The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14


 Col. c. Nj. Latimer and Walter Nance were at Divers Chapel Thursday conducting a public sale for D. Janssen.
 Fred Duke, who has been home on a furlough since last Friday. left Thursday afternoon to again report for duty at Camp Pike.
 Mrs. James Elliott of Board Camp returned last "Wednesday from Lit tie Rock where she had been on a visit with her sister.
 A l0-pound boy was born Thurs day morning at 10 o'clock to Mir. and Mrs. Boyd Latlin living on Stilwell Heights. Dr. P. R. Watkins was in attendance.
 k. F. Mallon is in receipt of a tele- gram from Detroit Mich, where Mrs. MalIon is at the home of her parents, that he is father of 7la pound baby boy, and all doing well.
 MT. and Mrs Roy Bales, who re- gently sold their home on South Third street to Bert Cauley, moved last week to one of the cottages on Eagle Gap avenue. They plan later in the spring Co move to the farm.
 Me and Mrs Luther Lewis left "Wednesday fer their home in McM- ester. Ok, after an extended visit with Mrs. Lewis parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. c. Wood. and. other relatives and friends in the Yoeana commu- nity
 Mr. and Mrs. Lige Bates and fam ily returned last week from Mus kogee, Ok, where they had been liv- ing since early last fall. Tine fam fly will remain in Mena, but Mir. Bates plans to return to Muskogee as soon as he gets the family locat- ed.
 Miss Halle Logan, who for the past three years had been employed as saleslady in the c. w. Petty store, has given up the work and after a brief vacation she will go to Dallas, Tex, to take a postgrad- uate course in tine Dallas Conserva- tory of Music.
 Matt Bolton arrived last Wednes- day from Little Rock to join Mrs. Bolton in a visit for day or two with Mena relatives and friends. Matt is now with the Arkansas Truck Company, being on the road as selling agent with Little Rock as his headquarters.
 ]. E. Joplin came from Wiekes | last Wednesday afternoon to spend | the night with his father, D. B. Jop- l lin, who, for several weeks, has been confined to his home by illness. He has suffered paralysis of the lower limbs. and while he is able to be up he is not able to move about.
 Col Pole Mepheirigc was al Mt. Ida last week to attend the session of Montgomery circuit court, re- turning home Tuesday tho the trip was so tiresome for him that he did not como to town until %ednes- day. He made the trip with Dr. H. R. Getz. Judge J l. Alley and Dr. L. o. Dickson in Dr. Getz' car.
 Ray Ogden. who is employed as a teacher in the Bismark, Ok, schools, was in Mena last "Wednesday to ap- pear before the local exemption board for physical examination He reports ihat hc is getting along iine
 in his school and still has six months to teach if he will not soon CT he called to the servi'e of Uncle Sam.
 Mrs. l.. P. Grigsby and two chil- dren arrived Friday morning from Illinois Bend, Tex, to join Mir. Grigs- by, who had been in Mena for sev- eral days. fMr. Grigsby had bought the D. A. Mabie property on First Street and Eagle Gap avenue, and he and his family will make it their home.
 Will Lein of the Shady Heighbor- hood was among the farmers in
 Mena Thursday. He is getting his affairs in shape to raise bumper crop this season, having made up his mind that he will raise al least all the food and feedstuffs that he will need for his own use, and with that purpose in view he also hopes to have a surplus to sell. ]. H. Welter of Eagleton, accom- panied by his son, w. J. Welter, of Sapulpa, Ok, spent Thursday with Mena friends. The younger Welter is among the registrants of Oklahoma, and, having been placed in Glass i, division 4. lie expects te be called for examination and serv- ice most any time, and concluded to make visit to homefolks before | the call came.
 Wm. F. Hunt arrived in Mena on Thursday from Lyndale. Tex. where he had been with his daughter, Mrs. 1 Moxley. on account of the death of her husband, which occurred in a railroad wreck near Granger. Tex. Mir. Hunt went on to Hatton Thurs day afternoon to get his goods in readiness for shipment to Lyndale. where he and Mrs. Hunt will make their home with their daughter.
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