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

Reyes.
 ". (. Ashnore returned Monday afternoon from a business trip io
 Hope, having been met there bv his son, P. 5. Ashmore.
 NJ. L. Bell and little daughter of
 anderVoort came to Mena Monday afternoon and spent Tuesday to do shopping and visit friends. I Emanuel and John Hamby of
 Maud, Ok, who had been visiting relatives in Board Camp, were in
 Mena Tuesday to start for home
 Miss Rhea pirtle of the Dallas val | ley began work on Tuesday in the w. W. Townsend store, taking the place of Miss kittie White who is taking a vacation of a month.
 Mrs. j. F. Owens and two sons and two daughters of Houston, Tex. are Tn Mena for the fourth consecutive summer. They are living in one of the Klein cottages on Jansen ave nue.
 Misses Helen and Irene Elliott of Maud and Hooks, Tex, respectively. arrived i'll Mena Monday afternoon Tor visit at the homes of ]. A. and Elven Hunter. The young ladies are sisters of Mrs. J. A. Hunter. 1
 Mrs. James Nations and two chil- dren came from Vandervoort Mon day afternoon for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Joplin. parents of Mrs. Nation, and with other Mena relatives.
 Dr. w. C. Vandiver was called in to assist the local exemption board on Tuesday in the examination of the son of Dr. C. F. Johnson, in the examination of whom Dr. Johnson was disqualified.
 Mrs. T. R. Bates and daughter, Mrs. J. J. Butler, the latter here vis- iting from Oilton, Ok, returned to Hatfield on Tuesday, after hav- ing spent a day at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Levi Pigg.
 Miss Mable Brakefield of Mt. Ida. who had been a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Burnett for the last week. left Tuesday for her home, making the trip on the Mena- Hot Springs Interurban. Zack Yeargen, who had been visit ing relatives in Shreveport, re- turned to Mena Monday afternoon. He will be in Mena until Mrs. Year gen and children return from Black Sprngs, and then they will return to their home in Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs. George Davis and children came from Bog Springs on Monday and arc visiting at the home of Mir. and Mrs. l. E. Lindsay while Mir. Davis awaits his turn to be ex- amined under the selective draft act, having been called for Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Goodner, who have been living in Weatherford. Ok, for about year, arrived in Mena Monday to visit relatives in Mena and in Montgomery county They came directly from Vernon, Tex, where they had been with rel atives.
 Postmaster R. s. Allen spent Mon day at the home of his brother, John Allen, near Smithville, on account of his brothers illness. He re- turned to Mena Monday evening, but was called back again Tuesday, his brother having taken a turn for the worse.
 Dr. P. R. Watkins made good use of his Ford roadster Monday, mak- ing a trip to Salt Springs, Howard county, and then after some trips in Mena, he went to Reglub. The entire trip was made on 61a gallons of gasoline.
 Fred w. Gray came from Cove on Tuesday to report for examina- ton before the local exemption board He was accompanied by Aubrey Givens. Joe Baugh, Ted Friend, Lee Graves and Roy Grain, all of whom had been ordered to re- 1 port today for examination.
 Sergeant Ray II. Paris of Ogle- | thorpe, Ga, arrived in Mena Monday for a visit with relatives while on furlough of ten days. He is a member of 4ith Infantry, and had been in the Philippine campaign for two years under Co. Frederick Funston. He had also been under Colonel Funston in the expedition to Mexico.
 w. D. Ashcraft, living near Camp Wilder, was in Mena Monday to de- lliyer part of his 1917 honey crop from his twenty stands of bees He brought to town about 75 pounds which he sold at i5 cents per pound. He reports that he has already taken 250 pounds from the hives and he estimates that there is easily that much more.
 1 Miss Glenn Douglass, who with her sister, Mrs. Wallace, is at Bog Springs. as chaperones for bevy of g girls. who are members of the girls training school and orphan aga in Chpnyannrf rptl1rned tn Bog