The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mena.
/ A marriage license was issued on
Thursday to j. B. James, aged "A, and
Miss Malva Joplin, aged IT, both of
Mena.
Ambrose Bratcher left Thursday
morning for Texas points, planning to
make an indefinite stay for the bene-
fit of his health.
Alonzo Mattingly, who has been as
sistant in the Fair Store during the
winter, has resigned his position to
resume school duties.
Miss Fern Wylie, who had been
taking short layoff from her duties
at the X. C. Southern station at Rich
Mountain, because of illness, returned
to her work Monday afternoon.
Otis Huddleston of Waters, who
has been attending school at Fort
Smith, was in Mena Tuesday enroute
home, having been compelled to give
up his studies because of illness. u
P. c. Rogers, Jr. left Monday after
noon for Kansas City to resume work
as express helper on the Kansas City
Southern, place he held before he
entered Uncle Sans military service.
t. ]. Roberts reached Mena Thurs
day with bale of cotton brought
from near Big Cedar, Ok. The awful
condition of the roads made the sin
gle bale good load for four stout
mules.
R. L. Dusenberry, who is developing
fruit farm near Gillian, and find
ing enjoyment in the simple life near
to Natures heart. Is in Mena for a
short visit with his son, Frank L.
Dusenberry.
j. w. vanNoy, government title
attorney, and his assistant, R. F. Clip
son, left Monday afternoon for Rus
sellville, where they will work for
several days on land titles connected
with the Ozark forest reserve.
Joseph T. Goodwin of Hatfield was
a Mena visitor Tuesday. The young
man was only recently returned rom
Otisville, N. Y, where he saw service
with Uncle Sans fighting men. lie
was mustered out at Camp Pike.
c. A. Philpot, aged 81, was in from
Egger Thursday and secured from
County Clerk Will Alexander permits
sion to wed Miss Wylma Kelly, aged
%, also a resident Of Egger.
Ollie Lawrence, who has been work.
ing for j. B. Goss in the Southside
stores, has resigned his place and will
farm on his place near Waters this
year. His place with Mr.. Goss has
been taken by Tom Embry of Board
Camp.
Word has been received from Mrs.
Albert Middleton that it is believed
she can be cured without an operation
and for that reason will probably re-
turn home to Mena at once. She had
been at Texarkana under the care of
a specialist.
f. P. Twiford of Mena is in Fort
Smith attending the sessions of feder-
al court and serving as petit juror
This is Mr.. Twiford's first visit to
Fort Smith in nearly thirty years, and
he found but very few of the old
familiar landmarks left.
Residents of the Nunley neighbor-
hood are showing a keen interest in
the proposition to build the Williams
highway thru Polk county and a del
egation from that neighborhood will
likely confer with a gathering of bus
mess men of Mena on Friday.
Indications that prices for livestock
win soon advance were shown in the
lively bidding and good prices paid
for horses, cattle and mules at the W.
H. Allen sale near Ink Wednesday.
Colonel Malicoat classed the sale as
the "best in the last thirty days"
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Johnson of Cor
nell, H., who recently came to Mena
to try out the balmy climate, good
water and pure air of the Arkansas
ufidHuSs tlaNG SStultN QuattrAS at
608 Refine street and expect to make
their home there until they go north.
The Bank of Bonneville, which was
robbed by lone holdup man this
week and about $500 taken, lis the
bank of which M. G. Latimer Of Mena
was cashier for three years. Mf.
Latimer is now third trick operator
for the Kansas City Southern, but
lived in Bonneville for many years
J. T. Winton of Cedar has letter
from his son, Grover Winton, serv-
ing with machine gun company with
the A. E. f., stating that he was on
the firing line when peace came and
saw men killed all around him. The
former Rocky lad escaped injury from
Hun bullets. He does not know when
he and his comrades will be sent back
home.
In leaving Mena for their home last
week, A. G. Finn and wife left with
the knowledge they we're going into
real winter weather. They live at
Bijou Hill, S. Oak, and the latest
news they had from that point was
that it was &c degrees below zero, and
the snow was 10 feet deep. Mr.. and
Mrs. Finn had been visiting with Mr..
Firms brothers family in Mena.