The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-14

SuDStltuleu as teacher thursday TOT Miss Mary Kennedy, teacher of the Second grade in the Central school.
 Miss Essie Robson of the Boston Store returned on Wednesday of last week from visit with Miss Bessie Harris, Miss Gladys Lee and other friends in Fort Smith.
 Will Whitely of Hatton is the lat est Polk county registrant to vol unteer for service in the National Army. He was sent to Camp Pike last week by the local exemption board.
 Miss Bertha Chairman returned to Sallisaw, Ok, Wednesday, after a visit with her mother, Mrs. B. F. Thompson, and her brother, Jason Chairman, here on a furlough from Camp Beauregard, La.
 Walter Nance is in receipt of a post card from his brother, Elvin Nance, announcing that he had safely arrived overseas. He is in the signal service, and enlisted from the home in Fristoe, Mo.
 Bert Sights, here from Fremont. Neb,, closed deal Wednesday with Mir. and Mrs. Nj. R. Dunn for the purchase of home on Stilwell Heights. He expects to become a resident of the city at once.
 c. A. Hodges of Shreveport, La, uncle of Ira Williams, is here visit ing MT. and Mrs. Williams and in- cidentally looking for a location, having decided to move to Mena for health's sake. MT. and Mrs. Hodges were formerly residents of Dallas.
 D. B. Joplin, who has been unable to leave his home since early in De- cember, was able to be out the lat ter part of last week, having spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. I. E Lindsay
 w. T. McMillen, living west of Mena, was on the market Friday with the last bale of his 1917 cotton crop, selling the same for 271a cents per pound He and his sons mar keted ten bales from the crop of last year.
 The i0-months-o child of MT. and Mrs. R. Godfrey died Sunday night at the family home on Janssen avenue, having been sick with pneumonia. The funeral services were held Monday and interment took place in tue Dallas cemetery.
 P. NJ. Blount, conducting racket store in Heavener, was here Mon day to get supply of goods from the Golf Wholesale house. Mr Blount recently bought the business formerly conducted by Jesse Reece, former resident of this city.
 MT. and Mrs Joseph Robert and family are in receipt of a Telegram from Louie Robert sent from Wash ington, D. C., to the effect that he had been granted a furlough and would be home soon for visit. He was expected to arrive either Sat urday OF Sunday
 Martin D. Mullins, son of Dr. F c. Mullins and Mrs. Mullins, arrived i'll Mena Monday morning to spend a furlough of nine days. He is serving his second enlistment in the navy and had just reached New Orleans from a trip to France when he was granted leave of absence.
 Mrs. A. J. Summers returned or Wednesday from lHartville, Mo. whither she had accompanied the remains of Col. A. J. Summers last Friday for the final funeral service: and interment. Mrs. Summers has not yet decided what she will do but for the present she will remain in Mena.
 J. H. Welter, in from Rich Noun tain Monday to pay taxes and to at tend to other business, reports thai Mrs. Welter returned on Sunday from visit in Sapulpa, Ok, ane Coffeyville, Kans. At Sapulpa sht visited her son, William J. Welter who left last week for service il the national army, having been sent to Camp Travis, Tex
 J. H. Tull, who arrived Thursday from DeQueen to address the increased food production meeting Thurday, has been busy man meeting and greeting his many friends. This is his first trip te Mena since going to Little Rock last December. He reports that Mrs Tull and the baby are getting along fine, but all of them are homesick for Mena.
 MT. and Mrs. c. D. Johnson ar rived Saturday from Stillwell, Ok. where Mir. Johnson, until shorl time ago had been in business. They will spend week or ten days visit ing with Mir. and Mrs. s. c. Reynold: and with Mena friends, and theT make a trip to the southern part oi the state and another to points ir M;aao,,r; hpfora aeain l0cating foI