The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-01-17

Miss Kathren Froome writes from
U. Of O.. that she is now comfortably
established at Hendricks Hall. and
commencing her studies :an earnest.
Mr.. and Mrs. W!fs Eesguson are in
Portland this week. EbG, they were
joined by Mrs. Fefgpgsdy 1 daughter.
Mrs. Horace Belknap; " Pfineville.
Milk Prices. .-Beginning February
1st, on acc punt of increased cost Of
feed, we will be compelled to charge
10 lac per quart. and &c per pint for
milk. Cation & Son.
Mrs. Clarence Wright has been Sc
riously i'll with influenza at the home
of John Wright. the past week. With
her husband and children, she is visit
ing here from Alberta.
Noe Elliott. who was taken i'll with
,hf1nenza two weeks ago. and who has
since been in the College Place san
itarium. is recovering and will soon be
able to return to Athena.
Virgil R. Zerba will again assume
management Of Zerba Bros. Athena
garage, which has lately been run un-
der lease by S. L. Lininger. Mr.. Ter
ba will take charge tomorrow
R. A. Thompson, local agent for the
Stephens Salient Six, left Wednesday
night for Spokane to attend the auto
mobile show, at which the full line of
Salient Skies will be demonstrated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker of Walla Walla
were in the city Wednesday. Mr..
Walker was formerly Northern Pacific
,, agent in Athena. He is now repre-,
senting the Union Oil company with
headquarters in Walla Walla.
Friends here of Mrs. N. Ruroker.
have received news from her daughter,
Mrs. Mlchener, that her condition is
about the same. She has been moved
from the hospital to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Michenei. in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Barnes spent
| Monday with relatives in Weston. Mrs.
Barnes has heard from her brother,
Leonard Blomgren, with the medical
corps in France. from whom news had
not been received for about three
months.
Mrs. W. M. Gribble, who has been
visiting her son, R. E. Gribble. here
for the past two weeks. will leave to-
morrow morning for her home in Cal
Eifornia. Wednesday and Thursday OF
this week, Mrs Gribble visited friends
in Milton.
Miss Rena Bergevin returned tc
Bremerton. Wednesday. where she re;
ported after two-weeks furlough
Miss Bergevin is an enlisted Rec
Cross nurse, She leaves her mother
and sister recovering in a hospital ir
Walla Walla, after severe illness
with influenza.
In compliment to her mother, Mrs
E. E. Golf of Newberg. Mrs. RALPH
4 McEwen yesterday afternoon invited I
few friends to her home on north 6tt
street. The afternoon was spent will
needle work. and a two course lunch
con was served at 4:30, nine ladies be
ing present to meet Mrs Golf. wht
leaves for her home in few days.
From the Whitman College Pioneer
4 it is learned that Wesley Tompkins
lately returned from an officers train
! ing camp in the east, where he receiv
ed his commission. has resumed hi
studies at Whitman. The Pioneer says
"Lt. Wesley Tompkins. ex-90, has re
turned to his studies. at Whitman. HI
is member of the Commoners Fra
ternity."
| Word has been received by cabl'
from Lieutenant James Sturgis. by hi
wife, that he will arrive in the Unit
ed States probably by the end of Jan
uary. Since the armistice was signed
| 1t. Sturgis has been appointed as Aii
de Camp to General Walsh, who i
Commander of the Port of Bordeaux
] Prior to that time, since July 9Th, VI