The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
PERSONAL NOTES

 D. M Watkins of the Watkins naaruWare n store was among the Hat held Fair visitors Friday.
 MT. and Mrs. R. L. Park are nlan- ning to leave Mena about August 20 Tor Watts Ok, where Mr. Park is interested in cotton gin.
 MT and Mrs. J. A. Hughes and Mir. and Mrs. Robert M. Jones were among the Mena people who drove fair.
 Mrs. B. H. Thomas and children, who had been visiting at the home oI ,. D. Duckett, near Wickes, re- turned to Mena Thursday after noon
 MT. and Mrs. John Scoggin of Valiant, Ok. after spending a dav with Mrs. J. G. Hudgins and fam fly, returned home Thursday after noon.
 J. 5. Lawrence was in from Shady "Wednesday to look up matters in connection with manganese mining operations in which he and some ot his neighbors are interested.
 Miss Frances Allen of Hope for mer schoolmate of Miss Edmonia Petty, arrived in Mena Friday and Saturday went to Baker Springs to join Miss Petty in her vacation. Mrs. F. A. Lee and daughter. Katherine, went to Hatfield Thurs day afternoon to attend the fair. at the close of which they will go to Wickes to spend few days with Dr. Lee.
 Will Kelley returned Friday morning from Oklahoma City. where he visited his two brothers and sister. He began work again Friday morning in the Lochridge Dry Goods Company.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Southern and daughter. Mrs. James Dennis. and two children came Thursday after noon from Poteau Ok, for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Southern, near Holly Springs.
 Mrs. Leland Nelson and Misses Opal Copes, Mary Driscoll, Vera Montgomery and Esther Burke composed a party that drove to Hatfield Friday to attend the clos ing day of the fair and spend day with friends.
 Mrs. J. T. Ingels and children passed thru Mena Wednesday aft ernoon on the way to Cove, where they will spend a week with rela- tives. On the return trip, they may stop in Mena to spend few days with friends.
 T. A. Key, who is here from Whitesboro. Tex. with Mrs. Key and son, T. A. Jr.. left last week to spend few days in St. Louis on business. Mrs. Key and son are pleasantly located for the summer at the Cottage Home.
 MT. and Mrs. D. w. Rowton and daughter, Miss Edith, arrived in Mena Friday from Womble. having made the trip in their automobile. They left that afternoon for Heav- ener to visit at the home of Mir. dtlu MIc. W. w. 0oWlOll.
 Wm. McCann, who had spent sev- eral weeks in Fort Smith, returned to Mena last Thursday. He was de- lighted to get back, too, i'll view of the fact that it has been and still is intensely hot in Fort Smith, with out any rain in measurable quanti- ty for about a month.
 
 R. Golf went to Cove Friday to get Mrs. Golf and the children, Misses lone, Virgelia. Helen and Master Norris, who had been in Cove since "Wednesday. when they went to attend the funeral of Mrs. A. 0. Bettis, niece of MT. Golf. They all returned to Iena Friday night
 Mrs. w. A. J. Smith and son. K. E. Smith, and wife, went to Hat field Thursday afternoon, driving from there to West Valley, where w. A. J. Smith was at work on a school house contract He accom- panied them to Hatfield to take in the fair and then came to Mena with them Friday evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. L. q. Finch and five children are here from Oil City. La. 10 make their home in this city. They are now living in the resi- dence at 705 South Ninth street MT. Finch has been railroad man but he has given up the work and has come to Mena primarily be- cause of the healthfulness of the climate.
 A good delegation of Big Fork people were in Mena Friday and among them were MT. and Mrs John Lilies and children, Elijah Putnam, Mathew Edwards, Lit Ab- ernathy, H. L. Looney and John Dilbeck. Some of them came in to get confectionery, ice cream, pop and other supplies for the band benefit picnic held at Big Fork Sat urday
 William, the six-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. Walter Tweedy, in fall Wednesday evening out of a box used for the children to play in. sustained a compound fracture of the bones of his right forearm. Dr. J. q. Hilton reduced the frae- ture and has the little lad resting comfortably with little danger of infection from the wound caused by the protrusion of the bore.
 F. T. Monroe of Thomasville, while in Mena Thursday. closed deal with J H Allen for the sale of his stock of mechandise located at rf-l, o.,, n c.4flta Mir Hon fra1ad an