The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-21

interests before coming to Mena.
 MT, and Mrs. Leslie Moseley Jeff sunday for St. Louis to buv good, Tor the Moseley X Sons store. 1 A son was born Tuesday mornine to MT and Mrs. Chas. Hall, living or the J. c. Jackson farm west of IMena pr. J. G. Hilton was in attendance.
 pr. F. C. Mullins reports the birth I'luesday morning of a i0-pouno daughter to Mir. and Mrs. E s. Lacey, who recently returned toa Mena from pittsburg, Kas.
 E. U Mcbride of the Corjntb nelghborh0od returned Tuesday af- ternoon from trip to Franklin Monroe and other lilinios counties having been away for several ] weeks.
 Miss Lavantia Mills, sister of Mrs l.. E. Byers and c. G. Mills, return- ed to Mena Tuesday from Ottawa. la, where she spent the last three months at the home of her brother. pr. F.W. Mills.
 Claude Braintly returned to Mena Monday from Mansfield, Ark. and will be in Mena until he has been examined under the selective draft. He has been called for examination on Thursday, February 2s. $. D. Sexton of Howard was a Mena visitor Tuesday. He reported that he would soon move to his farm on Rich Mountain so that he could have a part this summer in the campaign for food production. Miss Anna Woods, home demon stration agent. and A. J. Smith. county farm demonstration agent. went to Dallas Wednesday to hold a meeting that night for the purpose of organizing a community club.
 Grady Green, who had been with home folks and Mena friends since last Friday, left Wednesday after noon for Poteau, Ok, where he will enter the employ of the poteau Drug Company. He had been in the employ of the Davis Drug Company in Fort Smith.
 Walter Cecil, the lad injured in the freight wreck week ago last Sunday has recovered sufficiently from his injuries to be able to be out. He gets about by the aid of a pair of crutches, tho his injuries do not seem to be serious.
 Mrs. NJ. A. Spencer, who had been at the home of her mother Mrs. J. q. Hudgins. since early last win ter, left Wednesday afternoon for Camp Doniphan, Ok. where her husband is stationed as member of the 10th Engineering Corps.
 H J. Morris, who is living on the J. II. Naler farm near Rocky, was in Mena "Wednesday 10 start for his former home near Gum Log, Pope county, to dispose of his property interests so that he may become a permanent resident of Polk county.
 las A. Slote of the Pines planta- tion and Frank Rork and son. Ray m0nd, were among the Hatfield folks in Mena Monday to meet Eugene K. Torbett, here in the internal reve- nue service on the matter of assist ing citizens in making income tax statements.
 Mir. and Mrs. Artie Lawrence of Shady. who were married week ago Sunday, were in Mena Tuesday 10 get household supplies to pre- pare to go to housekeeping. They will live on a farm near Shady, which had been occupied last year by Milton Lawrence.
 Fred Thinnes came in Sunday from Parsons. Kas., where for the last several weeks he had heen in tiit tiipipN VI tilt w.. N. ~ T. iHli- way as fireman. He will be at home until after February 26, on which date he has been called for examin- ation before the local exemption board.
 ]. l.. Harris from near Potter was in Mena Saturday to get repairs for his pea huller. He is preparing for quite a run of threshing of peas. peanuts and sorehums in the Two Mile and Hatfield communities. With the high price of all these products the farmers are determin- cd to save all that they can.
 Mrs. E. C. Roberts was in receipt of letter Monday from her son, Browning. who is with the Ameri- can expeditionarv forces in France. He enlisted in Mena in the Forest regiment. but writes his mother that he has since been transferred and is now on one of the "tanks". He adds that he has the promise of a 7-day furlough which he will use
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