The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-19
PERSONAL NOTES


 T. NJ. Duncan of Hartley was among the farmers in town Thurs day
 w. W. Rowton came from Heaven CT Thursday afternoon to look after business interests in Mena.
 S. P. 0rrick Thursday brought to The Star the first cotton bloom of the season. He has in five acres.
 Duke Wilson of Octavia, Ok. was in Mena Thursday to get a load of supplies for the Wilson & Son store
 J. A. Standridge of Egger returned Friday from Oklahoma City. where he had been attending a barber school.
 Mrs. w. w. Townsend returned Thursday morning from Kansas City where she has been under treatment since about the middle of June.
 T. c. Rose of the Fair Store re- turned to Mena Thursdav from Bonneville and Waldron, where he had assisted in invoicing the Fair Stores.
 Prof. R. T. Morris came in from poteau Friday evening, going from here to Board Camp, where he will visit at the home of Nr. and Mrs. E. c. Embry.
 J. s. Lawrence and R. F. Hampton of Shady were among the farmers in Mena Saturday. Mir. Lawrence made report of the school enumeration for his district.
 Born, a daughter, Friday night. July i3, to Mir. and Mrs. J. Hollister Tull. at Indianapolis, Ind. Mother and daughter are both reported as doing nicely.
 hr. and Mrs. E. W. Stokes, who had been visiting at the home of Mir. and Mrs. R. B. Board and Mrs. Pearl Dean, left Saturday for their home in Austin, Tex.
 Mrs. Guy Thornton and little son came Thursday afternoon from Fort Smith for visit at the home of Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Mershon, parents of Mrs. Thornton
 The school directors of district No. i0 the Cherry Hill school, were in Mena last week to get wire and other material with which to fence the school grounds.
 Dr. Chas. l.. Sanford and Mrs. San ford of Board Camp, spent few hours in Mena Saturday to do some trading, making the trip in their automobile.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Kemp of the Dallas Valley went to Horatio last week to spend a week or ten days at the home of Mrs. s. A. Lemons, sis ter of MT. Kemp.
 Miss Rhoda Everett who had been visiting at the home of her brother in Nunley and with Mena friends left Thursday night for Tulsa, Ok, where she has employment as stenographer.
 Mrs. J. P. Randolph, who was for merly employed as cashier and book keeper in the q. W. Petty store, is on duty at the old place during the time that Miss Mable Lee is taking her vacation.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ed Hilton and son, Herman, of Texola, Ok, are in Mena as guests at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Hilton and other relatives. Mir. Hilton is assisting in the music for the Baptist revival meeting.
 Watkins Brothers have the mater ial on the ground for the construc- tion of the concrete dipping vat on their farm in southeast Mena. A. P. Schott will be in charge of the con crete work which was to have been begun today.
 Miss Hallie Logan, saleslady in the Petty store, is of duty for a vacation of two or three weeks. She will spend most of the time in Mena, but plans a trip next week to Eureka Springs with friends who are com ing from Waxahachie, Tex.
 Miss Jess Reece and daughters,
 Mrs. Jesse Reece and daughters, who had been visiting relatives at Caddo Gap and Womble, arrived m Mena Thursday morning, belng among the first passengers on the Mena-Hot Springs Motor Car Lane.
 Mir. and Mrs. J H. Mercer and three children arrived "Wednesday evening from Tayortewn, La, to spend the summer in Mena as they have for several summers past. MT. Mercer owns the cottage on Port Arthur avenue, adjoining the Loeh- ! ridge home.
 George pettitt returned the first of last week from Womble where he had spent a week at the home oi hls mother, Mrs. k. A. pettitt, who IS Tn feeble health due chiefly to her ad- vanced age of st years. He was brought to Mena by his nephew, Ca A. pettitt, who came to Mena win load of new wheat which he had milled at the Mena Flour Mill.
 A. J. Robbins from near Rocky
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