The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-29

With favorable weather, John Wal
ter has 100 acres to pillow for Henry
Dell. with his tractor Should the wea-
ther remain open, the field will be
seeded to grain.
With the lifting Of the quarantine.
the Red Cross activities will be re-
sumed next week. 1t is expected that
the long deferred election of officers
and will be held. =. ;s, S,
Mr.. N. Buroker, who recently re-
turned from Portland, reports his wife
as slightly improved. She Is still at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy
Burke, in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Mcpherson were
guests Sunday of F. G. Kennedy, at
P endleton. The turkey that Bill won
the first time up shows he has not lost
the art as a marksman.
Stuart Pratt, son of the local Meth
odist pastor. who is navy boy study
ing in the s.. At. G. in Pu llman.
Wash, has been victim of the "fiu"
but is rapidly recovering.
No new cases have developed in
Athena Of the flu, and accordingly
school will be opened on next Monday.
Religious services have been announc-
ed at the churches for Sunday.
.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fell and Miss
Lille Ware of Pendleton, and Mr..
and Mrs. Homer I. Watts were enter
tained at Thanksgiving dinner at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. l. W. Ware.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Foss, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. A. Reeder and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Gholson partook
of Thanksgiving dinner at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Taylor, on
Cold Spring.
Athena friends last week received
announcement of ths marriage Of Mrs.
Jessie Koontz. formerly of this city,
to Mr.. Scott Lyons, of Portland. on
November II. They will spend the
winter in California.
NThe Clemons chup mill. recently pur-
Ghased, by B. B. Richards, will be
hoved to the site of Mr.. Richards
present mill. Mr.. Groom of Milton
| was ip the city Tuesday to secure the
contract for moving the building.
Having disposed of Wares Phar-
macy, it is necessary / that close up
all outstanding accounts at once. Those
knowing themselves to be indebted tc
me will please cali and settle not later
than December /. ]. W. Ware.
Saturday evening at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. W. Hansell near
town, a splendid birthday dinner was
served in honor of the fifth birthday
of their Ii tie son. Stafford. Mr.. ant
Mrs. f. B. Boyd were guests of honor.
Letters from a number of Athens
soldier boys arrived this week from
overseas. Monday the French line
Rochambeau brought into New Yorl
4.500, 900 letters, the largest consign
ment of soldier mail yet to arrive Oh
any one steamer from "over there. n
| Monday being the anniversary o
the day on which B. B. Richards frs
saw the light of day. the occasion wa
celebrated by his wife with sump
tuous turkey dinner. Guests invite
were. Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mr.
| and Mrs. Boyd and Miss Pearl Nc
Naughton, of Yakima, who was
house guest.
IHA touch of winter has been exper
fenced this week. Freezing temper
ature has been the nightly program
and Tuesday afternoon the first snow
| fall of the season was recorded, al
though "skift" of the beautiful
adorned the lower foothills Sunday
Fall sown grain is in excellent con
dition to withstand winter weather. ?
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Dickson will
soon take up their residence inAthena
expecting to make this their home
Mr.. Dickson. who has been farming
| in the Dixie country. beyond Walli
Walla, and later was in the real estat'
business. will farm a tract of lam
below town belonging to Mrs. jackson
Nelson. Mrs. Dickson is daughte
| of Mrs. Nelson.
| A letter from Mr.. and Mrs. L. P
Wilmot says they have at last arrivet
at their destination, at Long Beach
California, after visiting variou
relatives and friends en- route. "Un
| Gle Lew" writes Enthusiastically ant
most Interestingly in detail of thei
/ trip overland. and says owing to III
lateness of their start, they encoun
tered some bad stretches of road. The.
desire their copy of the Press, wit
back numbers, sent to their address
No GAS. Pine st. Apt. !, Long Beach.
Rev. W. E. Armfield. of Spokane
was visitor in Athena over Sunday
guest at the home of Robt. Coppock
He is field agent of the Columbia Riv
er Conference of the Methodist churc
now raising $500. 900 in the bounds 0
the conference for the superannuat
ministers. He is meeting with sue
cess, getting several large subscrir
tions locally among his friends for tina
cause. He reports that at last account
his three SONS, though all have bee
on the firing line in France, none q