The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-22

THE MENA l PERSONAL NOTES
 C. Nj. and Harry Hopkins came in from Page Thursday evening to look after business matters in Mena.
 J. T. Magruder, with Phil Connell as driver left Friday morning on an automobile trip to Texarkana.
 The Rev. W. L. Smith and w. E. Holt went to Shady Friday to attend the funeral of Mrs. R. F. Hampton.
 Miss Hattie Plemmons of Oden spent last week in Mena as the guest at the home of MT. and Mrs. NJ. M. Shields.
 Mrs. W. H. Hedge and Mrs. J. w. Cook of Wickes came to Mena Fri day and spent Saturday in the city to do shopping.
 Mrs. J. B. Goss and children and Mrs. Victor Roberts, went to. Alder Saturday to spend day at the home of Mir. and Mrs. R. D. Roberts.
 Prof. R. B. Dodd and Miss vada Harris of the Hatfield schools, Miss Lela Nichols and Mrs. Abe Stevens were among the Hatfield people in Mena Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. Bart Lilies and son came from Big Fork Friday to spend a couple of days with Mir. and Mrs. Willis Jones, expecting to return to their home Sunday.
 Mrs. E. E. Alix, who had been at the home of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Cunningham for several weeks, left Thursday night for her home in Heavener.
 MT. and Mrs. John Elrod left on Thursday night for Hot Springs, where Mrs. Elrod will take treat ment. Mir Elrod plans to return to Mena within week.
 Levi H. Pigg, city mail carrier on the south side is off duty on account of an injury caused by stepping on a nail. Substitute Carrier J. c. Me- kee is on duty in his place.
 
 Mrs. c. W. Copelin, Clyde and Ivan Rowe, John Harper and Miss Blanche Harper were among the Mena people who attended the Buster Wimberly funeral at Egger Friday.
 F. L. Johnson has returned from Texarkana with a carload of mules which he and Frank Sims had bought. The car contained 30 head, each the men having bought i5.
 Lahar & Pumpkins, who have opened a horse and mule market in the Mena wagon yard, received a carload of mules Friday. They were shipped in from Oklahoma City.
 George F. Clark of Mexico, Mo, uncle of Mrs. James Pegram, who spent week or more with Mir. and Mrs. Pegram, left last week on a trip to Southern Arkansas before return ing home.
 R. A. Tomlinson and R. R. St. John went to Heavener last Friday to spend the day on business for the Ozark Mutual Life Association. Mir. St. John plans also to make a trip to Muskogee.
 Miss Lena Voerster, daughter of Henry Voerster, left Thursday aft ernoon for Lockhart, Tex, where she will be at the home of her brother, Ernest Voerster, who is in the employ of H. W. Cardwell.
 w. R. Lacky of Opal was among the farmers here Saturday to sell hogs, selling nine head to John Cot ton, and receiving 9l2 cents per pound for three head and cents for the others, netting him a total of S76.
 Mrs ]. c. Wood and daughter ar rived Friday afternoon from Mills, N. M., to attend the funeral of Buster Wimberly, brother of Mrs. Wood, which was held that afternoon at the Nixon cemetery on Lower Big Fork.
 Mrs. R. L. Thrailkill and son Bis sell, last week took charge of the Palace of Sweets, taking the place of Mrs. E. J. Doyle, who plans to leave soon for Jonesboro, where Mr. Doyle is in the Temp-Brew bus mess.
 Frank Sims returned Friday morn ing from Texarkana, where he and F. l.. Johnson had been on a mule buying expedition. They succeeded in getting a carload of mules, and Mr. Johnson will arrive with them later in the week.
 H. L. Looney of Big Fork and his father, s. l.. Looney of Board Camp were in Mena Friday afternoon to leave that night for Forum, Ok, where they will visit at the home of Mrs. w. A. Sutton, who is a daugh- 4at, 1f tba al1ap | nanaU