The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-04

| Will Mcdonald spent Monday lr 1 Fort Smith on business.
 J. E. Joplin of Wickes spent Tues day ill Mena.On business.
 w. II. and D. K Symms of Hat field spent Wednesday in Mena on business.
 Eugene Abernathy left Tuesday afternoon on a business trip to Tex arkana and Helena.
 J. M Looney of Board Camp was in Mena Tuesday to start a shipment of hogs to Kansas City.
 C. w. Petty has been off duty at the store during the last two days on account of illness.
 George E. Rork, assistant cashier of the Bank of Cove, was a Mena business visitor Wednesday.
 Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Stark, from west of Mena, spent Monday in town with Mena relatives and friends.
 Herbert Began of the local forest service, left Tuesday on an overland trip to Eagleton and thence to Blan- sett.
 A. E. Moss of Falls City, Ia, is spending some time in Mena with a view of making a purchase of real estate
 Miss Kathleen Holt left on last Wednesday for Philadelphia, to again take up her work in Ouachita College.
 C. C. Mills, who, with his family, is living on Eighth street, left Satur- day for Hot Springs to be away for several weeks.
 II. Melville was up Tuesday to at tend to business in connection with the recent purchase of some town property at Vandervoort. Tom Taylor of 0den arrived in Mena Tuesday on his return from business trip to St. Paul, Ark. He went to his home Wednesday.
 D. E. Dodd, manager of the Rey- InOlds-Davis Grocery Company, has been confined to his home for sev- eral days on account of illness.
 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Medford of Ger 1 ty, Ok, who has been visiting rel atives in the Board Camp communi- ty, left for their home Tuesday night.
 Mr. and Mrs John Wimberly, Mir. and Mrs. Holder Williams, were m Mena Monday and Tuesday having | ic0me in company with Mr, and Mrs. Levi Wimberly
 Frank Harkey who is attending the Mena High school, was called to his home in Hatton Tuesday on account of the serious illness of his paternal grandmother.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. F. Standifer who had spent the last two weeks with their daughters, Mesdames C. k. and L. c. Gosney, left Tuesday for their home in Tohoka, Tex. Misses Virgie, Lora, and Nora Martin, who had been holiday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Goolsby in Board Camp, left Monday for their home in Waldron.
 T. 4. Winton, who had been iii Mena since last Tuesday spending the time with Mrs. Winton and the children, left Monday to again take l up his work in the store at Muse. | Mrs J. B. Pope and little daugh- ter, Kate, who had been guests at the home of MT. and Mrs. J. F. Aver lit, and Mr and Mrs. John Bell, re- turned to their home in Heavener Monday.
 Mrs w. w. Rowton and baby, who came from Heavener last Saturday l with Mir. Rowton, is remaining with friends for some time, while Mir. Rowton returned home Monday i night.
 J. T. Dempsey who has been in the employ of the Golf Wholesale Grocery Company, plans to leave Wednesday for Camden where he will open a distributing station for Temp-Brew.
 Mrs. F. E. Blanchard and little daughter, Violet of Chicago, left Monday for their home, after hav- ing spent two weeks at the home of MT. and Mrs. E. Hewitt, parents of Mrs. Blanchard.
 Hosea Ross, who came to Mena some months ago from Missouri, With F. D. Pierce, has bought the Alexander Mccoy stock of gro- eeries from Phil Stevenson, and it is understood that he plans to open for business as soon as he returns from a trip to Missouri
 MT. and Mrs. Ollie Roberts, who had been Christmas guests at the home of MT. and Mrs, A. E. Smith, left Saturday for their home in New Castle, Tex. This was Mr. Roberts first visit to Mena and he was so well pleased that he promised to re- turn next summer for a longer stay.
 Mrs. s. B. Cummings of the Dallas