The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-01-09

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ent they are at the Commercial.
w. S. Powell was in Mena Saturday
to arrange with ]. c. Frazier for the
burial Of his brother, who died near
Potter.
Charles B. Dodge, who has been in
Florida for the past two months for
his health, returned home Friday
morning.
Mrs. L. A. Crosson was called to
Sallisaw, Ok, Monday morning by
news of the illness of her son-in-law,
Lee Vaught.
c. NJ. Hopkins of Page, Okla, and
o. B. Witherspoon of Cove, were
among those who came TO attend the
Trumbull sale Saturday.
A marriage license has been issued
by County Clerk Alexander to Ward
Smith, aged 30, and Miss Lille Kel-
ser, aged rs, both of Vandervoort.
w. P. Mount received word this
morning from his son, Roy, who is at
Camp Travis, Tex, that he expected
to secure a furlough, and would be
home next week.
Mrs. w. o. Wallace, wife Of Lieu
tenant Wallace, an employee of the
Commonwealth Public Service Com
pany, is i'll with pneumonia at their
/ hama R0G Tapth ctraet
Noy Blair, who has been at Camp
Travis, San Antonio, Tex, arrived
home on Saturday, having been mus
tered out of service. He is son of
A. A. Blair, living near Ransom.
Roy Biser and sister, Laura, who
had been visiting at Shreveport,
stopped off in Mena Saturday to visit
J. Thinnes and family, returning to
their home at Heavener Saturday.
Edward Gore of Dierks was in
Mena Saturday enroute to his former
home near Nella, Scott county, to at
tend the funeral of his father, j. H,
Gore, who is known to many in Mena.
Boss Huddleston and Wiley Law
renee were two residents from the
Waters neighborhood that rough
roads and cold weather failed to pre-
vent from coming to Mena Saturday.
On certain ice coated sidewalks
about Mena Saturday, the popular
slogan was "Mind Your STEP" for
the elders, while the youngsters had
great sport in sliding over the slip
perry surface in defiance of the usual
laws of equilibrium.
w. A. J. Smith received word last
Friday that his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. E. E. Smith, was very low with
the influenza at Oakland, Cal. Mrs.
Smith will be remembered by Mena
people as Miss Helen Jenkins, living
here for a number of years.
William Bailey of Fort Towson,
Okla, was in Mena Friday closing a
deal for the purchase Of a 60-acre
tract from Frank Luttrell. Mr.. Bal
ley is planning to move to Polk coun-
ty in the near future. The deal for
the property was made thru the Mena
Commercial Club.
G.. W. Stanton of Fort Smith, re-
presenting the l. H. c. line was in
Mena Saturday calling on local ma
chinery dealers. He stated that the
International Harvester Company
win have one of their latest model
trucks in Mena as soon as road con-
ditions improved.
w. G. Benson of Big Fork was in
Mena Saturday and was sworn in as
justice Of the peace Of his township.
At the same time he had the pleasure
Of meeting his son, King B. Benson,
home on a Today furlough from
Camp Funston, Kas Young Benson
has served 1S months.
f. F. Monitor, Peter McWilliam, B.
+, Barron and Bert Newsome, COM
posed a party of pedestrians that
walked from Acorn to Mena to trans
act business Saturday. They claim
to have walked six miles in one hour
and twenty minutes, using the line
Of the X. G. S. for the speedway
A. c. Higginbottom and L. E.
Compton were up from Wickes Satur-
day to attend to business matters. Mr..
igginbottom, it is expected, will
take charge as cashier, of the Bank
Of Wickes when w B Thomas, pres
eBt cashier, takes up his duties as
Polk county's representative in the
legislature.
0. B. Adams has been called to
Osawatomie, Kas., by the news of
the death of Oliver Stein, the 16 year
old grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Adams.
The youth was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Stein, former residents
of Mena. Death was caused by the
influenza, from which the entire Stein
family suffered
DR.. p. r. Watkins returned from
Fort Smith and reported that Jesse
Green had stood his operation in
good shape and was resting easily
after the ordeal. The young mans
father, w. l. Green, president of the
Farmers & Merchants bank, will re-
main in Fort Smith until his son is
past the danger point
Mrs. o. L. Henderson, wife of