The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-01-02

the new home he has found in Polk
county.
j. F. Little started Saturday for an
inspection tour of mining properties
on the extreme eastern edge of the
Mena field He expects to be gone a
day or two.
+. w. Handy, principal of the
schools at Wickes, was in Mena Fri
day and among other matters of bus
mess made good his w. S. S. pledge
to Uncle Sam.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Butts have
written Mena friends that they have
bought farm near Alexander, Ark,
and that they will soon be located in
their new home.
Mrs. w. M. Morris of Fort Smith
is in Mena to join her husband, one
of the Commonwealth company's new
employees. They have secured a home
at 81 DeQueen street.
John Mckenzie was in Mena Fri
day in charge of drove of cattle
gathered near Board Camp and
brought to the county seat for ship
ment by rail to Fort Towson, Ok.
Four cars were required to load the
cattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Wilson and
daughter, Marguerite, of Mansfield
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. w.
Roberts. They returned home Satur-
day Mrs Wilson and Mrs. Roberts
are sisters.
William p Lawrence. who has been
in the aviation corps of Uncle Sans
| service has been overseas, and in
England, but did not get to go to
France. He has been mustered out
and stopped in Mena enroute to his
home near waters.
Mrs. J. L. Hagan is suffering from
painful injury TO her left foot, re-
ceived when heavy piece of iron
accidentally fell upon it. The acct
dent happened while she was at the
Hagen grocery, but she pluckily
stuck to her work.
T. C. Rose, manager of the Fair
Store, was in DeQueen Friday to as
sist manager Paul of the Fair Store
in that city to take an inventory of
stock Mr.. Paul was in Mena Thurs
day to assist Manager Rose in the
same work in the Mena store.
Mena friends of J. M. Nichols,
formerly in business here, have re-
ceived word that the Nichols store
at Hodgens, was robbed recently and
goods valued at nearly $500 taken.
The robbery was committed at night
and it is believed the goods were car
ried away in an auto.
Sergt. Fred Duke of the Quarter
masters division at Camp Pike
reached Mena Friday to spend a 10
day furlough. He is also president of
the Duke Magruder Company and
while in the city will assist in the
work of taking an inventory of stock
and arrange business plans for the
new year.
G. H. Harrison of Sparks, Ne
vada, and his sister, Mrs. M. A..
Draper of Leavenworth, Wash.
reached Mena Friday morning for a
holiday visit with their mother, Mrs.
w. w. Harrison at The Antlers. Mrs.
Draper was accompanied by her
three children, Harrison, Milton Earl
and Billy Draper.
Just few weeks spent in Oklaho-
ma were enough to convince Mr.. and
Mrs. John Graft there was no place
like Polk county for them. They
were in Mena Friday looking for a
location after having been across the
line investigating. They spent most
of the time while gone in the vicin-
ity of Hugo and Weleetka.
Ed Parrish is in Mena to visit his
mother, Mrs. j. f. Chambers and
meet old friends. The young man is
| in Uncle Sans service and is one
of the few who are privileged to
wear insignia of both the naval and
military branches. He is with the
medical department of the Marines
overseas station. at Quantico, Va,
near Washington and is home on a
| 10 day furlough.
L. T. Anderson, of Richmond, Ark.
probably the only school teacher in
the state who has taught over half
century, was in Mena Friday to
visit his daughter, Mrs. Hal Nor
wood. Mr.. Anderson will be mem
Der of the next legislature from his
district, and the school authorities
will find a substitute while he is
with the lawmakers.
! L. Warren of Hatfield was in
| Mena on business Saturday. He has
recently received a letter from his
son Omar B. Warren, who is still
in the hospital in France, but slowly
recovering from wound received in
the shoulder in one of the attacks on
Metz. Young Warren was also gas
sed. The young soldiers nephew,
Cranshaw Reynolds of San Antonio,
Tex. was killed in the same engage