The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-31
PERSONAL NOTES

F. NJ. Cecil of Vandervoort was in Mena on business Thursday.
 Rev. A. s. Daniels of Vandervoort spent Wednesday in Mena on busi- ness and to call on friends.
 A daughter was born Thursday to MT. and Mrs. Elmer Eddy. Dr. B. H. Hawkins was in attendance.
 w. A. Hughes of Opal and $. A. and Lem Lofts of Alder were among the east end folks in Mena Satur- day.
 J. A. Standridge of Opal left on the early train Thursday morning for Ada, Ok, where he will visit his mother.
 Tom J. Wilbanks of Grannis was in Mena Friday to attend the Com missioner's sale growing out of the case of A. H. Shell Vs. Jas. I. Sisk.
 Dr. P. R. Watkins reports the birth of boys to Mir. and Mrs. Charles Ehret, living west of Mena, and Mr. and Mrs. Caeser Wyss at Eagleton.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. R. Anderson left last Sunday morning for Seneca, Mo-, where they will spend the sum- mer with MT. and Mrs w. J. Ander- son.
 T. J. Edwards and R. J. Abernathy were among the Big Fork folks in Mena Saturday, having come in after supplies for the Big Fork stores.
 D. R. Roberts and w. A. Eads of the Opal community were among the farmers in Mena Thursday. Mir. Roberts made a hurried trip to get supplies for his store.
 The Goss & Wood Overland agen- cy this week sold a Model 90 tour ing ear to F. c. Embry of the Plant CTS State Bank, and Mr. Embry is now taking instruction in running the car.
 w. w. Townsend and sons, Wal lace and Raymond spent the past week ~at the home of Mrs. s. A. Banks, near Hiwasse, Benton county. They planned to return home the first of this week.
 A. G. Dickerson, formerly living at Egger, but more recently having been at Gerty, Ok, and Chlders, Tex, on account of Mrs. Dickerson's health, is among Polk county friends for few days.
 Mrs. ]. s. Burnett and son arrived in Mena Friday from Dallas, Tex, having made the trip in their auto mobile. They came to Polk county to prospect for a home, with a view of coming here to live.
 Luke Thacker has written home folks that at last he has been mus tered into the naval service. At the time of writing, he was just ready to start for the Great Lakes train ing station near Chicago.
 R. Golf, w. J. Lauck and Dr. J. c. Hilton, returned Friday night from their fishing trip on Mountain Fork, near the mouth of Mile creek. They report a fine outing, but not a great abundance of fish.
 Prof. R. B. Dodd of Hatfield spent ID .ID l, sr mer Normal Friday, which had been in session for eight weeks, and which had been attended by twelve students. all of whom, he reports, did good work.
 Tim Swindle from near Caddo Gap was here Saturday to get supplies Mr. Swindle runs a water mill and he is getting everything in shape for a good run this fall and winter, for he says the prospects never were better than this year.
 Dudley Lauck returned Thursday morning from Little Rock, where he had been for the second time with the purpose of joining the officers reserve corps. To his great disap- pointment, he failed to pass the re- quired physical examination.
 Mcphetrige X Martin as attorneys for F. M. Reeves have filed a suit in the Sevier Chancery court against the Atlas Development Company, and the B. X A. Mining Company, for the recovery of money. The papers in the case were mailed to DeQueen Friday.
 Willis Hungate came from Gran his Thursday to complete the deal for the trade of some real estate for the Eugene Cox Overland automo- bile He started on the home trip on Friday with the automobile, the car being driven thru for him by c. A. Proctor.
 Mrs. Virginia c. Logic, sister of Mrs. NJ. R. Began, arrived last week from Eureka Springs, to spend the summer with Dr. and Mrs Began. Mrs. Logic has travelled extensively in this and other countries, but soon after arriving in Mena she was charmed with climatic conditions.
 Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Whitaker and little son, arrived "Wednesday after noon from Talequah, Ok, expecting to make their home in Mena. Mir. Whitaker is a machinest and hopes to get employment at his trade. He