The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-12
PERSONAL NOTES

H. ~ (OitthS OF JenhS, Ok., Is IN
Mena on business.
Mss Mabel Lee was a visitor u
Fort Smith Sunday
W. E. Harrell of Eagleton was a
Mena visitor Friday.
j. I. Cole of Beach spent Thursday
among his Mena friends.
]. f. Nunes of Grannis was in
Mena Monday on business.
Sam Hall Of Boles was trading
with Mena merchants Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Brown were in
today from out on Route to shop.
Postmaster R. S. Allen left Monday
for McAlester, Ok, en- official BUSH
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. X R. Stuart Of Van
dervoort were in Mena Saturday at
tending circuit court.
Miss Eva Lena Hill of Potter ar
rived Monday to spend a week
with Mrs. A. G. Biggs.
G. B. Lyons, manager of the bond
ed warehouse, is i'll and w. A. Can
non is acting in his place.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Lusty of Wick
es were in Mena Friday to have dem
| tai work done for Mrs. Lusty.
James McPhetrige of Heavener
was in Mena Friday to attend circuit
court and visit relatives and friends.
Oden was represented on the Mena
cotton market Thursday by T. %.
Mcdonald, H. E. Dees and E. G.
Scott.
Willard Lowther Of Rocky was in
Mena Friday seeking a new location,
having sold his farm to Buddie
Manley.
Allen Watkins, court reporter of
Mt. Ida, was accompanied to Mena by
Mrs. Watkins for the final session
Of circuit court Friday.
Dudley Lauck, who is with the mo-
tor corps in Virginia camp, arrived
home Wednesday to spend weeks
furlough with home folks.
A. j. Mcbride of the Mountain
Fork country was in Mena Thursday
and secured from Alex Patton d bur-
ial outfit for Miss Josie Gray.
John Jones, who has been in Uncle
4 Sans service at Camp Travis, Tex,
has secured his discharge and has re-
turned to his home in Mena.
! J. A. Clark, who has been working
in munition plant near Nashville,
Tenn, has finished doing his bit and
arrived home in Mena Friday.
f. E. Gamble, now opening brok-
erage business in Fort Smith, spent
Thursday in Mena attending to bust
ness and visiting with R. Goff.
/ A large steel filing cabinet and
safe, weighing 1850 pounds was in
stalled in the Jackson Drug e. Fur
niture company's store Friday.
Mrs. Annie Magruder of Denison
Tex, is in Mena to visit her son, J
T. Magruder, president of the First
National Bank, and his family.
w. L. Ross and family, former res
/ idents of Mena, who have been living
/ in Oklahoma, came back to Mena
Wednesday to visit old frineds.
r. B. Board, cashier of the Planters
State bank, was forced to give up
work Saturday on account of illness,
but was back on the job Monday.
But few bales Of cotton were
brought to Mena Saturday The mar
ket was somewhat lower and values
ranged close to 26 cents per pound.
Among the farmers who marketed
cotton in Mena Thursday were j. l.
Bates of Board Camp. ]. B. Lilies of
Big Fork and G. w. Ramsey of Egg
ger.
B. G. Quinn, t. j. Hogan and ]. E..
Gibson of Big Cedar, Ok, and W.
r.. Lackey of Opal, were among the
few who sold cotton in Mena Satur-
day.
w. E. McVey, county surveyor, was
in Mena Monday. He is recovering
form an attack of typhoid fever and
still feels effects of his siege of i'll
ness.
Hubert Hunt, who has been spend
ing furlough with relatives in Mena
and vicinity, left Friday to rejoin his
company of regulars on the Mexican
border
DR.. G. C. Gunnels returned to Mena
Monday and plans to stay here until
the first of the new year. He has
just come back from a business trip
to Chicago. M
s Mrs. M. j. Crosson left Thursday
for Ashdawn to assist in caring
for Mrs. e. c. Payne and children. all.
of whom have been having siege
with influenza.
N. M. Thomas who had been living
near Mnnley was in Mena this week
to close business affairs before NOV
ing to Sherwood Ok. where he is