The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-19
UNION GROVE UNITS.

"Dossr Townsend has been en-
gagged to teach the Holly Springs
school for the coming year.
The Rev. J. w. Dollar filled his reg
ular appointment and preached to a
large and interested audience at
Union Grove Sunday.
Boyd Latin and ]. l.. Hagan were
fishing on Irons Fork this week and
reported six-pound wall-eyed pike,
and some fine perch and trout.
G.. A. Converse, registrar of vital
statistics for Ouachita township, mas
resigned and Squire Cole has been
appointed to the position. Anyone
having a birth OF death must report
same to Mr. Cole, Immediately after
the occurrence. There is penalty for
non-observance of this law.
l. L. Reed, j. w. Brawley, Fred
Harris ]. NJ. Burnett, TsC. Jones, r.
T. Reed, G.. A. Converse, and a number
of others have been huckleberrying
the past few days and report pickins
CO from ten to fifty gallons. Probably
two hundred gallons of berries have
been picked in the last week.
The Rev. w. ]. Dunman will
preach at Union Grove next Sunday.
All are asked to be present as little
token of regard for a faithful preach
err of the word. He has been coming
to Union Grove nearly ten years, was
the first preacher and largely lnstru-
mental in the building of the church.
A meeting will be held at Union
Grove schoolhouse, Saturday night, to
appoint a committee on grounds, stand
privileges, etc, for the big picnic. 1t
is proposed that the refreshment
stands be run by the community and
all profits be used toward school
library or maps and charts for the
school This will be decided at the
meeting. All ade asked to be present,
ladies as well as men.
Union Grove, after skipping two
years, is going to hold their usual July
Fourth picnic at the Brown Spring.
An excellent program is being pre-
pared and will be announced later.
This is one of the prettiest picnic
grounds in the county, with an abund-
ance of fine, cold spring water. Come
out and spend a sane 18th with us,
nine miles northeast of Mena on
Irons Fork. Fine fishing and cool,
shady place to enjoy yourself
Uncle Jim Ford and Brother Dollar
were dinner guests at the John Boehm
home Sunday. Mr. Boehm has some
thing like seven or eight acres of
red top meadow which is fine as any
thing in the country. He has seeded
several small patches of wet ground
this spring. If the rains continue,
John will only have two worries over
the "roughness" question-fnding a
place to put his hay and getting stock
enough to eat it all There is not a
farm in Washita township but what
has a patch of low wet ground which
could be seeded to red top and a crop
produced with only the work re-
quired of cutting.
The Joe Boehms and /. G. Harrises
Supdayed at the G. A. Converse home.
After fine dinner. prepared in Mrs.
Converse's best style, the visitors and
Mr.. and Mrs. Converse went over and
inspected the alfalfa patch. The
/ stems are over eighteen inches tall,
after the first cutting, and will be
ready for the second in about two
weeks. There is not bare spot in the
patch and the growth is very luxuri-
ant. Mr.. Converse will SOW about
three acres more this fall. This shows
what can be done. If a quarter acre
can be grown, one con grow one or
five acres. When alfalfa and clovers
are established in Polk county, there
/ will be no more ten dollar land. Set
J tiers from Texas and Oklahoma will
gladly pay fifty to sixty dollars per
acre for it.
/ Pedagog.