The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-28

W.. T.. from near Potter were in Mena Mon day to get supplies.
 J. c. Hoheimer of the Watkins Mer- cantile Company of Hatfield spent Monday in Mena on business.
 Perry H. finders of the local re- cruiting office spent Friday night at Rich Mountain advertising for re- cruits.
 Whit Salyers, after spending a month with Mena relatives and friends left Tuesday morning for Arch, Ok. to visit his brother. Charles.
 Lonnie Cooper, son of Mir. and Mrs. L. o. Cooper of Nunley is home from Camp Beauregard, La, to spend a furlough of eight days. He will re- turn to camp next Sunday.
 Mrs. R. A. Tomlinson returned on Tuesday from visit of two weeks with Mir. and Mrs. David Furry in Okemah, Ok. She also visited in Ok mulgee and other Oklahoma points.
 Prof. A. s. Daniels, here from Pot ter Tuesday, stated that the Potter schools were dismissed Monday for the remainder of the season because of the fear of an outbreak of small pox.
 Tom Irwin and Mis- Sofa Flud of Ludlow, Ok, were married Tuesday at the office of County Clerk Will Alex ander, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. F. F. Harrell of the NJ. E. church, South.
 Mir. and Mrs. Holder Philpot were in from Egger Monday to market a portion of their 1917 cotton crop. They brought in four bales which had previously been sold to T. A. Allen.
 Grover Parker, who with Mrs. Par ker and the children had been in Mena since selling his farm in Sevier coun- ty, left Monday for DeQueen, almost persuaded to again locate in that county.
 Mrs. W. J. Brinton and children from Paris. Tex, to join Mfr Brinton, who had been here for week or more helping W. E. Holt in the new store. MT. and Mrs. Brinton are living at S07 Magnolia avenue.
 Hubert Knight has wired his par ents that he has passed the examina- tion in Little Rock for enlistment in the mechanical department of the avi- ation section and that he expects to be sent to Fort Miles, Va.
 Floyd Parkeson of Mena and Hud- dle Hogan of Bethel, Ok, were sent to Little Rock Tuesday from the local recruiting office. After passing the examination at Little Rock, they will be sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo
 Mrs. l.. B. Forsythe and two chill dren, on their return to their home in Melrose, N. M., from Hot Springs, stopped in Mena Sunday and Monday for visit with c. J. Forsythe of the Western Union Telegraph company.
 Sidney w. Duke appeared before the local exemption board on Monday for physical examination. He was re- ferred to the Medical Advisory Board at DeQueen, and will report there on next Tuesday for further examina- tion.
 s. B. Shannon of Vandervoort was in Mena Tuesday to arrange for sale which he will hold on April 4, on his farm 1 miles east of Vandervoort. He expects to return to Dawson, N. M., from whence he came to Polk county.
 The Sunday school of the M. E.. church, South, is preparing an Easter program to be given Sunday morning during the hour for the regular church service. The program will con- sist largely of songs appropriate to the occasion.
 Dr. D. W. Connally and Joe Anders of Hatfield were here Tuesday morn ing on their return from Shady where they had been in search of stray yearling which had left their herd last winter They found the animal posted by J. s. Lawrence.
 Charles Hiaumet of Vandervoort was in Mena Tuesday to visit his former neighbor, Henry Schocht, and to look after business. Mir. Hiaumet is a native of France, having been born in the city of Paris, so it goes without saying that he has intense interest in the war news.
 Herman Reeves of Miami, Ok, ac- companied by D. L. Thomas of Den yer, Colo, after spending Saturday and Sunday in Mena, returned to Mi- ami, Ok. MT. Thomas is representing a Denver firm now interested in ore developments in the Miami field and while in Mena he went over some of the mining claims held in Polk county by F. M. Reeves and others.
 Miss Edmonia Petty arrived in Mena Monday from Little Rock to