The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06

John Bell went to Hatfield Thurs day to spend day with his mother
 Mir. and Mrs. j. c. Lawrence re- turned "Wednesday afternoon from their trip to Fort Smith.
 Olen Wood returned "Wednesday from visit of week with relatives ill McAlester and Oklahoma City. Eugene Abernathy came from Camden Friday to spend Saturday and Sunday with his parents and his children.
 Mir. and Mrs. John CofTey returned l "Wednesday from Anthony, where they had spent week with old neighbors
 Miss Buckle Norwood returned to her home in Lockesburk Thursday afternoon after having spent week is the guest of Miss Mary Mershon. Master C. I. Sunderland of the Dallas valley, left last Saturday for Atchison, Kas., where he will at | tend school during the coming year. Mrs. A. V. pirtle went to Oden on Wednesday to visit homefolks, and more particularly her youngest brother, who is in the first call for the National Army.
 Mrs. Freeman l.. Johnson and baby
 who had been with relatives and | friends in Mena and Hatfield for two weeks, returned to their home i'll Little Rock Saturday afternoon.  MT. and Mrs. A. II. Scoggin and children, accompanied by Miss Le- onora Rector, went to Baker Springs Saturday to spend Sunday, making the trip in the Scoggin automobile, Miss Catherine Brogan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J N. Brogan, living west of Mena, left Wednesday aft ernoon for Hereford, Tex, where she will teach in the public schools.
 Elder R. ?. Mckinley returned Friday from tour of a month thru the states of Arkansas, Missouri. Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, giving Biblical lectures, and in the latter state visiting relatives.
 Mrs. W. c. Smothers, after vaca- tiOn of month, most of which she had spent at the home of her father in Fayette, Mo- came from Grannis Saturday morning, and is again at work as saleslady in the Loehridge Dry Goods store.
 Miss Kittie White, who had spent her vacation of a month with rela- tives in Womble, the Dallas Valley and near Potter, returned to Mena Saturday morning, and on Monday was again at her place in the W. w. Townsend store.
 Miss Julia Snow returned Saiur- day from Moyefs, Ok, where she had been for several months. She went to Acorn on Sunday to visit homefolks and will return to visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. ]. Stafford, and with Mena friends. l Spear Ellsworth. who had been visiting relatives and friends in the Board Camp community left Friday for his home in Paris, Ark He was accompanied on the home trip by his brother-in-law, w. L. Ringgold, who will spend some time in Paris. J. w. Ringgold returned to his home in Hominy, Ok. Friday, after spending about a week looking aft er business matters in Polk county. He states that he expects to have to call for help from this county this l fall to take care If the Oklahoma cotton crop.
 O. E. Witherspoon of Cove was in Mena to have repairs made on his automobile before starting with his , family on his vacation trip to Hot Springs and other points. He plans to start on the trip next Monday, coming from Cove to Mena and thence to Hot Springs.
 B. s. peteflsh. president of the Polk County possum Club, was in town Saturday and called a meeting of the executive committee, with the purpose of giving a banquet in hon. or of our departing soldier boys. There was less than a quorum ap- Ipeared and the idea was given up. Mrs. John NJ. Owens of Owens Chapel left Friday for visit at the home of her daughters. Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Nichols in Texarkana and Mrs. J. H. Embry in Ashdown. Later she will go to Medina. Tex. to spend two months with her only living sister. Mrs. o. Kelly.
 Mir. and Mrs. Will Barnard and | two children, who had been visiting at the home of Mir. Barnard's par ents, started Friday on the return trip to Billings. Mont. where Mr. Barnard teaches manual training in the schools. They will make stops in Kansas and other states while en route.
 The remains of Miss Maud Beau champ, niece of Mir. and Mrs. Beau champ, living in Halls Addition, passed thru Mena Thursday from Denver. Col, to be inferred in the | family huriaI ground in Orange. Tex.