Athena Hosts 24th Rebekah District Convention
The 24th annual district convention of Rebekah Lodges No. 19 met in Freewater with officers led by Ethel Meldrum. Athena was chosen as the 1932 meeting site and a banquet at Federated church featured a robe gift to Meldrum and a Pow-wow stunt highlight. Members from Athena and nearby lodges praised hospitality from Freewater hosts.
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Freewater
Rebekah
Umatilla County
Boardman
Ethel L. Meldrum
Milwaukee
Maude Rodgers
Enterprise
Grace Christiansen
Portland
Mamie Hendricks
Pendleton
Etta Sanderson
Washington
Lulu Schwartz
Rose McCrosky
Theresa Dickeson
Waitsburg
Henrietta
Echo
Sterling
Integrity
Jessie Kirk
Mable Richards
Stanfield
Nellie Bean
Ant
Walla Walla
Federated Church
Mary Jones
Freewater Orchestra
Fred Potter
Pauline of
Pendleton and Freewater
Milton
Helix
Athena Mignonette Rebekah Lodge
School Play Second Childhood scheduled for Nov 10 11
The school presents Second Childhood on November 10 and 11 under E F Bloom. Rehearsals show players delivering their parts with commendable results. Cast includes Professor Relyea Sylvia Relyea Mildred Hansell Auntie Marjorie Douglas Philip Stanton General Burbeck Wayne Banister Marcella Burbeck Helen Barrett Sheriff Johnson Leland Jenkins Mrs Vivert Velma Ross Mrs Henderson Goldie Miller Judge Sanderson Lowell Jenkins.
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E. F. Bloom
Professor Relyea
Sylvia Relyea
Mildred Hansell
Auntie
Marjorie Douglas Philip Stanton
General Burbeck
Wayne Banister
Marcella Burbeck
Helen Barrett Sheriff Johnson
Leland Jenkins
Vivert
Velma Ross
Henderson
Goldie Miller
Judge Sanderson
Lowell Jenkins
Athena Bridge Club Hosts Autumn Afternoon Meeting
The W. P. Littlejohn home hosted the Athena ige club with four tables in play. Guests included Mrs. Fred Pinkerton Mrs. Harvey Roseberry and Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton. High score went to Mrs. Justin Harwood with second to Mrs. H. L Watts. Roseberry won a guest prize. Next meeting set for November 6 at Mrs. Lloyd Michener’s home.
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Athena Bridge Club
W. P. Littlejohn
Helix Student Glenn Gardiner Garners Wide Architect Honors
Glenn N. Gardiner of Helix, a University of Oregon architecture graduate, received extensive recognition last week. He earned an apprenticeship in Lloyd Wrights office in Hollywood and saw his article on city planning published in American City magazine. Gardiner will soon start a new position and is invited to speak at the American Institute of City Planners in Los Angeles.
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University of Oregon
Glenn N. Gardiner
Helix
Gardiner
School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Lloyd Wright
Hollywood
Cal
Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
American City Magazine
Stanley L. McMichael
United States
American Institute of City Planners
Los Angeles
Eugene City Planning Commission
Architectural Club
Allied Arts League
Theta Chi
Demon Drove Lad to Slay Trial Told
In Asotin Washington Marie Addington grandmother of Hubert Niccolls testified that the 12 year old killer claimed he was possessed by a demon. She described a family history of insanity while explaining the boy asked to read Joshua before Sheriff Wormell was killed. The jury found the boy guilty of first degree murder and recommended life imprisonment.
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Asotin
Wash
Marie Addington
Hubert Niccolls
John Wormell
Addington
Weston potato show to unfold November six and seven
The annual potato show at Weston is set for Friday and Saturday November six and seven. Officials hope for more and higher quality exhibits including school entries from Helix Weston Mountain and Weston schools. Epworth League will present a comedy at Memorial Hall Friday night and Saturday’s show ends with a dance to benefit the unemployment fund.
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Weston
Helix
Weston Mountain
Epworth League
Memorial Hall
Walla Walla Grain Prices Jump Past Million Mark
Last Saturday grain prices were 20 cents higher than on September 1, yielding an estimated $900,000 gain for valley farmers. By Tuesday prices rose another three cents f o b Walla Walla, lifting the grain’s value to $1,035,000 for the same farmers.
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Walla Walla
F. O. B. Walla
Farmer Brown Plans Pacific Northwest Speaking Tour
Federal farm board field representative Charles S. Brown known as Farmer Brown will tour the Pacific Northwest for two weeks starting November 20. Orris Dorman, regional cooperative North Pacific Grain Growers director of membership relations, announced the itinerary.
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Farmer Brown
Charles S
Farmer) Brown
Federal Farm Board
Spok
Farmers Readiness to Seed After Rain in Athena District
With increased rainfall in the Athena district soil moisture now allows fall sowing of wheat. Farmers plan to begin cultivating and seeding as the ground becomes workable, after previously delaying until spring to avoid drilling into dust.
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Athena
Storing Montana Wheat For Western Milling
The Farmers Grain Elevator company stores 65 000 bushels of Montana hard wheat for Western Milling of Pendleton a Preston Shaffer subsidiary. Wheat arrived in three carload lots and the total is about completed.
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Montana
Farmers Grain Elevator Company
Western Milling Company of
Pendleton
Preston-Shaffer Company
Obituary of Mrs Barbara Willaby at Ontario Oregon
Mrs Barbara Willaby aged 73 died October 26 at her daughter Mrs O M Castleman’s home in Ontario Oregon after more than a year of illness. She is survived by three daughters Mrs Castleman Mrs Stella Kershaw and Mrs Goldie Eagle two granddaughters Miss Erica Kershaw and Miss Barbara Castleman born in Minnesota May 29 1858 she moved to the Willamette valley then Umatilla county later living with her daughters Funeral services conducted by Rev Guy L Drill at the Christian church with a floral tribute and a quartet sang In the Garden Safe in His Sheltering Arms and Goin Home Pallbearers listed and interment in Athena cemetery.
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Barbara Willaby
0. M. Castleman
Ontario
Oregon
Castleman
Stella Kershaw
Goldie Eagle
Vancouver
Washington
Willaby
Frederica
Guy L. Drill
Pendleton
Christian Church
Lloyd Michener
Ralph McEwen
C. M. Eager
George Gerking
Betty Geiss Teen Birthday Party At Home
The Geiss home near Athe na hosted a party last Saturday night celebrating Betty Geiss’s coming of age with Hallowe en games decorations and supper baskets of confections. Guests included Joyce Pinkerton Virginia Eager Melba Montague Teddy Miller Ira Alkire Robert Weber and Tillman Taylor.
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Betty Geiss
Geiss
Athena
Hallowe'en
Joyce Pinkerton
Virginia Eager
Melba Montague
Teddy Miller
Ira Alkire
Robert Weber
Tillman Taylor
Halloween Party At Northrop Home For B Y P U Group
About 25 members and friends of the B Y P U gathered at Rev. C. H. Northrop’s South Third street home for a Halloween party. Guests were met by spooky apparitions and decorations with games and refreshments. Uninvited spirits caused a brief disappearance of the cider, but hosts quickly replaced the drink before supper.
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C. H. Northrop
South Third Street
Etude Club Adopts New Constitution Meets at New Time
The Etude Club met Tuesday night with fifteen members at Mrs. C. M. Eager’s home. A new constitution and bylaws were adopted and meeting time moved to Monday evening. Next meeting set for November 9 at Mrs. E. F. Bloom’s on South Third Street. Mary Cameron and Mrs. Northrop elected to membership after chorus practice.
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Etude Club
C. M. Eager
E. F. Bloom
South Third Street
Misa Mary Cameron
Northrop
Phillip Murtha Injured in Fence Building Accident
Phillip Murtha, also known as Ole Murtha, suffered a serious fall while constructing a fence when a rope on a wire stretcher broke. He tumbled ten feet, was unconscious, crawled to a creek to wash his wounds, and now has neck pain with an X-ray planned to assess the injury.
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Phillip Murtha
Phillip
Ole
Murtha
Mr. Murtha
Demagogues and Democracy Emphasis by University Leader
Arnold Bennett Hall president of the University of Oregon told a Walla Walla high school audience that fiction rather than fact drives public will. He defined demagogues as irrational nonrational figures who seek to sway public decisions.
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Hall
Arnold Bennett Hall
University of Oregon
Walla Walla High School
Apple Week Observance by Union Pacific Trains
In observance of National Apple Week from October 31 to November 6 Union Pacific will serve apples on its 125 dining cars and geese on its 10 000 miles of rail.
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Union Pacific
Belief Workers Plan Food Exchange For Relief Program
E C Rogers and W P Littlejohn led a Pendleton meeting of county relief representatives from Pendleton Athena Milton Freewater Stanfield and Helix to set up a food exchange plan. Milton Freewater will trade apples for flour Athena beans Stanfield potatoes while Pendleton mills grind flour free of charge. A county clearing house will coordinate donations with Rogers Goodman storage ready.
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E. C. Rogers
W. P. Littlejohn
County Committee
Pendleton
Athena
Milton-Freewater
Stanfield
Helix
Lewis
Freewater
Rogers & Goodman
Porey
Western States urged by Utah governor to unite
Utah Governor George H. Dern opened the third annual western governors conference in Portland urging unification to protect western interests. Attending were Governors Clark Wyoming Baltar Nevada and Ross Idaho along with delegates. Dern cited New England unity as a power model and warned against encroachments by federal bureaucracy without a formal western voice.
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George H. Dern
Utah
Portland
Morning Oregonian
Dern
Clark
Wyoming
Baltar
Nevada
Ross
Idaho
New England
Congress
Washington
Wheat price gains lift market mood for growers
Wheat futures rallied with No 1 sacked grain at Athena selling around 50 cents and firming to 52 cents by Tuesday. Chicago reports of France potentially buying 20 million to 50 million bushels pushed futures higher while oversold conditions supported a late rise despite New York market weakness.
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Athena
Chicago
Paris
France
American Farm Board
New York
Shorts
Southwest
To Play One More Game at Athena High Friday
All games except the Weston high school contest at Athena high were canceled for Friday November 13. Injuries left three Athena players on crutches, making it impossible to complete the schedule after a prior 89 to 0 loss to Touchet, whose reserves could not carry through the season.
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Weston High School
Athena High
Athena
Touchet
Dancing Nights Change at The Good Time Club
The Good Time Dancing club shifts dances from Friday to Saturday with the next event set for Saturday November 7. The Athena community shows strong turnout and appreciation for the club’s hospitality and music.
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Athena
Halloween in town as tricks and mischief loom
With Hallowe en near youths prepare for lanterns and costumes while police brace for a night of mischief. The streets darken as pranksters raid outbuildings and move objects to unfamiliar places.
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Hallowe'en
Milton Freewater Apple Show Completes Its Largest Exhibition
The 11th annual Milton Freewater apple show closed Saturday night with the largest exhibits in its history. Fruitvale won first place with 108 points, East Side second with 92 points, and Ferndale State Line Grange third with 85 points. Of eight grower booths R. R. Chapman took first, Asa Demaris second, John Ross third, and W. A. Joy fourth.
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Milton-Freewater
Fruitvale
East Side
Ferndale State Line Grange
R. R. Chapman
Asa Demaris
John Ross
W. A. Joy
Wheat prizes awarded at Portland International Stock Show
Umatilla growers won prizes at the Portland International Stock Show. Ralph Rothrock received a $15 prize for a spring seeded Federation exhibit with a 01.8 per bushel test. Sinder of Pilot Rock earned a $10 prize for a Hybrid exhibit scoring 63.3.
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Portland
Umatilla
Ralph Rothrock
Federation
Snider
Pilot Rock
Pacific Coast Roadside Beauty Conference Set in Portland
Delegates from Northwest states and California will attend a Pacific Coast Garden Clubs conference in Portland to promote roadside beauty and restoration. Speakers include Mrs. Noel Peyton of England, Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, Frank Branch Riley, and Mrs. R D Merrill, with Mrs. Jessie M Honeyman introducing the program.
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Portland
Pacific Coast
Northwest
California
J. 5. Landers
Oregon Federation of Garden Clubs
England
Noel Peyton
Garden Clubs of America
Washington State National Council For Protection of
Jessie M. Honeyman
Eugene
Heppner Town Team Edges Athena Alumni 6-0 in Rainy Gridiron Game
Heppner fought a hard Sunday contest to beat Athena alumni 6 to 0 on a wet field. Harden kicked the ball high, scored the lone touchdown in the first period, and the defenses held as Athena threatened late but fumbled at Heppner’s 5 yard line. The crowd saw a balanced battle with both squads battling weather and mud on Round-Up grounds.
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Heppner Town
Harden
Athena
Hepner
Heppner
Myrick
Huffman
Harden D. Pinkerton
Foster
Hansell
W. Miller
Baker
C. Pambrun
G. Pambrun
Michener
M. Coppock
Crowley
McEwen
J. Moore
Pendleton All Stars
Pendleton
Lester King
Simonton
Moens
Perard
Stroble
Guyll
Finishing 600 Acres Plowed by the Rogers Family
Dudley Rogers completed plowing 600 acres and will seed to wheat next spring. Father and Emery Rogers worked shifts operating a tractor with a 4 bottom gang plow day and night. They returned Sunday evening from a visit with sons near Creston British Columbia. L L Rogers travels with Dudley and holds land in Creston district.
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BE. C. Rogers
Creston
B. C
L. L. Rogers
Dudley Rogers
Dad
Emery Rogers
Bill Welch Recovering After Nervous Breakdown
Bill Welch, ex service man, is confined in the veterans hospital at Walla Walla recovering from a nervous breakdown. He first entered St Marys hospital last week and was later transferred to the veteran s hospital. His condition is reported improving and no return date to his father Fred Welch in Athena has been set.
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Bill Welch
Veteran’s Hospital
Walla Walla
Welch
St. Mary's Hospital
Veteran's Hospital
Fred Welch
Athena
Last Post Member Passes John C Boner 85
John C Boner 85 last survivor of the John F Reynolds post Grand Army of the Republic died at his home in Joseph Wallowa County Sunday. Born in 1846 in Indiana he served throughout the Civil War. Four children survive.
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John C. Boner
John F. Reynolds
Grand Army of the Republic
Joseph
Wallowa County
Incianq
Bears in the hills stir winter worry says Jim Kanina
Jim Kanina, an Indian sub-chief, asks why bears linger in the hills this winter. He reports having hi yu bear meat smoked and stored for winter use as a cautionary note.
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Jim Kanina
Jim
Men who laid out Centerville Athena origin tale
Fred Lockley recalls in the Oregon Journal how Centerville became Athena in Umatilla County. He profiles Darwin A. Richards born 1828 New York who founded Richards stage station and died 1901, and Thomas J. Kirk born 1839 Missouri who helped build Athena, served in the Oregon legislature, and led as Athena mayor.
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Fred Lockley
The
Oregon Journal
Athena
Umatilla
Oregon
Darwin A. Richards
T. J Kirk
Pendleton
Walla
Centerville
New York State
Plains
California
Portland
Dalles
Boise
McKay Creek
Umatilla County
Richards
Missouri
Tennessee
Brownsville
T. J. Kirk
Mr. Kirk
Brownaville
Ann Coyle
More Bucks Brought In By Athena Hunters
Five more bucks were brought into town by Athena hunters at the close of the season. Dick Swift brought a 213 pound dressed mule deer buck near Grange Mountain east of Athena. Fred Pittman and sons Wayne and George brought in their second buck from Bobsled canyon near Gibbon. Millard Kelly and John Stanton had a deer from John Day. A party including Fred Radtke Slim Lang Jim and Armand Bell brought a Snake River brakes buck. Flint Johns and Adam Schwandt each took bucks near Langdon Lake ranger station.
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Athena
Grange Mountain
Dick Swift
Gibbon
Fred
Wayne
George Pittman
George
Millard Kelly
John Stanton
John Day
Fred Radtke
Slim Lang
Jim
Armand Bell
Snake River
Flint Johns
Langdon Lake
Adam Schwandt
Road Petition Seeks Early Work on Local Roads
Arthur Rigby of Bing ham Springs, a business visitor in Athena, reports the Umatilla flood damage repaired at the Springs. He has spent 4000 dollars on materials and labor and presents a road petition for signatures to start Weaton Elgin and Thorn Hollow Bingham Springs road work under the secondary roads act.
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Arthur Rigby
Bingham Springs
Athena
Rigby
Umatilla
Weaton
Elgin
Thorn Hollow
Rain delays apple orchards in Walla Walla area
A quarter inch of rain fell at Walla Walla on Tuesday, dampening orchards and fields. monthly rainfall reached 1.17 inches versus 1.53 inches normal, prompting anxious apple growers who fear fruit damage from wet conditions.
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Walla Walla
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Freewater Royalty
Lad
Continental Oil Company
Athena Press
Conoco
Dr. W. B. Bizzell
University of Oklahoma
John A. Hunter
University of Colorado
Frank L. Martin
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
Kirk
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