The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-03-19

"OVER THE HILL"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

a daughter was born Monday q
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thompson a,
st. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton
Mrs. F. S. LeGrow left Tuesday for
visit with her mother. Mrs. Sarah
Bowles, and sister, Miss Laura, in
Seattle.
The ditch for the new pipe line on
the west side OF Third street south
TO Current street has been finished
and the pipe viii De placed in a few
days. ..
Mrs. Minnie De Peatt arrived home
, Tuesday from Kalispel, where she
spent the winter with her daughter.
For the past ten days she has been
a guest Of Mrs. Ella Brotherton near
Prescott.
Marvin Long, who has been sales
man in the Athena Department
store, has gone to Kendriek, Idaho.
His father recently purchased a store
there, in which Marvin will assist as
manager.
Mrs. G.. Kopriva has returned
from the Deaconess hospital in Spok-
ane, where she submitted to a surgi-
cal operation for varicose veins.
She will be confined to her home for
some time, but hopes for permanent
relief.
Miss Mason, county librarian, has
notified the local library board that
a visit will be made here in the near
future by Miss Marvin, the state IL
brarian, and herself. The state IL
brarian has just returned from an Of
fetal visit to Chicago.
Mrs. Jerry Stone arrived last week
from the home of her son Clifford,
near Pullman, and will spend the
summer here first visiting her,
brother, Virgil Perringer, at Belling-
ham, Wash. This week she spent
with Mrs. George Perringer at Pen
dleton.
Pendleton papers report the mar
riage in that city Sunday, of Miss
Winnie Boylen to Mr.. Henry j.
Childs, at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Boylen.
The bride is well and favorably known
in Athena, where she has a large
circle of friends.
Grandma Price, who arrived last
week from Halsey to visit at the
home of her grandson, NJ. w. Han
sell, has taken relapse after having
had the influenza some time ago and
has been very i'll the past yeek.
The services of Mrs. Daisy Stanton
have been secured as practical nurse,
and the patient is improving.
Frank Rogers fraternized with
Athena friends Wednesday. Pendle-
ton papers to the contrary notwith-
standing, Frank still claims the coun-
ty seat as his place of residence, and
this well-known old timer expresses
some qualification at the announce
ment in a recent paragraph that he
is still brother of his brother, L. L.
ortis D. Harris, a young and sue
cessful minister well known here,
having resided in Athena in his boy
hood, has been retained by the Chris
tian church at Milton as pastor to
succeed Rev. Ross, who has resigned.
The Milton church comprises sever
al hundred members. Rev. Harris
and wife, formerly Miss Zelma De
Peatt, with their two children will
move from Kalispell, Mont, his
present pastorate to take charge of
the>Milton church about May Is.
A near accident occurred at the
Main street crossing of the 0-W.
Friday evening. when car driven
by the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Gerking skidded into the
Spokane passenger train which was
at hesitation. 1t was raining at the
time and the street was slippery, so
that when the brakes were applied ,
the car slid and skidded into the
train. No injury resulted to the oc-
of the car. The front of the /.
was wrecked to some ex-
tent.
Miss Opal Whitley, whose child a
diary in the Atlantic Monthly has c
caused such furor in the literary
world, visited Athena two years ago. J
She came to this city in the inter 4