The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-15

GUST 15, 1918.
 -i .-= .s-----------. ---.--------- mother, Mrs. Etta Thornton of Eager. lie moved to Colorado four years ago and recently sold his farm and will look for location either in Southern Colorado or the Pan Handle of Texas
 Mrs. Claude Long of Heavener came down Saturday to spend a few days with Mir and Mrs. J. W. Long. the parents of her husband. She re- gently visited her husband at Camp Travis, near San Antonio, Tex, and states that he is getting along nicely.
 Mir. and Mrs. R. F. Boughan this week received word that their son, Frederick, in the U S. navy. had ar rived safely somewhere in France. He is in the aeroplane department and, il is expected, will operate bombing plane over the battle front.
 Mrs. c w Lambert of Clovis, N. Mex, who has been visiting her moth- er, Mrs. J E. Chambers, for two months, left Saturday for home. Her husband was formerly pastor of the Christian church here, and is now pastor of the Christian church at Clovis.
 J H Ralph, who recently moved from Kansas to Cove, came in on Wednesday with his family in wagon and stopped at the Dickson wagon yard. From being in the rain he was taken seriously sick and was in critical condition from con- gestion.
 Mrs. Hal Norwood returned from Richmond, Ark, where she had been visiting her parents, pending the ar rival of their household goods from Little Rock. She and Mir. Norwood are now busy getting located in their new home corner Ninth street and Hickory avenue.
 Mir. and Mrs John Sterner. who came from Waldron last Saturday in response to word of the death by drowning of Dan Hamburger, re- turned home Monday. They made the trip by auto, coming by way of the Foran Gap road and returning by| way of the Eagle Gap road.
 Among out-of- town visitors Mon day are J. c. Crump and son Bob of Cove; J. k. Fisher of Big Cedar, Ok, J. M. and c. J. Watkins and J. F. Kaufman of Hartley; West Curl of Claggett, R. D, Hollingsworth of Hud- dleston, L. F. Purvis of Board Camp and Isom Avants of Hartley.
 David Brawner, who bought the 160 acre farm of Judge A. E. Wear near Board Camp some time ago, passed thru Mena this morning with his family in a wagon en route to farm that he rented near Bonham, Tex, where he formerly lived His house. hold goods are going thru by rail.
 ". I. Green, Minor Pipkin, Judge J. D. Shaver and the Rev. w. L. Smith, in Mir. Greens car, drove out to Mountain Fork on Thursday, ex- pecting to spend the night in fishing The contest between Judge Shaver and Mir. Smith for supremacy in the art of fishing is of long standing.
 Mrs. G. w Taylor of Kansas City has arrived in Mena for a visit of /, a couple of weeks with her parents, Dr. M. R. Began and Mrs. Began, and her little son, who is living with his grandparents. Dr Began was in to- day to take Mrs Taylor out to the country home on Mountain Fork.
 Mrs. J c. Elsner and daughter, Miss Anna, came in Wednesday from Wheeling, W Va, where the latter has been in college, and are guests for stort time at the Antlers. Mrs. Elsner is daughter of Major Kretz, a resident of Mena for many years. She now resides at San Benito, Tex.
 Mir. and Mrs. Louis F. Jacks of Ar kadelphia have announced to Mena friends the birth of a son, Louis Moore Jacks, on August T. The HtObftef VIII De TefneH1Defeu dS MISS Margaret Moore, a former teacher in the Mena High school. The father is in the National Army at Camp Pike.
 Rev c. B. Williams, who has been acting as the missionary for the Ouachita Baptist Association, re- signed the place because of failing health, a pulmonary trouble, and preached his farewell sermon at the Mena Baptist church Sunday night. He expects to leave very soon for Ari- zona.
 Mrs. E. H. Sapp, nee Miss Hettie Cottner, formerly teacher in the Mena schools, came in from Alexandra, La, her husband being in military service at Camp Beauregard. She is a guest of Mir. and Mrs. Minor Pipkin for few days and expects to visit her mother at Branch, in Frank lin county
 Mir. and Mrs. J. N. Brogan and family in letter received Thursday were advised of the promotion of Tom Rrogan 10 second lieutenancy. Tom is with the American expeditionary forces in France, and had previously seen service on the Mexican border,