Athena Gossip and Travel Spills From Pendleton Trip
Pendleton visitor Gwinn and others travel to Walla Walla and Athena for Easter visits. Residents report dances, church events, and local improvements plus a parade, decorated storefronts, and a large family reunion at the Woodward home with Portland and Spokane connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Kathren Froome
Mise
McDonald
Pendleton
Walaay Tompkins
Whitman
Athena
Pred Livuallén
Portland
Wat
D. H. Mansfield
Elisabeth Mansfield
Athens
Weston
George Myrick
Lyceum
Christian Church
Ralph Parlette
M.E. Ait Society
Worthington
Main Street
Mes
J. A. Kirk
Palsey
Mra. Kirk
Naonal Bank
Ae Bert Ramsay
Pean
Third Street
Ramsay
Oregon
al NorDean
Tha Ramsay
Brookner
George 2 Woodward
J.T. Lieuallen
Mra
Sunday Evening Program at the Christian Church
A Sunday evening program at the Christian Church features readings by Lois Johnson, musical solos by Ellen Heney and Lucille Taylor, a Mothers Heart performance, a boys choir, and a range of soloists led by Mrs. David Stone. The event includes an offertory by the Male Chorus and ends with the base Ball Season Opened report noting a 8 to 1 game win and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rion
Lois Johnson
Helen Shick
Radtke
Harold McLennan
Duoloe Chonan
Dr. Sent
de Solo
Doris Thompson
Ellen Heney
Max Newson
Paul Wacha Misa Yelva Manafield
Lucille Taylor
Kathryn Radtke
Laura Elizath Woodward
Josnette Miller
Class of
Blanch Johnson
Lois McIntyre
Elizabeth Steele
Lone Junior Choir
Miss Maude Sherman
David Stone
Bermonette
Norman McIntyre
Tablewax
Dr W
Scott
Billy Little Misters
McFerrin
Bashaera
Bushwhackers
Lutheea
Roy Walker
The
Millera
Athena High
Milton High
Athens
Wehool
Chick
Sheen
Shick
Athena Boys
Milton
Athena
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23 Years Ago in Athena News a Mix of Local Notes
A collage of notes from the Athena area dated 23 years prior reports Spokane telephone line plans, cheap well digging promises, service resumes for Walla Walla street line, local ranch moves, bridges washed out on McKay Creek, school room changes, a local room proprietor injury, a death in Athena, and political and social snippets including horse show plans for Milton and Adventist remarks. It also notes Milton saloon plans to boost grape wine use and lists Republican primary delegates for North Athena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.N. B. Gerking
Athena
Rigby Ranch
Gerking
McKay Creek
Marion Keys
Miss. Waden
Weston Leader
Milton
Pendleton
G. W. Davis
Christ
North Athena
Elmer Reeder
T. J. Kirk
Victor Shick
W.J. Wilkinson
Low Shaw
Ruth Athens
W.T. Gilman
George J. Froome
Henry Schmitt
Robert Coppock
JH. Hiteman
W. J. Wilkinson
Norse Ancestry and Forest Talks in Orkney Tales
Fragmented reminiscences reveal Orkney Islanders defending Norse lineage and forest views, contrasting Scottish identity with Norse roots. Anecdotes drift from heritage pride to a 1912 incident, a church visit, and a Burns-era tax tale, all shaded by local speech and memory.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gwinn of
Athana
Ing Biolve Rerey
Withends
Walle Walla
Grover’ Haya
Dro
Mr. J. A Bairdsley
Jobo Bell
June Bell
I Walla Walle
Tueaday
Carl Barker
Walla Walla
Ware's Pharmacy
Will Miller
Anaconda
Bootane
Eels
Melville Johns
Jackson Nalton
Wall
Walla
Tuubella Kirk
Halacy
Charles Kirk
Dell Brothers
Daphne Swearingen
Pendilaton
E. C. Goodwin
Mutual Life
Harold Cochran
W. P. Willaby
Aton
Waltuburg
Happy Canyon
Red Cross Treasury
M. J. Walle
Clty
Hia
Kernel Wood
Tra
Daan Dudley
Agee
Barnes
Ernest Boynton
Idaho National Guard
Boise
Ira McDonald
Port Foree
Ee Eer Ance
Ira. Maslin
Mas Jan
Wenatchee
Wash
Foss-Winship Hardware
Sunyay
Pure Food Grocery
Foss-Winship Hardware Company
C. V. B. Cutlery
Athena Garage
BUICK
Parts and Accessories
Goethe
the Press of Musch
Heppoer
Spokane
P. N. Stevens
A. Barrett
Pate King
Athenaib Rooma
Patrick Maxwell
Elinor Root
Orkney
Rcotland
Cwatt
Flett
Southland
Keittoh
Warrington
Ullee de
Thornton
Vaud
Silas
Pheyre
Fisk
Fleischmann Yeast
Abe
FIX & Radtee
Eanlin
Vite
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