The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-16

Mena friday enroute home from a
trip to Fort Smith.
Wayman Grain, employed in the
Bank Of Cove, passed thru Mena Sat-
nrday enroute to Heavener to spend
Sunday
Argus Rowe, employed in the Office
Of Armour Company at Fort Smith,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mena friends
w. E. Bailey returned Monday from
Kansas City and other markets where
he had been to buy goods for the hard
ware department Of the S. l. Wood
Store.
Mrs. J. A. Tweedy and baby re-
turned to Mena this morning from
Springdale, Ark, where they had
spent three weeks with Mrs. John
Williams, aunt Of Mrs Tweedy.
j. G. Hauerwas, in from the Hau-
zier Farm Monday, among other pro
ducts of the farm brought in 10 cases
Of home canned peaches which he sold
to the Cunningham Grocery Company
w. M. Tomlinson was III from Board
Camp Monday He recently sold his
farm, but does not give possession
until December Is, and the meantime
he is looking about for another loca-
ton.
J. b. Hendricks was called in from
Board Camp Sunday on account of the
illness of his mother, Mrs. L. E. Hem
bricks, who was thought to be inn
proving, but who was taken worse on
Sunday.
F. J. Greiner of the Golden Rule
Farm left Saturday for Billings, Mo-.
where he will help his father-in-law,
J. L. Alvey, to close out his business
SO that he and Mrs. Alvey can come to
Mena for the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Stafford moved to
Potter Monday, Mr.. Stafford having
bought blacksmith shop at that
place. His tools and shop in Mena
were sold. to Tom Stafford who took
charge of the same Monday.
Rawl Laughlin, employed for sew
eral months past in the Office Of the
Bennett Coker- Byrne engineering COM
pany at Poteau, and doing surveying
in McCurtain county. has been added
to the force in the Mena Office
Mrs. j w. Frost and baby arrived
in Mena Sunday from Mansfield, La,
having been met at Little Rock by Mr..
Frost. For the present, until Mr.
Frost secures a suitable residence,
either by lease or purchase, they are
stopping at the Antlers.
Trocia Goddard reached Mena Sat-
urday from Norfolk, Va, to spend
of two weeks with his sis
ter, Miss Eva Goddard, and his Mena
friends. He is stationed on the col
Iier Hereus. Just before he left Nor
folk he met his brother, Ovian, who is
also in the navy, but who at this time
could not secure fiirlough. T
Gale Hume has begun the erection
Of building 40 by 60 feet OH the
lots at the corner Of DeQueen street
and Martin avenue. He expects to
use the building for sales and trad
ing stable, and is enclosing the six
lots he purchased to be used as yards.
E. A. Smith, j. R. Grant and A. w.
Fur are doing the carpenter work on
the building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hiltebrand re-
turned Saturday from Kansas City
where they had spent the last three
weeks with relatives, and Mr.. Hilte-
brand had laid in supply Of Christ
mas goods. They were accompanied
on the home trip by Mr.. Hiltebrand's
Mrs. ]. J. Hiltebrand, who
will spend the winter in Mena.
R. Golf, who. with Mrs. Golf and
Mr.. and Mrs w. J. Lauck, is on an
overland auto trip, has wired that
they had auto trouble at HALEY, Ark,
but that they were continuing on the
trip, deciding, however, to miss Mem
phis. and instead make the trip on
this side of the river They were at
Poplar Bluff. Mo-, when Mr.. Golf
wired.
Mark P. Olney has a souvenir of
the fire which recently destroyed the
Masonic Temple at Little Rock. 1t is
an envelope in which the lodge reports
are mailed out by Grand Secretary
Fay Hampstead The envelope was
already addressed at the time Of the
fire but was in the vault of the tenn
pie, and so was only damaged by
smoke and water
j. w. Long returned Friday from
Atlanta, Ga, where he had been to at
tend the Confederate reunion. He re-
ports that it rained on him every day
from the time he left Mena last Sun
day until he returned to Mena. and
that. there was such a crowd at At
lanta that it was difficult to take care
of the people. He didn't get to see r.
L. Pannell nor j. W. Whipple, who al
so went from Mena.
County Clerk Will Alexander went
to Hatfield Friday to test the scales to
be used by Albert Griffin, deputy
county weigher, appointed Thursday
by County Weigher Albert Robertson
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