The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18

EF. Hoffman left last Wednesday to visit at the home of his daughter in SaIlisaw, Ok.
 Mrs. J. c. Lawrence, after having been confined to her home for a week, is again able to be out.
 Lloyd and Charles Sterner came last Wednesday from Waldron for a visit with Mrs. Ema Hamburger and fam fly.
 Mrs. Fred Wigstrand returned last Wednesday from Little Rock, where she had spent two weeks with rela- lives.
 Olen Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. s. Wood spent last week visiting his uncle, John Huddleston, in Oklahoma City.
 Fav and Guy Tucker came from Acorn Thursday to spend the day with Mena relatives and to attend the carnival.
 Mir. and Mrs J. A McElroy left last Wednesday for Waldron in response to word of the serious illness of Mir. McElroy's mother.
 Mrs B. H. Barton came up from Cove last "Wednesday to visit at the home of her son. D. W. Barton, and with Mena friends.
 The Woman's Missionary Society of the M E. church, South will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. w A. Finks.
 W. I. Green went to Wickes Thurs day to see how Col c. M Latimer and Jesse Green are getting started with the Bank of Wickes, which was opened for business on Monday.
 Pat Hall returned to Mena Thursday from Camp Pike, having secured a furIough of seven days on account of the illness of his mother
 G. Sebach, Will Sunderman and Hen " Voerster, as committee, let the contract last week to Arthur Ing ham for painting the exterior of the Trinity Lutheran church.
 Herman Purvis, son of MT. and Mrs. L. P. Purvis of Board Camp, who had been attending the Mena High school, left Thursday afternoon for Shreveport, La, where he expects to get employment.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. B. harmon have zones for visit with Mir. and Mrs. Mack Reid and Mir. and Mrs. Barney Larman at Weleetka, Ok. They ex- pect also to visit at Smithville, Ok, before returning home.
 Thomas W. Harmon, son of R. B. Harmon of Egger and brother of Miss Julia Harmon, has written his rela- tives from Jefferson Barracks, Mo. where he is a member of the Coast Artillery, that he expects soon to be sent to France.
 Dr. J. T. Bogard, who, since return ing to Mena has had the rooms in the Blocksom block over the office of Kel- ly-Stratton Company, moved last week to the suite of rooms in the Masonic building, formerly occupied by him as an office.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jasper Middleton re- turned last Wednesday from Texark- ana, where Mrs. Middleton had under gone an operation two weeks ago at Michael Meagher hospital She is recovering nicely from the effects of the operation, but is still in weak ened condition.
 Jodie Little, son of Mir. and Mrs D. E. Little of Board Camp, who has been home on furlough while recov- ering from siege of pneumonia, left last Thursday to again report for duty at Kelly Aviation Field near San Antonio, Tex. He expects to go by way of Fort Worth, where he viii report at the military hospital for ex- animation.
 Horace Chambers, Ira Policeman Noah Holland and Hugh Runyan, com stituting the Liberty Pond sales com mittee for the part of 0uachita town. ship east of the Irons Fork river, were here Thursday to meet I. L. Reed, s $. Wallace and S. E. Meeks, the com mittee in charge of the territory west or the river, so that a report could be made for the township.
 The Democratic County Centra' Committee met at the court house last Thursday for the purpose of or ganlzation, which was done by the election of John Thompson as chair. man, Eugene Cox as vice-chairmar and Walter Nance as secretary Flu gene Cox, T. w. Anderson and J. w Middleton were appointed as a com. mlttee on credentials. Adjournment was then taken subject to the call ci the chairman.
 '. M. Richardson of Mission, Tex. and his son-in-law, Harry Childers o1 Neoraska, who recently bought tho Ferrlgo farm near Oliver's Chape thru the Sunderman and Payne req estate agency were here last Wednes uay to get supply of grass seed tC work out the plan of putting part oi the farm in pasture They plan also to clear up a lot of the land, and ex. pect to have hundred or more cords