The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-01-09

Mrs. M. a. Richards of McAlester
Okla, is in Mena to visit her daugh.
ter, Mrs Cecil Barham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Thinnes came
down from Heavener Thursday even
ing for a short visit with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. L. A. Farris and daughter
living near Ink, were in Mena Friday
enroute home following a visit al
Shady Point.
Lieut.. Sam Morris Of Opal was ii
Mena Thursday on his way to Fay
etteville to resume his studies in the
state university.
Sheriff J. A. Thornton has taker
up his residence at the county Jail
and on Friday had four boarders al
the official boarding house.
Sergt and Mrs. w. II. Campbell
left Mena Thursday afternoon foi
Kansas City, where the former sol
der will return to civilian life
Mrs. Maggie Board Of Fort Smith
reached Mena Thursday for a visit
with relatives before returning home
She had been visiting at DeQueen.
d. M. Lay, special agent for the
Kansas City Southern railroad, was
in Mena Thursday investigating the
robbery of the station at Wander
WORT.
DIR. L. w. B. Long, pastor of the
First M. E. church, left Thursday for
Little Rock to look after matters in
connection with the united war work
drive
Corp. Claude Rogers, who has been
in the officers training school at
Camp Pike, arrived in Mena Thurs
day for visit with his father, P. G.
Rogers.
Mrs. Anna Harper and DR.. L. B.
Gunnells left for Weleetka, Okla, on
Friday morning upon receipt of a
message telling of the illness of
Mack Reed.
Mrs. Elmer Wallin and baby left
Thursday for Kusa, Okla, to join Mr..
Wallin, who is employed in the
smelter there. The family formerly
lived west of Mena.
Charles Salyers came in from
Nunley Thursday night to make ar
engagements with J. c. Frazier for the
burial of Sam Hilton, an old time
resident of that community.
Bad roads and near-zero weather
didn't prevent two suburban mer-
chants from coming to Mena after
supplies Of goods. j. r. Huddleston
and Bob Crawford came in from
Waters, and D, NJ Winton made the
trip from Rocky.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Hollingsworth,
with two sons and two daughters,
came up from near Cove Friday to
trade with Mena's merchants. They
started with team and wagon, but
found the roads so bad they teok the
train at Hatfield.
Avis Teel, who had been in Mona.
visiting his mother, Mrs U. l..
Thacker, and other relatives, has re
turned to his home at Slaton, Tex,
where he is employed in railroad
work. He viii stop for a day at JEFF
ferson, Tex, to visit relatives.
]. NJ. Wedding, who had been in
Mena. the guest Of his uncle, W. A
Ragland, left Thursday for his home
at Gordsville, Ky. to look after
property interests there He plans to
return to Mena later and rejoin his
relative.
Luke Thacker, former Mena lad
but now a Jack tar on the y. S. S.
Salem, was in Mena Thursday visit
ing relatives and friends He is
son Of Oscar Thacker, now residing
in Fort Smith. The young sailor was
one of those granted a holiday fur
Tough
Guy Beavers, carrier on Route /,
has not been able to handle his route
since New Years day, because Of i'll
ness in his family. Mrs. Ollie Cliff
carried the route Thursday. and on
Friday the regular substitute, Jewell
Beavers, took charge Of the distribu-
tion Of mail.
To Mrs Pearl Dean goes the hon
ca of buying the first w. s. S. in
Mena in 1919 She added one of
the pretty blue stickers to her col
lection Friday morning, and showed
by doing SO she was neither supersti-
tlous nor unwilling to lend her money
to Uncle Sam.
Charles A. Mcdonald of New Will
son, Okla, was in Mena Thursday
with his father, II. A. Mcdonald, the
well known travelling man, to look
after the transfer Of land the young
man owns in Polk county. ]. NJ. But
Ter of Shreveport, who is interested
N the deal, was here with them
w I. Green, president of the
Farmers & Merchants bank, and DR..
z. r. Watkins, accompanied Jesse
Green to Fort Smith on No. 2 Thurs
lay night The young man has been
III for long time, has developed an
abscess of the lungs, and it was nee
assary to take him to a hospital for
an operation.