The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05

| surveyors on the Jefferson highway north of Mena had reached the vicin. ity of Acorn when halted by wet weather.
 | W. s. McVey of Grannis, county surveyor, was in Mena on official busi- ness Tuesday.
 Mrs. Kathleen Holt Bishop gave a reading at the alumni program held at Ouachita College, Philadelphia, dur ing the commencement week. | J. P. Callahan was offering Mena folks choice ripe peaches Monday getting cent apiece for the luscious fruit. The Star enjoyed a dozen as evidence"
 C. s. Barr has sold his suburban home on Eagle Gap avenue to J. D. Bastain of s. McAlester, Ok, and has bought the Whitaker 40-acre tract on Pine street.
 Mrs. J. o. Billingsley and children who had been visiting in Mena with her father, J. M. Montgomery, re- turned to their home in Texarkana Sunday afternoon.
 Ben F. George has purchased from Mrs. Pace of Houston, Tex, the build ing occupied by his feed store on s, Mena street, the Kelly-S Stratton Com pany making the deal.
 
 Mrs. Will Christopher has received a telegram announcing the safe arriv- al of Lieut. Grady H. Forgy in New York City. Lieutenant Forgy wired he would be at home in Mena as soon as he can.
 Miss Faye Hopson, who has been attending school at Deming, N. M, ar rived in Mena Monday, her school having closed for the term. She will make her home with her brother, J. Willis Hopson, president of the Farm CTS & Merchants bank, and wife. M. D. Winton of Rocky was Tn Mena Tuesday enroute to Muse to look after his store there. Instead of going west over the mountains, bad roads and weather forced him to travel by rail to Poteau, thence to Taiihina and fin- ally by rail back to his destination.
 W. s. Buxton, who travelled from Buffalo, Ok, to Mena in his car, re- ports rough, hard trip, due to weath- CT conditions. Mir. Buxton was &C., companied by his wife, daughter and son. They will visit MT. and Mrs. Clay Goodwin, living on Route No. 1, southeast of Mena.
 " B. Short of Oklahoma City was in Mena Tuesday and bought car load of hogs, S5 animals from the White Produce Company. MT. Short, who feeds from 400 to 500 hogs at a time, will ship the local animals to Oklahoma City, where they will be fattened on buttermilk.
 Clarence McMillan and D. c. Cook of Mineola, were in Mena Tuesday buying from local merchants. Mir Cook says that when the roads tol- erably dry" it is 40 miles from Mine ola. While passing thru Shady the traveller encountered the heaviest rain they have experienced this year. F. E. Heath of Zafra was in Mena Monday, the first time since last July. He suffered an injury to his left hand at Mill No. of the Beach Lumber Company, and was compelled to quit work. His hand accidentally came in contact with circular saw and had thumb and index finger badly hurt.
 County Supt. of Schools T. J. Will bank and family left last Tuesday morning for Zwolle, La, to attend a family reunion at the home of Mrs. Wilbanks' parents, Mir and Mrs. A. s. Winston. Superintendent expects to return the last of the week, but Mrs. Wilbanks and children will de- main longer.
 N. D. Butler of Chant, while in Mena Tuesday stated that the good roads movement in Scott county had reached the point, where the county judge was advertising for 500 sol dier boys to work on the road being built to the Polk county line. This road will join the Foran Gap road and leads to Mena.
 Wallace Goss, who volunteered to help whip the Hun two years ago at Womble and who has spent IT months overseas; has landed safely in New York according to message received in Mena by his sister, Mrs. Oscar AL ford. The young soldier was with the 20th Engineers. He expects to be mustered out soon at Camp Pike, and then come to Mena to visit.
 Louis Gosnell and wife of Benning- ton. Ok, were in Mena enroute to Nella, Scott county, for a visit with W. E. Nash and family and other relatives. MT. Gosnell has just re- turned from oveseas service. He was wounded while fighting the Huns, re- ceiving pieces of shrapnel in the face, two machine gun bullets in the leg, and in addition was gassed. Word received in Mena Tuesday told of the birth of baby daughter to Mrs. Charles E. Smith in Chicago. Mrs. Smith, who taught Holly Springs school last year, was visiting her par ents in Chicago when the clad event hannened. .Tune 2 Mir. Smith is look