The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-22

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 A son was born Friday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. Owen Parker.
 Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Gray of Cove were Mena visitors Thursday.
 Mir. and Mrs, N F. Bales went to Hatfield Wednesday for visit with MT and Mrs. Merton Bales.
 Miss Florence Steel went to Page, Ok, Friday to spend the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. c. M. Hopkins.
 George Courtney of Caddo coun- ty, Oklahoma, arrived on Saturday morning to prospect for a location.
 Mrs. Ben Goolsby is assisting the sales force in the w. w. Townsend store during the rush of fall busi- ness.
 Will Rogers was in Mena from Oden Thursday with cotton and to have a grist ground at the Mena Flour Mill.
 MT. and Mrs. w. N. Edwards of Big Fork were on the market on Wednesday with cotton, selling at 27h cents per pound
 MT. and Mrs. W. A. Merck and seven children arrived Wednesday from Junction, Kimball county. Tex. to locate in Polk county.
 John Talkington came from Shady Point Friday to spend a week with Polk county friends, and to look after his farming interests.
 Nj, D. Keener of Ink and Miss Stella Terwilliger, living northeast of Mena, took special examination Saturday for teachers license
 Mrs. R. c. Maxwell and Mrs. 0. L. Cooper went to Howe, Ok, Friday afternoon to spend a day with Mrs. Arthur Mizzell, sister of Mrs. Coop CT.
 Mir. and Mrs. C. c. Stephens re- turned to Mena last Saturday from Wolf City, Tex, after an absence of six years. They say they have come back to stay.
 G. C. Smallwood of Big Fork was ill Mena Wednesday to go to De- Queen, near where he owns a farm He will look after the gathering of his corn and other crops.
 Ivan Green returned to Mena last Thursday from Las Animas, Col, where he had been in the naval hos pital for the last five months. He has a sick leave of 30 days.
 Mir. and Mrs. l.. w. Wallace of Siloam Springs, parents of Glenn Wallace, left for their home Friday afternoon after having spent a week with Mir. and Mrs. Wallace.
 Mrs. Raymond Clark and little daughter arrived Friday from Hom- iny, Ok, going from here to the home of her parents, MT and Mrs Wesley Ringgold, near Board Camp
 ]. c. Bates was in Mena with cot ton Thursday and before leaving h' secured a receipt for subscription to The Star up to the fall of 1919 He has read The Star continuously for fully twenty years.
 Mrs. R. E. Hamby and children left last Thursday for Asher, Ok. where they are going to make their home. Mr Hamby had been near Asher all fall picking cotton and do- ing other farm work.
 Fred Parsons of Wharton, Tex, 8 former resident of this city, spent Thursday here on business in tho probate court in the matter of tho settlement of the Dr. J. \. Porter estate. Mrs. Parsons is a daughter of Dr. Porter.
 1Ibl. IL. W. ildHlbN pi W tA hts passed thru Mena Thursday en- route to Berryville, Ark, where h6 will visit his father before going tC Little Rock to attend the Masonic Grand lodge, which will convene or next Tuesday.
 Mr. and Mrs. Mark P Olney, Mrs D. NJ. Watkins and Mrs. Tony Meyer left last Friday morning foI Little Rock, where they will attend the session of the Grand Chapter ol the Eastern Star, which convened Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs. James H Il. Smith who had spent several weeks 1T Mena last September and had since been in Putnam county, Missouri with Mir. Smiths father, returned tC Mena last week to make their home here for the winter.
 Mr. and Mrs Ira B. Jones were in from Two Mile Saturday t shop. They are both employed 1T the Two-Mile school. and report that the work has been well started in the two weeks during which tho school has been in session.
 
 w. II. Glover. a former resident of the Potter community, who left Polk county about two years ago for Hobart, Ok, arrived in Mena last Thursday to spend few days with relatives and friends and tC look after real estate interests.