The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-05

S W hODlnSon of kansas City ar rived in Mena Friday to spend a portion of the summer.
 (. C. Mills, who had spent about live weeks in Tulsa, Ok. and vicin- lty, returned to Mena last week. Chas. Pirtle of Heavener spent a lew hours in Mena Friday afternoon to look after some matters of busi- ness.
 J. G. Hampton and Win Whisen- hunt of the Shady neighborhood were among the farmers in Mena Saturday.
 Mrs, Carl w. Baughman of Hope IS in Mena for visit with her par ents, the Rev. w. NJ. Crowson and Mrs. Crowson.
 Fred R Kinney and daughter, Miss Edith, B, & petensh and Peter Me- William were among the Acorn peo- pie in Mena Friday.
 Carl Fisher of Big Cedar, Ok. was among the people trading in Mena Friday. He reports crop conditions very promising in his community.
 Mrs. Carrie Whipplc from near Hatfield was spending last week in Mena at the homes of her daughters, Mesdames Claude Bennett and T. A. Alien.
 W. A. J smith and Sam Plane were at Divers Chapel Friday mak- ing repairs on the school building They expect later to paint the school building, also. w L. Leman of Eagleton was in Mena Friday for the first time in about three months, having been confined to his home for most of that time with a seize of pneumo- nia
 C. A. Proctor and Ira Q. Smith, local distributors of the Elcar auto mobile, received three four-cylinder touring cars last week which were
 lelivered to Dr. l.. 0. Dickson, Oscar lhacker and W. Al Wilson.
 Mrs J. A. Randy and son, Louis, )f L0ckesburg are here visiting at
 he home of Mr. and Mrs. s. J. King. Mrs Randy will spend much of the summer in Mena, but her son will return home in a few days. |
 Eugene Abernathy came in from Forrest City. Ark, Thursday after noon Co be at the home of his par Tents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Abernathy, for a few days His children are making their home with his parents.
 Mr, and Mrs, C. P. Michael re- eeNed word Friday from their son, Harlow, that he had passed the ex- laninati0n for enlistment in the field branch Of the army, and that The is stationed at Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis.
 Miss lone McCulley left Saturday lnight for Fort Smith, where she was L0 be met by her sister, Mrs. AL w. Gushing After spending several days with relatives and friends in Fort Smith, they will go to Mrs. lGushing's home in Monett, Mo.
 Mrs. c. A. Chandler, mother of Boyd Laflin, arrived on Saturday morning in response to a message announcing the serious illness of Dorothy Lee, the iwo-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laflin Miss Anna Egoff was in charge of ihe case as nurse.
 Ode Turner of Rocky was in Mena Thursday on business. He recently bought the interest of his partner, s. P Pigg, ir the general mercantile business which they had been con- dueting in Rocky, and he is now in sole charge of the business.
 Henry Anderson, living near Acorn, while here Thursday reported that valuable three -year-old mare of his was killed Wednesday night by train near a crossing on the Ozark Ranch. He counted the ani- maj the best he had on the farm.
 Miss Annie Woods, home demon strat0r, returned to Mena Friday night after having spent Thursday and Friday in canning demonstra- tions given at Hatfield and Hatton, respectively. She reports splendid interest at both points, and a par tieularly good crowd in attendance at Hatton.
 w. l. Mckinney left on Saturday for a trip thru Texas, Arizona and California, with Coronado Beach as his ultimate destination. He will make his first stop in Dallas. Tex. at the home of MT. and Mrs. c. F. Crawford. He will then go to Fl paso, Tex, thence to Tuscon and Yuma, Ariz- and finally to CaIifor nia
 Mr. and Mrs. William Wallace and daughter, Miss Etheline, and Mrs. Catherine Wallace, mother of Mr, Wallace. arrived in Mena Wcdnes- day evening in an automobile trip from Cooper. Tex They loft home Monday and made the trip without trouble They will spend consider- able time visiting Polk county rela- <. ;t44.