The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-25

tHSuctihtht oI HIS daughter, SNhIl to Jesse Badt. the marriage to laka place next spring.
 R. L. Park left Thursday for po- teau, Ok from whence he will go to Walters, Ok. to be away for n month or more looking after his business interests.
 Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Thacker and children and Mir. and Mrs. D. B. Jop- lin, spent Sunday with relatives in Nandervoort and Wickes, making the trip in the Thacker auto.
 Joe l.. Deckard of Hatfield was in Mena Friday to make final proof of his homestead entry before Circuit Clerk Owen Parker R. R. Miller and Ben Taylor came with him as witnesses.
 Mrs. V. E, Paulk left Sunday for Faxon, Ok, where she will spend the winter. She was accompanied as far as Howe by NJ. A. Stratton. who assisted her in making the change of trains.
 Mir. and Mrs. Harry Hopkins and little daughter were in Mena Friday on their return to Page from trip to Black Springs and WOmble, where Mir. Hopkins had been to se- cure mill hands.
 
 Mrs. R. l.. Thrailkill who had spent the last several months with her mother in Kingsville, Mo-. re- turned to Mena Sunday to look after her properly interests. She may de- eide tO remain here for the winter.
 J. A. Robertson and son. w. P. Robertson, K. B. Murphy and R. R. Sullivan of Rosser, Tex, arrived in Mena Friday to prospect in the county for locations. They made the trip overland in an automobile.
 Mir. and Mrs. G. A. Kennett. for mer residents of the Board Camp community, who recently returned from Kansas, have become residents of Mena, having rented the Oliver Cox residence on South Seventh street
 Mack Logan, salesman in the C.. w. Petty store, on Thursday traded i60 acres of land located near Clay ton, Ok, for the c. E. Kensworthy farm of i47 acres located in the Foran Gap neighborhood.
 James Lacy, who was in from Vanderyoort today, has son on duty in the National Army at Camp Funston, Kas. He registered in Springfield, Col, but was examined and passed by the Polk county ex- emption board.
 Ode McMillan, Ira Stanley and Garland Johnson, three of the Polk county boys who are training in Camp Pike, arrived in Mena Satdr- day to spend a furlough of three days with homefolks in the Board Camp community.
 Mrs. J. H. Long. W. A. Long, and Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Butterfield, the latter here from Hot Springs, left Thursday for Wickes, where MT, and Mrs. J. H. Long are going to live. J. H. Long, being unable to get all of business closed did not go until today.
 Mrs. NJ. c. Reed and Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Reed. who came last Wednes- day from Weir City, Kas., to be here for the funeral of Mrs. Will Reed, left Sunday for their home. They were accompanied by Will Reed, who was to report Monday for duty with the National Army at Camp Funston
 Mrs. E. c. Roberts left Thursday for Fort Smith, where she will en- ter St. Johns Hospital for treatment with the expectation of undergoing an operation next Sunday. Mir. Roberts and Dr. E. E. Holt went to Fort Smith on Saturday to be pres ent when the operation was un- dertaken.
 H. Young returned Saturday from Searcy, whither he was called a week ago on account of the death of his brother, which occurred on Sun day, October t5. Mir. Young left here the following Monday morning, but on account of bad railroad con- nections he failed to reach Searcy in time to attend the funeral.
 Mir and Mrs. W. A. Wray, who are living on the Experiment Station farm, were given surprise one evening last week by their neigh bors, who came in on them to the number of about twenty-five, bring ing we'll filled baskets for big sup per. Mir. and Mrs. Wray are expect ing to leave in about 30 days for their old home in Aurora, Mo.
 Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Eddleman moved to town the latter part of this week, and are occupying one of the Lochridge cottages on Mena street. Mir. Eddleman had been in charge of one of the Watkins saw mills on Two Mile. They have moved to town that they may give their children the advantage of the public schools.
 Mrs. E. E. Benjamin and daugh- ters. Misses Fern and Paula. here to