The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-08-14

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COINS, leading Little Rock store.
Mrs. James Evans of the CONNER
cial Hotel at Cove, was in Mena Friday
to do shopping and to have dental
work done.
Mrs. Dora Anderson is carrying the
mail on rural route No. while Guy
Beavers, the regular carrier, is tax
ing 15-day vacation.
County Clerk Alexander on Thurs
day issued a marriage license to Carl
Harris, aged 81, of Hatfield, and Miss
Elm Harris, aged Is, of Mena, r. F. q.
No. /.
Eugene K. Torbett of Fort Smith,
deputy internal revenue collector is
spending Thursday in Mena checking
matters relating to the collection of
income taxes.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. NJ. Shields, Mrs.
C. C. Claxton, sister of Mr.. Shields.
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Copelin re-
turned Sunday from Hot Springs,
where they had spent last week on an
outing,
One of the most delightful social
functions during the summer was the
dance given at the Elk's Home Thurs
day night. The music was furnished
bv the orchestra with the Virginia
Minstrels.
/. ]. Sexton and John Pugh of Ward
vile, Ok, were in Mena Friday on an
overland trip in their auto to Potter,
where they will visit Mr.. and Mrs. G..
F. Hill. They will also attend the
Hatfield fair. Mr. Sexton is brother
of Mrs. Hill.
Miss Kittie White, saleslady in the
Townsend store, is off duty for a va
cation of three weeks, most of which
she will spend with friends at Potter.
Miss Eva Hinson of Owens Chapel
neighborhood is taking her place at
the store.
Charles Pirtle, with the Royal Shoe
Company at Joplin, is in Mena to Wis
it his father, A. V. Pirtle, and his
many friends. He will be here until
the latter part of this week, when he
win go to Heavener for visit before
returning to his work
Masters Iona and Finis Golf and
Miss Inez Golf, children of Mr. and
Mrs. G. G. Golf of Cove, came to Mena
Thursday, making the trip in the Golf
car, driven by Master Iona. They
were accompanied by their maternal
grandfather, l. H. Gore, and all of
them were guests at the R. Golf home
until Friday.
Chas. F. Wertz of Fort Smith and
George M. Shaw of Oklahoma City
left Thursday for Fort Smith after
spending several days in Polk county,
making an investigation of the slate
deposits. Mr.. Wertz was formerly a
resident of Mena, having been EN-
ployed in the Office of the Scoggin
Lumber Company.
Mrs. Joe Hawthorn and five children
of Parks, Scott county, have become
residents of Mena, having rented the
Mershon home on Hickory avenue. Mr..
Hawthorn is a retired merchant of
Parks, and one of the best farmers of
the Fourche Valley, and will join his
family this fall and sooner if he can
diSnose Of his crop
F. Joplin and family, and Miss Flor
ence Williams, all of Hot Springs,
were in Mena Thursday enroute to
Hatfield, where they will take in the
fair and visit friends Mr.. Joplin is
an old Polk county resident, having
lived at Cove some twenty years ago,
and notes many changes in this Sec
ton. They are making the trip by
auto.
Mr. and Mrs. C. w. Jackson and
daughters, Nonnie and Imoe, arrived
last week from Atwood, Kas., to visit
Mrs. R. C. Maxwell, mother of Mrs.
Jackson and to prospect for a location
in the south. They are a part of the
in the South. They made part of the
trip overland in covered wagon, stop
ping for while in Woods county, Ok
lahoma, where Mr.. Jackson worked
during harvest.
c. f. Davis of the Plateau Fruit
Farm, north of Mena, is marketing
some fine peaches these days. De
spite the frequent rains, he succeeded
in getting in the sprayings at about
the right time, and as a result his
fruit is free from rot and worms, and
is most highly coIored Inst now he