The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24

1 Mrs. Earle Haines left Tuesday for Fort Smith to visit Mir. and Mrs. Claude Bennett and family.
 John Mershon is here from Movers Ok, to visit his parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Mershon, and to look after busi- ness.
 The Rev. W. L. Smith of the Bap- tist church will go to Hatfield Sunday to hold services at that place Sunday night.
 Mrs. Pat O'Hearn, after short convalescent period following an ill., ness of IS months, is again confined to her bed.
 Mrs. Laura Lyman returned to Mena Tuesday from visit of month at her old home in Pennsylvania and in West Virginia.
 ! R. L. Norris left Monday for Hope, and other points in the interest of { Matthews & Norris, cotton buyers. He may extend his trip to Texas points.
 County Clerk Will Alexander issued a marriage license Wednesday to w. 1 A. Morgan, aged 37, and Miss E Bony, aged 20, both residents of Mena.
 l Dan McVay and W. E. Clinton were among the Grannis people in Mena Wednesday. The latter is plaintiff in a suit against the Kansas City South ern Railway Company.
 | Supt. T. J. Wilbanks on Wednesday :; issued diplomas to Virdie Miller, Fay Barton, Louise McIntire and Anna Laura Henderson, pupils of the Cove schools who had completed the com mon school course.
 Prof. G. Nj. Woods of Cove was in (Mena Wednesday as witness before the grand jury. Prof. Woods will again be in charge of the Cove schools for the coming year, this being the sev- enth successive year that he has been principal of the schools, going in each year at an increase of salary. Mir. and Mrs. c. W. Knight and son, Hubert, left on Wednesday for Shaw nee, Ok, where they will visit Mir. and Mrs. c. r. Knight and family. ! Hubert expects to return to Mena soon and go to work in some garage, but Mir. and Mrs. Knight will make an extended stay.
 T. s. Frye, secretary of the Gran his Fruit and Produce Company, while in Mena Wednesday, secured stationery and other office supplies for the company. He reports that strawberry shipments have already begun, and growers are netting [ around $S per crate. The prospects ! for bumper crop are good.
 L. H. Johnson, cashier of the Bank l of Hatfield; J. c. Allen, cashier of the Bank of Cove, and J. c. Hoheimer, manager of the Watkins Lumber & Mercantile Company of Hatfield, were in Mena Wednesday to appear in the court of s. H. Smith as witnesses in the case of State vs. R. J. Frost, charged with false pretenses and sell iiie HUI itBasSu PlopSIty'
 Sergt. Perry Anders, in charge of the local recruiting office, announces to all men who have been in the service. For service in the states they can enlist for one year and for foreign service the enlistment period is for three years. Sergeant finders headquarters are in the basement of the postoffice building.
 The w c. T. U. will entertain the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines at the Presbyterian church April %, begin ming at o'clock p. m. All returned army boys in Polk county are espe- cially invited. Remember that you will be cared for free for that night if too far from home for your return. The public is also invited to attend, Boys, bring your overseas souvenirs and tell us all about them.
 George L. Clement reached Mena Wednesday from Camp Bowie, Tex, where he was mustered out of the service on Monday. He will be home for about two weeks, when he will go to Fort Worth, Tex, to again take his old job in the railway mail service printing office. He was in overseas service for seven months as a member of Company F, 126th Infantry, and returned to the states on April 8. H. s. Arnold, now living in Okla homa, just over the line west of Hat field, was in Mena Tuesday to visit friends, pay taxes and again get ready to establish his citizenship m Polk county. He had been in Texas for a while, and then came back to Okla homa, getting so near the line, he says, that it will not be difficult to come on over into Polk county. He had not been in Mena since last July so had busy time greeting his many friends.
 I John D. Cranor, ir., has returned tc Mena after having been mustered out of the United States air service al Camp Pike on April IS. He returned from overseas on April 4. after hay ing been away just sixteen months tt