The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-09

| oair III puiluing anu VIII prSctlce MS
profession in Athena.
/ Wheat is coming up nicely, and
hractically all seeding has been COM
tpleted in This vicinity. The moisture
is sufficient and the temperature salt
able for rapid growth.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Swaggart and
fsmily and Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Swag-
gart we're in Pendleton Saturday,
where they attended the wedding Of
Miss Lenore Swaggart.
Representative ''Pat" Macarthur was
an Athena visitor for a short time
Sunday. He called on B. B. Richards
and M. L. and H. l. Watts, old time
class mates at U. of 0.
Frank Quinlivan, a young man from
this city who enlisted in the navy,
recently was operated on in the Chel-
sea naval hospital at Chelsea, Mass.
for relief from an abscess.
The management of the Red Cross
benefit entertainment which was givef
in Athena as ''Hallowe' en- Frolic. :
are arranging to have the young ladies
appear in Weston on Saturday evening
November II.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Cation departed
Monday for California, where they
will remain during the winter. Mr..
and Mrs. Leon Kidder, son-in-law anc
daughter preceded Mr.. and Mrs. Gator
a couple of weeks ago.
Mrs. Jesse Sailing who is now in the
employ of the Pendleton Tribune, was
in the city Tuesday in the interest Of
that papers subscription contest. Miss
Bertha Sebasky is the Athena candi
date in the contest for votes.
Mrs. NIL. Watts, Mrs. W. P. Little.
| john, Mrs. N. Buroker and Mrs. R. A.
Thompson accompanied the President
of the Rebekah Assembly, Mrs. Mary
Lancaster. and the past president,
Mrs. Nellie Wattenburger, to Weston
Monday afternoon.
Lawrence 'rharp and Emery Worth
ington were up from Pendleton We'd
nesday evening, where the former is
attending high school, and the latter
has been promoted from the shoe de-
partment to the clothing depart.
ment in the Peoples Warehouse.
1 A number of Athena people went te
l FsQdleton Tuesday evening to hear
YVice Resident Marshall and were well
pleased with his lecture They found
Happy Canyon pavilions>facked with
i ople. Even standing room in tht
aisles was taken up by the crowd.
Mrs. Casper Woodward entertain &C
the members of the Sunshine Club al
her home, west of Athena, Thursday
afternoon of last week. A pleasant
afternoon was spent with Mrs. Wood
ward, who served. refreshments. Mrs.
VIM. Piper entertained the Club at
its previous meeting.
Miss Lenore Swaggart, niece o1
A. L. and j. M. Swaggart, was mar
ried Sunday at Pendleton, to Mr.. Roy
Becker of Astoria. The wedding Ger
emony was performed by Rev. R. E
Gornall at the home of the BRIDE!
aunt, Mrs. c. S. Wheeler. in the pres
ence of company of relatives.
| The wedding of Miss Blanche Mays
of The Dalles, and Mr.. Olson Parkyr
of Pendleton, was recently solemnizet
in the former city. The bride is well
known in Athena, having often visitet
at the G. A. Barrett home, and is {
niece of Mrs. Barrett. The couple
will make their home in Hood River.
Alleging that H. H. Hill has broker
the provisions of a contract not to en-
gage in the jewelry business in Athen'
after the plaintiff had purchased thu
business from Hill. and that be has in
directly done so, L. S. Vincent hal
brought suit for $4,000 damages in tn,
circuit court with Raley & Raley ant
w. VI. Peterson as his attorneys.
| Miss Ida Crabill, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. j. Crabill of Rieth ant
formerly an Athena school girl, wa
married Sunday morning to Mr.. Oil
McFeron, also of Rieta. The cere
mony was performed bv Rev. Gornall
at the home of E. M. Mortimore, il
Pendleton in the presence of the BRIDE
family, the groom's mother. Mrs. J
S. McFeron of Portland, and othe
| friends.
Mr.. L. P. Wilmot writes interest
ingly of the trip from Athena to Port
land. where with Mrs. Wilmot he j
at present visiting his daughter. The.
expect to 60 the rest of the way tt
San Francisco by rail. Speaking 0
the high cost of shipping his car
"Uncle Lou" says: 81 went to tn
freight office here to find out if the
would ship the car and take it as par
pay"
The Weston Leader says: /
squashes were Is inch shells, Ham
Booher raised enough to have whipped
the Kaiser on an acre of ground at hi
place near town. He estimates th'
crop at five tons or more and is feed
ing it to his hogs and cows with goo
results. He weighed two of tn
squashes and one OF THIN tipped th'
beam at 65 and the other at 64 pounds
A Wallowa county hog raiser who fat
tens his herd on squashes says tina
pound for pound they are better fee
than barley.
Inv Mrs. Win Burden Wednesday r
Hsived letter from her son, Ed. Sc
I basky, dated at Camp Mills, N. Y
\ Ae says: Geo. Winship and som
of the other boys were left benin
until they get relieved. We wer
transferred to the artillery, and ar
| now nm nrovoat p11ard around som