The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24

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 Frank Turner, the strawberry man of Cove, will commence shipping his fine Aroma strawberries to the mar ket. He has a bumper crop this year.
 J. G. Otterson, life insurance man from Tulsa, Ok, received telegram that his wife was quite sick ana he, took the afternoon train home Satur- day.
 Mrs. J. c. Goodwin and children will leave here Saturday morning for Militor, Ok, to visit her father for 8 while before leaving for their new home in Northern Arkansas.
 A large crowd gathered at the home of Harve Dickerson last Sunday, Easter. Fifty or more of the neigh bors gathered there to help celebrate Easter. All had good time The son leaves Monday for Fort Smith to at tend school.
 McCurtain county, Oklahoma voted last week $25,000 for new court house to be built at Idabel. Smith vile people would rather vote bonds to build a new bridge across Noun tain Fork, so they can come to Cove to do business.
 On last Thursday night at the I. O. o. F. hall the Cove lodge had the pleasure of meeting Bros. B. P. Lich- lyter, J. s. Nations, Will Nations, C.. A. Nations, NJ. Cranfield, A. Afhoiter and A. J. Bailey, all of Vandervoort lodge, who brougt with them Bro. James Lacy, who wanted to receive the third degree. Cove lodge being few in number, but with the assist ance of the visiting brothers, the de- gree was conferred, and we trust the boys will all come back again.
 On Easter Sunday John Keeton, J. L. Towery, c. Branch, most all of that neighborhood, with their wives and children, making eight wagon loads, drove to Whiskey Peak mountain by the way of Vandervoort and Hatton Gap, and down at the spring. About noon they partook of the best dinner in the land. It was enough to make a king smile and after dinner forty-sev- en of these people walked to the top of this mountain and viewed the coun- try for miles around, and after this they all returned home at an early hour.
 The Rev. Mir. Forbs of Cove offici- ated at very beautiful wedding at the Fern farm, the home of E. Stan ford, near Cove. The contracting parties were L. H. Howell, brother of Mrs. Stanford and Miss Parker of Davenport, Ia. The ceremony was performed in a fairy place of flowers in the park near the beautiful spring at high noon, Monday, April 21, that date being the 24th anniversary of the wedding of Mir, and Mrs Stanford. After the ceremony, dinner was served in the fiower-decked rustic porch After leaving Cove they will visit points of interest in the East. They will be at home after June 1, at 52S E. Planade avenue, Davenport, Ia
 The Presbyterian Sunday school gave a splendid Easter program last Sunday at the regular Sunday school hour, consisting of speeches, songs and drills, assisted by the pupils of the Baptist school Just at the hour of communion the Hatfield Methodist Sunday school surprised us by coming down in 3 big auto trucks and 8 or 10 automobiles of people from Hatfield, in all, perhaps 75 people. We all surely appreciate this visit from the people of Hatfield and would be glad to have them come again. The church was filled to it's capacity. Aft CT the program was carried out in full, which was very interesting to all, Bro. J. W. Allen called on Bro. J. D. Henderson of Hatfield, who made some excellent remarks. Also Bro. Silvey of the Baptist church gave us an interesting talk and our superin- tendent, J. c. Allen, gave us little talk on Easter, then he stated that the hillside west of the church was plant ed with Easter eggs and after the Easter collection was taken and a song, the congregation was dismissed and the young folks partook of the egg hunt