The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-09-18

w. H. Darwin of Wickes spent
few hours with Mena friends Friday
M. X. Penninger of Ida, Ok, passed
thru Mena Monday enroute to Fort
Smith on a business trip.
w. S. Mapes, brother-in-law of L.
C. Proctor, is here from Goodnight,
Ok, visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Proctor.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Green and chill
dren of the Dallas Valley, returned
this week from their auto trip to
Fillmore, Ok, and Morenci, Ariz.
The Rev. H. E. Crofford left Friday
afternoon for Quinton, Ok, where he
eonducaed services Saturday and
Sunday for the Baptist congregation
J. D Molter left Thursday after.
noon for Plymouth, Ind, to be at the
bedside Of his aged father, who is
critically ILL., and not expected to live
Miss Fern Woods, who had spent
two weeks in Mena with her sister,
Miss Anna Woods, home demonstra-
tion agent, left Thursday for her home
at Mt. Ida
Miss Myrtle Mills of Arkadelphia,
one Of the teachers in the Central
school, arrived in Mena Wednesday
to be here for the opening of the
school term next Monday
Mrs. T. j. Wilbanks and daughter,
Miss Rita, mother and sister of Supt.
T. j Wilbanks, are here from Los An
geles, Calf, for visit at the honie
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbanks.
Miss Annie Bigler, daughter of F.
NJ. Bigier, former resident of Polk
county, arrived in Mena Monday from
Peoria, ILL.,, for visit at the home Of
her sister, Mrs. J. II. Schumacher.
Peter McWilliam of Golden Acres
farm and Edgar Noyes of Acorn were
in Mena Monday enroute to Stating
ton, where they are going to get some
of the machinery from the slate mills.
G. R. Outright, father Of Mrs B. j.
Stuart, who had spent the last several
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, and
with his son and family near Center
Point, left this morning for his home
at Douglassville, Tex.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Rowton came
from Black Springs Friday and after
spending day with Mr.. and Mrs. j.
M. Hawthorn, left Saturday morning
for Howkerville, Ok, to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Reece.
o. l.. Lawrence left Monday for
San Antonio, Tex, to be with Mrs.
Bertha Suits, who was called to Fort
Sam Houston last week on account Of
the critical illness Of her soldier hus-
band.
Mrs. A. d. Gilbert and two children,
and Misses Kittie and Sallie Sales,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. C. b. Sales,
have come to Nena to live during the
ensuing school year They will live
in the residence at the corner of Ninth
street and Magnolia avenue.
W. Nj. Patton of Center Point re-
turned Monday from a visit at the
home of his brother, j. L. Patton,
near Dustin, Ok. While he saw some
good lands and crops, he came home
better satisfied with Polk county than
he was before making the trip,
Tutt Harris, Rufus Gam, j. L. Sey-
mour, Thomas Harris, Fl. F. Gam,
Luke Henderson, William Callahan,
and b. F. Stinnett were among the
people in from the Potter community
Friday to attend the habeas corpus
proceedings before County Judge H.
w. Finger
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Overholts, who
came to Mena the first of the week
from near Lincoln, Neb., are living
temporarily in the cottage at the cor
ner of Magnolia avenue and Mena
street until they can get possession of
the j. Bastian property on Eagle Gap
avenue, which they have bought from
the Ford Real Estate Agency.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Maltby and Mr..
and Mrs, Roy Maltby and children,
after spending little over a week
with Mena relatives and friends, left
Friday morning on the return trip to
their home at Dilworth, Ok. They had
contemplated a trip to Hot Springs
from Mena, but gave it up on account
Of the threatened epidemic of infu-
enza.
A. B. Palmer of the Twin Oaks
farm was on the market Saturday
with supply of orange cane syrup
and string beans, for which he found
ready sale. Mr.. Palmer has installed
a steam syrup cooking plant, and ex-
poets to make up about 5000 gallons
of syrup. He buys the cane in the
field from his neighbors, and then
gives the manufacture of the syrup
his personal attention
Joseph Robert, Alfred Robert, Miss
es Amelia Robert and lola Thinnes,
Joe Forsythe and Fred Thinnes re-
turned Thursday from the Y. M. C. A.
camp, where they had spent three
days camping and fishing. They
were joined Wednesday night by Mrs.
J. Thinnes and Miss Kathleen Robert,
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