The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1921-04-01
BREVIIES

About thlrty-tive relatives assembled
TO participate In the festivities,
Among those who mo,orcd from
Weston for the event were: Ralph
Tucker and family, +, +. Tucker and
family, the Sidney fuckers and MIR,
and Mrs. o. II. McPherrin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray o'harra had
the misfortune Wednesday to lose
their first.bom child, boy, who
lived only few hours after birth.
Mrs. Fanny Mcbride has been un'
der the doctors care the past week,
suffering from pleurisy.
Mrs. Lillian Frcdericks motored to
Pendleton Wednesday to attend u
luncheon given by Mrs. {, c. White
man and Mrs. Norborne Berkeley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Lundell gave
a group Of friends hospitablc wei
come at their home on North Water
street, last Wednesday evening.
Cards, needlework and conversation
provided pleasant entertainment and
the serving Of refreshments rounded
out an enjoyable social event. Those
present werc; Mr.. and Mrs. L. i.
o'Harra. Mr.. and Mrs. olin Nc
Pherrin, Mr.. and Mrs, Ray o'Harra,
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Stages, Mr.,
and Mrs. Leon Lundell; Misses Ruby
Price, Wavel o'Harra, Doris Barnes,
Ethel Isaacson, Lurline Brown, and
Mr.. Lyle Webb.
Joe Key is re-seeding portions Of
his wheat field east of town which
were badly washed by heavy winter
rains.
The graceful tree-swallows ar
rived March Is and are busy inves-
tigating bird houses and openings in
gables or caves for attractive sum-
mer homes. The birds left July 20
of last year being the first species to
migrate from this locality.
Mrs. William Driskell is quite i'll
at the family home with a severe at
attack of liver trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Williams, Miss
Esther and Gail Williams were
guests for supper Easter Sunday at
the home Of DR.. and Mrs. F. ID.
Watts in Athena, and later attended
the sacred concert given in the
Christian church.
]. r. English is now on duty in the
U. S. Surveyor Generals Office at
San Francisco, having come in from I
the sunburnt south to the city's
bright lights" He expects to be back !
in Weston for a visit at pioneer !
picnic time. 4
Weston has gained citizen in I.
j. James, who comes with his family a
from Freewater and viii occupy the c
G. G.. Ellis residence on north Frank h
lin street. Mr.. James will raise c
spuds on summer fallow belonging c
to j. II. Key.
D. W. Green, leading farmer and 0
spud grower Of Sunnyside, Wash, ,
was in Weston this week, comforting n
with W. L. Rayborn. His visit re- is
suited in the purchase from MIR.
Rayborn Of two carloads Of Weston $
mountain seed potatoes for shipment h
to the Yakima district, at $35 per p
ton I. o. b. Weston. Mr.. Green has
bought Mr.. Rayborn's potato crop eI
annually for several years. u
Residents of Normal Heights are m
planning a big improvement in the
way of concrete walks. II is pro- SC
posed to start in at the S. A. Barnes al
corner down town and build the walk II
east to the J. NJ. Ashworth corner, 81
thence south on both sides of the sc
street to the end of the addition. In al
all about ten thousand feet of walk
will be constructed, aside from yard
walks at a number of homes. The
will add greatly to the u
appearance Of an attractive part Of !"
the city. ~
A jolly company of young people hd
assembled in the NJ. E. Church par 9u
lors Monday evening and spent few WI
hours of beguiling entertainment with 81
music and games. During the clos
ng hour an appetizing lunch was "a
ierved. Those present included: ~
Misses Ruth jackson, Minnie Chaplin, %,
Bertha Starmer, Charlotte Hass, Z
Blanche Thorsen, Pearl Davis, Clara ch
;tarmer, Helen Rayborn, Nina Price, en-
Pauline Rayborn; Messrs. Harold -
'hinney, Anson Payne, Leonard Bull u@
inch, Glenn Stages, Leonard Snider, -,
Miller Rayborn, Wyatt Starncr, W
Walter Rayborn, Theodore Walden, ie
loscoc Beamer, Fred DuPuis. Mrs. ~
!. W. Achilles chaperoned the gath an
ring. h
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. McNee and GU
aughter Marie Josephine, having mS
prminated visit of several months pa
nth Weston relatives, left Thursday
forming for Spokane, where they
Ian to locate. s
Mrs Ennarv Ctappg entertained a age