The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-13

- and to increase the general activities of the churches.
 R. Messall, manager of the Enid Manganese Mining & Milling Com pany, left Monday for Enid on busi- ness.
 | Mrs. Katie Miller left Monday for Vandervoort, where she will spend the remainder of tthe week visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. J. Bailey.
 Mrs. Ida Hammond of Cove, who spent Saturday in Mena, reported that she would leave this week for an extended visit at Hammond, Ind.
 Mrs. R. A. Tullos, after spending week at the home of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Eugene Harper, left Tues day for her home in Oil City, La.
 Mrs. E. A. Miller and granddaugh- ter, Miss Bertha Miller, who came from Wickes two months ago, hav- ing since resided in Mena, moved back to Wickes today.
 
 Mrs. Fred w. Gray of Cove is in Mena to spend a few days at the home of her sister, Mrs. c. J. Bran stetter, on Reine street and Souther- land avenue.
 T. R. Bates, Hatfield merchant, came to Mena Monday and bought from the Proctor Smith Motor Com pany, one-ton Ford truck, which he drove back to Hatfield the same day
 The Rev. V. c. Erwin, who preach ed at the Baptist church in Hatfield last Sunday morning and evening, is considering accepting the pastorate at that place. He is now employed in the J. B. Goss store on South Mena street.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Follman of Sigourney, Ia., who had been guests at the home of MT. and Mrs. Bert Cauley for the last four weeks have rented the Clark residence at 502 Tenth street, and have moved into the same. They will likely become per manent residents of Mena. having for some time owned farm located west of the city.
 Private Rufus B. Wallace, son of Mir. and Mrs. s. B. Wallace, has writ ten homefolks that he is now sta tioned at New Magn, Germany, as a member of the Field Artillery. He sees no immediate chance of being sent home, so is becoming reconciled to spending the summer, if need be, with the Army of Occupation.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. H. Knisley and son, who had spent month visiting at the home of J. F. Sparks on the Rocky Potter road, left Wednesday after noon for their home in Hunt, III. They were accompanied on the home trip by Mrs w. F. Cunningham, who will make an extended visit with rela- tives in Murphysboro and Newton, ] H.
 l Mr and Mrs. Lee Bates, who had been living in the J. A. Thornton residence on Eighth street, have giv- en up housekeeping and left Wednes- ! day to spend the remainder of the week with relatives in Hatfield. MT. Bates will leave the first of next week l for Oklahoma, to seek a new location, and in the meantime, Mrs. Bates will remain at Hatfield.
 l. M. Davis was in from the Buena Yerba ranch Tuesday to get seed po- tatoes and other supplies for the in tensive farm work being carried on at his farm. He was interested in the movement to build sweet pota- to curing and storage house in Mena, not so much on his own account, for he has curing house of his own. as for the development of the country. 1 F. M Cecil was in Mena Tuesday on his return from Park Hill, Ok, where he had visited the family of Mark Wayne. MT. Wayne, former resident of Vandervoort, passed away at his home in Park Hill about a month ago, and while MT. Cecil had been notified of his critical illness, he was unable to go to his bedside on account of the prevalence of influenza ! in his own home.
 Hubert Knight, who enlisted early l last March, and has been in France , for the last six months as member