The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-27


 among those in from Opal Saturday
 J. NJ. Shigley and son. Ray. and J. II. Welter were in from Eagleton Saturday.
 Miss Irene Thornton came from Potter Friday to be home during the vacation of ten days in her school.
 C. E. Riggin arrived Friday from Waldron, Kas., to visit with Mir. and Mrs. c. A. Kennett during the holidays.
 R. Singleton of Warner. Ok. ar rived in Mena Friday 10 spend Christmas with relatives in the Oden community.
 B. F. Gipson, after spending couple of days attending 10 business matters in Mena, left for his home west of Hatfield Friday
 Marvin Hilton, Alfred Mattingly, and Miss Ruey Wiley are assisting the sales force in The Fair store during the holiday rush.
 W. F. Taylor of Cove was in Mena Friday and arranged for the pur- chase of Polk county farm from the Cox Investment Company
 Mir. and Mrs. J. NJ. Walker came in from Opal Saturday to go to Potter to spend Christmas al the home of Mr. and Mrs. T NJ. Hunsaker,
 Edgar Brown and Mrs. P. D. Gar rett of Joplin, Mo-, are here to spend the holidays with their par ents- Mr. and Mrs. J w. Brown.
 Dr. ]. D. Robbins of 0den was in Mena Friday 10 meet his son, who returned from Chillicothe, Mo-, where he had been attending school.
 Claude Wilkins from near Van dervoort was in Mena Friday to ar range for advertising for a public sale which he will hold on Friday. December 2S.
 Miss Fanny Wise, who has been teaching the Cedar school, came in on Saturday to go to the home of her parents in the Dallas valley for the Christmas vacation
 Luke Slangstrom and Walter Lawrence were among the folks in from Shady Saturday. coming in especially to market furs and to do Christmas shopping.
 Miss Mary Mounts, who had been in Harper, Kas., for the last two years, arrived in Mena Friday to go to Ali, Ark, to spend the winter with her father, G. D. Mounts.
 Supt. C. K. Wilkerson and Mrs. Wilkerson of the High school left Friday afternoon for Clinton, Mo, where they will spend Christmas with Mrs. Wilkerson's mother.
 Dr. J. T. Bogard, who returned last week from Foreman is getting ready to open his office in the Blockson block, in the rooms for merly occupied by Fred Van Wag- ner
 Mrs. Monroe Howell and children of Opal were in Mena Friday to start for Stratford, Ok, where they will spend the holidays with MT. and Mrs. John Mays, parents of Mrs. Howell
 Mrs. C. B. Connaly and Mir. and Mrs. Robt. Connally were in from Rocky Wednesday to do Christmas shopping. Mrs. C. B. Connally had brought in ii head of turkeys, which she sold at 2i cents. making the gross receipts S36.
 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood and children came from Shady Point. Ok, Friday to be with Polk county relatives and friends during the holiday season. They went to Yocana Saturday, having been met in Mena by J. S. Woods.
 Gregg Purvis arrived in Mena last Thursday form Great Lakes Naval Training Station, to spend leave of absence of six weeks with Polk county relatives and friends. He went to the home of his parents at Board Camp that morning.
 Frank Bell came in Friday from Edmond, Ok, to spend the holidays with his parents. Mir and Mrs. l.. G. Bell, and with Mena friends. He is employed in the office of the flnan- cial secretary of Central Normal college. located at Edmond.
 Joe philpot, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. w. philpot, returned Friday from Castle, Ok, where he and his three sisters had been visiting relatives for over week. The sisters. Misses Anna, Ethel and Pirtle will not return until after the holidays.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Mize and fam fly arrived this week from Harpers- vile, Tex, to locate in Polk county. Mir. Mize had been in Mena about three weeks ago. He formerly lived in Fulton county, Arkansas, so con ditions in Polk county will not be new to him.
 Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Titus and daughter, Miss Sarah, and the Rev. S l.. Titus of the Dallas Valley. left Eridn.. fnr, ilfln Rnck Mhnrn IhnA.