The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-24
PERSONAL NOTES

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 Mrs. W. E. Whippie of Hatfield IS in Mena visiting relatives.
 George w. Petty and son, George, " drove to Baker Springs Friday.
 Miss Goldie Martin left Saturday Afternoon for visit with relatives at Hatfield.
 T. A. Allen arrived home Saturday afternoon from a business trip to Kansas City.
 Mrs. George w. Petty and Miss Ed monia Petty left Saturday afternoon for Baker Springs.
 H. M. Wimberly and son, Harris, were among the visitors from Egger in Mena Saturday.
 G. W. Cain has gone to Many, La., to visit relatives and may decide to locate III lndC NiCltllIy.
 Miss Dora Ponder left Saturday morning for Tulsa, Ok, to visit her nnele, ]. ]. Jennings, and family.
 ! NJ. Mims of Gillham, La, reached Mena Friday to spend the summer. He is guest at Hotel Commercial.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Anderson of Foreman, who had been visiting in Mena, returned Friday to their home.
 Mrs. Homer Pigg left Saturday aft ernoon for her home at Hope. County Agent Pigg will return overland in his ear.
 A marriage license was issued Sat urday to J. c. Halmon, aged AT, and Mrs. N. J. Stokes, aged 50, both resi- dents of Grannis.
 George Miller and son, Clyde, came in from the Rocky neighborhood Sat urday and reported that rain was needed in that vicinity.
 Miss Kathryn Garrity of Des Hoines, Ia., who had been visiting in Mena with Mir and Mrs. S. G. Wilson, left Friday afternoon for her home.
 Gilmer B. Johnson of New Orleans, 6 postoffice inspector, who is well known in Mena and vicinity, is in the city flor short visit with Mir. and Mrs. J. P Payne.
 
 W. A. J. Smith, Sam Plain and oth. CT helpers were busy last week making repairs on the buildings on the County Farm. The county "home" is being reshingled, repainted and re- paired.
 J. s. Knox Of Fayetteville, horti- culturist with the extension bureau of the state university, was in Mena Sat urday and spoke at the meeting of the Mena Truck & Fruit Growers at the Commercial Club
 Miss Bettie M. Palmer, who has been spending vacation with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. A. B. Palmer, north of Mena, left Friday for Chilli cothe, Mo, to resume her studies as nurse in hospital.
 Ben C. Eastin, secretary for the Chamber of Commerce at Henryetta, Ok, has secured furlough of a cou- pie of days to visit Mrs. Eastin and the babies and get his lungs full of good Polk county atmosphere.
 The Rev. c. H. Buchanan, pastor of the First M K. church at Poteau, Ok, accompanied by Mrs. Buchanan and daughter, arrived in Mena Friday, the two last named to spend the remain der of the summer at the Southern Home
 F. M Taylor of Talihna and T. J. Taylor of Durant, came to Mena to attend the singing convention which meets at Cherry Hill Sunday. The former is the father of Mrs. Jesse Philpot of Mena, and is former resi- dent of Polk county.
 Colonel Brashier, accompanied by Mrs. Brashier and their three children, are in Mena for an extended visit with W. M Lyons and family Mrs. Bra shier is the only daughter of Mir. Lyons. They came overland in a Ford from Ranger, Tex, to Mena.
 J 4. Earl, who lives near Acorn, returned Saturday morning from Richards, Mo, where he was called last Sunday by the death and funeral of his brother-in-law While away he took an auto trip over the good roads m that section of the country and visited sisters at Lamar, Mo. and Fort Scott, Kas
 Serving more than five months in the front line trenches and escaping without scratch was the experience of W. P. Hart, who was in Mena Sat urday enroute to Potter to visit friends. Mir. Hart went to the big war from Polk county, tho his home is in Missouri, and served IA months over seas, being with the 3rd Division.