The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-17

James pipkir of oklahoma City il greeting old time friends and ac quaintances in Meia.
 l T. A. Allen left Monday afternoon for Kansas City, where he vii spenC several days on business.
 Mrs. Leroy Neal and children ar, visiting relatives at Greenville, Denni son and other Texas cities. | Henry Anderson sold a bale of cot ton in the Mena market Saturday Matthews & Norris paying 30A cent: for it.
 | Luke Slangstrom was in iron Shady Tuesday to get supplies. H, reports crops extra fine but wants tt see rain soon.
 | Miss Myrtice Reed is to be the cash fer and bookkeeper at Petty's during l the absence of Miss Mabel Lee, whc begins her vacation Monday. I Mrs. A. P Alexander left Friday afternoon for Fort Smith to visit hel sons. She was accompanied by Mis-. Ruby Harrison, who will also visit ir the city.
 Lieut.. and Mrs Duke Frederick who had been in Mena visiting ths formers brother, H. M. Frederick, anC ! family have returned to their home aI Stigler, Ok.
 County Clerk Will Alexander issued a marriage license Friday evening tc Cecil A. Parr, aged 24, of Fl Paso Tex, and Miss Emma Fern Mckee aged 23, of Mena
 Jesse Gosnell of Nella was in Mens Tuesday and secured marriage Ii. cense to wed Miss Allie Smith, also g resident of Nella. The groom is 2s and the bride IS.
 George Mills of Ada, Ok, an old | time resident of Polk county, left or Monday afternon for his home, after a visit with friends and relatives ir and about Mena.
 "Uncle Dan" Allen of Potter was in Mena on business Tuesday. While a good rain will help crops in his sec tion, he does not think anything is | suffering yet from lack of moisture A number of young friends were guests at surprise dinner given by Judge and Mrs. H. W. Finger Tuesday in honor of their niece, Miss Edreth Finger, who returns tonight to her home at Longview, Tex.
 Willard Vaught, in from Nunley on Monday, sold eight bales of cotton which had been in storage in the Mena bonded warehouse. The sale was made to G. w. Petty at an aver age price of 30 cents per pound. Early birds in the vicinity of the Kansas City Southern railroad Tues day morning, saw special express train of eight cars travelling north ward. The train carried cantaloupes from Horatio and was the first special or the season.
 7, Mr. and Mrs. G. " Petty and daughters, Miss Edmonia and Fran ces, and son, George, spent Sunday on an outing trip to Scott Springs, Mont gomery county, continuing the trip on to Womble. On the return they stopped at Boggy Springs for picnic supper.
 Walter Crite and Miss Naomi Crite, brother and sister, reached Mena Monday from Kingston, Ok. for visit with their uncle, c. c. Sparks, and family on Fourth street. The young man has only recently returned from France, where he spent year | in Uncle Sam's army.
 1 What was intended as a summers stay in Texas, lasted only week for Mrs. Leroy Neal and children. After visiting Bonham and Sherman, Mrs. Neal decided to return to Mena, as the heat, malaria, mosquitoes and oth- CT discomforts of Texas summer were not what she and the youngsters
 
 are used to.
 Mir and Mrs. G. w. Mcdonald of near Hatfield, who are visiting Mrs. A. c. Cole, sister of Mrs. Mcdonald, in Mena, have the unique distinction of having taken The Weekly Star for 15 years and never missed a copy. They have boosted their subscription five years in advance, taking advan- tage of The Stars $5 offer.
 Miss Gertrude Joplin of Wickes, is visiting at the l. F. Lindsay home. Miss Joplin came to attend the musi- cal normal but found that there was no instrumental course offered. Miss Thelma Chilean also came from Wickes to take an instrumental course at the normal and is now visiting with her aunt, Mrs. w. A. Christopher.
 W. Homer Pigg, former Polk coun- ty school head, now county agent at Hampstead county, is spending a week visiting friends and relatives in Mena and vicinity. Mrs. Pigg pre- ceded him to Mena and they will fin- ish the county agents annual vacation together. MT. Pigg drove from Hope in his car, which met with bad luck