The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-06-09
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made through the back door Mond ~
night and small amount Of fishing
tackle is all that was taken, SO far
as the owner ha, been able to ois-
cover. Thieving on a small scale | as
been prevalent in Athena for some
time.
w. 0. Read has taken the manage
ment of the Farmers Grain Elevator
for the company, in Athena. Mr..
Read, who is wail known and high
ly respected citizen of this community
where he is engaged in farming, is
now in charge Of the affairs Of The
company.
Mrs. Lillian d. Dobson closed her
school at Waterman today, and will
spend six weeks at the summer school
to be held in Pendleton. Afterward,
Mrs. Dobson may visit in the middle
west She will teach in the Water
man school again next year.
Mrs. Louis Keen is enjoying .lsit
from her sister, Miss Bertha Nor
dock, who has been principal of the
high school at Richfield, Idaho, for
the past three years. Miss Mur.lock
will spend part Of the summer va
cation at Grand Rapids, Michigan,
with relatives.
w. R. Thompson. Of Thompson's
Garage has taken the For agency
for Athena. The first shipment of
parts have been received. Mr.. Thonp-
son is now in a position to serve
Ford owners on short notice. Ford
cars, trucks and Fordson tractors
will be handled.
Miss Vera Grant, former high
school teacher but now teacher in
the schools at Bend. will be week
end guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. l. Watts
and other friends in Athena. She
has spent the past week with PEN
dleton friends and is en- route to her
home in Portland
The marriage Of Neil Lieuallan to
Miss Claire Mcdonald. is announced,
having taken place at The Dalles,
Wednesday. The bride is the sister
of Mrs. Richard Thompson of this
city and the groom, well known
young farmer and son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lieuallen of Athena.
Mrs. Sarah Bowles and Miss Laura
Bowles of Seattle. will arrive p*xt
week for a visit at the LeGrow home
in this city. Miss Bowles is libra cian
of one of the Seattle libraries. The
two ladies are at present visiting
Grover Bowles at the LeGrow stock
ranch near Phiiipsburg, Montana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller have re-
ceived news of the death of their neice
Mrs. Frank Cain. at Briena, Wash,
from tuberculosis. Mrs. Cain was
formerly Esther Miller, and was a
student in the Athena school, while
residing with her uncle and aunt
here. She died on the 23rd of May.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gerking and
daughter, Blanche, accompanied by
Mrs. McPhcrrin, left Monday morning
by automobile for Spokane where trey
will visit friends and attend the COM
mencement exercises of Spokane
Christian University. Miss Lillian
Gerking vino is student, will &C.
company them home.
The ladies' of the W. C. T. u. re-
port SOS received from the tag sale
held last Saturday afternoon, and de-
sire to thank the public for its gen
erous response, as well as the ladies
and girls assisting in the sale. The
W. c. T. U. will hold the next meet
ing at the home OF Mrs. N. Despc. on
Wednesday of nex+ week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Koepke and
daughter Dore thy will leave Los An
geles tomorrow by way of Panama
Canal for New YORK, where they will
embark for Southampton, Engls nd.
Later they will go to Germany, Swift
zerland and Southern France to visit
relatives, returning to their home at
Glendale, California, in October.
The irrepressible Jim Richie. sor-
mer resident of the Weston neighDor-
hood, where for many years he ranked
high as a successful farmer, arrived
In Athena Wednesday from his tame
in Cornelius. Mr.. Richie is afflicted
with asthma, and returns to his old
home county with the hope that the
climatic change will prove beneficial.
Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson,
Merle and Miss Maxine, left carly
Sunday morning for Portland, and
will visit other points in the valley
before returning. They drove down in
their car and will bring home Miss
Doris Thompson. who is student at
st. Helen's Hall in Portland. They
will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Roby
at Salem, in their new home there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gross, Charlotte
Gross, Phyllis Dickinson, George
Gross. Gland Dicka,,son Gail AnJcr