The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04


R. L. Tlevd from near Nuaiey left
Saturday for Kinta, Ok, where he is
s~iag to pros gect for location.
DIR F. C. Mullins, while in Mena
Friday on professional business, took
time to attend the Spiro-Mena ball
game.
County Clerk VIII Alexander on
Saturday issued a marriage license to
Carl Phillips, aged 10, of Oden, and
Miss Alice Hill, aged II, of Sims.
Miss Alice Fried, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. F. R. Fried, left Saturday
for Fort Smith, where she will attend
St. Anne's Academy for the ensuing
school year.
Byron Turner, who had been visiting
his parents near Hatfield, was in Mena
between trains on Saturday, while on
his return to Okmulgee, where he is
employed in printing Office
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Bates, who had
spent last week with Big Fork rela-
tives and former neighbors were in
Mena Sunday to start for their home
in Golden Ok. They were brought to
Mena by H. L. Looney.
Miss Pearl Lefevre of Heber
Springs, home demonstration agent Of
Cleburne county, arrived in Mena Fri
day to be the guest of Misses Leonora
and Lillian Rector Miss Lefevre will
be in Mena during the Polk County
Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Nichols and two
children arrived Saturday from Pitts
burg, Kas., to visit Mrs s. A. Nichols
at Bethesda Springs, mother of Mr..
Nichols, rs we'll as other relatives.
They will also take in the Polk Coun-
ty Fair.
Luther Sellers of Mountain Fork
left Saturday on a prospecting trip
to Colorado Springs He will also go
to San Jon, N. Mex, where he has a
brother-in-law living, and where his
son recently went for the benefit of
his health.
Prof. Luther Blan, principal Of the
Potter school, and his assistant, Mrs.
Will Allen, were visitors at the Coun-
ty Superintendent office Saturday.
They were shaping up affairs for an
exhibit on Educational Day at the
Polk County Fair.
Mrs. A. f. Austin, an old-time res
ident of Mena, is back in the city for
an extended stay for the purpose of
looking after property interests in the
city. She has been living at Siloam
Springs, for some time past. Mrs.
Austin is the guest of Justice and Mrs.
S. H. Smith
Whit Salyers came in on Thursday
from DeQueen to be here during the
fair. Whit has been at work on the
DeQueen & Eastern railway helping
build new grades, and as evidence that
he is strictly horny-handed son of
toll, he is showing completely cal
loused hands.
Grady H. Forgy, with the civil en-
gineering department of the Kansas
City Southern railway, is at home to
spend vacation with his mother, Mrs.
w. A. Christopher, and with Mena
friends. He will make trip to Little
Rock before returning to his work at
Pittsburg, Kas.
Miss Bessie Jones, teacher in the
West Valley school arrived in Mena
Saturday to be here during the fair.
She will also remain II attend IN,
teachers institute during the week be-
ginning September s, substitute hay
ing been secured to teach in her place
during the two weeks.
c. l.. Garner. chief of coast and
geodetic survey party working from
Mansfield, La, eastward, on his return
from Fort Smith stopped in Mena Fri
day between train to visit Mrs. Gar
ner and daughter, Mary Frances, who
are at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. j.
Smith on Grandview Heights.
NJ b. Fried and daughters, Bessie
and Beulah, were in from Big Fork
Friday to trade Nose reported that
if the weather permitted, he would be
busy putting up hay during fair week,
but he proposed to give the children
the chance to be here during Educa-
tional Day, Thursday, September A.
Elder Charles Burnett returned to
Kinta, Ok, Saturday after having
been in Mena for several days closing
the deal for the safe of his farm near
Board Camp. He also disposed of his
cattle, his feed and his share of the
1919 crop so that from now on the
only. ties that bind him to Polk county
are those of friendship.
J. w, Philpot came in from Velonia,
Ark, Friday to visit his brother, Jes-
Sc Philpot and relatives at Egger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philpot and family left
Polk county last February, selling
their farm near Egger and moving to
a new home near Velonia that the chill
dren might have the advantage of the
school at Velonia and Conway.
Henry Mailman, who had been here
to close his business affairs and to Wis
it his father and mother, has gone to
Paxico, Kas., where he will make his