The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12
Correspondence
HATFIELD HAPPENINGS.

HA AIttD AA4tf 4a4FA&@00e
 
 ". c. Nelson is here from War wick. Ok
 R. D. Green was down from Mena Saturday.
 sam Bates visited at Potter Sun day and Monday.
 A. R. Bates was a business visitor to Mena last Friday
 Penn Williams and Chris Romine were at Mena Saturday.
 Mrs. B. Gibson and daughter. Thel- ma, were up from Cove Saturday.
 Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Connaliy are at their farm this week. near Nolia, Ok.
 Mfr. and Mrs. Eugene Blackwell were down from Mena Sunday after noon.
 The Rev. J. C. Evans closed a re- vival meeting at Sherwood, Ok, last week.
 Miss Myrtle Cobb returned satur- day from visit to relatives at Wis ter. Ok.
 Miss Novela Lewis gave a party to few of her friends last Friday night.
 Arlie Nichols made his first trip over R. F. D. No. 1 in his Saxon car Monday.
 T. E. Cree returned last week from s hve-week business trip to south seast Colorado.
 supt. ". Homer Pigg and Basce Finger were down from Mena Sun day via automobile.
 Miss Catherine Mullins came down from Mena Saturday to visit her sis ter. Mrs Warren Rowe, on Six-Mile. Mir. and Mrs. J A. Wilhite were here part of last week from Nunlev. guests of the Rev. and Mrs. N. O. Hornsby.
 l.. W Hall has accepted position m the grocery department at the Watkins Lumber and Mercantile Company.
 Homer Johnson has resigned his position as labor foreman in muni- tion plant at Jacksonville. Tenn. and returned home Saturday.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. C. Hoheimer and baby, Marguerite. and Mir and Mrs. C. 0. Henderson and baby, Novela. autoed to Nena and back Sunday aft arn0on.
 Word was received here Tuesday announcing the death of Miss Pearl Jordan at Heavener recently Miss +~ANott tottHShiS ANcu Vt iA-uhc near here
 Ohn Davis. in a letter to his fath- CT, R. s. Davis, states that he left New York on August 29 for "over there" 0lin recently volunteered as Ahipyard laborer
 Capt Ed Hutson sold at auction Saturday wagon and team belong ing to John Beavers on Six-Mile, J. D. Henderson buying the team and Wiley Turner the wagon
 Mrs. Lee Gibson and two daugh- ters returned Saturday from visit 10 Scott county relatives, bringing with them Alva Haywood, a nephew If Mrs. Gibson, for a visit
 . W Dale Is still suffering from an electric shock he received last week during an electric storm Five per- sons were shocked by the same bolt ard no two of them were closer than 70 feet of each other
 The Straddie Telephone line made ats connection with Central last Sat urday afternoon It has six sub scribers. with S. B. Powell on the nead end of the line and A. L. Gala nan on inc tail end.
 U. " Averitt died Sunday at 2 D. m, after lingering illness from  nlood poisoning About five years ago Mir. Averitt was stricken with paralysis, but after several weeks was able to go about town, until 3M months ago, when he became bedfast. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church by the Rev. w B. Arnold Burial was at Six-Mile cem- setery. He leaves wife and eight children, as follows: Mrs. w H. Ter " and Mrs. l.. H. Johnson of Hat field; James F. Averitt of Mena, Mrs. H H. Terry of Clarksville, Tex. Gin a hospital at Paris, Tex, and conse- quently unable to attend the funer- all: Mrs. E. M Sharp of Prescott. Ark; Mrs 7D. D. Cook of Clarksville. Tex. and Mrs. Dovie Cockrell of Westover, Tex, and Mrs. j. C. Allen of Cove