The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-09-11

returned to Little Rock Thursday.
Mrs. Mathis came from Acorn on
Thursday to be the guest of Mrs. P. r.
Watkins during the remaining days of
the fair.
Parks Frost, nephew of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Goolsby, returned home Fri
day after visit of a week with Mr..
and Mrs. Goolsby.
Col. Ed. Hutson of Hatfield attend
ed the county fair this week between
sales, the latter occupying much of
MS time these days.
Mr. and Mrs. j. 0. Spencer of Red
Water, Tex, are here as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Johnson. Mrs.
Spencer is a cousin of Mr.. johnson.
Mrs. NJ. C. Trumbull of Mansfield,
La, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
McWilliam at Golden Acres farm, and
later will visit Mena friends before
returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. Lichlyter of
Vandervoort, while in Mena to attend
the fair Thursday and Friday were
entertained at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. NJ. Latimer.
Joe Hawthorn, who has been here
with his family on Hickory avenue,
returned to Parks, Scott county, Fri
day to bring over more household
goods and provisions.
Miss Anna Gray came in Mena on
Wednesday, accompanied by Miss
Carrie Thomas of Heavener, Ok,
where she has been visiting with the
latter for the past week.
A. B. Higgins, up from Grannis
Thursday and Friday to attend the
fair, reports that his son, Andrew, is
still with the American Expedition
airy Forces in France, but wrote un-
der date of August 16 that he expect
ed to be home this month.
Col. c. Nj. Latimer was at Wickes
Thursday to conduct the closing-out
sale for F. p James, selling among
other things a good bunch of cattle.
Col. Latimer says the sale was one Of
the best he has had in Polk county.
A. c. Higginbottom acted as clerk for
him.
Mrs. Xavier Weber, who had been
with Mr.. Weber at Little River, Kas.,
where he is employed at harvesting
and threshing, reached Mena Wednes-
day She will spend few days with
her sister, Mrs. B. N. Eddleman and
then go to Wickes for a visit at the
home of her parents.
Claude Allen of Fort Worth came in
from Heavener Friday, where he had
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. d. Allen. He will spend a
few days with Mena relatives and
friends before going back to his work
as pass clerk for the Denver and Rio
Grande railway at Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. ] 5. Richie of Rad
cliffe, Ark, mere since Tuesday TAX
ing in the fair and visiting relatives,
started on the home trip Friday. They
were accompanied on the return trip
by Mrs. Amanda Philpot, sister of
Mr. Richie, who will spend two or
three months with Mr.. and Mrs,
Richie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Fried and Mrs
Hardin Griffith and Mrs. Mary John
son, sisters of Mrs. Fried, left Friday
for their home at Asher, Ok, after a
week spent with Polk county relatives
and friends. Mr. Fried is an uncle of
M. B. Fried Of Big Fork, and the
Mesdames Fried, Griffith and John
son are aunts of Mrs. l. l.. Reed.
V. T. Proctor and Mrs. C. A. Proc
tor and children, left Thursday for
Waco, Tex, in response to word that
Mrs. " r. Proctor, at the home of ner
daughter. Mrs Ed Smith, was quite
sick. Mrs. Proctor went to Waco ear
ly last June to be under treatment by
her son-in-law, DR.. Ed Smith, and for
a time she was considerably improved.
A. w. Clark, who had been resi-
dent of Mena until two years ago,
since which time he had lived at Ger
rogordo, Ark, has returned to Mena
to again make his home. Thru the
Payne real estate agency he has
bought the Charles Sparks property
on South Fourth street, and as soon
as he gets located he plans to open a
wood yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Stay and chill
areh spent Thursday in Mena to take
in the fair and to make arrangements
to send the older children to the Mena
schools during the ensuing year. Mr..
and Mrs Stay have been living at
Stapp, Ok, for the last two years, Mr.
Stay being in charge of the commits
sary Of the Blackfork Lumber Com
pany at that place.
Wesley Nichols of Hatfield passed
thru Mena Thursday on his return
home from Camp Pike, where he had
been in an effort to secure the dis
charge of his son, Arley, from the
army. The young man had been sta
toned at Camp Travis, where he was
doing clerical work, but he is now at