The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-08
PERSONAL NOTES

iidtilciu were DuslneSS visitors m Mena Saturday.
 Prof, s. s. Lane of the Grannis schools spent Saturday and Sunday with MeEa friends.
 MT. and Mrs. J. F. Hood returned last Thursday from Elkins. Ark. where they had been for the last three weeks
 J. R. Leathers is shaping up his affairs to spend the winter in Port Arthur with his daughter, Mrs. Ernest Voerster.
 A daughter was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. R. k. Roberts, living on South Fourth street. Dr. l.. B. Gunnels was in attendance.
 Mrs. NJ. M. Childs, mother of Mrs. W B. Thomas, returned Saturday from visit to relatives near Duck cit.
 NJ. E. Gowin of East Muskogee, Ok, and NJ. F. Negus of Muskogee. were in Mena Wednesday prospect ing for location
 l.. w. Hall and the Rev. N. Q. Hornsby of Hatfield were business visitors in Mena Thursday making the trip in MT. Halls car.
 Forest Ranger Jos. R. Gill left on Sunday for Biglow, Ark, where he is scaling timber wbich has been sold to the Fourche Lumber Com pany.
 Mrs. D. Il. Hopkins and daughter Miss Hazel, went to Page Wednes- day to spend the remainder of the week with Mr. and Mrs. c. Nj. Hop kins.
 Miss Ollie Shields returned on Wednesday from Malvern, Ark. where she had spent two months with her sister, Mrs. B. F. Cunning ham.
 NJ. N Mitchell, who had spent the last seven months in Canada, re- turned to Mena Wednesday. He ex- poets to spend the winter in the states.
 J. c. Goodner arrived last Thurs day from Weatherford, Ok, to spend the winter with relatives near Wat CTS. Mrs. Goodner had been here for some time.
 Saturday for Cleveland, Ok, to visit with Mir. Ritchie's parents during this month. They plan to return to Mena about December |.
 Mrs. Joe Daniels and children who have been living on Gam street, left last Tuesday morning for Crowder, Ok, where Mr. Daniel has been at work for some time'
 H. D. Ravenscraft Sunday closed his nineteenth year of consecutive service in Mena for the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a re- cord which doubtless is difficult tl duplicate.
 Mrs. NJ. NJ. Shields and Miss Maude Board left last Thursday for Fort Worth. Tex, to spend few days with Lige Horner, who is sta toned there as a member of tho Oklahoma National Guard.
 c. l.. Smith. here from Washing ton, D. C., making an investigation of the grazing conditions in tho National forests spent last week m the territory about Shady with For est Ranger Herbert Began.
 R. D. Whitaker came in iron Ouinton, Ok, couple of days ago with Mrs. Whitaker and the chil- dren. He is employed as machinist in a garage, and has had steady em- ployment since going to Quinton.
 F. P. Boyd and c. E. Browning oi pittsburg, Kas., spent last week prospecting in Polk county. Mr Boyd is native of Arkansas having been born in Benton county tho he has been out of the statt since 1865.
 MT. and Mrs. H. L. Rosson of the Ink neighborhood returned Monday morning from LeFlore, Ok, whitheI they had been called on account o1 the illness and subsequent death oi Mrs. c. Johnson, aged mother oi Mrs. Rosson.
 Uirich and Cleveland Maxwell anC sister, Miss Ola, were in from theiI Freedom township farm Wednes- day to do trading and to spend tht day with friends. The boys brought in a load of pumpkins to market but found little sale for them. R. T. Wade of Louisville, Ky, wa: guest Monday at the home of MT and Mrs. R. Golf. Mir. Wade, who i: travelling man. is an old friend of Mir. and Mrs. Golf and always makes it a point to spend day with then when he gets into this territory.
 Phil. Cornell has written home folks that he successfully passed the examinations in Fort Smith ane Little Rock for enlistment in the aviation corps, and had started foI St. Louis, from whence he expect ed to be sent to San Antonio, Tex.