The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-10
VOLUME I, NUMBER l5.

move out to the farm soon. MT. Bor- en is also putting in a new saWmli close by and expects to do big ousi- ness this fall
 Arthur Chapman and Moten BorenI were flying over the road in the cal The ran over a horse and if the horsel is bruised as bad as the car, ne VIII get several days rest. Art and hisj girl go walking now. A big game of baseball at Cove on, July 4. Hatfield team played aganst Cove's second nine. The HatheldI boys played well and won the game, 32 to 8. Cove will play at Hatfield soon with their best team.
 c. W. Sawyer is now hauling pineI logs from his farm to James Wilson sI sawmill to get lumber to build more buildings on his splendid farm. Every farmer should get few logs sawed and get lumber to improve with.
 The Old Cove school directors re ceived the new addition to their school building last week, that was built by Walter Mize, and school will com mence Monday, July 15, Teachers are the two Misses Hamby of Gran his.
 K. A. Pierce, northwest of Cove, just finished digging well on his farm. 24 feet deep, with lots of water, and he thinks he has specimens or gold and silver taken from the rock out of the well. Mr Pierce does not want to sell his farm now.
 Last Friday, the 4th of July, at Welcome Home school house, about 300 men. women and children gath cred to celebrate the great national holiday. They came with well filled baskets, not only baskets but boxes and tubs full. A table over 100 feet long was spread with all the good things to eat that could be gathered together. The table fairly groaned with good things to eat, and after the Rev. nr Skerret offered thanks, the people all partook of this bountiful dinner. The mothers and daughters of this community did serve one of the grandest dinners that Welcome ever saw. The tables were all decorated with beautiful bouquets. After the people had done justice to the dinner
 at about 1:30 o'clock the people were called to the platform, which was dec orated with United States flags, anc after singing song or two, Col B. F
 George of Mena was introduced as the speaker of the day. He gave the
 people one of the finest talks or patriotism that they have listened tC
 for many a day He also touched up
 on most of the leading questions oi
 our country today The Colonel ii quite an orator and made severa
 glowing remarks about our country
 state and county. He has served fou years in the army on the Mexican front He also has has political as 2 perations since living in the our stat and did announce that he was candi | date for representative from Poll 3 county at the next election. May wi hear the Colonel speak again som :, time at Welcome Home. After tn 3 Colonel finished his speech, the Rev
 Mr. Skerrit was called in and he gav g short talk on the general topic o t the day. After this Art Chapman . and his string band gave us some old : time music that made everybody fee
 young again. The next on the pro f gram was Mrs. R. E. Lowe, who req, the Declaration of Independence in 2 clear, pleasing manner. This is some , thing to be impressed on the minds o
 all young Americans, the stand tha our forefathers took about 143 year
 ago, the Declaration of Independence
 The audience then sang America \ After this everybody drank ire A lemonade and ice water, visited wit
 their neighbors, saying they had s good time and went home early.