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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
4
Weston and Athena residents frequent towns like Athena Portland Pendleton and Walla Walla for visits shopping and business. Notable items: Whitman beat Montana 13 0 at Ankeny Field. several local residents travel for work or medical care. church and club gatherings set for December 16 including a chicken dinner and apron project. family news includes a new baby born November 25 1922.
The article notes a school basket social Friday raised fifty nine dollars toward a piano fund for the school with contributions from Misses Alice and Margaret Neeley and Miss Blanche Wilson, along with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wilson. Thanksgiving visitors include Mr. and Mrs. J. Duncan and Ernest at the Betts home, and Mr. and Mrs. Hadley and Miss Morgan. Alfred Pambrun and spouse visited Walla Walla Friday.
26 years ago winter shows its grip with deep snow and cold. Deputy Sheriff Kimberli visits town Monday while Jabex Cresswell, Oregon pioneer, dies in Pendleton. Jay Saling moves to Athena occupying the Post house as sleighing captivates youth. Chas Stansell spends Thanksgiving in Athena with relatives. Charlie works in Pendleton. Snow in Walla Walla November reaches 5% inches, a record since 1886. The Ladies Reading Circle met at Mrs. J W Smith’s, Mrs. Lake France hosting. M A Baker of Weston owns a self registering thermometer. Temperatures dip to minus 7. Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Johnson dies, burial at Athena cemetery. Weston Leader boasts four hogs weighing 1112 pounds. Johnny Froome of Athena tops with 1140 pounds total. Tom Montgomery leaves Helix for Portland to attend business college. William Roberts and William Hale of Stage Gulch report slaughtering wild geese by Pendleton paper, claiming a dramatic tale of rolling down a hill into geese and recovering 26. Hale’s tale adds a fishnet saga with 125 geese.
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