The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-05
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 Ike Mcdonald went to Mena Mon day.
 Miss Ruth Wiley went to Mena on Saturday.
 Miss Ella Felts is teaching school at Bowman Spur.
 Judge Wright Pricket of Mena was here Monday on legal business.
 Jim Chambers had good mare killed by passing train Monday.
 L. C. Cole went to Grannis Satur day night to be with his family
 Dr. II. R. Getz was in Wickcs last Thursday looking after business.
 H. w Finger and K. k. Jackson were in Wickes last Wednesday on business.
 Joe Ross had a good milk COW killed by a passenger train last Thursday morning.
 Dr. B. K. Dunman has been vac cinnating school children the past three weeks.
 c. P Hellyer is sick with typhoid fever, from which Mrs. Hellyer has just recovered.
 Mrs. Mabel Black, accompanied by Miss Hattie Forsee, went to Mena Sunday evening.
 J. A. Lewey had four head of cows killed by No. 1 passenger train last Wednesday morning.
 Miss Georgia Hamby, who is teach ing at Vandervoort, came home Fri day to be with homefolks.
 John Kinder from Cove was in Wickes Monday, looking after his property and other business.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Smith went to Cove Monday. Mir. Smith is drilling a we'll there at the cotton gin.
 Mrs. Grace Yeargan, after visiting several days with parents and friends returned home at Soper, Ok, Wednes- day.
 Mrs. W. M. Darwin returned home from Mena Friday, where she had been visiting her sisters at the Mena Cafe.
 Wallace Oldham came home Sunday night from Hugo, Ok, where he had been working on a ranch for few weeks.
 We had fine rain Friday night and showers have been coming almost every day since and fall range is im- proving.
 Misses Gertrude Joplin and Thelma Chilean went to Mena last Friday to visit with relatives and friends, re- turning home Sunday.
 The WiclSes school will open for the winter term on September g with Prof E. w. Hamby as principal and Miss Ruth llamby as assistant.
 Mrs. Steve Morris and children re- turned home Monday from Broken Bow, Ok, where they have been visit ing Mrs. Morris sister the past four weeks
 Reny Sampson and family, from Kansas City, came in Monday to visit their mother, Mrs Maggie Sampson as well as brother and family, A. c Daniel
 | Miss Mabel Giles, who was working for Mrs. Compton, became sick anc went home to Hatfield. Her sister , Miss Dill, came to work in her place until she recovers. Dr. B. k. Dunman made a trip tc Little Rock last Thursday, accom-. panying Mrs. Rose Miller, who went there to undergo an operation fol cancer. She is reported to be gettin' along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Sanford. Miss Vada and Bob Sanford. autoed to De. Queen last Thursday to look at prop erty, thinking they might locate II that place, but failed to find what they wanted
 ] Jim Lebow, who was working 1T the oil fields near Shreveport. La. i was killed by falling limb from : ! tree His remains were shipped hers i for burial in the Oak Grove cemetery last Thursday. ! I. s. Sanford, Fred Mills. JohI Kuykenhall and W. R. Watkins lief | Sunday morning for the Little Rive bottoms to be gone several days on ; big hunt They made the trip in MT ; Watkins car. Mir. and Mrs. Ben Hedge have re turned from the Kansas harves fields, where Mir. Hedge has beer working for some time. While ava, his feed barn, which was full of fee, saved this year. was destroyed b. fire. the origin of which is unknown
 Mrs Walter Summer and littl daughter, Christa Bell after enjoy ing Polk county's good water ani canning lots of fruit, returned to he home at Tulsa, Ok. where Mir Sum ner is working for the K c. s. Mrs, Will Mendenhall and daugh ter, Lura, after spending three week with her daughter, Mrs. Will Curtis returned to her home at Tulsa, Ok Monday.
 Madge