The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-03

poets soon to return to work.
! J.R. Wood of Ink was in Mena on
, business Friday.
j. d. Budd returned Thursday after
noon from q ten-day sojourn at Ogden.
DR.. John SHIRLEY of Gentry Ark,
was in Mena Friday to look after bust
ness interests.
T. r. Jones, ST., began work Satur-
day making up the assessment roll
for the jefferson Highway.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Willis Hopson and
their guests, DR.. and Mrs. Collier of
Foreman, drove to Foreman in the
Hopson car for an outing and a visit
with friends.
The Rev. J. W. Bratcher returned
home Thursday afternoon from two
weeks visit spent in portions of
Tennessee visiting old time friends
and relatives
J. S. Written of DeQueen has pur-
chased from X. f. Ford the home of
the latter on Gam street. Mr.. Whit
ten, who formerly lived in Mena, plans
to again make his home here.
Vivian O'Hearn has received word
from her father, Pat 0'Hearn, who has
been i'll in Oklahoma, that he is i'm
proving rapily and wishes he was back
in good old Polk county again.
Misses Sadie Jones and Mary Bro
gan, assisted by I. r. Jones, ST., are
using the Circuit Court room at the
courthouse in making up the assess
ment roll of the jefferson Highway.
Lieut.. M. a.. Davis, who has been
spending a furlough with his family
and friends in Mena returned to duty
Monday, having been ordered to Camp
Knox, Va Lieuteant Davis is in the
regular army, being with the signal
corps.
r. Z. Dawson, expert mechanic at
the Connally & Hilton garage, is
showing his confidence in Mena as a
place TO live by purchasing his own
home He bought from the Mena
Land & Improvement Company the
property at 200 Ninth street.
j. G. Lawrence is speeding up on the
construction Of his new store building
on the Southside Tho the roof is not
all laid, he is having paperhangers
work in that part already covered and
will have shelvming put in when the
wall covering work is finished.
George Klein, after an absence Of
nearly seven months from Mena, is
back again, having reached the city
Sunday. He has been travelling in
Oklahoma, and has been as far north
as Lincoln, Neb., but of all the places
visited there was none like Mena.
Hearing of the Golden Rule herd of
20. |. c. hogs, A K. Whitman travelled
from Bancroft, La, to view the blue
blooded porkers. After seeing what
the Golden Rule farm had to offer
Mr. Whitman bought enough hogs to
start herd on his Louisiana ranch.
The Hooper Grocery Company at
Lockesburg has been enlarged by an
addition to the firm. Nj. w. Roger
has purchased an interest in the firm
and according to the Tribune, win
move his family from Mena to Lockes-
burk as soon as he is able to find q
house.
4 Many persons from distant points
viii be in Mena to attend the musical
normal during July. Judging from let
tiers already received. A Letter Mon
day told of a party of six coming from
Flint, Tex The normal will start
July IA at the Central school under
the direction Of s. ]. oslin.
/ Mrs. and Mrs. F r. Watson of An
amosa, Iowa, are visiting W. 5. Mac
Lafferty, who is a brother of Mrs.
Watson. They viii spend some time
/ in and around Mena and may decide
to locate here. One Of the first pleas
ures the visitors noticed and appreci-
ated was the cool nights and a chance
to sleep.
A fishing party that left Mena Mon
day morning for Mountain Fork, west
of Hatfield, expected to get some sport
catching buffalo, The party will
spend several days along the stream
, In the party were John McElroy and
family, Marion Francis and family
Hayes Allen and Family, and Gale
Hume and family
J. Fl. Sims, who recently sold his
property at Martin avenue and Fourth
street, has moved to a new location
on Second street, where he will live
he says, until he can buy another
home The new owner of the Sims
property, w d. Johnston of Blansett,
Scott county, is expected to be in
Mena Saturday to take charge Of the
store.
Earl Worthington reached Mena on
Sunday for visit with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Worthington. The
young man has been in Uncle Sans
naval service for the last few monhs,
being in the naval postofiiee at Fort
ress Monroe, Va. He has been mus
tered out Of service and after visit
at home viii return to Norfolk, Va,
to work
Mrs. jim Robbins and two sons.