The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-27
PERSONAL NOTES

DuoHltSS FIludy.
 Mrs. K. R. Hilton and daughter Lee, and son, Autrey, were with Mena friends Friday.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. c. Green were in . from the Dallas Valley "Wednesday, to do Christmas shopping.
 Gallord Speers arrived Tuesday ! from Texas to visit his parents in the Iocana neighbOrhood.
 Dr. w. w. philpot and Mrs. Phil pot were in from Egger Friday to do shopping and to call on friends.
 Mrs. R. C. Scharf of Norton, Tex. is here to spend the holidays with her father, T. D. Bell, of the Holly Springs community.
 Mesdames T. R. Jones, Jr., and s. NJ. Riding went to Wickes Thursday afternoon in the interest of the Red Cross membership drive. Mrs. ". c. vandiver, who had been critically ill for some time, has suf- ilciently recovered to be able to come down town Wednesday.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. NJ. Roger and Peter McWilliam of the Acorn dis lrict were among the Christmas shoppers in Mena Thursday.
 
 A. l.. Callahan, B W. and G. W. Oglesby were up from Hatfield Fri day Co get assistance in getting their questionaires filled out.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mattingly and children were in Mena Friday to market bunch of fl turkeys and to do Christmas shopping.
 Mrs. Coy Miller, who had spent several days with relatives at Board Camp, was here Friday to start for her home in Enterprise, la.
 John Philpot came from Sallisaw, Ok, Thursday, to visit his daugh- ter, Mrs. G. A. Kennett and rela- tives and friends in the Egger com munity.
 Mrs. T. A. Park. Miss Margaret Gilmore and Will s. MacLafferty spent Friday in Grannis in the in- terest of the Red Cross campaign for members.
 Postmaster J. Nj. Hatfield came in from Shady Thursday, going from here to Vandervoort to look after some business. He returned to his home Friday.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Westfall of Okeene, Ok, arrived in Mena Thurs day to be holiday guests at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Peter Mildfelt, par ents of Mrs. Westfall. The Rev. F. F. Harrell and Mrs. Harrell arrived on Thursday from Gurdon, Ark Rev Mr. Harrell will be in charge of the NJ E. church, | South, during the coming year.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. P. Weddell re- turned on Thursday from trip of two weeks to Kansas and Oklahoma points, having been in Tulsa and Wagoner. Ok, and in Fort Scott, Kas.
 Carl Thinnes returned to Mena on Wednesday from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. where he had been in the employ of the Canadian Pacific rail- way as fireman for the last two years.
 Mrs. J. G. Snyder and Will Green leaf. mother and brother of Mrs. NJ. B. Legate, arrived last Friday from Sioux City, Ia, to spend a month or longer with Mir. and Mrs. Legate and family.
 Mrs. Coy Miller of Enterprise Ia., arrived in Mena "Wednesday night to spend the remainder of the week with relatives in the Board Camp neighborhood. She was met here by J. s. Looney.
 Mir. and Mrs. V. k. Almgren and little son arrived Thursday from Manhattan. Kas., to spend most of the winter with Mrs. J. G. Hudgins. mother of Mrs Almgren, and with other relatives.
 R. L. Norris spent Thursday at Hatfield, Cove and Vanderyoort, buying cotton from the merchants. He made the trip with J. s. Barnes in his Ford runabout. making the return trip from Hatfield to Mena in i5 minutes.
 Phil Connell, who since Thanks giving time has been stationed at Kelly Field, near San Antonio, Tex, has written homefolks that he had recently been assigned to the i63rd Aviation Corps as first mechanic, with rank of first sergeant
 Word received Thursday hy Mrs Carrie Whipple of Hatfield was to the effect that her son. Ed Whippls, with the Polk county registrants at Camp Beauregard. La, is recovering steadily from the attack of pneu- monia. with which he had been critically ill.,
 Miss Anna Woods, home demon strator, went to Hatfield Friday aft ernoon to he with her domestic