The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-02

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 Prof. R. B. Dodd and G. H. Joh,s-n of Hatfield were Mena visitors Satfur- day.
 MT. and Mrs. w. L. Linam and chil- .ren from near Potter were shopping in Mena Thursday
 R. l.. Crutchfeld of the Crutchfieli Lumber Company of Eagleton spent today in Mena on business.
 Mrs. Levi Pigg and family went to Hatfield last Wednesday to spend the remainder of the week with Mir and Mrs. T. R. Bates, parents of Mrs. Pigg.
 Mena relatives of Mir. and Mrs. James Nations of Vandervoort are in receipt of the announcement of the birth of a son to them on Sunday night.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. F. Jones of B.y Cedar, Ok, were in Mena Saturday while en route to Ashdown and thence on trip to McCurtain county, Okla homa.
 Henry Schacht returned to Mena Friday after having spent most of the week in the eastern part of the coun- ty assisting in constructing dipping vats.
 Carl and Floyd Thinnes and Ph 4..p Fletcher were out on Prairie creek Friday night fishing, coming in Sat urday morning with 12 pounds of dresed fish.
 Mrs. Hardy Jones of Owens Chapel returned last Wednesday from De- Kalb, Tex, where she had been with her daughter, Miss Beva, who has been sick with measles.
 Frank M. Jones came in last week from Durant, Ok, where he is locxing after the interests of the Ozark Mu- tual Life Association. He will be in Mena for several days.
 Victor Roberts returned Friday from Alder, where he had spent the week at the bedside of his father, who, for some time has been in poor health, and still is very feeble.
 Mir. and Mrs R. E. Roberts came in from Big Fork to make out papers of property at 1900 Fourth street, Thom- as Beck, who recently moved to Mena from a farm, being the purchaser.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. M. Fowler and son were in from Big Fork Saturday trading. They took out another lot of seed potatoes so that they may do their part in raising a flour substi- ute.
 w. D. Ashcraft and R. A. Derry came to Mena last Wednesday to have grist ground at the Mena Flour Mill and also report the construction of a dipping vat in the Forest Reserve' near their community.
 Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Miller arrived Thursday from Shamrock, Ok. for visit with Mir. and Mrs. J. G. Law renee nd other relatives before Mir Miller is called to service. He has been ordered to report for duty next week.
 Mrs. s. F. Fite and son, Hughes, arrived Saturday from Cushing, Ok, to again make their home in Mena. Mir. Fite has secured position witf the Kansas City Southern near Mena and all declare they will no more de part therefrom.
 Miss Anna Woods spent Friday forenoon with her domestic science class at Hatfield, and in the afternoon she was with the club girls at Gam school. At the latter place she gave a peanut butter demonstration and gave a lesson in bread scoring.
 
 Miss Beulah Hughes, who for the last five years has been in charge of the Dallas school left last week for Conway to spend three months attend ing the State Normal. She will re- turn in time to again take up her work for the summer term Tn the Dallas school.
 Roy Mount began work last week in the Clyde Cunningham grocery store. He has been home for several weeks, having given up his job in the commissary of the Buschow Lum- Der Company at Page, thinking that he would soon be called to service in the National Army.
 Levi Wimberly of Egger, Ira Eddie man of Ink, w. B. McMillan of Board Camp, M. D. Winton of Rocky and T. W. Anderson of Potter were among those in Mcna Thursday to attend the meeting of the committee which is working out the plan to create a war work fund in Polk county.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Goss and chil- dren went to Alder Sunday on account of the illness of R. D. Roberts, father of Mrs. Goss, who has been sick for some time, and on Sunday was re- ported worse. Mrs. Goss and the chil- dren remained at the Roberts home, while MT. Goss returned to Mena on Sunday evening. J. c. Barsh of Towanda, Kas.. ar rived in Mena Saturday to go to
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