The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-25

LY g, 1918.
 - ------ .------.- made in the name of Mrs. Annie Mas sey.
 Lee Olney, superintendent. of the Commonwealth Public Service Con- pany of Ozark, spent few hours in Mena Friday, leaving to join Mrs. Olney and children at Fayetteville, Ark, where they are visiting rela- tives.
 G. H. Johnson and Captain K. D. Hutson were among the Hatfield folks in Mena Saturday. The latter arranged to get out some bills and other advertising matter for public sale to be held by Mrs. ] R. Hen dricks
 Mrs. E. Moves of Acorn came down Thursday accompanied by her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. F P. Doak of De Queen, who are spending a short time at her home. Mir Doak was pastor of the Mena M E. church, South, some ten years ago,
 Mrs. Thomas ]. R. Scott of Kansas City came in Saturday and will spend some time visiting Mir. and Mrs. B. G. Anderson of Yocana. Mrs. Jennie Verkenmeier of Morehead, Kas., came in at the same time to visit at the Anderson home.
 Miss Kate Cullen and two children of Dennison, Tex, and Mrs. J. r. Fitzpatrick of Heavener, the two la dies being sisters, arrived Friday aft ernoon and went out to the home of their parents, Mir and Mrs. John Graft of Ransom.
 Trocia Goddard, in recent letter to his sister, Miss Eva, tells of sue cessfully passing an examination which makes him a first class petty officer, position, he says, in which he can be of more service to Uncle Sam that heretofore.
 Ollie Lawrence and family, who had just returned from long trip thru Oklahoma left on Monday for their home at Waters. They report very poor crops out where they have been. They visited Lawton, Gerty, McAl- ester and other points.
 Mir. and Mrs c. H. Pletzkow and son, John, were among the Hatfield people in Mena Thursday to take ad- vantage of the bargains offered by Mena merchants on account of "Dol- lar Bargain Day" instituted by the Mena Commercial Club.
 J. L. Cecil and Sam Nations of motored to Mena Fri day. Miss Essie Cecil of Mulberry, Ark, and Mrs. c. W Buckler of Am arillo, Tex, guests of MT. Cecil, ac- companied them. They returned to that afternoon.
 Miss Love Williams of Dallas, Tex, and experienced milliner, returned home Wednesday. While here she arr ranged with the Duke-Magruder Co. to take charge of the millinery de- and will return about the middle of August for this purpose.
 Mesdames Lena N. Coleman, Lena A. Raines, Y. c. Ridge of Shreveport, summer visitors for several weeks past, guests at Hotel Mena. returned home Friday. They were very much pleased with our climate and water and will come again and send friends.
 !. l.. Horner of the Hamilton Real Estate Agency closed a deal Friday selling a valuable Polk county farm, that of Sam Wallace on the 0uachita river. to A. C. 0dell of Montgomery county. There are 76 acres in the tract and it is considered one of the hest farms of it's size in the county.
 MT. and Mrs. John Sterner and son, Floyd, and M. Harper of Waldron, came in Thursday in their car, and after short visit at the home of Mrs. Ema Hamburger. left for home Friday, taking with him two new Fords. purchased of the Proctor Smith Motor Company.
 John W. Dilbeck of Glover, Ok, was in Mena Friday on his return from a visit with relatives and friends at Biz Fork. He reports that former Polk county folks now located in the vicinity of Glover are all getting along fine, and have prospects for good crop this year.
 MT. and Mrs. T Magruder and two children left last Thursday on an overland auto trip to spend va cation of month in Colorado Springs, Estes Park and other Colo rado points. They went from Mena to Oklahoma City, thence they will strike the Santa Fe trail for the re- mainder of the trip.
 Joe Rodgers of Mount Ida came in with his car Sunday, bringing Allen court stenographer, who left on No. 3 for DeQueen where court opened Monday. Mir Rodgers re- turned immediately to Mount Ida, from which place he is making pre- narations to move to Hot Springs, having secured the auto mail line from Hot Springs to Mount Ida.
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