The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-10

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 W. L. Sellers and A. P. Epperson of Mountain Fork were in Mena on Wednesday,
 W. W. Townsend went to Ink on Tuesday to spend the day on the farm with his mother.
 Willis Hungate, who came from Grannis Tuesday night, spent Wednesday in Mena on business. G. H. Davis went to Page Wednes- day to visit with his friend, John Wood, who is about to leave to join the navy.
 w. L. Parker returned Monday from a trip to Ashdown and Little Rock, having been away since last Thursday
 P. p. Perry and R. F. Wear of the Ink community were here Tues day on land deal which Mr. Perry has pending.
 Henderson Jackson left Tuesday morning to report for duty at the Citizens Training Camp at Fort Logan H, Roots.
 H. R. Groves of Yocana was in Mena today to leave tonight for Shady Point, Alborn and Boswell, Ok- to spend a week or ten days with relatives.
 Miss Annie Embry and Miss Imo purVis who had spent Tuesday with Mena relatives and friends, returned ] to their home at Board Camp on Wednesday morning.
 Miss May Shinn of the Ransom community was in Mena Monday evening to start for Concord, x. c., for an extended visit at the home of relatives of her father J. Brinton and J. k. Joplin came from Wickes Sunday evening to take home the Ford touring car which had been bought by Mir. Brinton from the Proctor X Go. agency.
 J. T. Magruder of the First Ma tional Bank returned Tuesday from Quinton, Ok, where he had been ! looking after his business interests, having been away since last Friday.
 Judge Wright pricket left Tuesday afternoon for Hope to attend the meeting of the State Council of the l Episcopal churches as the represen- tative of Christ Episcopal church. He plans to return to Mena Friday.
 R. H. Hughes left Tuesday night | for Hartshorne, Ok, where he will spend two weeks at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Neff, and he will then go to Quincy, H., where he will spend the summer with rela- tives.
 Mrs. w. E. Mershon of Hatfield | is in Mena this week with the chil- dren of Mir. and Mrs. T. A. Winton, while Mrs Winton is in Tulsa, Ok, at the bedside of her sister, Miss Lulu Whipple, who underwent au operation Sunday for appendicitis.
 Tandy Hatfield came from Heav- ener Tuesday afternoon to look aft CT some matters of business, re- turning home on train No. i. He is just closing a deal for the purchase of a jewelry business in Heayener, so that he may go into business for himself.
 Albert Fletcher, son of Dr. T. M. Fletcher and Mrs. Fletcher, won second place in the Intercollege ar atorical contest held at Little Rock last Friday. He represented Little Rock College. First place went to ! the representative of Henderson Brown college.
 Judge J. I. Alley returned Tuesday evening from Mt. Ida, where he had attended the session of the Mont gomery Chancery court. He was accompanied as far as Womble by Mrs. Alley, Miss Kittie White and Miss Thelma Jones, who spent the 1 time with relatives while MT. Alley was in Mt. Ida.
 w. W. Brown. who came from Muskogee last Saturday is planning to leave Mena next Thursday He i thinks of selling his household goods, and he will then make the trip to Muskogee in his automobile, while Mrs. Brown and son, Ward, will likely 20 on the train, at least as far as Fort Smith.
 Miss Fern Benjamin of DeQueen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Benja- min, and granddaughter of Mrs, M. Barham of this city, was awarded first place in piano at the Arkansas Interschool contest held at Little Rock last Saturday. Miss Benjamin represented Henderson-Brown col- lege where she is attending school | Mrs. T. A. Winton went to Tulsa Ok, Monday in response to a mes sage that her sister. Miss Lulu Whipple, had undergone an opera tion for appendicitis. The opera l lion was performed Sunday, and q telegram from Mrs. Winton re- ceived Monday night was to the ef- feet that she is getting along nicely