The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20

Rev II. f. Howell came in from Opal Wednesday and spent Thurs day with Mena friends.
 Miss Arizona Reed of Acorn left last Thursday for Fayetteville. where she will attend the Arkansas University
 Mrs. Monroe Clark, who had spent three weeks with her parents near Board Camp, left Wednesday for her home in Hominy, Ok.
 E. w. Moore came from Hatfield Friday to attend to some business matters. He remained to attend the highway meeting Friday night
 J. x. Montgomery, who is in the employ of the Watkins Mercantile Company in Hatfield, spent a few hours with Mena friends Thursday
 Dr. w. P Parks, supervisor of the Hot Springs National Park, arrived in Mena last Thursday lo join Mrs Parks and daughter in spending a week with Mena friends.
 J. c. Allen and J. C. Hoheimer came from Hatfield last Friday to look after business with county officials and others. They made the trip in Mir. Aliens automobile.
 Winthrop Legate spent last week with Mena relatives. He came from Kansas City last week driving thru in an automobile with Capt. Francis B. Cook and George Legate.
 Miss Erna Ton, after spending the summer vacation with her parents Mir. and Mrs, E. A, Ton, living west of Mena left last Thursday for Janesville, Wis, where she is em- ployed in the city schools.
 Prof. ]. s. Knox, representing the horticultural division of the State University Extension department was here Thursday to get in touch with sweet potato growers and to assist them in storing and curing sweet potatoes for the late markets
 Mr and Mrs. C. Brogan, parents of Mrs. Fred R. Kinney have arrived from Marysville, Mo, for an extend ed visit with Mir. and Mrs. Kinney and family at Live Oak farm They plan to spend the winter in the South, and may possibly locate in Mena
 Whit Salyers and Fred Philpot came in last Thursday from Long view, Tex, where they have been in the employ of the Wrought Iron Range Company. The latter is among the Polk county registrants who are to report for service in the National Army on next "Wednesday.
 Earl Goddard, who had been with his sister, Miss Eva Goddard, and Mena friends since last Friday, left Friday morning for Okla homa to visit relatives. He will first stop at Cartersville, where he has two brothers living, and then will go to Weleetka, the home of another sister.
 A. R. Collins of Myrtle, Miss, who owns considerable property in and near Mena, is spending a few days here to inspect his holdings. Mir. Collins is a member of the highway commission that is building a sec- ton of the Bankhead highway in Union county Mississippi. and at tended Mena's highway meeting on Friday night.
 J. w. Harper left last Thursday for Maud, Ok. where he will he at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Silas Johnson. He was accompanied on the trip by his son, Sam Harper of Yocana and by his nephew. Earl Harper. Mir. Harper was stricken with paralysis about three weeks ago, and since then he has lost the use of his left arm and leg.
 Mir. and Mrs. NJ V. Nandeburg and Mir. and Mrs. Frank Wight of Win terset. Ia, who had been visiting relatives and friends in the Cove and Hatfield communities, spent Friday here. They were accompanied to Mena by Mir and Mrs. s. c. Liner from near Hatfield. Mir and Mrs, Wight left from here on Friday for their home in Iowa. but Mir and Mrs. Vandeburg returned to Cove, where they will close some business matters before returning to Iowa.
 II. w. Cardwell came in from porl Arthur last Thursday to spend a few days in Mena with Mrs CardweIl and look after business interests. He has a contract in Port Arthur for putting in 2S miles of sewer. and an opportunity to get a contract for in- stalng water mains. Warner St John, who has been in Mir Cardwell'S employ for several months, is now in charge of the service department which has to do with making sewer connections and collecting for the l service.
 J. T. Winton. who was in from Potter Friday had received a let ter from his son. Grover, who was among the five Polk county regis trants sent to Camp Pike last week Grover writes that he and the others from Polk county are now in quar- antine on account of typhoid anC smallpox vaccination but aside