The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-06
PERSONAL NOTES
J. NJ. Hatfield was in from shad,

saturday.
 Mrs Mark Hall and Mrs. R. F. Andrews of Potter were shopping in Mena Monday.
 R. L. Norris went to Fort smith Monday to get lined up on the cotton market.
 J. P. A. Johnson of the Pine Grove community, returned Friday from a trip to Stilwell, Ok.
 Miss Gretchen Wilcox of Nunley IS spending this week in Mena with Mir. and Mrs. G. A. Kennett.
 Robert Nj. Berry was in from the West End Saturday and made sure of getting The Star another year.
 Mrs. H. Young returned Friday from Haileyvile, Ok, where he had spent a week with her son, Luther.
 A. s. Daniels of Potter and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Jones of Two-Mile were among the teachers in Mena Satur- day.
 John Lofts and sons, J. F. and Hugh, left Sunday morning on a prospecting trip to the country about Calvin, Ok.
 Mrs. Martha Imoe was here Satur- day and took advantage of the Si .00 price of the Weekly Star, which continues only to January |.
 Mrs w. c. Vandiver, who has been very sick for some time, is gradual ly weakening and is expected Go survive but few days al best
 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chrislgau of Austin Minn. who had been guests of Mir. and Mrs. G. Sebach for about two weeks, plan to start Monday on the home trip.
 John Steel. who had been in Mena since Thursday, returned to Hod- gems, Ok, Sunday. He states that his ginning season will last about a week or ten days longer.
 Minor pipkin, accompanied by his daughter, Willmina, was at Waters Friday to sell i60 acres of land be- longing to the Mrs. Elizabeth Sleeper estate, The land was bought by the Caddo River Lumber Company.
 
 Polk county parents who have sons in the National Army stationed at Camp Jackson, s. C., will be in- terested to know that Ray Legate, son of Nj. B. Legate, is one of the men in charge of the Y. M. C. A. work at this camp.
 K. k. Hallman, cashier of the Bank of Glenwood, and Sheriff Tom w. Steuart of Murfreesboro, were in Mena Thursday night to check up some clews in connection with the Glenwood bank robbery, leaving again Friday morning.
 MT. and Mrs, c. w. Mead of Gin cinnati, O., after spending two weeks with Mir. and Mrs. F. NJ. Kinds, of Bethesda Springs, left on Friday for Meriden, Miss, where they will visit a son and then go to Florida for the winter. Mrs. Mead is sis ter of MT. Kinds.
 R. c. Gosney, who left Mena two months ago to enlist with the Forest regiment with the American expedi- tionary forces in France, has writ ten his brother that he has been ap- pointed senior master engineer and will be in charge of twelve saw mills in France. He sailed for France on November 9.
 w. NJ. Tomlinson and son were in from Board Camp Saturday, remain ing to attend the Masonic meeting that night. Mir. Tomlinson and fam fly recently came from Chickasha, Ok, and had since lived on the farm of County Judge A. E. Wear, but will soon move to the Andrew Bailey farm which has been bought by Mir. Tomlinson.
 MT. and Mrs. c. A. Wangler left Sunday afternoon for Salis- bury. Mo, where they expect to make their home. Mir. and Mrs. Wangler have been residents of Polk county for several years, and had made a success on their little farm located west of Mena, selling out, however, that they might live nearer to their relatives.
 Dr. p. R. Watkins returned Fri day evening from Texarkana whither he had accompanied Dr. E M. Starbuck of Acorn to undergo an operation at Michael Meacher Memorial Hospital, for the removal of stone in the bladder. The opera tion was performed Friday, and when Dr. Watkins left Texarkana the patient was rallying nicely.
 Prof. R. B. Dodd of the Hatfield schools spent part of the Thanks giving vacation with John Dodd and mother at Ransom.
 Chas. Kirkland spent the first oi last week at Camp Pike visiting his son. Walter, who is member of the National Army from Polk coun- ty. Walter had passed thru a siege of measles, and had just been re- leased from quarantine last Satur- day.