The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-14

been prominent in both club and civic welfare work.
 | w. H. Terry of Hatfield was a visitor in Mena Wednesday. |
 Mrs. s. A. Cummins returned Sun day from visit of two months, which she had spent with relatives and friends in Heavener, Dewey and other points in Oklahoma. l. J. J. Coker, who is now located in Waldron for his work in the Forest Service, spent Saturday in Mena with Capt. w. E. Wooten, in the To- calcal Forest Service office.
 Mrs. E. B. Hassett left Saturday night for Muskogee, Ok, where she will spend the holidays at the home of her daughter, Mrs. w. T. Starin, and with her son, Will Hassett.
 Mir. and Mrs. Gus Gilbert moved the latter part of last week from the residence on Ninth street to the residence at the corner of Fourth street and Church avenue. J. B. Goss left Saturday night for | Toledo, O., to attend a convention of | the agents and dealers of the Over land automobiles He expects to be away until the latter part of this week.
 County Surveyor w. E. McVey came from Grannis Sunday, and during this week will be doing sur- veying for Dr. c. c. Gunnels On the Loomis lands, which he recently purchased.
 Friends and relatives of John Fa- gan, formerly of this city, but now located in Lamar, Col, just recently learned that he was married on No- Vember 9 to Miss Ida Herring of Marshall, Ok.
 $. c. Davidson, writing from Dora, Ala, states that he and Mrs. David son are feeling fine and are enjoy | ing to the utmost the visit with rela- tives. They will be in Dora until after Christmas.
 R. L. Gore, who had been in Shreveport for the last several months working at the carpentry business, returned to Mena the lat ter part of last week to be at home for an indefinite period w. T. Hoveke returned Sunday from Quinton, Ok, to spend a week or ten days with the homefolks. He has been employed as bricklayer on a shelter being erected by the Quinton Smelling Company. 
 M A. Eddy, who has been a freight brakeman on the run from Heavener to De0ueen, has been pro- noted to the position of freight conductor, and for the present has been placed in the extra board.
 Dr. R. C. Mccoy and Mrs. Mccoy are planning to leave Mena for their former home in Waldron. They ex- pect to be ready to leave on Decem- Der 26. The goods which they had on the farm near Ink have already been moved to Waldron. l.. N. Whisenhunt, who has been in the employ of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company in Kansas City, spent Saturday i'll Mena with friends. He came to the home of his father, near Owens Chapel, early last week, and plans to spend about ten days in Polk county. The Rev. J. R. Rushing, Mrs. Rush ing, and grandson, Clinton Rushing, arrived Monday morning from Pine Bluff, where Mir. Rushing had been in charge of Carr Memorial church during the past year. Mir. Rushing comes to take charge of the M. E. church, South, pastorate during the present conference year s. C. Reynolds is one of the Polk county farmers who is going to try to be benefited by the fact that the county will have a farm demonstra- tor during the coming year. Mir, Reynolds has problem in farm terracing in the solution of which he expects to get the help of the | farm demonstrator.
 p. D. Mays and son, Hubert, of the Opal country, were in the market Thursday with a bale of cotton, each, which they sold at 1912 cents per pound. Mir. Mays says that he and his boys have been so busy this fall gathering crops and get ting ready for next seasons work, that they have taken little time to come to town.
 Thos. H. Clark arrived Saturday from MarshalItown, la, to join Mrs. Clark for the funeral of w. H. Rone- mus, father of Mrs. Clark. Frank Ronemus, brother of W. II. Rone- mus, came Saturday evening for the same purpose. Mrs. Ross LeVier, another daughter, living in Liver more, Ia, was unable to come to the funeral on account of sickness in