The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-27

Rufus Davis of Hatfield was among those shopping here Mon day.
 MT. and Mrs. Clarence CrowelI came from Ohio to spend the holi- days with Mrs. Ella Grise.
 l.. Russell came from Chickasha. Ok, last Saturday to visit his broth CT, K. B. Russell, during the holi- days.
 Dr. F. C. Mullins is up from Sara toga to spend Christmas with his family. He expects to open offices here within a few weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. D. w. Barton and children went to Cove Monday after noon to spend the Christmas sea son with MT. and Mrs. B. H. Barton.
 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Salyers came from their ranch near Gaston, Montgomery county, on Sunday, and spent Christmas with their daugh- ters.
 Mrs. James Pegram and son, James, are spending the holidays with relatives and friends in Springfield, Whitehall and other H. linois points.
 Dr. T. B. Young of Cove was in Mena Monday He was accompanied by his son, Haskell, who is a student in the Texas State Normal at San Marcus, Tex.
 Mrs. Harry Hopkins and children came in from Page, Ok, last Satur- day to spend the holidays with Mrs. D. H. Hopkins and daughter, Miss Hazel, at Bethesda Springs.
 A. B. Higgins of Grannis was in Mena Monday to look up the matter of the title to certain lands which he had bought at a recent commits siOner's sale. Mir. Higgins just re- gently returned from a trip to Flor ida.
 Hal DeLongy arrived last Mon day from Tulsa, Ok, to spend Christmas with his mother, Mrs. F K. DeLongy and other relatives at The Oaks. He will return to Tulsa Thursday.
 RoDt. S. Allen, Jr., son of Mir. and Mrs. Porter Allen and grandson of Postmaster R. s. Allen, has been critically ill several days at the home of his grandparents, with ty- phoid fever.
 Mrs. 4. B. Barnes and three chil- dren arrived the latter part of last week from Legal, Ok, to spend the with Mrs. Barnes father, w. p. Afford, and with Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Afford.
 A. F. Combs, living ln Oklahoma, west of Hatfield. was here Monday while helping his father, John Combs, to move from the farm near Rocky to the farm which he recent ly purchased out on Irons Fork.
 Miss Lillian Watson, who had been teaching school near Cane Hill, Washington county. Arkansas, ar rived iii Mena Saturday to spend the holiday vacation with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. l.. S. Watson, and with Mena friends.
 Mrs. T. A. Winton and children, and T. A. Allen went to Hatfield last Monday to spend Christmas with Mrs. Carrie Whipple and other members of the family Mrs. Allen and the children had gone to Hat field Sunday afternoon.
 Earl Davis, who is in the National Army at Camp Beauregard, La, ar rived last Monday to spend a fur tough of five days with his parents, living west of Mena. He has suf- fered with measles, from the effects of which he has not yet fully re- covered.
 Mir. and Mrs. J S. Myrick arrived last Saturday from Ada, Ok, for a visit at the home of their son, and to prospect for a location Mir. My rick recently sold his interests in Ada, so he is ready to return to Polk county to live, having formerly been a resident of the county.
 Will Horner stopped off Sunday to spend a short time with Mena rela- lives and friends, leaving on Monday afternoon for his run as express messenger for the Wells Fargo company. Mrs. Horner. he reports, is spending the Christmas holidays with relatives in Eudora, Miss.
 Frank Mex. Jones came in from Durant. Ok, to spend few days with Mena relatives and friends during the holidays. He has for several months been in Oklahoma is,oking after the interests of the Ozark Mutual Life Association making headquarters at Durant.
 c. A. Lilies, in from Board Camp Sunday. reported the death of Mrs II. B., Weaver, which occurred early Sunday morning at the family home after an illness of about ten days The funeral services, were held al a es.toat. loof Mnnday and inter-