The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-16

FVt' N- &A' dNtts El |" q. H., JbDllll dIu J. Brinton of Wickes were in Mena on business Monday
 Dr. J. G. Hilton reports the birth of.a son last Friday to MT. and Mrs. C. C. Naught, living near Nunley.
 Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Moseley left Sunday afternoon for St. Louis on goods-buying trip for Moseley x Sons store.
 | R. J. Philpot of Egger left Monday 1 Tor Gerty, Ok, to spend month or longer at the home of his son, Se- bern Philpot.
 | Mrs, F. F. Gebhart left Saturday afternoon for a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs L. H. Young. in Taylorville, Ok
 Mrs. Bert Cotton and niece. Miss Pearl Cotton, who had been with rel atives for about a week. left Mon day for their home in Sallisaw.
 Miss Johnnie Gibson. returned to Mena Sunday from her vacation and on Monday began work again as saleslady ill the Boston Store. J. P. Payne has again gone into the real estate business, having opened an office in the building on Jansen avenue, back of the First National Bank.
 MT. and Mrs. J. G. Lawrence went to Shady Sunday to be with relatives until Wednesday of this week. John Bell is in charge of MT. Lawrence's store during his absence.
 Miss Mettie Whatley of Texar- kama, cousin of Mrs. J. c. Jackson. who had been the guest of MT. and Mrs. J. G. Jackson for week, re- turned home Tuesday afternoon. C. C. Mills and sister. Miss Doug lass, left Saturday for Ottumwa, and other Iowa points to visit old neigh bors and friends. 1t had been four teen years since Mir. Mills has been back in the old home.
 Hal DeLongy, who has been en- gagged in the practice of law in Tul- { sa, Ok, since last April, arrived in Mena on Tuesday for a brief visit with his mother, Mrs. F. E. DeLongy and other relatives at The Oaks. Miss Maude Beard, who had been the guest of Mrs. c. W. Copelin dur ing the last two weeks, left Monday for Oklahoma City to spend few days with her mother before re- turning to her work in Tulsa, Ok. Frank Ford was in from posey Hollow Tuesday, accompanied by his two sons, Elihu and John, and Will Cox. All were called for examina- tion in the selective draft and there's not stacker in the bunch
 Miss Irene Thornton came in from Shady Saturday to spend the week end with homefolks. She has fully recovered from her recent serious attack of illness and had spent all of last week in charge of her school.
 Mrs. J. F. Averitt and son, Louis, went to Heavener Monday afternoon to visit relatives of Mrs. Averitt They were accompanied on the home trip by Miss Kate Pope of Heavener, who had been visiting Mena relatives. Mrs. Paul Sanderson, Mrs. N. Bor- ing, and Mrs. Bertha Fruit, all of Zwolle, La, arrived in Mena Monday to be here for the remainder of the summer. At present they are stopping at the Antlers hotel, but plan to rent furnished cottage. Mrs. Herbert Began, accompanied iby her sister, Mrs Keran Neville, came from Buck Knob, Scott county on Monday. She was joined here by Mir. Began and they left on Wednes7 day for Shady, where Mir Began will be stationed as. forest ranger. ~0 ea Mir. and Mrs. Everett Smith, who We're married alasta Fniday, aafterr noon, al the parsonage lof the. M, E. church, South. by the Rev. J R. Rushing. left Saturday for Kansas City, where. Mr. smith expects to get employment in the Frisco rail- way shops. 8 MT. and Mrs. c. A. Alexander and sons, Otto, Thornton and Duvall, lleft on Tuesday for their home in Fort Smith, after having spent about month in Mena to get away from the heat prevailing in Fort Smith. Otis Alexander left Monday morning for Fort Smith.
 Mrs. B. F. Jackson and two sons, and daughter, arrived Monday from Krum, Tex, for visit at the home of W. G. Widener, father of Mrs. Jackson, living at Alder Mrs. Jack sons oldest son is one of the Texas registrants, and as he expected to be called to service soon he desired to visit his grandfather and other rel atives before being mustered into the army.
 Mrs. Gordon Boone and daughters. Misses Katherine and Elizabeth, of | Corpus Christi, Tex, and Mrs. H. W. Cardwell of San Antonio, Tex, ar rived in Mena Monday to spend the remainder of the summer at the home of Mir. and Mrs. g. n. Shrews- | f -1.L. n