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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1926
Page
2
The Missionary Society of the Baptist Church will meet at the country home of Mrs. Charles Hetts on Thursday afternoon in November. A large attendance is desired, study hour led by Als. Hadley. Refreshments provided by Mrs. Bollager and Mrs. Anderson. Roll call Missionary Women.
Decorations in orange and black set a Halloween mood as Mrs Lloyd Michener hosted a one o clock luncheon for the bridge club last Friday. Three tables were in play with Mrs Max Happer winning guest prize and Mrs M Sager achieving high score among members.
A season’s social highlight honored Athena’s teachers with a high school reception staged by the Civic club. The artistically decorated room featured Halloween pumpkins bats owls and a large spider in a web. The program included piano duets vocal solos readings and a trio ending with seasonal refreshments.
McKenzie Chapter 6 held a dinner at the Masonic hall with fifty covers arranged in a hollow square. Worthy patron Arthur Coppock presided, Pendleton guests Woodruff and Mrs Woodruff Heine District Deputy, Mrs A A Kimball of Pendleton attended. Following the dinner a regular meeting admitted Mrs Mek Ames by initiation and other matters were discussed.
Vrof d O Tlammer of La Grande organized several music classes for the study of vejee during the quist week. Mr Slammer expects to conduct choms week with clisves and members listed include Mrs Ross Payne Mrs David Stone Mrs Em met Lee and many others.
Mrs Bollinger and Mrs Boyd poured at a table centered by glowing marigolds and a pumpkin. Guests enjoyed brain teaser games and a solo by Mrs D T Stone followed by an impersonation by Barbara Lee.
The November meeting was held Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. H. H. Hill’s home with Mrs. James Potts assisting. Mrs. M. M. Johns led the program, and Mrs. Louis Keen presided. Eighteen ladies attended, with Mrs. Charles Norris as a guest.
Mrs Walter Adams of Walla Walla entertained with a luncheon on Tuesday and a bridge tea on Wednesday. Seven tables were in play. Mrs M J Watts Mrs F S LeGrow and Mrs HW Watts of Athena attended Wednesday. Pink was the color scheme with rosebuds and pink tapers enhancing the decor and iced refreshments.
Miss Helen Eubanks and Verne Dudley married quietly at nine yesterday in Walla Walla with immediate relatives present. The couple plans a ranch home near Dayton after meeting at Spokane and both boast ties to regional universities and fraternities Sigma Kappa and Sigma Nu.
The Junior Endeavor group at the Christian church hosts a Halloween gathering Friday night. Guests enjoyed fortune routes marked by strings and a prize indoor football game, with about sixteen attendees and a satisfying supper to end the event.
About thirty ladies from the Loyal Gleaners and Loyal Herenns classes of the Christian Sunday school hosted a shower for Mrs. Dwight L. Hackell now of Eugene at Mrs. C. M. Eager’s home on Tuesday afternoon. Gifts with verses were given. Mr and Mrs. Hackett formerly served the church here and now reside in Eugene. Refreshments were served with Mrs. F. B. Boyd and Mrs. M. M. Johns handling tea and coffee duties.
Delegates from every state arrive for the eighth annual American Legion convention in Philadelphia. A busy week lies ahead with plans to elect a new national commander and decide whether the 1927 gathering will be held in Paris.
Notice to creditors in the estate of James Potts announces an executrix has qualified and six months to file claims with Stephen A. Lowell Pendleton Oregon. A separate final hearing is set for November 17 1926 in Pendleton Oregon for Levi M Main estate administratrix Rose E Main and attorneys Raley Steiner and Warner.
A domestic guidance piece extols thrift and forethought in meal prep. It urges maintaining an emergency shelf of staples, growing country produce, and offers practical omelet instructions and a salad idea to save meals when groceries are scarce. It emphasizes self sufficiency and simple dishes like salt pork and cream gravy.
An OCR fragment notes tourmaline crystals in a Ramona California mine and the Tala Chief mine near Palo producing lepidolite lithium tablets and colored tourmalines as well as spodumene. The Los Angeles bureau cites these gems among remarkable mines globally. Also mentions a post office bid for 100 armored cabs in Washington.
In 1848 the Antelope ten ton engine built under Superintendent Minot of the Boston and Maine railroad ran 26 miles from Boston to Lawrence in six minutes. Engineer Pemberton drove as Minot threatened to take the throttle himself. telegraphy was not yet in use. A crowd cheered as the engine reached its historic pace, with Minot timing the run at 26 minutes from start to stop.
New London Connecticut hardware dealer Mr. S Gruskin received a letter bearing his own letterhead with a long list of items and an address at 615 Bank Street. The writer in Europe copied the letterhead word for word and believed all words were required for the address.
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