The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-07

tnlS week at tne country nome OF MT.
| and Mrs. j. A. Kirk, south Of town.
| Mrs. Fred B. Radtke will be, hostess
to the Star Club at her home on West
High street, next Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Andrews of
La Grapde, visited at the Samuel Pam
brun home south of Athena this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Taylor were in
Pendleton Tuesday, taking down Mrs.
M. L. Leeper. who will visit the fam
lily of F. E. King.
Prepare for your Sunday dinner by
patronizing the pastry sale to be given
by the Catholic ladies at Dell Bros.
store room tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. Stroble, of Pendle-
ton, parents of Mrs. Victor G. Burke,
spent Sunday at the home Of their
daughter in this city.
Burke q Son this week sold to the
Standard Oil Company Ford car.
v. G. Burke went down to Umatilla
yesterday to receive the machine.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. 0. Worthington,
Mrs. Minnie DePeatt and Emery Wor-
thington came up from Pendleton Sun
day and spent the day with friends.
Bert Piersol was down from the
mountains Monday. Mr.. Fiersol has
large crop of potatoes of excellent
quality which he will market in the
spring.
]. M. Hays, who for some time has
been residing at Echo, suffered slight
stroke of paralysis Saturday and was
taken to the hospital in Pendleton for
treatment.
Fred Lockley, one Of the best known
newspaper men in the state will asso-
ciate himself with the Y. M. C. A.
work and will leave Portland at once
for France.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Nelson, who was hurt by
horse and lay for three weeks in a stu
por, is now able to be about, accord
ing to reports.
Sim Kilgor, is in the hospital at
| Spokane, where he recently was oper-
ated on for an aggravated case Of ap-
pendicitis. He is reported to be get
ting along well.
iRain this.week interfered with plow-
ti3g operations which were we'll under
way in parts of the county. Some
farmers owning tractors, were running
day and night shifts.
James Potts this week purchased
Buick four of Zerba Bros. The Buick
is popular car in this section, as ev-
idenced by the large number of ma
chimes of this manufacture in use.
Rev. v. X. Allison, of Montana, is
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. Scott Fisher, and will preach in the
school auditorium Sunday morning.
Mr.. Allison's wife is sister of Mrs.
Fisher.
Jack Parker was seriously i'll for
several days the latter part of last
week and the first of this week, but atN
| present is better. He was able to-
come up town for short time We'd
nesday.
Louis Keen has leased of his father
the home place northwest of Athena
and will occupy it in the spring. Mr..
Keen has been farming in the vicinity
of Freewater, where he owns a small
acreage.
Raymond. the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. v. G. Burke was operated upon at
Walla Walla last week for the removal
of adenoids. The operation was sue
cessful and the little fellow was given
much relief.
Rev. D. Errett, who has been at
tending the Ministers Conference in
Salem this week. and who gave an ad-
1ress at the conference. returned this
morning and will conduct the evening
services Sunday.
Jacob Booher went to Dayton, Wash.
and spent Sunday with VIM. Konasek,
who is holding the position of agent
there for the Northern Pacific railroad
company. Jake AYERS that Bill is sure
some busy person.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Nelson en-
tertained at dinner Wednesday. Mr..
and Mrs. N. Desper of Orchard, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Desper formerly resided
in Athena and are here on visit to
relatives and friends.
Mrs. W. c. Drury arrived in the
city Wednesday from Kearney, Ne
braska, and is a guest at the home of
her brother, A. B. Steele. Mrs. Drury
was met in Pendleton by Mrs. Steele
and Mrs. B. B. Richards.
MIR. and Mrs. l.. l. O'Harra and
Lieutenant Herman E. O'Harra Of
Weston, were in the city Tuesday eve
ming. Lieut.. O'Harra is on a short
furiough before entering the service
on permanent assignment.
Alvin M. White is at home this
week from American Lake, Wash,
having been discharged from the Army
service some days ago. The boys
who went with him from Condor, are
now in Jacksonville, Florida.
Athena friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
John R. Barnes, receive word of the
birth of ten-pound son, born to them
at their home near Weston, on Noyem-
ber 30, 1917. The young man has been
christened John Ross Barnes.
| Mrs. H. |. Watts returned Tuesday
evening from visit with relatives
and friends at Medford and Eugene.
While in Portland Mrs. Watts met a
numb of former Athena people,
among them Mr.. and Mrs. Byron N.