The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
PERSONAL NOTES

PERSONAL NOTES
 B. F. Bssell of Hatton was trading in Mena Monday.
 X. J. Robbins of Rocky spent Sal |urday among Mena friends
 Mir. and Mrs. Lester Mays of Big Fork traded in Mena today
 A son was born Sunday night to MT and Mrs. John Shumaker. living west of Mena.
 G. II. Johnson came from Hatfield Friday to look after business mat ters at the county seat.
 Dr. ?. R. Watkins reports the birth Friday morning of a daughter to Mir. and Mrs. q. C. Whipple.
 Dr. J. \. Porter and Mrs. Porter of Nandervoort spent Monday here on business with county officials.
 Mike Cassidy of Texarkana is in Mena for an extended stay for his health. He is stopping at the Mena hotel.
 Dr. J. Frank of Farmers Branch, Tex, is spending a few days in Mena for the purpose of Investigating con- ditions.
 Walter Edwards returned Sunday from McAlester, Ok, where he had attended the County fair and auto mobile races.
 J J. Stephens of TeXarkana. who had been in Mena for day or two to buy apples, succeeded in getting out a shipment Friday
 The Rev W. l.. Smith left Friday afternoon for Ashdown, where he assisted in conducting the funeral services of Judge JeG T Bowling.
 The Rev Mir OsterlOh, who had been holding a meeting in the Pine Grove community was her Mon day to leave for his home in Tecum- sch, Ok.
 Mr. and Mrs o. W. Robson came to Mena Sunday to spend a day or two with Mrs. Robsons sister, Mrs. J. c. Sandlin, who is here from Hen rietta, Ok.
 Joe C. Allen. J. C. Hoheimer, Sam Powell and A. Kemp came up from Hatfield Friday, all except Mir. Ho- heimer to take examinations for the National Army.
 J. B. Lilies was in from Big Fork Thursday, making the trip in his automobile. He recently bought the auto which was formerly the prop erty of J. B. Wimberly.
 Ambrose Battenfeld and Ben Bogle of the Pine Grove neighbor- hood were in Mena Friday to leave for Snyder, Ok, where they expect to get work picking cotton.
 Mrs. Lola Woods of Hochatown, Ok, and Mrs. Lula Trailer of Hank amer Tex, mother and aunt of Mrs. E. J. Moseley, are in Mena visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Moseley.
 c. E. Wax of Sherman, Tex, ar rived in Mena last Monday for a visit with Mir and Mrs. c. s. Tank ersley Mir, Wax came to Polk county to prospect for a location.
 B. s. petefish, Harry J. Petefish. q. R. Hale and c. w. Deardorf, the latter here from Hastings, Neb., to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. B. S, petefish, spent Friday in Mena.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Stewart and Mir and Mrs. Stinford spent Sunday iii Mena as the guest of Mir. and Mrs. c. w. Copelin. They made the trip from Kings in MT Stinford's auto mobile.
 Albert and George Fletcher, sons of Dr. T. M Fletcher and Mrs. Fletcher. left last Monday for Lit- tie Rock, where George will attend Little Rock College during the com ing year
 Mrs. w. W. Chandler, mother of Boyd Lanin. after spending a day with Mr. and Mrs. Laflin. left Thurs day for her home in Shreveport She had spent the summer in Illinois and Wisconsin.
 Mr. and Mrs. Waymon Scott. and Mir. and Mrs. Chas, Ballentine of the Oden community spent Monday in Mena to do trading Mir. and Mrs. Balentine went from here to Rocky to help James Turner and family move to Oden.
 w. c. B. Allen of Acorn spent Fri day in Mena. He has recently been spending most of his time in the oil fields about Beaumont, and other points along the line of the Kansas City Southern railway.
 X P Epperson, Luther Sellers, Will Langley, Sam and Lloyd Fields, and Wes. Hansard were among the Mountain Fork people in Mena Fri day. Will Langley and Sam Fields were among the registrants who had