The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-03

George Hartman Jr., accompanied
by Mrs. Hartman. came up from Pen.
| dleton Saturday and spent few hours
in the city.
Rev. A. O. Hammond of the Meth
odist church, will preach in the Unit
ed Brethren church at Weston Sun
day evening.
kNMrs. Anna Selkirk Norton. the
Walia Walla singer, was in the city
Wednesday evening. accompanied by
Miss Bernioe Crawford.
Union temperance services will be
held in the Christian ohuroh Sunday
evening. with Rev. W. s. Payne. Of
Weston. as the principal speaker.
Joseph Sweet. stud ent of the Uni
versity of California at Berkeley, is
in the city this week, stopping at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Hammond.
>y%Mr. Charley Crawford, the butcher,
will move his family from Weston
next Monday, and will occupy the
cottage of Mrs. Minnie Baker on High
street.
/Mr. and Mrs. James Stevens came
over from Milton and attended Decor
alton Day exercises. Jim recently
served term as city marshal of
Milton.
j. +. Robinson, the we'll known
Pendleton laundry man, has been SER
iously ill at Hot Lake sanatorium. At
last accounts he was som ewhat i'm
proved.
Marion Hansell and Carl Christian
returned Monday from a fishing trip
to Ryan creek. They were moderately
successful in capturing the speckled
beauties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Kilgore, former
ly of this vicinity but now residing at
Cornelius, Greg. came up for the
Pioneer picnic and are visiting friends
in the vicinity.
The subject of the morning sermon
at the Methodist church will be ''The
Daughters of Job" The Epworth
League Bible study class will be post
poned one week.
Cherries have made their appear
anoe on the market and with straw
berries and fresh garden vegetables
the good housewife has no trouble in
supplying the. table.
Miss Carrie Sharp came up from
Pendleton Friday evening, to spend
her summer vacation at the home of
her parents here. Miss Sharp has
been retained in the Pendleton school.
W. L. Kidder of Spokane visited his
father, B. 9. Kidder in this city Mon
day. Mr.. Kidder recently buried his
wife in the Athena cemetery, bringing
the body here after her death in Spo-
kane.
Mrs. Lizzie Watts suffered an ac.
oident while attending the Pioneers
picnic at Weston Saturday, which re-
suited in badly sprained wrist. Mrs.
Watts in some manner tell, sustaining
the injury.
During the wind storm Wednesday
the awning in front of Taggart's store
became loosened from its fastenings
and fell to the walk. The wind was
something fierce and raised clouds
of dust all day.
Miss Carrie Barge, secretary of the
national organization of the Woman's
Home Missionary society Of the M. E.
church, spoke to the ladies of the To-
cal auxiliary at the parsonage on
Wednesd Jay afternoon.
K Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Brotherton
have returned from Franklin county,
Wash. where they spent several DAYS.
Mr.. Brotherton reports that growing
wheat aud "Jim Hill" mustard is IN
a Aourishing condition.
N>Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Tompkins left
yesterday morning for Canada, accom-
panied by their daughter, Lillian.
They will spend several weeks visiting
relatives in Eastern Canada, and will
retu rn by way of Alberta.
Mrs. James Mosgrove and Mrs. e.
A. Beattie Of Milton, we're guests this
week Of Mrs. Howe and brother, Jas.
Henderson. Mrs. Mosgrove formerly
resided in this city and Athena people
will be surprised to learn that she is
in very i'll health from cancer af1io-
tion.