The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-09
PERSONAL NOTES

Il. N Whitfield returned Thurs day from Fort Smith. where he had spent week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Stapp.
 w. D. Roe of Dallas has gone to Fort Smith with the intention of offering himself for enlistment in the motor truck department of the army.
 Mrs. Victor Schiff of Texarkana, cousin of Mrs Leslie Moseley, is in Mena for a visit at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Moseley, and with other relatives.
 Levi Pigg, city mail carrier, who had been off duty for several weeks because of disabled foot caused by stepping on nail, began work again Wednesday.
 NJ. C. Trumbull returned Wednes- day afternoon from a business trip to New Orleans. He made a sale of several carloads of slaves which are to be exported.
 Frank Ford and son John were in from Posey Hollow Thursday and report heavy rain "Wednesday in the Union Grove neighborhood, about four miles east of Mena.
 S R. Wood, who had spent almost a year with his sons and daughters, located in paducah, Tex, and Tu- .eumcari, N. Mex, returned to Mena Wednesday, going from here to the Iocana neighborhood
 Irving J Heath, representing the State Agricultural School at Mag nolia, is in Mena seeking to interest the young men or women in the op- portunities presented MT. Heath will spend two weeks in this terri tory.
 Miss Beulah Hughes, who has taught a month of school in the Dal- las district, was given an assistant this week for the remainder of the term. Miss philo Keys of Board Camp was employed for that pur- pose.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. G. Dodds and two little daughters of Temple, Tex, ar rived in Mena Friday night for a visit at the home of MT. and Mrs. Claud Clark in the Dallas Valley. Mrs. Dodds and Mrs, Clark are sis ters.
 Dr. J. F. Lee came in from Egger Wednesday evening to meet his brother, c. F. Lee, who stopped in Mena for a day while enroute from his home in Durant, Ok, to Boone vile, where he will visit his chi- dren and his aged father.
 Dr. c. F. Johnson and Joe Lewis of Hatfield were in Mena Thursday, making the trip in the doctors auto mobile. While in the city Dr. John son got lined up on his duties as ex- 'aminer on the local exemption board to which position he was appointed by the members of the board.
 
 James ]. Elliott, a resident of the Board Camp community, died Fri day. He reached the age of about 58 years. The funeral services were held Saturday and interment was in the Old Liberty cemetery. D. E. Little came in Friday night to make the funeral arrangements. 
 Dr. D. w. Connally and Dr. C. F. Johnson of Hatfield, Dr. c. A. Cor don of Potter and Dr. Chas. Sanford of Board Camp were among the out-of-town physicians to attend the meeting of the Polk County Medical association held in the of flee of Dr. ]. c. Hilton on Friday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ed. Roberts and Mrs Lee Lawrence of Shady returned on Friday from Oilton, Ok. whither they and Mir Lawrence had gone two weeks ago expecting to get work. Both of the gentlemen se- cured work, but Mir. Roberts pre- ferred tu return to Polk county.
 A. c. Mckay. formerly located in Odcn, but now in business in Sims, while in Mena Friday closed a deal with ]. w Tweedy for the purchase of the G. ". Tweedy Ford touring car. After taking a short drive Fri day night. he started out to make the trip home Saturday with the car.
 J. w. Robertson, who recently bought the Avants wagon yard on South Fourth street, has adopted q novel plan for the convenience of his customers. He has put up a large bulletin board on which he lists wants" and flor sale" ads, and thus helps to bring buyers and sellers to- gether.
 Forest Ranger Herbert Began and W. F. Hill of Washington, D. C., land examiner for the Division of Forestry, who had spent about two weeks in the Forest Reserve about Shady, returned to Mena Wednes- day. and then went from here to Eagleton, from whence they will go to Hot Springs.
 S. O. Robinson. living near the old Mountain Fork postofiice. was in Mena Saturday. the first time since early last spring, having been busy during the intervening time making a crop He reports that the crops in