The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-31


George W. Petty and w. NJ Mat
thews We're in Cove Friday to buy
cotton
Mrs. Herman Stevenson and child Of
Potter are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
Stevenson in Mena
Miss June Henderson left Thursday
afternoon for her home at Hatfield to
spend a short vacation.
Fayette Cox of Slatington was in
Mena Friday and took back big load
of supplies for his store.
B. j. Marley of Chanute, Kas., is in
Mena to put in condition the big steam
turbine at the electric plant.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Huddleston of
Atkins, Ark, motored to Mena to visit
the formers father, Mack Huddleston,
and family.
Mrs. Edwin B. Cox will leave to-
night for Ranger, Tex, to join Mr.
Cox, who is looking after interests in
the oil field.
Mrs. Ozie Mcbride and Miss Anna
Gray of Mountain Fork are visiting
in Mena at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
W. A. Mcbride.
w A. Griffin and T. r. Bates of
Hatfield were in Mena to get new
Fords bought from the Proctor Smith
Motor Company.
DR.. C. F. Johnson of Hatfield was
in Mena and returned with a new
Ford roadster bought of Proctor
Smith Motor Company.
Mrs. T. F. Curtis and two children
reached Mena Fri~ay from Tazoo City,
Miss, for visit with her parents,
Postmaster r. S. Alien and Mrs. Allen
w. A. Curl, who s, ; in from Alder
Friday, brought the news that "Aunt"
Mary Free, one of the old settlers of
that vicinity was dead and was buried
Thursday
Mrs. Fred Levinger and two chill
dren arrived in Mena Monday after
noon for visit with Mr.. and Mrs
Jesse Badt. Mrs. Levinger is a sister
of Mrs Badt
A party of Mena ladies left Friday
morning on a motor trip to Hot
Springs. Mrs. t. C. Rose was pilot in
the Rose car and accompanying her
were Miss George Anthony and Miss
May Parker.
Mrs. Robert Hilton and mother,
Mrs Farris, of Shady Point, Ok, were
in Mena Thursday enroute to Ink,
where they will visit relatives. Mrs.
Hilton is the widow of one of the first
Polk county men to be killed in action
in France.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve Livesay and son
have returned from a visit at Glen
wood, Pike county. They had pleas
ant outing, one of the exciting fea-
lures being the blowing up of dip
ping vat soon after they reached
Glenwood.
W. H. Livingston of Dora, Ala,
was in Mena Friday enroute to Wat
son, Ok, where he is to conduct sing
ing school. While in the city he at
tended the singing normal. He thinks
Mena is one of the prettiest cities he
has ever visited and is thinking of
locating in Polk county.
c. d. Towery of Crockett, Tex,
representative of the Ford cars in his
town, was a caller at the Proctor
Smith Motor Company Office Thurs
day. Mr. Towery and a party of
friends drove thru in Ford and are
enjoying an outing in the wilds of
Polk county.
Miss Vivian Mckinney left Monday
morning for Nashville, Ark, for Wis
it at the home of Mrs. Colonel Baugh-
man, formerly Miss Willella Crowson
Of this city. Before returning to Mena
she will also visit friends in Texar-
kama. Miss Mckinney has been re-
elected as one of the teachers in the
Shreveport schools at a handsome in
crease in salary.
Mrs. J. G. Sutton, here from Beau
mont, Tex, for summer vacation,
before leaving for home Sunday,
closed deal thru Kelly Stratton Com
pany for the purchase of five-acre
tract, being Lot s, in the Star Farm
subdivision on Grandview Heights.
Mrs. Sutton plans to build an attrac-
tive modern bungalow for summer
home on the tract, and would have be-
gun the work this summer had she not
been called home rather unexpectedly.
]. t. Magruder, president of the
First National Bank, arrived home
Thursday evening from his trip to the
Texas oil fields. There has been SO
much change at Desdemona, where he
and his associates have holdings, he
said he didn't know the place. About
100 derricks are either built or in the
course of erection close to where the
Mena men are drilling. Their well is
now down about 1000 feet and 1t is
expected to come in within the next
two weeks. They are certain of finding
oil, one good indication being that the
road close to their we'll has been