The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-13
PERSONAL NOTES
J. W. Harkey of Hatton was among Inc folks in Mena Friday.


 Young Mckinney left Thursday afternoon for Conway, Ark, to look after property interests.
 A daughter was born on Thursday to Mir. and Mrs. Neil Riding. Dr. K. E. Holt was in attendance.
 MT. and Mrs. w. D. Goodner of Huddleston visited last week with the latter's daughter, Mrs. Silas Wood.
 Dr. P. R. Watkins reports the birth of son on Tuesday to Mir. and Mrs. c. C. Gibson, living on Maple avenue.
 NJ. c. and V. B. Swearingen of Montgomery county, Tex, were in Mena Wednesday to prospect for To- cations.
 J. B. Widener of Alder, having finished his fall work has again started out to sell nursery stock for the Amity nursery.
 J. G. Wood and Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Wood of Yocana were among those detained in town Friday on account of the bad weather.
 Dr. w. w. philpot and nephew, Albert Philpot, left last week for Gerty Ok, for a visit with rela- tives and to look after business mat ters.
 Mir and Mrs. William Coffey and three children arrived "Wednesday from Pauls Valley, Ok, for a visit with Mir. Coffeys parents and other relatives.
 Sam Ellison of Fayetteville has accepted the position of pharmacist with the Jackson Drug X Furniture Company, going on duty Friday morning.
 Col C. M. Latimer and w. I. Green were at Dallas Thursday to conduct a sale for w. D. Durham. They were accompanied on the trip by w. A. Tomlinson.
 Mrs. Ema Hamburger and daugh- ter have installed candy kitchen in the building at 6i4 Mena street, which has just been vacated by w. P. Sunderman.
 
 H. B. Black, who has been K. c. s. agent at Wickes, was here Fri day. He will leave soon for Good man, Mo, to accept the position of operator at that point.
 Mrs. A. B. Palmer of the Twin Oak farm in the Foran Gap coun- try, returned to Mena Wednesday after an extended visit with rela- tives in Chillicothe, Mo.
 H. k. Crawford of Crossett, Tex, and D. NJ. Ellis of Telferner, Tex, purchased Polk county farms on Wednesday, the deals being made thru Secretary Eastin of the Com mercial club.
 Mrs. s. A. Harrison arrived Thurs day from Albion, Ok for visit with her grandson, Henry Dickerson of Egger and granddaughter, Mrs. John Cauley of Ink, expecting to be here for two weeks.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Lilies and fam fly, who had been in Enloe, Tex, for about a year, returned to Mena Thursday to again make their home in Polk county They went from here to their former home near AL der. .
 G. M. Bulla, in Mena "Wednesday, reported that the public sale con ducted for him on Tuesday by Col. c. Nj. Latimer, proved much more satisfactory than he had anticipated, everything offered for sale having brought about all it was worth. The Rev. Louis Nichols, Mrs Nichols and two children arrived on 1 Thursday from Jacksonville, Tex. to be with Mena relatives until the | first of next week, when they will go to Texarkana to remain with Mir Nichols brothers until after the hol- idays.
 Levi Wimberly and son, Richard were in from Egger Thursday. They report that Willis Wimberly has in- stalled cotton boiler in connection with his gin at Egger, and that he is thus helping the farmers save what was in former years almost com- plete waste.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Lumbard and baby arrived in Mena "Wednesday from Taylor. N. Mex, to go to Big Fork to visit MT. Lumbard's par ents. MT. and Mrs. E. D. Lumbard who came from New Mexico last fall and located on the Fritts farm near Big Fork.
 J. H. Dickerson and E. ROby oi Egger were in Mena Friday on the trail of a team of mules which hac strayed from the farm of the latter ! They trailed the team about three miles west of Mena and then lost all track of them, giving up the hunt until the weather moderates. Miss Anna Woods, home demon strator for Polk county, has begun | the work of organization for next saaaon's Uork During last week