The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-06-02

@ne Gnstoiu otdF SlUU WILL U6 gu
tertalned next Tuesday afternoon, June
8, by Mrs. B. B. Richards. at her
home on Jefferson street.
Mrs. Barbara Willaty and daugt-
ters. Mrs. o. Castleman of Portland
aud Mrs. Fred Kershaw OF Waitsburg,
visited In Athena this week.
| Athena friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Cook OF Portland, have received the
announcement Of the birth of Gwen
dolen Lucille Cook, on May 25.
Jock Coleman, representing gran
ite monument firm of Baker, this week
erected monuments at the graves of
( A. Shick and Mrs. Ed Lafdve.
MIR. Henry Koepke and daughter
Dorothy were guests yesterday at the
wedding OF MIR. Sohenebley, nephew
OF Mr.. Koepke, at EllensbuIg, Wash.
DR.. F. y. Watts. was in the city
Sunday from Weston, bringing over
laxge number Of the U. B. Sunday
school youngsters iu bis tig touring
car.
Worthington Bros. have this week
painted the fronts Of the buildings oc.
oupied BY Dell Bros., the Public Lib.
rary, DR.. Stone and Telephone Gen.
tral.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Swaggart and
son Frank, with their children, visited
in Pendleton yesterday, Frank leav-
ing from there for his home near En-
| teIplise.
Between the hours of IL noon and
1905 p. m. Wednesda1, all trains aud
operatives stopped out of respect for
the late J. ]. Hill, whose funeral was
held at st. Paul.
Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn has been in
attendance for several days this week,
upon her young nephew, who was op-
Grated upon 10 the Pendleton hospital
for appendicitis.
Mrs. A. Milby, of Milton, will be a
week end guest at the home Of her
brother, d. Scott Fisher. in this city,
Mrs. Milby is en- Ioute for visit in
the Willamette valley.
Mis-. Wood of Pendlatou, Mrs.
Claude Wallsn, Mrs. David Stone and
Mrs. Caspar Woodward. visited their
mother. Mis-. Elliott of Walla Walla,
| who was ill this weak
| Mrs. Oliver Dick enson arrived home
Wednesday from the Walla Walla
hospital. where she recently underwent
an operation. She is making rapid
progress toward recovery.
Mrs. Earl Urquhart underwent
surgical operation for the removal Of
tumor. The operation was success
full, aud Mrs. Urquhart is getting
along as we'll as could be expected.
The ladies of the Athena Library
Board will hold pastry sale at the
Foss- Wiuship store, Saturday, June
10th. The proceeds from the sale will
te placed in the building fund.
A leak 10 the water pipe ''some-
where in Dudley's field" nsoessitated
the shutting Of of the water Tuesday
night. Waterboy Dobson was out
nearly all night repairing the pipe.
Wio. Belt aud family motered from
Bull. Idaho. last week and visited
with the Shiok families in this oity.
The Helts are old time friends, and
are on tour through Oregon and
Washington.
For the first time 10 two months.
George Froome was a BILE to te wheeled
into the iotby at the St. Nichols hotel
where he received congratulations
from his many friends on his improve.
mefIt in health.
Mrs. VIM. sWinsbip and daughters,
Mildred and Audra. will leave Mon
day evening for Dallas. and from there
with the Jarman family. will so ty
automobile to Newport, Ore., for a
summers outing.
Miss Elizabeth Keefer. OF Houston,
Texas, will arrive in the city next
week to spend the summer months
with Miss Jessioa McEwen. The
young ladies attended boarding school
at Buena Vista, Virginia.
Mrs. Lillian Dotson will leave Sun
day night for Portland, where she will
visit her mother and attend the Rose
Festival. She reports that she has
received the diplomas for her entire
eighth grade, in the Waterman school.
Mrs. Edward e. Koontz came up
from Portland this week and visited
Athena friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Koontz,
accompanied by Miss Jeanette Jack
of Pendleton, contemplate an auto
mobile trip to Orator Lake 10 the
near future.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Swart, old time
residents of Athena, Waited relativ es
and friends here this week. Mr..
Swart is still iu the employ of the
O-W., having station agency ur
in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Thompson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Caspar Woodward left
yesterday by automobiles fol- Portland
and Willamette valley points. They
will see the Rose Show and visit
friends and relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Rigby, pioneer
residents of Athena who of late years
have been living in Alberta and no W
in California, are in the city this
week renewing aoquaintauces. Mr..
Rigby has been totally blind for a
number of years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sites Of Port
land, arrived in the city yesterday aud