The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18

tend the carnival. r Dr. C. A. Gordon, Mrs. Gordon and son and Mir and Mrs. Walter k. Jones and wife of Potter were in Mena Fri day to attend the carnival.
 I. E. Brown of Hatton, while in Isna Saturday closed deal with the -oX inve5tm n. Company for the pur- chase of property in Hatton.
 Mls~ Lena Lawrenee, here attending High school, went to Shady Friday t2 sn2ra the weekend with her par 9nts Mr end Mrs c. A Lawrence.
 Iirs J | Jepin ard children came up from Wiekes Friday afternoon to spend the night with re elatives and to attend he carnival, returning home Saturday.
 Chancellor : D Shaver who had been in Mena last week holding the regular session of Chancery court, left Thursday afternoon for his. home in Texarkana.
 Mrs. Earl Haines left Saturday aft ernoon for Camp Beauregard, La. to join her husband who is among the Polk county registrants stationcl at that camp.
 Leonard Harrellson is home from Camp Beauregard, La., for a furiough of ten days. He did not learn of his fathers death in time to be home for the funeral.
 Mrs. Boyd Lahin and chiIdein left this week for Shreveport, La, where they will spend month with Mrs. w. W. Chandler, at 926 Ada Street, mother of Mir. Lafin.
 Harold Ravenscraft has written his homefollSs that he is now stationed in the electrical department in the Brooklyn navy yard and is getting well started in his work.
 Supt, W. Homer Pgg last Saturday received a purebred Duroc gilt from Okolona, Ark, which is to go to Brent Barron of Acorn, one of the mem bers of the Pouk County Pig Club.
 Mrs. Steve Evans and son, Tommy, arrived this morning from St. Louis for a visit with Miss Pearl Evans and her brother, Guy, who is still here from Camp Beauregard, La, on sick leave.
 E G. Embry came in fr3m Board Camp Thursday to go to Fort Smith, where his son, John, is sick with the measles, but after reaching here he found that John was quaran- tined so it would have availed him nothing to go.
 Dr. L. W. B. Long was in Wickes last Wednesday to perform the marriage ceremony for Miss Grace Robertson and Dr. w. M. Yeargan, the ceremony being performed at the home of Prof. K. W. Hanby, father of the bride, at 2 o'clock. The young people will be at home in Soper, Ok, where the groom is a practicing physician.
 
 A. J. Smith, farm demonstrator, has been busy much of this week sending out the food pledge cards. The cards are being sent to the school directors of the county, and they are to make a canvass of the district and secure the signature of every householder to the pledge.
 I. A. Axelton came from Little Rock Saturday night where he had been for the last several months For time he was employed at Camp Pike but more recently he has been in the em- ploy of the Wells-Fargo Express Com pany. He returned to Little Rock Sunday night.
 The members of the First Christian church have arranged with Dr. M. l.. Anthony of this city, general evange- list of the church, to occupy the pull pit until such a time when regular pastor can be secured. He held sery- ices Sunday morning, and will con tinue to do so until further notice.
 F.. c. Thomes of Little Rock. civil engineer with the Extension Depart ment of the State University, came in from Rocky Saturday where he had been at work on farms of c. B. Con- nally and c. R. Outright. He ter raced three fields for Mir Connally and one for Mir. Outright. A. J. Smith, farm demonstration agent, was out with Mir. Thomes part of the time
 w. I. Green. county food admins trator. started an investigation last Saturday with view of ascertaining the feasibility of getting a. carload of four to be turned over to the govern ment. but after checking up the sup ply on hand by wholesalers and re- tailers it was decided that the better thing to do would be to put an em- bargo on the shipment of flour into Mena until the supply on hand IS used.
 Jos. B. Perry of Little Rock, of the Animal Husbandry Department of the Extension Division of the State Uni versity, spent day in Mena with the county agents in the interest of the introduction of better cattle. He will return to Mena next week and at that time wifi visit the community ;+L Eary, Danonstrator A J.