The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-21

| who had spent the summer at the home of Mir. and Mrs. E. C. Roberts on Fourth street, left for her home Thursday afternoon.
 Walter Holiday, whose parents live on the farm adjoining the pe- gram home in east Mena, left Fri day afternoon for Texarkana, where he expects to enlist in the navy.
 Sam G. Gray and daughter, Mrs. |. T. Hall, who had spent the past week in Mena at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Thomas, returned to their home at Potter Saturday.
 Mrs. Tennessee Childs, mother of Mrs. w. B. Thomas. who makes her home with Mir. and Mrs. Thomas went to Wickes Friday afternoon to spend a few days with relatives and friends.
 Prof. P. C. Wiggins of Fayette- vile, was in Mena Saturday, having | been at Acorn to interview the school board in reference to the va cancy in the principalship of the 1 schools.
 Prof. NJ. L. Furgeson and Mrs. | FuPgeson went to Rich Mountain last Saturday to conduct the song serV- ice in a protracted meeting that is being conducted by the Rev. J. w.. Bratcher.
 Miss Beulah Neal, who has been teaching the summer term of 2la months in the Ransom school dis trict closed her work Friday. The winter term will begin about the middle of November.
 II. w. Finger went to the Okla homa country west of Hatfield last Friday with Eugene Abernathy to | inspect some staye timber. Mrs, i Finger accompanied them as far as Hatfield aud then went on to Cove to visit her sister.
 Prof. R. B. Dodd. who closed his school at Potter Friday, spent Satur- day in Mena, arranging to move this week to Hatfield where he will begin his work as superinten- dent of the schools for the term which begins on Monday. October ,.
 J. J. Broderick, brother-in-law of w. A. Ragland, who had spent a few days in Mena. left last Friday for his home in Huntingburg, Ind. Mr. Frederick had been in Fl paso, Tex. and other southern points, and came to Mena on his return trip.
 B. s. Petefish, who was in from Acorn Saturday reported he would leave next Monday for his old home in Virginia, H., to visit his mother, aged 80 years. whom he has not seen during the last five years. He expects to be away from 10 to i5 | days.
 The Oden community was well represented on the cotton market last Friday, between i2 and l5 bales being marketed from that neighborhood Among the farmers on hand were w. G. Simpson, Chas. Fair, Dan Evans, Bud Ballentine and A. D. Ellison.
 w. NJ. Foster, Jack Barber, John Eads, and Mrs. Marion Medford of | the Opal community were among the folks in town Saturday to mark et cotton Among the other east end people in Mena Saturday were l w. J. Bates, George and Henry Lilies, h. w. Dilbeck, and o. A. Cox of Big Fork
 Prof. R. l.. Thompson came in | from Big Fork Saturday accom- panied by his mother, Mrs. s. J. | Thompson. who will leave in a few days for Garmon, Tex, for an eX- l tended visit at the home of her sis | ter Mrs. NJ. A. Richmond While in | Mena Mrs. Thompson is at the home of Mir. and Mrs. z. A. Hilton.
 Jesse Atkins and Miss Mae Hoover were married Thursday morning at fl o'clock at the home of Mrs. l Sheely Lance in the Rocky com munity the ceremony being per- | formed by the Rev. J. l.. Bedding. 1 The young couple left Thursday afternoon for Oklahoma City. where | the groom has employment as a carpenter.
 Clyde Whisenant who finished 1 the summer term of school at Shady. was in Mena Saturday, to leave for Blaine Ok, where he is employed in the Thornton gin He will not be back in time to teach during the winter term, but thinks he will teach again next summer He has now taught four terms in the Shady school.
 Miss Toka Anderson left last Friday for Fordyce. whre on last Tuesday she began her work as a teacher in the sixth grade of the city schools The Fordyee schools are in charge of Prof J. J Harrison. 1 brother of Prof. Galloway Harrison, and it was thru the recommendation of the latter that the offer of the position came to Miss Anderson.
 Mrs. NJ. A. Chilean and Mrs l. C.. Sumner and baby. who had been in 1 Mena for about two months visiting af the home of Mrs. w A Christo- pher. daughter and sister respec- ! lively of Mesdames Chilean and l Sumner. left last week for Lees burg. Fla. While enroute. they nlau to efon af Taxarkana 10 visit