The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14

their son, Robert, in the Opal com munity.
 Jess Green, son of w. I. Green of the Farmers & Merchants Bank, has been off duty for over week on account of illness. He is still con- fined to his room at the home of his parents.
 $. c. Hilton of Oklahoma City arr rived in Mena Monday to spend a few days with relatives and friends, going out to Board Camp Tuesda. He now is with the Gladstone Oil and Refining Company as a stock salesman.
 Miss Fanny Wise of the Dallas val ley on last Friday closed the winter term of school in the Cedar district One of her pupds, Miss Beily NuI.- sham, will be in the county spelling contest 10 be held in Mena on Feb ruary 23
 J. s. Lawrence, Ellis Barlow, J NJ. Hatfield and Luke Slangstrom, were among the farmers in from Shady Tuesday. All of them were laying in supplies so that they will not be un- der the necessity of coming to town when the farm work is once started
 Mrs. Lizzie Lewis, sister of Mrs. Dora Webb arrived Monday from Hugo, Ok, to he here for the funeral of her nephew, Earl Webb, which was held Tuesday Her father Tom Evans, also in Hugo, was unable to come on account of ill., ness.
 Mr and Mrs. Will Mailman re- turned to their home in Westville, Ok, Tuesday afternoon after hav- ing been with Polk county relatives since Sunday They came especial ly to visit Henry Mailman, who is home on a furlough from CamD Beanregard. La.
 Mrs. Peter McWilliam and Mrs, w. Nj. Roger, secretary and treas urer respectively of the Acorn branch of the Red Cross, were in Mena "Wednesday to meet officers ai the Mena chapter and to get mate rials for making knitted goods and hospital garments.
 o. L. Cooper this week bought one of the Lochridge cottages on North Mena street, and with his | family moved into the new home Tuesday. With the cottage he pur- chased three lots, which he will use 1 for truck growing thus doing his part to reduce the high cost of liv- ing.
 A. w. Clark, since the death of Mrs. Clark, which occurred last week, is arranging his affairs to ga to Cerro Gordo, Ark, where he will make his home with his daughter, Mrs. E. D. Marrs. He expects MT Marrs to come to Mena to help-him move his stock and goods overland to Cerro Gordo.
 John II. Hamilton of the Polk County Fuel Administration Com mittee, plans to go to Little Rock next week to attend the meeting of | the County Chairmen of the Fuel l Administration, which has been called by State Fuel Administrator H. c. Couch for February 20 County fudge A. F. Wear, the county chair man, will not be able to attend. |
 I q. Garland was in from Acorn Tuesday to make report of the car l If commercial fertilizer which he had sold to the farmers of that com munity for J. c. Lawrence & Co. Ht l delivered 36 tons, and reports tha' the entire amount was paid in casf
 md most of it in checks. which in-
 'icates that the farmers of tha
 community are in good flnancia
 condition.
 | D. K. Little and Andrew Lofts. re- 1 turned "Wednesday from San An ionio. Tex, where they have beer | for about ten days with their sons
 Iodie Little and Lemuel Lofts, botl If whom have been dangerously il
 with pneumonia, but were suffi
 ciently recovered that the father felt safe in leaving. The boys arr
 in the aviation service at Kelle. ! Field.
 | Two marriages took place Tues
 day in office of County Clerk Alex
 ander, the first being that of w. E
 Clark and Mrs. Mary Ann Hunnicul
 hoth of Eagleton. the ceremony be 1 ing performed by Justice of tn
 Peace L. N. Burnett. The second wa
 that of Silas Samuel and Miss Sil
 way Jones, both of Smithville. Ok this ceremony being performed b
 County Judge A. E. Wear.
 Mrs. Arthur MeClain returned t
 Mena the latter part of last weel
 from Kansas City. where she ha |, recently undergone an operation a
 St Marys hospital for appendicitis
 and is now at the home of her pa rents. Mir. and Mrs. T. R. Jones. Sh
 is getting along just splendldly, an soon will be fully recovered. Mir Jones, while with Mrs McClain q
 Kansas City. sustained fracture .