The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-03

will spend the summer with her sister,
Mrs. l. W. Ware. in this city.
Cards from Mr.. and Mrs. L. P.
Wilmot, state that in company with
MIR. and Mrs. ]. A. Lumsden, they are
now en- route home from Long Beach,
Cal.
| The Upidee Club and their friends
enjoyed Vicente roast Tuesday eve
ming, the scene of the picnic being a
greensward on the Wildhorse creek
above town.
Rev. D. Errett made trip to Spo.
kane the first of the week. to secure a
dwelling for himself and Mrs. Errett,
on their removal to that city the first
of next month.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will give pastry sale in the Dell
Bros. store room on Main street to-
morrow afternoon. Public patronage
is respectfully solicited.
Henry Barrett will go down to Port
alnd. today for short visit with his
father, Senator Barrett. His wife.
who has been in Portland the past
week will return with him.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Wilson, in a Tacoma hospital April rs.
The you lg man has been christened
Percy Pershing. in honor of bis soldier
uncle and his illustrious general.
| Special arrangements for an excep-
tionally good program for the Una
tilla County Pioneers Reunion at Wes-
ton, this year are being made. The
Reunion will be held on Friday and
Saturday, June and 8.
Orville Booher, who re-enlisted in
the United States Navy several weeks
ago, has been forced through i'll health
to retire from the service. He receiv-
ed his discharge some days ago at
Mare Island, and is expected to arrive
in Athena shortly.
Mrs. Otis Whiteman and two young.
est children. Jack and wee Betty, were
in the city Sunday visiting relatives.
Mrs. Whiteman came down from their
home near La Cross with Otis, whose
father, H. c. Whiteman. is very SER
| iously i'll at his home in Walla Walla.
Bern Banister went over to Walla
Walla yesterday morning to visit Mrs.
Banister in the hospital there. He
was accompanied by his daughter. Mrs.
Jesse Myrick, and Miss Velva Mans
field. Mrs. Banister is progressing
favorably, after a very serious time
with blood poisoning.
Miss Mary c. Ayres, one of the
women missionaries for the Baptist
work of Oregon, arrived in Athena
Wednesday evening to remain for
few weeks to assist in the work here.
Miss Ayres is quite we'll known here,
as she spent month in the city last
year, during series of meetings held
at the Baptist church.
The annual school closing events are
nearly here. They begin Friday,
May 10, with the High School play.
Sunday, May IL. Rev. Walter Gleiser
will preach the baccalaureate sermon,
and on Friday evening May II the
graduating exercises will take place,
with Rev. j. E. Snyder of Pendleton.
delivering the address.
| Next Thursday evening in the Chris
tian church banquet hall. a benefit
banquet for the Red Gross will be
given by the ladies of that church.
Fifty cents plate will be asked, and
not only will patrons receive their
moneys worth. but they will know
that it is going in cause We all love.
The ladies will serve from $3.50 till
$3.50 o'clock.
A demonstration of Pasha Vey Clean
ing Compound will be made at Steph-
ems q Hassell's store tomorrow. This
IS a peculiarly powerful cleanser for
rugs, carpets, robes, clothing, tapest-
ry, woodwork ranges bath and sham
poo. 1t is absolutely harmless to skin
and textiles and proof of its merits is
that it is used in many homes. Do
not fail to see it demonstrated. ADV.
The ladies of the W. G. T. U. have
postponed their Silver Tea, scheduled
for tomorrow, until later date, to be
announced soon, owing to the numer-
GUS activities in contemplation. These
local Red Cross benefits will soon be
systematized, so that dates will not
clash hereafter. However, it is in
spring to see the growing enthusiasm
and anxiety on all hands, to help in
the good cause.
DR.. Leonard Dell walled sprightlily
past his 80th mile stone Wednesday Of
this week. He celebrated the occasion
by smoking one of "Scrib" Scott's
handmade cigars on the installment
plan. Not, he says, because the weed
was strong (oh, no. but for the reason
that 1t brought to memory the "Shoe-
string" tobacco of his boyhood, did he
take the whole of the day to consume
the cigar.
Mrs, N. ]. Garfield was taken to
Walla Walla Sunday evening, by her
son, Chase Garfield, and Mrs" Scott,
where for several days she has been
in st. Mary's hospital in a very crit
ical condition. At present she is
slightly improved, and hopes are en-
tertained of her recovery. Her three
daughters, son and mother, Mrs. Jack
son Nelson. have been in attends nee
upon her.
Mrs. Dean Dudley entertained few
friends at dinner in her beautiful new
home vest of town, Wednesday even
ing, the occasion being in honor of
Mr.. Dudley'a birthday. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Willaby, Mr.. |
and Mrs. Zeph Lockwood. Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Dean Dudley and daughter, Jes-
sic. A scheme of pink and white Twas
carried ont in the decorations q ynao