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Newspaper

Athena Press

Location

Athena, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1926

Page

3

Easter Cantata Presented by Athena Chorus

The Athena community chorus staged the Easter Cantata The Story of the Resurrection by Carrie B Adams on Sunday night in a well attended service. Soloists included Eva Wells Jennamae Read and C M Exley with a balanced mixed quartet and a notable piano interlude. Credit goes to director Mrs R B McEwen and decorator Mrs B B Richards for the well presented program.

Athena Community Chorus Carrie B. Adaims Max Hopper D. L. Hackett Sontano Eva Wells David Stone Jennamae Read Floyd Pinkerton Arthur Douglas George Gerking C. M. Hager Lorraine Terry C. M. Exley Justin Harwood Lewis Lawrence Pinkerton Fred Kershaw Lois Johnson R. B. McEwen B. B. Richards

Lenore Hosts Old Fashioned Candy Wall at Lew McNair Home

A Tuesday evening gathering at the Lew McNair residence featured Miss Lenore as hostess for an old fashioned candy wall. Guests included Edna DeFresce, Dorothy Geissel, Thena Russell, Ethel Pittman, Phyllis Hodgen, Emma Ringel, Harold Kirk, Oral Michener, Wayne Pittman, Ralph McEwen Jr., Edwin McEwen, and others enjoyed music games and taffy as the event proceeded.

Lew McNair Miss Lenore Edna DeFresce Dorothy Geissel Thena Russell Ethel Pittman Phyllis Hodgen Emma Ringel Harold Kirk Oral Michener Wayne Pittman Ralph McEwen Jr Edwin McEwen

Walla Walla Visitor H A Barrett Spends Monday

H A Barrett visited Walla Walla and spent Monday in the city, engaging with local residents and taking in area sights.

H. A. Barrett

Easter Morning Services Reflect Community Joy in Athena

Smiling skies and singing birds accompanied Easter services across Athena churches. Large congregations at Christian, Baptist, and Methodist congregations heard sermons and music celebrating the Resurrection, with a child friendly program and seasonal flowers enhancing the holiday observance.

Athena David Stone Lois Johnson Jesus

The Freshman Comes to Standard Theatre for Two Nights

Harold Lloyd stars in The Freshman at the Standard Theatre for two nights next Wednesday and Thursday. A second feature, Flashes of the Past, shows ten years of world events from Roosevelt to Lenin. Also scheduled are Kit Carson Over the Great Divide tomorrow, Forty Winks Sunday with Raymond Griffith and Viola Dana.

Harold Lloyd Roosevelt Coolidge Joffre Marne Russia Galicia Belgium Czar Wilson Pershing France Chateau-Thierry Pathe Lenin Pathe News Tomorow Standard Henry B. Wathal Roy Steart Marguerite Snow Kit Carson Raymond Griffith Viola Dana Theodore Roberts Paramount

Sale bill from 1840s Kentucky shows farming shifts

An 1849 sale bill from Woodford County Kentucky outlines a farmer leaving for Oregon Territory. It itemizes personal property including ox teams, milk cows, a gray mare, various farming tools, barrels, whiskey and cider products, and other household goods reflecting frontier agrarian life.

Woodford Kentucky Oregon Territory Buck Ben Tom and Jerry Jerry Wilson Johnson Miller Tan Yard

Northern Pacific unveils finest ever observation cars

Northern Pacific announces ten new steel observation club cars for the North Coast Limited to debut April 1. Designed in the mechanical department, built at Pullman, with French walnut interiors, lounges for women and men, showers, buffet, and a 250 watt night-seeing searchlight atop a spacious platform. Service planned for heavy summer travel between Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and western tourist destinations including Spokane.

North Coast Northern Pacific A. B. Smith Pullman Northern Pacific Mechanical Department Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis Spokane

Slave Auction Notice Near Versailles Kentucky

J L Moss advertises a sale of a rifle, powder horn, household items, livestock, and six enslaved people aged 12 to 60. The note offers cash or credit with 4 percent interest, to be sold together, at his home two miles south of Versailles on the McCouns ferry pike, with provision for refreshments. Sale begins at an early hour with drinks and dining.

Ben Miller Bob McConnell Versailles Kentucky McCouns Ferry Pike M. Penty J. L. Moss

Passionate Pansy Relic Burns in Car Fire at Whitman

Whitman college student Lyle MeIsaacs sparked a car fire while inspecting gasoline in the tank. The car described as Passionate Pansy burned, about ten dollars in damage reported.

Lyle MeIsaacs Whitman College MeIsaacs McIsaacs

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