The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-09

J. \. AlcShlfe, Emsley Lawrence and Will and D. Whisenhunt were in from Shady Friday
 Mr. and Mrs. Porter Allen and son. Robert S., Jr, returned Thursday from Eordyce, where Mir. Allen had been in business.
 Mrs. Ben Atwood, who had spent two months with Mena relatives and friends, left Saturday for her home
 in Hot Springs
 A. F. Easterday closed deal last week for the purchase of the C. R. Shields property, located in the 800 block on Ninth street.
 Mrs. R. C. Maxwell and son, Ul- rich, who had been in Mena last week Co take care of some fruit, re- turned lo the farm Friday after noon.
 J. P. Weddle returned to Mena on Thursday of last week from Memphis, Tenn, where he had been at work as carpenter since early in January.
 Mrs. w. E. Wooten and two little daughters went to Eagleton Thurs day afternoon to spend a few days with MT. Wooten, who is there in charge of a saw mill
 D. Russell writes from pittsburg, Kas., that Mrs. Russell on Tuesday of last week, underwent an opera ton at Mt Carmel Hospital, from which she is recovering nicely.
 w. w. Rowton came from Heav- ener on the local freight Friday, and after spending the interven- ing time looking after matters of business, returned home on train No. i.
 Mir and Mrs Fred w. Gray, Miss Alta Woodell of Cove, Miss Maud Moore of this city and Roger Lane of Tulsa, Ok, composed an auto party which came from Cove Friday in Mir Grays automobile.
 Charles Bates and Custer King have gone to Paris, Ark, to join their company in the Second Ar kansas Regiment for a short period of training before reporting with the regiment at Alexander, La.
 Miss Gladyce Mehaffey, here from Clarksville, Tex, visiting at the home of her aunts, Mesdames J. F. Averitt and John Bell, left on Thursday afternoon for visit with relatives in Thomasville and Heav- ener.
 Keran Neville and William King of Buck Knob, Scott county, were in Mena Friday to leave from here to Fort Smith. where they are go- ing to report for duty as truck driv- CTS with the Arkansas National Guard
 Conrad Profit, who went to Tex arkana Thursday morning to make application for enlistment in the navy, returned to Mena Thursday night. having failed in the prelim- inarv examination because of de- fectiVe eye-sight.
 Miss Anna Woods, home demon- stration agent, returned Wednesday from a trip to the southern part of the county, having held canning demonstrations in Hatfield, Ozark and Grannis. She reports spendid interest at all the points.
 J. H. Phipps of the Phipps Lum- Der Company of Fayetteville, Ark, was in Mena Friday to negotiate with NJ c. Trumbull for the pur- chase of wagon stock, consisting of oak timber for wagon tongues, reaches, holsters and axles.
 MT. and Mrs. H NJ. Frederick left Thursday morning for Texarkana, where Mrs Frederick will take treatment at Dr. Dales sanitarium. During her absence her aunt, Mrs. E. c. Fontaine of Hope, will be at the home of MT. and Mrs. Frederick.
 Mrs. NJ. NJ. Little of McAlester, Ok, and daughter, Mrs. Allyn J. Smith of Wagoner Ok sister and niece. respectively, of Mrs. w. Prickett, arrived in Mena Thurs day to spend the heated period at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Prickett.
 Tom Williams of Ida, Ok, came in Wednesday with 205 pounds of frying chickens, which he sold at good price. He took back 9 bush eds of seed wheat, and asserts that his neighborhood will sow at least foo bushels. Thurman penninger, also of Ida, accompanied Mir. Will iams..
 w. A. Long came from Wickes on Thursday afternoon to spend a short time with his parents. MT. and Mrs. ]. H. Long. He reports that he is just about to close a deal for the sale of his farm located near Wickes. and if the deal goes thru he will be up against the task of finding a new location.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. A. Sanders of Harvey, Scott county, were in Mena Thursday on their return from a trip to Poteau, Heavener, Big Cedar and other Oklahoma towns Mir. Sanders formerly lived in the Egg ger community and planned to make