The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-27

in from Big Cedar Friday to market cotton.
 Mr. and Mrs. Ruff B. Lane and children of Potter were among the holiday shoppers in Mena Thursday. J. r. klud came in from Leaven- worth, Kas., Thursday to spend the winter on his farm in the Posey Hol- low.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. R. Dover are here from Foreman, Ark, to investigate conditions with a view of becoming residents.
 B. F. Sorrell of Nandervoort was here to spend the Friday and Satur- day with Elder R. P. Mckinley and other friends.
 County Surveyor W. E. McVey re- turned to Grannis Friday, hav- ing been doing some surveying for J. R. Neal, near Nunley.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Proctor are here from Willow Grove, H., to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Y. T. Proctor and other relatives.
 Miss Zella Cole of Hatfield was the only applicant taking the quarterly teachers examination held Thurs day and Friday by Supt W Homer Pigg.
 James Frachiseur and Harvey J. Mize of Grannis were here Thurs day to get assistance in filling out the questionaires under the se- lectiye draft act
 Paul Kaylor came in on Thursday from Tulsa, Ok, where he had been employed ill the offices of the Frisco railway company. He expects to be at home until after the holidays.
 $. 0. Shepherd and M. V. Harrison of the Rocky community were in Mena Thursday to consult the ad- visory board of the local exemption board in reference to filling out the questionaires.
 Richard T. Atkinson of Quapaw, Ok and Miss Nora Givens of Mena were married on Thursday morn ing at the parsonage of the First Baptist church, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. w. L. Smith.
 The Rev. J. R. Rushing Thursday loaded out his household goods for shipment to Emmett, Ark, where he will be stationed as pastor of the M. K. church, South, during the present year. He and Mrs. Rushing will not leave for Emmett for few days.
 J. w. and Oscar Pendergraft came in from Hartford, Ark, this morn ing to get assistance in filling out the questionaires under the select i've draft act. The first named is registrant from Scott county, and the latter registered in this county.
 Dr. L. w. B. Long left Wednesday night for Little Rock to attend the meeting of the Statewide War Conference which was held at the Hotel Marion Thursday Dr. Long attended the meeting as represen- tative of the Polk County Council of Defense.
 Miss Ouida Blackwell, who has just recovered from a siege of meas les at the home of Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Townsend, left on Thursday for her home near Yocana, to remain until after Christmas. She was employed in the Townsend store when taken sick.
 c. c. Bishop came in from Eldora- do, Kas, last week to spend the hol- idays with his family, who are liv- ing on the 0. B. Stark farm west of Mena. Mr. Bishop has been at work in the oil fields, but on account of the cold weather work had been temporarily abandoned.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. Faherty left last Thursday for San Antonio, Tex, where Mr. Faherty has job at Fort Sam Houston. Mr. and Mrs. Faherty have been residents of Mena for i6 years, and for almost 8 years Mir. Faherty has been on duty as caretaker of Jansen Park.
 Dr. NJ. R. Began is busy these days with a force of men putting up two sets of tenant buildings on his land located west of Mena. He has had 60 acres of land cleared and ready to put into crops next spring, and thinks that he and his tenants will be able to make good showing next year.
 $. R. Whisenhunt of the Owens Chapel community was here Thurs day to get a pedigreed Duroc Jer sey pig that he had bought of Shunk & Holt of Shawnee. Ok, Mir. Whis enhunt has a good start with this standard breed of hogs, and he IS getting in shape to raise thorobred stock.
 R. E. Ellis, a Texas registrant, who is with the National Army at Camp Bowie, near Fort Worth, Tex, re- turned to duty Wednesday after having spent a furlough of 10 days with his parents, living al i02 Fourth street The parents had moved to Mena since the young man entered the service.