Athena Echoes of Holiday Visitors and Local News
Athena residents and visitors are noted in a long list of Christmas and New Year exchanges. Individuals from Pendleton Walla Walla and Portland visit relatives, attend events, or return home. Local business and school figures, including Koepke and Willaby families, are mentioned alongside travel, gifts, and community reminders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gari Cheritian
J ‘Adame
Bert
Walla Walle
Verne Thulley
Portland
Stes
Hugh MclIntyre
Athena
Oreg
Leonard
Clyde Willaby
Condon
Minnie Willaby
Voht I. Montague
Aviation
Vancouver
Local Notes From Baker and College Streets
Long or Baker area chatter includes plans for J M Swaggert and party visiting Long Beach California to spend the winter before settling on a stock farm near Baker. A 15th birthday celebration for Harry Martin drew about twenty high school friends, while a morning sleet storm warned against auto travel. A Weston car rollover left three riders unharmed. Dr J A Baddeley suffered a serious kick injury from a horse. four ribs were fractured but he recovered at home. Christmas efforts showed generous giving across churches, with children joining in, and local carols in Athena. Messages from Camp Merritt to soldiers including Hally Pisrsol at Newport News, Va, described duties with Battery D and the 68th Artillery Brigade. letters will reach them via Camp Merritt and Newport News addresses. The A B F letters will not follow us after departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Swaggert
Will Jones
Janary
Long Beach
California
Baker
Harry Martin
Hhs
College
Orb Street
Rufe Brown
Weston
A. Barnes
J. A. Baddeley
Sharp
Haddsley
Athena
Frese
George Winabip
Sam Stare
Ed Sebeaky
Camp Merritt
Hally Pisrsol
Newport News
Hally
Haroes
6Th Provisional Casualty Co
Camp Hill
Wang
144Th B.A. 68Th Artillery Brigade
Merritt
Jetters
Aids
Marriages, holidays, and local notes from Athena area
Old Athena column notes marriages between David P Read and Martha J Key of Weston on Monday and Frank H Richmond and Jenne J Gross of Helix on Wednesday. Holiday scenes, school reports, staffing worries, and local crime talk mix with praise for teachers and hints of county developments in Umatilla County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David P. Read
Martha J. Key
Weston
Frank H. Richmond
Jenne J. Gross
Helix
Penillaton
Ft. Hall Reservation
December 1917 School Notes list punctual pupils across grades
School notes show pupils with perfect attendance and punctuality for December 1917 across 2nd, Hed, and 4th grades. Names include Bell of Honor, Areth Kirk, Harold Kirk, Emma Wingel, Lois Smith, Elizabeth Steele, Muriel Carden, Alice Huffinae, Ray Huffman, Merl Dicken son, Wilford Miller, and others, indicating widespread compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell of Honor
Chester Duggar
Hollis Dennin
Areth Kirk
Harold Kirk
Ralph Keller
Oral Michener
Emma Wingel
Theodore Soden
Thelema Schrimpt
Lois Smith
Elizabeth Steele
Ralph Carstens
Geneva
Mary Berlin
Lephn
Cox Heatrice Dickanton
Dorothy Gelesel
Helen Hansell
Wands Holt
Edna Morrison
Edgar Morrison
George Pambrun
Athena Rowell
Jemaine Red
Athlees Radtke
Doris Schurt
Hed Grade
Melvin Coppock
Ray de Freee
Banu Lowis
Donald Haynie
Lois Johnson
Lofone Schubert
Lucille Smith
Clifford Wood
Ronald Lieuallen
Muriel Carden
Cheater “Ox
William Coppack
Merl Dickenson
Alice Huffinae
Ray Huffman
Veo. Miller
Wilford Miller
Dear F .Xerton
Ital Schubert
Arthur Tay
fragmentary 1917 school roster and attendance report
A partial 1917 monthly report from Huth School shows 8th graders and freshmen with many names listed in grade rosters. Attendance data for December 24 1917 compares pupil counts new registrations days absent tardy and average daily attendance with totals for the year and notes Supt Rossel signed the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welton Read
James Elmo Ruswall
Dalberth Taylor
Ruth Williams
Reave Betts
Nerd Frisco
Myrtle Downing
Ethel Selsech
Bessie Martin
Gertrude Martin
Mildred Mathers
Vernon Miller
Elsa Ringel
Leve Kilgore
Ith Pende
Dalbert Read
John Pinkerton
Eddie Evans
Frank Williams
Mildred Stanton
Audra Winship
Velma McAlexander
Eva Carsten
Sacha Pambrun
Carrie DeFretce
Martha Hutt
Winifred Klein
Arets Littejohn
Harry Martin
James Martin
Helen Russell
Velma’ Schubert
Fay Zorbe
Fravers Williams
Sonnvie
Kathren Froome
Zola Koon
Henry Koupke
Angie Pambrun
Eilen Pombron
Connie Baker
Ralph Baynes
Dave
Rossel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pera
Port- Ind
Wrente Tharp
Pandleton High High School
Daston Wash
Chas, Vaughan
Pandleton
Huggins
Mrs. Holt
Ernest. Holt
Dayton
Wash
Glen Bates
Ware's
le Iitut Bie
Pendleton
Tonmlitia
Oharen
Mim Hazel Duncan
Weaton
Mra. A. Barnes
Mamie
Boyd
Minnie Mitchell
Walla Walla
Apont
Chefatisan
Mim
Frad
Murses
Gladys McLeod
Mamle
Ruth Rothrock
U. of
LeGrow
Grover Bowles
Felitivea
Walla Wall
LePets-Whiterman
Jv. B. Richards
Down
LaCross
Mr. Adora
M. L. Akere
Children of
A. L. Swaggart
North
de. Sponogle
Mex
Wm. MeBride
Grota McIntyre
Zorba
Forest Grove
Frank Tharp
Nyna
Prod Collins
Dora Bennett
N. J. Garfield
Ethel Scott
Foster
Wall’ Walla
D. H. Mansfield
Maude
Velvia
Laney
Ruth
Lewis Stewart
Willamette University
Salem
Christman
Evleaman
Fix
Kanne
Ser
Geo
Winship
Dudley
Ralph Staggs
Westor
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co
2Nill
Arnold Koepke
Dr. Koopke
Watsonville
Calif
Watts
Henry Schenobly
Ellensburg
Wanh
Koepke
Charles Pinkerton
City
J. 8
Henry
Athens
Pinkerton
D. Scott Fisher
Allitor
Moore Montana
Zeph Lockwood
Dean Dudley
Denna
Dean Willaby
Red Crows
A. H. Hill
Ocal
Red Cross
Remice
Rey
Hon Bean
Koepkes
Hetts
Ilneaa
Tierbert Wealer
Pasco
Ms Wealer
Doom
J. C
Japan
Albers
S&h
Firegram
U.S
Athena Garage
BUICK
Maxwell
Parts and Accessories
Cory
Oaupoama
Perfection
FOSS
Winship Nardware
Umatilla
M. E. Parson
Henry Keen
Mim Stella Holcomb
McKinley
Mine Melotoah
Frank Fletcher
James Ashworth
Mat Isley
Basket Mountain
Fletcher
Pennoyer
Charles Petrie
Ashworth
U. W
Athena, Ore
American National Bank
Carls
J. M. Childers
Suggestive Therapeutics
J.C. Baddeley
LaBrasche Ranch Athena
Croup & Lash
Walle Walla
Third National Bank
B. W. Croup
Leah
al A
FISK
Oregon
Devereaux
Comrans
the Parker Barber Shop
A. J. Parker
St. Nichols Hotel
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