The Mena weekly star., 1916-11-02
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W. C. B. Allen is still quite sick, his condition remaining unchanged.
 Hoyt Jones went te Fort Worth, Tex, on Monday. expecting t0 enter business college there.
 Miss Edith Mckinney will open the winter term of school at Cor nth on Monday, November 6.
 T. C. Niggins, principal of the Acorn school. is d0mlclled at the Starbuek farm, for the winter
 Mrs. Bonnie and Hazel Wood of Yocana. have been visiting with their sister, Mrs sam Nhisenhunt
 Mr. and Mrs. George w. Waters of Mena, were Sunday guests of Chris Mathis and Mrs Mathis at Oak Lawn.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. C. Becton and Miss Josie Tucker of MeEa, were weekend guests at the home of Mir. and Mrs. j. D. Tucker
 Br. and Mrs. w. N. Starbuck spent last Thursday at the Live Oak ranch
 picking up walnuts, and having good time in general.
 Dr. R. C. Mccoy and daughter, Harvey, of Mena. spent the day re- centiy. at Oak Lawn farm, with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Mathis.
 billiard Kent of Womble, visited last week with his relatives, MT. and Mrs. F. D. Reid. and family, going from here to Port Arthur, Tex.
 Mrs. J l.. torbis and children, J.. l.. Jr.. Vera. and Nergie were Sun- day guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. l.. Barron at Mountain View farm.
 Miss Anna Lee Reid has been em- ployed to teach the Eureka school. in pOsey Hollow, during the winter term. to begin in the near future.
 Miss Clinton, teacher in the Inter- mediate room of our school, came up Sunday evening from Grannis. She will board with Mir. and Mrs. Melvin Gillaspy.
 Mir. and Mrs. Tom Cox and daugh- ters, Annie and Addie, of Mena, , spent the weekend at Acorn, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Gill l laspy.
 Mir. and Mrs. Mack Reid and Mrs. i T. D. Reid are among the Owens Chapel people. who are attending 1 the meetings at the Nazarene church at Mena.
 Mrs. Burt Lazalier and children, M 1lO DuNC liNtQ liIA v tOt tltN Rbot two years, intend to go soon to Muskogee. Ok, where Mr. Lazalier is employed.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hunter Fleming en- tertained a large party of friends at their home last Saturday night. The time was passed ln games and conversation.
 Mrs. J. D. Garland was a visitor .,F and Mrs f.nnA Anderson, on Sunday. MT. Ander- son is again m very poor health ana suffers greatly.
 ] Alr. and Mrs. w. B. BQyes, from the Forest Rangers station. were guests of MT. and Mrs. Peter Me- William, at Golden Acres sen sun day night, going on to Mena' on i Monday. .as !, The Acorn schoSl opened Monday morning with prospects bright for pleasant and profitable term ! Members of the Board and patrons, were present, and the enrolment was good.
 i Ed Boylen, whose home is 50 miles north of Corpus Christi. Tex i is ill the neighborhood visiting hls luncle. Alex Boylen. B. $. Petefish, 1 w. NJ. pettigrew, and other friends. | Mir. Boylen lived here some years ago. A l Items left at the Gillapsy. Hale. c, i F. Anderson and peteiish homes, on Main street, at Acorn by Monday evening of each week, will reach Us for this correspondence. Begin ming with next week, We will have a Corinth section. M 1 Mrs. Fred Kinney. the mistress of ] Live Oak ranch. marketed turkeys in Mena on Saturday, receiving therefor, the highest price ever paid | by ]. F. ASeritts At present prices, | the farmer who has a flock of poul- try. and the knack of getting re- suits, possesses verltabie gold mine
 Misses Gladys and Bertha Forbis entertained company of young friends at their home on Sunday last. Weather permitting, the Forbis family will start. the last of the week to their new home at Henri etta. Ok. Dewey Wiegins will go with them as driver and aid-de- camp.
 At this writing, Tuesday, Joe Gar land is hauling sand, T L. Belt and B. S peteiish are going to Mena for cement, and a dozen men are at work on the location ef the dipping vat. on the Ouaehita. in w. M. Pet ligreW's pasture. More Xats. less ticks, that's Che sentiment up here.
 G. R. Hale has shipped a case of sorghum syrup to parties in Wichi- ta. kas. These people. in order ing, told Mir. Hale that they wanted their molasses good and thick. and he obeyed orders. and made fl just so. it could almost ie sliced With a knife, and so. you see, there's a satisfied customer,
 The people of the Acorn district are determined to eradicate the tick, and to that end have resolved them selves into two organizations. The Owens Chapel Dipping Association have their vat on the Hardie Jones farm already completed, and are awaiting the coming of Dr. A. w. Rice. who will charge it.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Kinney spent last Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Mathis. These good peo- pie have made much improvement on Oak Lawn farm. since coming to it a year ago. Mir. Mathis says he has succeeded in raising so many food stuffs that the high cost doesn't hold the terror for him that if might otherwise.
 Mir. and Mrs. G. R. Hale and chil- dren gave a party at their home on Friday evening last, as farewell to Hoyt Jones. Dewey Wiggins, and