The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-01-18

John Benson was in Walla Walla
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Stages spent
Sunday in Milton.
Mrs. Ralph Hassell is enjoying a
visit from her mother, Mrs. Dutton. of
Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Burr of Baker.
have been visiting Mrs. Burr's sister,
Mrs. Louis Bergevin.
Ray Shick went over to Walla Walla
Sunday, to enlist in the Marines. Be-
ing under age. his mother gave her
consent.
Strayed or Stolen. One three-year-
old flly. bay, branded P on left stifie.
Reward. Peter Weidert, Walla Wal
la, Wash. At
| Mrs. A. w. King. has returned to
her home in Seattle, after visit
here with her parents, Rev. and Mrs
D. E. Baker.
/ Dean Dudley has just completed re-
frhude1ing his farm house west of town,
Md<now has modern home, complete
in every feature.
Frank Quinlevan, First Class Fire
man in the U. S. Navy, who has been
lin hospital for some time, is reported
as not improving.
Miss Lille Ware came up from Pen.
dleton Sunday. where she is employed
in the First National Bank, and spent
the day with friends.
Members of Mackenzie Chapter,
o: E. S., are notified that special
election will be held at the next reg
ular meeting for filling vacant office
By order of the W. M.
Letters from A. H. Mcintyre ant
family. Mrs. Anna Mcintyre ane
daughters, Laura and Belle. state the!
are nicely located at Long Beach, Cal.
and enjoying the balmy weather.
70 the Farmers. Bring your har
ness and have them repaired and oile'
early. An early Spring is predicted
! and we can't do it all in the Spring
Finst here, first served. A. B. Steele
Rev. Geo. T. Klein and family bav
moved to Walla Walla, where Mrs
Klein will serve as pastor of the Ere
Methodist church, Rev. Klein still
4 holding his pastorate here and on Yves
I top Mountain.
H. MRS. W. X. Wall is recovering fror
/ dsevere fail, which she had some tim
4 Ago, when starting down the celia
steps. She sustained several bad bruis
/ es, and has been confined to her hom
for a week or more.
u Mrs. David Stone and Mrs. Clau
4 Wallan were called to Portland Tue'
E day evening of this week, to atten
Z their sister, Mrs. Wood, who sustaine
/ an operation for relief from an acut
4 attack of appendicitis.
nj Mrs. Lloyd W. Smith spent Saturda
j night with her mother, Mrs. DePeat
/ in this city, en- route from Pendleto
1 to Kalispell, Mont, where she WI
\ visit her sister, Mrs. Ortis Harris, wi
4 is i'll at her home there.
81 Mrs. W, C. Emmel entertained
dinner Monday evening, in honor
the birthday anniversary of Miss Ma
garet Lawson, teacher in the Ather
schools. Games we're the feature
entertainment after dinner.
Mrs. S. f. Sharp went over to &c
lege Place the first of the week,
visit her daughter Alta, who is in t
hospital there. Miss Alta is not pr
crossing very satisfactorily. and b
been quite i'll the past week.
Manager Alderman has closed t
Peoples Theater for an indefinite til
owing to lack of patronage. lncreas
cost in operation of pictures is Civ
as one reason for closing, the patrc
age not justifying the increased cost
films.
The big tank for gasoline stora
purposes at R. A. Thompson's vulcs
izing and automobile accessory ests
lishment will soon be in place, on
rival of the pump equipment. He "
then be prepared to furnish gasoll
to automobile owners, making 81
cialty of prompt service.
-Fire started from an unknown eau
destroyed the automobile and gars
Of Dave Stone, Saturday evening abb
8 O'Clock, I Mr.. and Mrs. Stone
been driVing. the car about an hour
fore, and believe it to have star
from overheatng. The car was a
) one. and no insurance was held.
The Knights of Columbus will bel
a drive next week for funds to fina
the organization war endeavors.
work outlined is along similar Ii
pursued by the Y. M. G. A., and
fact that IS per cent of the soldiers
| the Army are estimated to be OF
Catholic faith, gives inspiration to
work under way.
:. Rex Barnett, rising young inver
of Portland, and former Athena
has enlisted in the Aviation corps
zone to San Antonio, Texas, for tr
ing, so it is reported. Rex leaves
wife and little son in Portland. II
also reported that Mr.. Barnett has
come quite motel a lecturer on Tn
ophy, in society there.
Bert Ramsey has returned from
berta, where he spent the fall and
part of the winter, harvesting. HI
ports a variety oI grain grades
past year, some of the wheat b
badly frost bitten before maturity
though some good wheat was raj
The poorest quality brought the fl
ers 1850 per bushel.