The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22

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 J. S. Pollard in from Rocky Friday, reported that his son, H. G. Pollard. had been transferred from Camp Beauregard, La, to Camp Merritt, N. J., which leads him to conclude that he will soon be started overseas.
 The following out-of-town visitors were here Friday: Calvin Edwards, Fleet Davis, Cordy Cox and G. W. Dill beck of Big Fork; John Carlton of Opal, Ike Kennedy of Big Cedar, Ok, and Raymond Lee of Waters.
 Mir. and Mrs. Alex Coyle and son, Raymond and Miss Hazel Robinson of Grannis were in Mena Friday, com ing up in the Coyle auto. They report that little rain fell last night in the territory beyond Vandervoort.
 Ben Riding, brother of S. Nj. Rid ling and Harve Riding, came from near Corsicana, Tex, Wednesday for a visit with his brothers and families. On the home trip he plans to go by way of Wagoner, Ok. to visit a son.
 Miss Clara Hairgrove, daughter of Mr and Mrs. F. l.. Hairgrove, who is in her second year as student nurse in the Mount Carmel hospital in Pitts burg, Kas., has enlisted for overseas service dnd expects to be called soon.
 D0lir representative in the constitutional convention, after attending to legal business in Montgomery circuit court and spending few days at home, re- turned to Little Rock Sunday after noon.
 Miss Toka Anderson, who left three weeks ago for Washington, D. C., is now employed in the aircraft division of the War Department. She expects to return to Mena this fall to take up her work as teacher in the Central school
 w M Matthews and R. L. Norris left Sunday on a cotton inspection trip, going from here to Fort Smith, thence they will go to Oklahoma City, Paris and Dallas, Tex, Shreveport, La, and thence home by way of Tex arkana.
 Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Tomlinson and family, in Dodge car, accompanied by Mir and Mrs. H. E. Fitz in their auto, left early this morning to visit relatives at Williams and Sioux City, Ia. They expect to go thru in less than week.
 Miss Mary Mershon, stenographer at the Farmers & Merchants Bank, who has been enjoying short vaca- tion with her sisters, Mrs. Guy Thorn ton at Fort Smith and Mrs. L. c. Acruman at Texarkana, returned home Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Earl Haines returned this week from Camp Beauregard, La, where she had been with her hus- band who is in the National army. She reports that Earl is on his way overseas and that she started him with a smile to get the kaiser. 
 W. P. Harman has returned from , an extensive business trip thru Texas and states that crops from Fort Worth north are practically burned up. Few cattle are left in the coun- try and thousands of people are nov ing out of the drouth-stricken region.
 Miss Bettie Palmer, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. A. B. Palmer of Twin Oaks farm, returned to Chillicothe. Mo, Wednesday after spending vacation of three weeks with her parents. She is entering upon her second years work in a nurses training school in ChilIicothe.
 Mrs. Don D. Clement and Mrs. FL rod Taylor returned Wednesday from Camp Pike, where they had visited Sergeant Don Clement and other Polk county boys. Mrs. Fred Strickland, who accompanied them on the trip, stopped off in Fort Smith for a visit with relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs. Roy Bales returned Saturday from their farm west of Mena where they had spent a couple of days visiting Mir. and Mrs. Merton Bales and in picking apples on their own farm They brought in load for which they found ready sale at $1.50 per bushel.
 Mrs. Leona Evans, mother of R. l.. and Louis Gore, arrived Sunday from Kansas City, where for the last two months she had been with her sons, George, Jim and Joe. Mrs. Evans left three years ago for her old home in Davis City, Ia., but she now comesl back to Mena to stay.
 J. D. Molter left on last Monday morning for Orange, Tex, from whence he will go to Beaumont, and Port Arthur, Tex, and possibly tol Lake Charles, La. He has made appli- cation for employment in the ship building yard at Beaumont thru the U. s. Public Service Reserve.
 Misses Hattie Halsell and Blanche Jackson of Philadelphia. thought to make their uncle, M. J. Francis, on Third street surprise visit, coming in Sunday afternoon, but to their sur prise he was absent, taking in the
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