The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-23

spehO MOnuay III Mena. Miss Fern Woods arrived Sunday from Mt. Ida for a visit with her sister, Miss Anna Woods, home dem onstrator of this county.
 Halbert Duke, who accompanied his brother, Fred, to St. Louis last week and later visited in Little Rock and Prescott, returned home Sunday evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. l.. C. shannon ar rived Saturday from Waldron for a visit at the homes of w. w. and b. M. Townsend, who are cousins of Mir. shannon.
 Jesse Badt of the Boston Store left Sunday afternoon for Fort Smith, from whence he will go to Little Rock, expecting to be away most of this week.
 Mrs. Iona Johnson came Saturday from Maud, Ok, having come in re- sponse to word of the serious illness of her father, w.. Harper of the Yocana neighborhood.
 T. F. Priest of Texarkana arrived in Mena Saturday to join Mrs Priest. who with Mrs Chas. w. Reid, is spending the summer in the cot tage at The Boulders.
 Mrs. Jacks, mother of Mrs. C. C.. Gunnels, accompanied by her grand daughter Miss Katherine Gunnels. went to Rich Mountain last Saturday for an outing of a few days.
 Chas. w. Reid arrived Sunday from Wichita Falls, Tex. to join Mrs. Reid and other members of the family, who are sepnding the sum- mer in the cottage at The BouldeTs.
 Miss Mabel Lee, after a vacation of six weeks, began work again Monday morning as bookkeeper and cashier in the G. W Petty store. She had spent most of the time in Bog Springs.
 Mrs, 0. c Merrifield and little daughter of Tulsa Ok, who had spent a week with Mrs. w. c. B. AL len at Acorn, came to Mena Monday and will spend a week with Mena friends.
 Ellis Goss went to Shady Sunday. and on the return trip he was ac- companied by Mrs. Goss and the baby, who had spent a week at the home of Mir and Mrs G. A. Law renee. parents of Mrs Goss
 
 J D. Sullivan and little daughter, Georgia, who had been here about three weeks visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs G. L. Smitherman, par ents of Mrs. Sullivan, returned to their home in Port Arthur Saturday
 W W. Townsend returned Sun day from his trip to Fort Smith and Little Rock He made the return trip from Little Rock with a new stephens Six automobile, which he had bought lhru the C. (. Gmnels agency
 Mrs Donna Cockrell of Seymour. Tex sister of J F. Avertt, who is visiting at the home of her parents, Mrs and Mrs. l. W. Averitt, and olh- er relatives in Hatfield, spent Sun day in Mena as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ayeritt
 
 " Sisson of Shawnee Ok- and Mrs s. A. Seaman were married at the courthouse Saturday evening, the ceremony being performed by County Judge A. E. Wear Mr. and Mrs. Sisson left Saturday afternoon for their home in Shawnee.
 R. E. Watkins from near Yocana was here Monday to market a load of watermelons. Mr. Watkins has in about an acre of melons, and he says that up to this time he has mar keted almost S60 worth, and still there are many more to market.
 Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lewis and son, Billie, left Sunday for their home in Pine Bluff. Mrs. Lewis and BiI- lie had been in Mena for about four months. and Mr. Lewis had spent several days here at intervals of two weeks. and was hefe all of last week
 Elmer H. Sapp of the Lochridge Dry Goods Company left Saturday for Little Rock, where he will take the eXamination for enlistment in some. line of service in the army. He will also visit friends at other points in Arkansas before returning to Menau 4a na
 Wesley Bolton, who is employed on the Ardmore. Ok, Ardmorite, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mena friends. Wesley is one of the Oklahoma registrants in the first call. and has successfully passed the physical examination and is ready to respond to the call at any time.
 Miss Leonora Weirauch returned to Mena Saturday from Great Bend. Kas., where she had been during the last month at the home of her paternal grandfather. and looking after the threshing of a wheat crop in which she is interested. Before going to Great Bend, sine visited at the home of MT. and Mrs. R. H. John son in Tulsa.