on for the success ful removal of goitre. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Steen came over from Milton Sunday, and spent the day at the home of Mrs. Steen's mother, Mrs. Stella Keen. Newt O'Harra, wheat rancher and a pioneer bean-raiser of Pea Ridge neighborhood, east of Weston, trans acted business in Athena, Wednes day. Mrs. Fred Gross, who was in Port land, visiting her sister, Mrs. Minnie Mitchell, who has been in ill health has returned home. Mrs. Mitchell is recovering. Mr. and Mrs. Donald 'Johnson are receiving congratulations from scores of friends over the arrival of a son, born to them at Walla Walla, Wed nesday, March 26, 1930. Tractors on some .of the wheat ranches in the vicinity of Adams arc being run day and night. Consider able seeding that was not completed last fall in that locality, is being done, now. T. C. Gettings, a well known and highly esteemed resident of Basket Mountain neighborhood, has been stricken with paralysis, and is in a critical condition, with little hope fov recovery. Water Superintendent Miller, as ulsted bv his rieht hand bower, Johnny Hoey, closed down the water in the pipes on Mam street Wednes day and repaired a damaged gate in the mains. Joseph N. Scott is among the re cent purchasers of a caterpillar trac tor. A "Sixtv" model is now doing the work formerly done by horse teams on the Scott wheat rancn, west of Athena. Miss Jaunita Crawford, who is a student at the Eastern Oregon Nor mal school at La Grande, .came over nH Rnenfc the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bru Crawford. The dances at Adams, sponsored by Lodcre. Kniehts of Pythias of that city were well attended. A num ber of Athena young people were in attendance. Fletcher's orchestra furn ished the music. Mm. Bennett and son drove down from their mountain ranch east of Wanton. Tuesdav. and traded with Athena merchants. They reported that the mountain roads are in fair condition for travel. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Barrett ac companied Emery Walker, who was here from Milwaukee, wis., visiting at the Barrett home, to Pendleton, Wednesday evening, where he took the train for Tacoma. Announcement is made of the mar- st Walla Willa Wednesday, of H.0. (Dick) Clemons, formerly of Athena, and Miss Dorothv aicrns oi Pendleton. The young couple will make their home in Pendleton. Tha damn Fiie Girls were enter tained at the home of their camp miardian. Mrs. Blatchford. Wednes day evening. ' The Wauna Camp Fire group will attend the grand counc.i at Walla Walla, tomorrow niht. Word comes from Portland that both Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Read, who have been taking medical treatment there ,are both improved in health. Mr. Read is much better since being operated on for removal of tonsil3. Mrs. J. F. Kershaw left early this for Ontario. Oresron. and Gooding, Idaho. ' At the former place she will visit at the nome oi ner sister, Mrs. 0. M. Castleman, and at Gooding, with her daughter, Fred- erica. , Piotiiroa were taken Tuesday of the Athens hitrh school basketball teams and the football team, on the school grounds. The pictures will be hali tnnpt f nr the achool annual, which will be off the press the first week in May. ' . . . The Christian church Sunday scnooi classes of Mrs. Louis Keen and Mrs. PinVm-ton. were pleasantly entertained in the church basement Saturday afternoon, when games were played and an especially nne Hnnir vu enioved at tables decorat ed in pronounced Easter motif. . a . 1 -1 There is a gooa i-ion vnevruiev tn cU m.t reasonable vrice tt thi CcfrneU GarS in Atfem. The truck has good rubber and is in A-l condition. It will do somebody a whole lot of hauling, and Cornell has no use for it. .: Mack Cockburn of Milton, republi can candidate for representative, ac companied Harry L. Corbett, candi date for governor, to Athena Wednes day afternoon. While in the city the two candidates met a number of sup porters and voter's. Norman Mclntyre has returned to Oregon State college to resume' his studies, after spending a week at his home here. George Gross is home from Eugene to remain until the fall term, as is John Pinkerton from Ore gon State college. Emery Walker, son of Marion Walker, formerly a pioneer resident of Umatilla county, was in Athena this week from his home in Milwau kee, Wis. Mr. Walker is a cousin of H. A. Barrett. He operates one of the largest box factories in the state of Wisconsin. The boys and girls of the inter mediate department of the Baptist Sunday school enjoyed a- skating party at the rink in Adams Wednes day evening. After skating they went to the country home of Marvel and Jean Zerba, where refreshments were served. ,.'' ' Frank Ames, manager for the Stan dard Oil company at Pendleton, was a business visitor in Athena Wednes day. He was accompanied by a Flamo specialist of the company, who in spected the gas range equipment on display at the Rogers & Goodman hardware store. Mrs. H. S. Swift, who is attending the Eastern Oregon Normal school at LLa Grande is again on the honor roil of the institution for the last semes ter. Mrs. Swift, who taught school before going to LaGrande to take the normal course, has been named on the honor roll before. - The Misses Kathleen Radtke, Le nore McNair and Alberta Charlton, who spent the spring vacation at their homes here, will return to Eu gene Sunday to resume their studies at University of Oregon. Miss Jes siedeane Dudley will remain at her home here until the beginning of the fall term. : The French white, or fall onions are becoming favorites for planting in the gardens of Athena and vicinity. This variety comes from the commer cial gardens at Walla Walla where they have been thinned out, are reset in local gardens and furnish excellent green onions for the table during the summer and early fall, and then are used until early winter in their ma tured state. A pleasant time was experienced by the members of the J. T. club Fri day afternoon, when they were de lightfully entertained at the home of Mrs. Arthur Douglas. Refreshments for the occasion were served by Mrs. Herbert Hale and Mrs. Max Hopper. Mrs. Jesse Gordon will entertain the club members at her country home, with Mrs. Douglas and Mrs. C E. Fisk assisting, on April 4. William Beathe, a pioneer resident of Weston', and a well remembered figure at past annual meetings of the Umatilla County Pioneer Association reunions held there, died at his home Monday after a long period of ill health. Mr. Beathe had been blind for a number of years and was well along in the 80 s when he passed on. Funeral services were held yesterday in the Methodist church at Weston The B. B. club met last Monday evening at the C M. Eager home. A bountiful, no host dinner was enjoy ed at 7 p. m., followed by four tables of bridge at play. Mrs. F. N. Johns won high ladies score and M. I. Miller won high gents score. Mrs. M. I. Miller received ladies consola tion and A. A. Mclntyre received gents consolation. Spring flowers were in evidence about the rooms. The Methodist Ladies club met at the home of Mrs. Willard . Crabill Wednesday afternoon. A brief pro gram was followed by delicious re freshments served by Mrs. John Tompkins and Mrs. Ralph Singer. Mrs. Samuel Pambrun became a member of the club. The next meet ing will be at Mrs. H. H. Hill's with Mrs. Arthur Coppock and Mrs. W. McPherson serving. A feature num ber in the program was a vocal solo by Grandma Sleeman, mother of Mrs. Crabill. Mrs. Theresa Berlin was hostess to the members of the Athena Study club at her home ore Adams street, Friday afternoon. "Devonshire" was the study topic for the afternoon and Irish jokes were the response to roil call. Mrs. M. I. Miller read a splen did paper on the study topic, and Mrs. Louis Keen gave selections from "Lorna Doone." Delicious refresh ments were served by the hostess, as sisted by her daughter, Miss Mary Berlin. Mrs. E. L. Hiteman was a club guest for the afternoon. The club will meet at the home of Mrs. Lew McNair on April 4, when "Corn- wall and Bath" will be the study topic for the afternoon. CHURCH OF CHRIST Since the Introduction of an excel lent new song-book, there is a new interest in the scng service. The special numbers at each service are appreciated. Mr. Sias' topic Sunday morning will be, "Stepping In the Light." The Bible school will now open, at ten minutes to ten, this seems necessary with an altered pro gram. A contest between classes will be on April 1st. This is the teaching service of the church, and all Christians, and those interested in the Great Book should be in the school. A new Interest and attend ance is noted in both school and church service.- Come, and with us be glad. . - .PRICES For Saturday and Monday MILK COFFEE All Brands, per can . ;. .9c I Our Own Brand, 1-lb package. . .39c CHILI CON CARNE TOMATO SAUCE Van Camps, 3 cans .... . . . ... . .39c I Spanish Style, 3 cans . ..... , . . 19c PINK SALMON I BULK FIGS No. 1 Tall, per can. 19c, 3 cans. .50c I Good Grade, 3 lbs. for .... . . .. .39c SEEKSPWDS $4.50 per 100 lbs. Phone 152 At h e n a Be pa rt merit St ore Mrs. Rene Smith and children of Weston, have gone to Portland to re side. Wauna Camp Fire' Gii'is made a fine display of camp fire costumes and Indian relics in the show window of the Mosgrove building, Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Stanfield of Walla Walla, Mrs. H. J. Miller pf Endicott, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Conover of Colfax, Wash., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson of Pendleton, were dinner guests Sunday at the M. I. Miller home in Athena. A number of Athena people saw "The City Girl" at Pendleton last week. The picture filmed under the title "Our Daily Bread," in wheat fields of Athena, did not come up to expectations of local people who were employed in making the picture. Jack Cunningham was up from Pendleton Tuesday, making prepara tions to install a couple of Frigidaires in Athenahomes. Ja.ck recently at tended a salesmen's convention held in California. Attendance of Frigid aire salesmen at the convention was large. . , The dancing party given to the Athena high school basketball teams I Thursday evening of last week was well attended. . Fletcher's orchestra furnished music for the occasion, and after dancing, sandwiches and coffee were served. Mrs. Bryce Baker and Wrs. Will Kirk were patronesses for the party. A th eria High School N o tes JUNIOR NEWS STAFF Editor ....... ...............I..' Emery Rogers Asst. Editor Arthur Crowley Alumni Walter Huffman Student Body ... ......Georgia Green Boys Athletics....... Roland Wilson Classes Elizabeth Walters Entertainment Myrtle Campbell Personals ....... ........Jack Moore Faculty Herbert Reeder l-8th Grades Stafford Hansel Girls' Athletics and Subject Classes .; ...Mary Tompkins Advisor ........Miss Beulah Smith DESTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY (Emery Rogers) You people, generally idle in studying and industrious in carving and wrecking, why do you cut on the school's desks and destroy any of its property that . attracts your no tice ? Don't you know that school belongings are as much yours as any ones ? The money to buy school prop erty is derived from taxes of which your parents pay a part. Would you destroy property in your own home and make it uglyT Then why the school's? But that is not the main point I wish to express. You are sent to study, not to carve your initials upon a good desk so as the younger generations coming up, will wonder who they belong to. If stu dents come to school to destroy in stead of to gain knowledge, they should be sent home where they can destroy the woodpile, I have seen certain students try fr a whole noon hour to tear desks loose from their fastenings on the floor. If these students had spent this time in mas tering their school work, how much better it would have been. There is too much of this sort of thing going on in the Athena high school. There is hardly a desk, including the lately acquired ones, which is not scratched and scarred. Their beauty and value have depreciated very rapidly. Every student, who is caught in the act where it can be justly proven that he has been responsible for the crime of destruction of school property should be forced to pay to the school the cost of the damage done. ;,. ., Student Body A few individuals of the town sponsored a dance last Thursday in honor of the girls and boys' basket ball teams. Invitations were extend ed to the high school students and their parents and the faculty mem bers and alumni. A large crowd at tended and every one reports having a fine time. ' . " Girls League The social committee of the Girls League sponsored a nartv last Friday w a v for the members of the league. Games were carried out m St Pat rick's dav motif as had been nlanned by the committee. Refreshments con sisted of jello, cake and cocoa. The girls all reported having a splendid time. ' Entertainment k - V. . T 1 An assciuuiy consisting ox a utuu play and Latin sotgs was held in the auditorium Monday at 2:30, under the direction of Miss Dorothy Brodie, Latin instructor. As all the lines in the play were given in Latin, a synopsis of the play was read "in English. The following numbers be sides the play were given. Piano Solo . ............Robert Lee Oration John Kirk Dance ...Marjorie Douglas and Mildred Hansell. . Latin Song (America) ....Latin I Class Subject Classes The biology class will start in col lecting spring flowers for classifica tion in an herbarium. ' Alumni i .The following students are home from the University of Oregon for spring vacation; Alberta Charlton, Jessiedeane Dudley, Kathleen Radtke, and George Gross. John Pinkerton and Norman Mc lntyre are home from Oregon State college for the spring vacation. lower grades dramatic, Natelle Mill er took first and Frances Alkire sec ond; in the lower grade series, Ted dy Miller first, Tillman Taylor sec ond. In the upper humorous Barbara Lee was first and Tillman Stone sec ond; in the dramatic Ralph Bruce was first, and Jack Miller second; in the serious division Aaron Douglas first. - , COLLETTS GOLF GRIP Personals Stafford Hansell was a business vis itor at Weston Saturday. Betty Eager and Arthur Crowley were in Pendleton Sunday evening. Faculty Mrs. Areta Guerney is absent from school on account of the serious ill ness of her father, Mr. Litf.ejohn. During her absence Mr. E. E. Coed and Mrs. Blatchford have substituted. Miss. Dorothy Brodie and Mi3S Beulah Smith spent Saturday in Wal la Walla. :-' Athletics Coach "Pike" Miller reports that the prospects for a good baseball team are in evidence. He has seven letter . men to start his team with. The boys who are turning out now are: Emery Rogers, Arthur Crowley, Eldon Myrick, Jim Wilson, "Mike" Wilson, Walter Huffman, Jack Moore, Lowell Jenkins, Howard Reeder, Ray mond Freeze, George Pittman, Robert Lee and Stafford Hansell. The five schools of Hermiston. Stan field, Helix, Adams and Athena have formed a high school league and the winning team is to be awarded a sil ver loving cup. - The Athena schedule, although it isn't established permanently yet, is to be somewhat as follows: Adams at Athena, March 28; Hermiston at Her miston, April 4; Helix at Athena, April 8; Stanfield at Athena, April 11; Hermiston at Athena, April IS, Stanfield at Stanfield, April 25; Halix at Helix, May 6; Adams at Adams, May 9. - Grades : Marjorie Martin, Bobby Zerba, and Wilma Mclntyre have returned to school after an absence on account of illness. ; Harrison Jackson has enrolled in the third grade. v The grade oratorical contest was held Monday the 24th. The contests were very closely contested and in some divisions there was very little difference in the cofctestanSfc In the 7T1 i I w '-V ' v 1 , J Jit y A closeup of the hauds of Glenna Collett, national women's golf cham pion of the United States. 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