Celebration in Athena July 1 at City Park
At a businessmen meeting in B B Richards office Ralph Hassell was chosen chair. Committees for finance band park baseball works and other duties were formed for a July 1 celebration at City Park with Weston band to provide music. Further arrangements to be made at Monday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Richards
Ralph Hassell
Weston
J. H. Booher
Henry Dell
F. B. Radtke
F. Barewm
Spenkeatta
Park
J. E. Froome
J. W. Ware
W. &. Dobson
LeGrow
Ralph Hasnell
Omar Stephens
Lithejohn Wm
Konaiel ‘Orks
M. L. Watta
Richardae
Lloyd Michener
Deen Power
B. Stesle
Decorticne
W. C. Emel
Jan Pedanta
Cane Foas
Roy McPherein
Athena Ball Grounds to Be Enclosed by Subscription
The Athena ball grounds may be fenced, with Austin Foes and Omar Stephens measuring dimensions for a gate fence. Estimated cost about 270 dollars for a one foot high enclosure, funded by local subscriptions to prevent gatecrashers at games. Enclosure could boost attendance and curb unpaid spectators, while rallying patriotic support and recruiting funds from town treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Foes
Omar Stephens
Bia
Una VOTES FOR ROAD BONDS in Athena special election
Athena approved road bonds by a slim statewide margin with about a quarter of voters turnout locally. Precinct tallies show varied support for measures including water transportation limited indebtedness and public officer election timing, with Athena reporting a 4 418 majority for bonds outside Montaners County.
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Athena
Clatsop
Matianers
Gata
Honda
Thornto
Milton Strawberry Red Cross Day Fest Promises Parade
Milton honors Red Cross with Strawberry Festival on June 12. A grand parade opens at 10 am with prizes for floats bikes and vehicles. Open air events include races military drill first aid field service and a gala guard contest. A big dinner booth and dancing cap the afternoon. A baseball game Milton vs Walla Wie. Also court decision affirmed in Rogers v Maloney over Indian land dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Milton Commarvin
Red Cross
Teed Cross
Guarda
Red Crows
Walla Wie
Milton Preewater
Athena Gave $8 Men For Service War Registration Report
The article notes 98 men in Athena and vicinity aged 21 to 31 registered Tuesday. Precinct tallies read 80 in precinct 10, 89 in precinct 10, 10 in precinct 20. It states nationwide registration proceeded without disorder and Oregon’s draft is expected to affect about 76,000 men with 1,000 from Umatilla County.
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Athena
Portland
Oregon
Umatilla
Adjutant General
Cenauy Bureau
Big Land Sale and Road Repair Reported in County Update
County Judge Marah announces immediate paving of the Ton and the Washington state line, the first under provisional road bonds. The macadam has broken down daily and extensive work is needed before it is usable. A big land sale totals 41008.95 as H C Rovenbury buys from Frank and Manuel in Coombs Canyon. Loren Seward purchases acreage from H L Moody for 448000, with much land currently farmed.
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Ton
Washington State Line
Marah
H. C. Rovenbury
Frank
Manual Rodeo Gla
Coomb’s Canyon
Nye
Loren Seward
Weedans
H. L. Moody
Red Cross Parade Plans and Dance Useful Fire
The Athena Rd Crows auxiliary will be in the Milton Strawberry Red Cross Day parade next Tuesday. A meeting of all lady members is set for Monday at 2:00 pm at the school house to discuss arrangements. The Red Grass society dance Tuesday night drew a large crowd and $46.50 for the Red Cross fund. Johnson's orchestra played for nearly free and new members Mrs Myra Reeder and Alvan Jobinson joined. Work at the school house continues Wednesday afternoon.
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Athena Rd Crows
Milton
Mra
Ehaleioan
Red Grass Society
Johnson
Waitry
Red Crosse Fund
Myra Reeder
Alvan Jobinson
Unui
Registration Day Dilemma in Eugene Transient Man Registered
During Eugene Registration Day a nervous issue arose over how to treat a man without a permanent home. Peter New York, 35, a rancher by trade but currently unemployed, registered after claiming to have slept in a boxcar between Roseburg and another location. He said he’d traveled for years with no relatives, and was marked transient on his card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Peter New York
Fiid
Roseburg
Red Cross drives in Umatilla County and local marriage report
A Umatilla County drive to raise ten thousand dollars for the American Red Cross was announced during a Pendleton return from Portland. Plans for funding national goals were discussed, with county committees and captains directing varied teams. In Athena, Mr Bhick Boober and Miss Gertrude Booher wed at the M E Church South parsonage in Walla Walla. The couple plan to reside in Athena as friends extend best wishes. Cold weather and recent snowfall raise fears for local growers and newborn welfare amid unsettled conditions.
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Umatilla Coumu
American Red Cross Society
Pendleton
Portland
Port
Tunid
Penral
Bhick Boober
John Shick
Gertrude Booher
M. E. Church
South
Howard
Walla Walla
Bhick
Athena
Athene
Athenaites and Umatilla rally for Liberty Loan drive
Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan are pushed across Umatilla and eastern Oregon with Athena proceeds aiming to boost countywide participation. The First National Bank of Athena backs 1000000 in bonds, encouraging local patrons and others to invest. Oregon totals near 3.5 million with a Portland campaign team including Freeman Chapman Cloutier and Woodruff boosting the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla
Liberty Loan
Athenaia
National Bank of Athena
Athena
Oregon
Dragon
Portland
Frank A. Freeman
Lumberman’s Trust Company
C. C. Chapman
Oregon J
Pendleton Officials Extend Terms After Special Election
The court or political body indicates Mayor Hest and four councilmen will remain in office until the next general election, about a year away, following a law approved by voters in a special election. It outlines county and city election precinct boundaries and registration practices to align with county clerks and avoid duplicate registries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton Assumo
Hest
East Oregonian
Bone Dry Referendum Petitions in Washington State
A Seattle petition drive led by E M Williams collected 4 120 signatures to referendum the bone dry law passed by the 1017 legislature. The measure, set to take effect at midnight between June 4 and 7, would auto extend the current permit system in place since January 4, 1018, with possible further changes after Congress Reed amendment expected July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Williams
Seattle
Washington
Congres
Death of China Joe Pioneer Sparks Alaska Memory
China Joe, lifelong Juneau resident and Alaska pioneer, died May 14 in his shop basement where he ran a bakery and garden. He arrived in the 1880s after a career as a Sitka baker and a miner in the Yukon country. An exception to Alaska’s early removal of Chinese workers, his aid to elderly prospectors was noted. He was 68, a charter Alaska Pioneers' Association member and Juneau Igloo camp member. Also reported is the wedding of Mrs. Jaule Wootruff of Juneau to Me John Riley of Two Rivers, Washington, on June 7 in Walla Walla, with the bride known locally and the groom a Two Rivers dairyman.
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China Jou
Juneau
Alrike
Hivtelet
Ted
Sitka
Cansiar
Alaska
China Joe
Alaska Pioneers’ Association
Juneat
Jaule Wootruff
John Riley
Two Rivers, Wash
Walla Wal
Thin City
Two Rivera
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Una
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