The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-28

way shops in pittsburg, came toI Mena on Sunday to spend Christmas with the homefolks, returning to| Pittsburg Tuesday afternoon.
 Miss Rhoda Everett, who came from Tulsa, Ok, last Friday and shen spent day with her brother, U. W. Everett in Nunley, left Mon day for a visit at the home of her father in Horatio.
 Miss Toka Anderson, who is one of the teachers in the Fordyce school, arrived at home Saturday night for the Christmas vacation. She will return to Fordyce in time to resume her school work on Jan uary ?.
 Pete Bain, who had been in the employ of the Missouri Pacific rail- way company in Joplin, has re- turned to Mena to winter in Polk county. He says that the prevailing cold weather recently was too much for him.
 w. II. Starr returned Monday from business trip to Hamilton, Tex, where he owns some real es- sate. He also visited in Fort Worth and at the home of his father in Woodward, Ok, having been away for four weeks.
 
 & NJ. Hall of the Ink neighbor- hood was in Mena on Wednesday. Mir. Hall is 7i years old and as he is a widower and all his family married and gone, cxrepi one daughter, he is thinking of giving up farm life and coming to town.
 John Gibson, who had been work | ing in Fort Smith and Muskogee for the last SC, 4ral months, arrived in Mena the latter part of last week to spend the holidays with Mrs. Gih- son and children. who are at the home of his parents on Twelfth street.
 Robt Sales arrived Monday from Salllsaw Co visit al the home of Mir. and Mrs. John Steele, and al the home of his brother. C. B. Sale near Nunley and with Mr. and Mrs. John Vaught going to NunIey on Tues day. MT. Sales has many friends in Mena who were delighted to see him.
 r. R. Michell of Harrison. Ark. general manager and buyer for the cham Of Fair Stores" is in Meha to investigate the proposition of opening one of the stores in this city. Mir. MicheIl reports that the company recently opened store in DeQueen, which is meeting with splendid patronage.
 W. F. Ferguson, who spens the past three years in Oklahoma. has returned with his family to Polk county, renting the W. H. Starr farm near the west county line. When in town Tuesday he talked enthusiastically of .he Christmas tree celebration at the Mcbride sth"G;.
 Albert and George Fletcher of ti1is city, and Lawrence Loesch of Egger, who are attending Little hock College, are home to spend the Chrlstmas holidays. The boys came overland from Little Rock to Egger afoot, and then came in from Egger with Mir Loesch and family to attend midnight mass on Christ mas eve.
 Mrs. Cora White and daughter arrived Tuesday afternoon from ada, ok., for visit at the home of MT and Mrs. Will White. living west of Mena. A family reunion was held Christmas day at the homo or MT. and Mrs. White. and while sie did not reach here in time to attend the reunion, she had the op- poftunity to meet all the relatives who had gathered for this home coming.
 pean .. smith, who has been win q crew or the IL S. Coast and Geo uetis Survey dnce last September, working along the Rock Island rail- way rom Little Rock east to Mem phls and thence from Little Rock west arrived in Mena Tuesday night , rom DanVllle, Ark, to spend few uays With his parents, Mir. and Mrs T. '1. smith, on Grand View Heights