The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-08-21

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lcept comfortable driving.
Gregg Purv.s visited friends in
Azhdown Wednesday.
| ijorn, u ~ o'clock noon, Friday,
August 10, 1919, fine daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. N. R. Oneal.
G. c. Monroe, who came from
Wickes Wednesday, made trip to
Shady Thursday with w. A. Ragland.
j. N. Roach, in the employ Of the
Buschow Lumber Company at Stapp,
Ok, spent Friday in Mena on business.
Mrs. W. H. Fortune of Winthrop re-
turned home Wednesday afternoon
after visit at the home of Mr.. ard
Mrs. R. Golf on Refine street.
Mr. and Mrs J. C. Allen of Cove
and Mrs. l.. H. Johnson of Hatfield
were in Mena Friday to do shopping
and to look after matters of business.
! Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Worthington
will leave in the morning for Little
Rock, driving thru via Hot Springs.
They expect to be gone about week.
Herbert Parker, who has been farm
ing this season on his fathers farm
on Mill Creek, spent last week in
Mena. Herbert has made good crop
this year Of corn, cane and peas.
B. F. and Price Parker report
good catch of fish on Rock Creek near
Potter on Thursday. They made the
trip out afoot early Thursday morn
ing, and then returned OH train No. a.
The Rocky Baseball team passed
thru Mena Thursday evening, enroute
home from Board Camp, where they
played the Sluggers. 1t was a real hit
and run game according to reports and
Board Camp won by score of Is to
IA.
j. M. Hatfield was in from Shady on
Thursday to get supplies. He was
accompanied by his blind brother, L.
M. Hatfield, who came back to Polk
county last week to visit relatives and
friends after an absence of twelve
years. which he spent with his chill
dren in Texas and New Mexico.
Mr.. and Mrs. George f.. yickers,
Mrs. A. F. Easterday and Mrs. r. C.
Postlethwaite left Thursday for Dali
las, Tex, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vickers, where Mrs. Eas.erday will re-
main until fall. Mrs. Postlcthwaite,
after short stay at Dallas, will re-
turn to her home in Jewell City, Kas.
Fred Thinnes, after fourteen months
of overseas service with the Fifth En-
gineers, reached Mena Thursday aft
ernoon, having been mustered out of
the service at Camp Pike Wednes-
day. He took his homefolks by sur
prise, since they were not looking for
him until Friday morning, and had
planned to give him a reception.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Z. Joplin moved to
Mena from Wickes Thursday, and will
be at home in the residence at the cor
ner of Refine and Spring streets. Mrs.
Joplin and children came up on the
local and Mr.. Joplin came thru with
the car of household goods. Mr.. Jop-
lin is. travelling salesman for the Tex
arkana Produce Company.
Capt P. H. Miller returned to Mena
Thursday from Texarkana, where two
weeks ago he underwent rather dan
gerous operation at Michael Meagher
hospital He had sufficiently recov-
cred to be able to make the trip home
unattended, tho he suffered nervous
shock when thru some misunderstood
ing he came very near being carried
thru Mena.
Mrs. J. F. Averitt was advised on
Thursday that her sister-in-law, Mrs.
j. r. Pope, successfully underwent an
operation at the hospital in Clarks-
vile, Tex, ON Wednesday. Mrs.
Averitt had hoped to be with Mrs.
Pope during the ordeal, but on ac-
count of sickness in her own family
was unable to go to GAINESVILLE last
Tuesday as she had planned.
Ut. Is. ii. hawkins, VINO, with Mrs.
j. G. Jackson and Henderson Jackson,
accompanied Miss Vashti Jackson to
the Michael Meagher hospital at Tex
arkana on Wednesday, returned to
Mena Wednesday evening He reports
that Miss Jackson stood the trip well,
and was resting easily when he left
Texarkana, but it had not yet been de-
cided whether she would have to un-
dergo an operation.
Alderman H. NJ Frederick has re-
ceived word that his brother, Duke
Frederick, who visited in Mena re-
Gently on his return from overseas
service, has been appointed county
attorney for Haskell county, Okla
homa, and that his first important
work will be to investigate food prof.
teering. Before entering the service,
Mr.. Frederick was county Judge, with
offices at Stigler, Ok, but resigned the
place to go help whip Kaiser Bill.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Spring, with a
party of summer visitors in Mena, |
spent Thursday on Rich Mountain, go-
ing up on train No. 2 and returning
Thursday afternoon. Among those in
the party were Prof. j. M. Latham
and Mrs. Latham, Mr.. and Mrs. E. f. |
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