The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-20

\ daughter was born last Monday morning to Mir. and Mrs. Ted Wall lace, living at ii06 Barton avenue.
 Mrs. c. A. Gordon of Potter was among those shopping here Tues l day.
 D. A. Daniel of the Potter com munity was among the farmers in Mena Wednesday.
 Roy Mount came from Page, Ok. Wednesday to be home while he re- cuperates from a slight spell of sickness.
 Il. M., c. M., and R. NJ. Miller of Egger were on the market Tuesday with cotton, bringing in bales among them.
 ] MT. and Mrs. John Jackson and three children are here from Ash land, Ok, to spend the holidays with Mir. and Mrs. Dan Brawley and oth- CT relatives.
 l Miss Kristine Trent, daughter of Mrs. E. c. Trent of Mountain Top Farm. has gone to Akron, O., to join her brother, Mack, and take a course in business college.
 W. C. Davenport, who had been living on the B. A. Gaddy farm west of IMena, having sold his stock and other personal effects, has moved to Mena for the winter.
 Charles Burnett and R. B. Durham were in from Board Camp Tuesday. the first named having come in to make one of his regular shipments of cream to Fort Smith. Oscar Afford has rented the busi- ness room on DeQueen street, vacat- ed last week by the Thinnes gro- cery, and is going to use the same for furniture, which he is going to add to his business.
 Paul Griffith, who has been em- ployed on the Kansas City Southern Railway, with his headquarters at Shreveport, arrived in Mena Tues { day to be with homefolks and rela- tives during the holidays.
 Mrs, B. M. Stanton and three chil- dren, who had been at the home of Mrs. G. w. Tillman, mother of Mrs. Stanton, left Tuesday for Washing ton, D. c. where Mir Stanton is em- ployed in the Navy Yard.
 tMr. and Mrs. Paul King are here from Bismark, Ok, visiting at the home of MT. and Mrs. NJ. D. Winton, parents of Mrs. King. They came back to Polk county on account of the illness of their baby boy
 H. C. Lane of Fort Smith, While in Mena in the interest of Henderson X Barkduil, cotton brokers If Fort Smith improved the opportunity to meet old friends and relatives. He is nephew of I. N Lane of Potter.
 J. H. Hamilton has been appointed a member of the Polk county fuel administration committed, the ap- pointment having been made by H. c. Couch, Feder.l Fuel Admimistra- tor of Arkansas. County Judge A. E. Wear is the head of the Polk county committee.
 MT. and Mrs. John McKinsey and family arrived Tuesday from Cor rine. Ok, to spend Christmas with relatives and friends in the Waters community. Mir. McKinsey will al so arrange to have some of his farm tools sent to Oklahoma. He reports that he and his family are we'll sat isfied in their new home. Mir. and Mrs. ]. R. Sweatt of Okla homa City, are making headquar- ters at the Ozark Rooms while they are prospecting for location in Polk county Mir. Sweatt is for mer resident of Arkansas, and still owns a farm in Crittenden county, but is seeking a location in the Ozarks.
 
 A. B. Palmer of the Twin Oaks Farm in the Foran Gap country was here Wednesday to leave for Wichita, Kas. On Sunday he expects to be at the home of his mother in Chilli cothe, Mo, to attend a family re- union. He is one of the members of the family that had not attended a reunion in 37 years. Mir. Palmer ex- poets to be away until after the hol- idays.
 J. HoIlister Tull returned this J. Hollister Tull returned Wednes- day from Fayetteville, where he had attended a meeting of the Coun- ty Demonstration Agents, which had been held under the auspices of the Extension Department of the State University co-operating with the | U. s. Department Of Agriculture. MT. rnll was interested in the meet 1 ing as marketing specialist, which work he will take up on January f. Mir. and Mrs. ]. B. Wallace, who last week lost alll Of their house. hold goods wien the s. Gray farm house in Dallas Valley was de- stroyed by fire, have again started housekeeping, having moved into the R. A. Montgomery house on the old Mena- -Egger road MT. and Mrs. az- II. l. I ltxrtr fr