The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-08-04

good quality around Ion.
/ Miss L llian Ware arrived in tn,
city Monday evening from Burley
Idaho, and has assumed her duties g,
/ bookkeeper at the office of the Pres
1 ton-Shaffer Milling company. Mis-.
Ware will make her home with hei
brother, I. w. Ware. and wife.
Mrs. s. c. Stanton left Wednesday
with her nephew. James Callivan, fol-
visit with her daughter. Mrs. L. L.
I Montague, of Arlington. Mr.. Callivan
resides in California, and had no,
seen Mrs Stanton for 40 years. His
visit here was an interesting one.
Mrs. w. E. Dobson will leave to-
morrow for a months visit with her
mother and sister at st. Johns, SUI
burb of Portland. Mrs. Dobson has
contracted to again teach in the Wa
terman district, northwest of town,
and will begin her school early In
September.
A pleasant feature of the picnic at
the City Park Wednesday, was the
special attention paid the grand
mothers of the city. They were re-
ceived as honor guests of the Christian
Sunday school. Automobiles were
sent to their homes, conveying them
to the Park.
this week. going down as delegate
from Pythian Lodge No. 20, X. oil
p, to the grand lodge session. The
supreme lodge is also in session at
Portland this week and is being at
tended by delegates from every state
in the union.
Owing to the burning out of the
coils in the motor on our type-setting
machine, necessitating having the pa
per set at Pendleton. news events
from IL o'clock, noon yesterday up to
IL o'clock noon today could not be
covered. Any omissions, therefore
will be understood by our readers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. R. Gerlsing and
family and Rev. and Mrs. Errett mo-
tored to Pendleton yesterday to visit
Mrs. John Thompson, who is at the
hospital there. 1t is thought that the
lady is slightly improving, but that
another surgical operation will doubt
less be necessary. before full recovery
Is assured.
''The Front Rank Church." and
why More People Are Not Saved"
will be the themes at the Christian
church. Sunday. Bible school, $3.50 a,
nj. Christian Endeavor p. m. Mid
week meeting Wednesday, p. m.
Christian church choir, morning and
evening. The public cordially invited
and welcome.
Interest is being manifested in a
swimming pool at Athena. The new
natatorlum at Helix, which has been
popular from the start with the peo-
pie of that neighborhood, will be in
vestigated. 1t is realized here that
pool would be of great benefit to the
town, and arrangements will probably
be made for the construction of one In
the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Williams of
Maiden, WASH, arrived in the city
Sunday and spent two or three days
at the Ware home, leaving Wednes-
day morning for Medford, Oregon,
and California points. Mrs. Williams
Is sister of Mrs. Ware and visited
here in June. Mr.. Williams is a To-
comotive engineer on the Milwaukee
road.
DR.. and Mrs G.. s, Newsom arriv-
ed In the city the latter part of last
week. and have been visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs B. B. Richards.
Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Newsom and
their two little sons are at Cold
Springs On Weston Mountain, where
comfortable camp has been made
for them, and where they will remain
until cooler weather.
Claude Leet, nephew of H. C. Ca
ton, died last week in Indiana, where
he went recently from his home in
Davenport, Wash, for medical treat
ment. The funeral was held at Daven.
port Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Cation
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Kidder motor
ed from here to be. in attendance at
the funeral. A wife and two year old
sen survive.
lt udIlcy lluc bVCh ~
lieved to certain extent by the start
ing Of few combines in the fields.
The mills here were put to great
deal of trouble for couple Of weeks
past in getting enough grain to tide
them over until the new crop came
in. BY dillgent hustle both the Pres
ton-Shaffer mill and the Richards
mill, managed to serve their cus-
toners.
Weston Leader The process of oil
ing Weston's streets was begun We'd
nesday with the county sprinkler. un.
der the direction of Chief Wilson. One
car of crude OIL containing 150 bar
rels, AZ gallons to the barrel. was
shipped up from Portland. The H.
quid cost $1.15 per barrel (. o. b.
Portland, and the freight bill was
$123.10.
French Crfiglar was the only Atbe-
ma representative lucky enough to gez
on the right side of the ledger in the
land drawing contest conducted by
Uncle Sam at Spokane. His number
was 1893, just few numbers ahead
of Allyn Steele, who drew heads
twice in flipping rour-bit piece to
warm up his hunch that he had bet
ter go and register.
A happy time was spent Wednes-
day, at an all-day picnic in the City
Park, which was given under the aus
pices of the Christian Bible school
A general invitation was extended the
public and the well laden tables were
surroundd with guests. both young
and old, who most heartily enjoyed
the schools hositality. Lunch, when
migt more properly be termed a
bounteous dinner, was served at noon.
During to forenoon and afternoon
games were played by the youg peo.
pie. while the elders enjoyed the cool
shade of the Park.