The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-08
PERSONAL NOTES

PERSONAL NOTES
 Emmett Rowe of Potter was Mena visitor today.
 Dr. D. w. Connally of Hatfield was a visitor in Mena Friday.
 A son was born Thursday to Mir. and Mrs. Chester Woodruff.
 A son was born Thursday night to MT. and Mrs. S. H. Blair.
 B. H. Pugh of Muse, Ok, was in Mena Thursday to get supplies.
 ]. F. Averitt returned Friday aft ernoon from goods buying trip to Kansas City.
 l.. A. Cummings of Hatfield spent Thursday in Mena on business with county officers and others. J. c. Terrell was in from Rocky Saturday to attend the meeting of the federal farm loan association.
 NJ. l.. Cranflll of Vandervoort spent Thursday and Friday in Mena on business with county officials and others.
 B. s. Petetlsh passed thru Mena Friday en route from Acorn to De- Queen to spend the weekend at the i home of his daughtpr
 w. H. Leaman of Eagleton and John McClain of Nella were among the farmers detained in Mena on Thursday and Friday on account of the rain.
 AIr. and Mrs. Freeman l.. Johnson, who had been in the Hatfield com munity for an extended visit among relatives, returned to Mena last week.
 J. A. Bags, Justice of the Peace of Cedar Township, was in Mena ] to attend the preliminary hearing 1 of James H. Ammons in the court llof L. N Burnett.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Stephens of Opal were trading here Thursday Mir. Stephens closed his school in the Opal district last week and he is now getting ready to make a crop.
 R. $. Owen, who left Mena about eleven years ago, and is now living | in Clinton, Ok, IS spending this week in Mena to renew acquaintan- ces and to look after some of his interests.
 Mrs. H. ]. Radcliffe, writing from Evening Shade, Ark. states that Polk county seems so much better to them than the section of the state where they are now living that their stay bids fair to be short.
 Mrs. Holly Christy is expected to arrive Friday morning from Heav- ener to join Mir. Christy. The young people are planning to go to house. keeping in the w. c. Vandiver cot tage on South DeQueen street.
 Mir. and Mrs. r. A. Allen began moving Saturday from the house at the corner of Janssen avenue and Fourth street, to the residence at i2i7 Port Arthur avenue, which they recently purchased from Alex Patton.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Huckabee of Ida. Ok. who had been visiting rel atives and friends in the Ink neigh | borhood, came to Mena Thursday and will start on the home trip as soon as the weather becomes settled. Mir. and Mrs. Charles Penninger arrived in Mena Wednesday from Ida, Ok, and after spending short time in the city, they went to Ran som to visit at the home of Mrs. J. lp. Wcddle, mother of Mrs. Pennln- ger.
 Miss Annie Woods. home demon stration agent, while in Hatfield Fri day. succeeded in interesting the young ladies in the organization of canning and poultry clubs, enlistins Inine members in the canning club | and four in the poultry club.
 Mir. and Mrs NJ. D. Quillen came from Oden on "Wednesday afternoon and spent Thursday here to do some shopping. Mir. Quillen reports that he is doing fine business in Polk county selling thorobred Duroc hogs, and on this trip delivered two pigs.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. NJ. Lowery of Wickes were in Mena Thursday to khaye dental work. MT. Lowery re- ports that he and a neighbor are planning to go atcively into the hog raising business, their object being to grow at least a car load each year.
 Mrs. Will Farnsworth and daugh- 1 tpr Mrs |. C. Shannon, of WaldrOn,