The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17
ACORN

Ole IhOrSen went north last week, expecting to find employment.
 Peter McWilliam attended the meeting Of the Strawberry Growers Association at Mena last Saturday
 Mrs. s. E. Vinegar of Jennie, Ark. IS the guest of her sister Mrs. j. D. Tucker
 Robert Cochran Of Sibley Ia. was calling on old friends in the Acorn Eeighb0rhood last Saturday. Mrs Sam Whisenhunt. who was quite sick last week, is reported as recovering.
 Gene Anderson is at home for a few days from Waldron, where he has been making ties.
 Next Sunday. Aug 20 will be Rev I. A. Parks regular appointment at Acorn.
 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown and daughter, Gladys. and young lady friend of Idabel, Ok. are guests at the home of T. L. Belt.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Bradley and daughters. Mabel and Grace, and ] Mrs. Coleman were guests of MT. and Mrs. J. D. Tucker last week.
 Mrs. c. R. Hale and three chil- dren and Mir. and Mrs. w. k. Reed and family spent last Sunday at the Sam Evans home.
 | Mir. and Mrs. D. w. Carter and <, daughter, Corinne, were guests on Sunday last of Mr. and Mrs. Peter McWilliam at the. Golden Acres farm
 | Road ONerseer J. $. Hinson last week had a force of men on the road making improvements from Acorn to the northern limit of the road district.
 i Ted Gillaspy of Steedman, Ok, visited here on Sunday with his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Gill laspy. Mrs. Jesse Miller and chil- uren were also guests at the Gillas- py home.
 Tip, that popular 'possum dog be- i longing to B. $. Petefish, is suffer- ( ing from injuries received pn Mon uay when he got in the way of the sickle bar while Mr. peteiish was running the mower The toes of ! one forefoot were almost severed and Tip Is likely to be crippled for an indefinite time
 1 Chris Mathis has been quite suc- l ceSsful this year raising navy beans.
 J. c. Hauerwas of posey Hollow brought to Acorn Monday for ship ment to the Harris Lumber Com
 pany at Eagleton a wagonl0ad of leanned goods. consisting ff twenty
 two eases of tomatoes. beans. s0Qse-
 berries strawberries, huelSieberries. etc l ! Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Tucker last Sunday entertained Will Tucker l and family and Mr. and Mrs. w. C. 1 BectOn of Mena. The whole party
 enjoyed nice picnie dinner at the Spring and the day was most pleas
 antly passed. Toward evening John
 II. Hamilton and Mrs Pearl Dean
 came from Mena and there was a watermelon feast Mr. Tucker has
 some extra fine melons this year. w 4. Ragland was at Acorn on
 Monday In speaking of the nice time the Boy Scouts have been hay- ! ing on their hikes to the picnic grounds on the Ragland farm. Mir. 1 Ragland expressed his wish to have another Boy Scout picnic in about
 two weeks. combining with it big lcommunity gathering of some sort. When plans are perfected the order lof events will he published. l Peter McWiIliam of Golden Acres
 is proving his prowess as farmer. He has a four-acre field of peanuts planted in rows twenty inches apart that looks very nice. No. weeds in
 sight and the rows, like all the oth-
 CT crop rows on the Golden Acres place, are straight as a string. l Cowpeas. orchard and garden are in fine condition. They raised a fine variety of cantaloupes-"Heart of l Gold and their Lima beans are beauties. They expect to follow the hill system for a while at least with ithair strawberries