The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-24

EEKLY STAR, MENA. ARK, THl ~.~---~~--~-~~~--~>~~--> PERSONAL NOTES -.--~--~~.-~>-~~~-~~--- .>s-----~--~-~-~>-- -->~~~-~~o-->,>-->-
 J. J. Williams of Blackfork was in Mena on business Wednesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Bodine of Eagleton were shopping in Mena Tuesday.
 T. R. Bates of Hatfield was Mena visitor Wednesday, making the trip in his new Ford car.
 OIen and Dewey Quinn of Ink left Mena Thursday afternoon for an extended visit in the vicinity of Hastings, Neb.
 John Mead of Pecan Grove, Tex, a brother of Mrs. w. M. Fleming of Bigger, arrived in Mena Monday after noon for a visit.
 L. H. Johnson of Hatfield, while in Mena Monday bought new Overland from the Zachary Motor Company, and drove it home.
 Irwin Philpot, who has been working at Gillian. La, reached Mena Tues day night enroute to Opal, where his wife is reported seriously ill.
 B. F. Townsend of Wichita, Kas., brother of W. W. and D. M. Townsend, arrived in Mena Tuesday to see his mother, who is in poor health.
 c. L. Hunt, Griff McCauley and Sam Wright were among the farmers from Hartley neighborhood who were trading in Mena Tuesday.
 James and John Hamby, with their families, who had been visiting rela- tives in Polk county, left Tuesday for their home near Connewell, Ok.
 Gregg Purvis, discharged at St. Louis last week from the naval serv- ice, began work Wednesday in the office of the Connally-Hilton Motor Company.
 l. R. and Will Whisenhunt, in from Shady Tuesday, took out lumber to be used in making improvements on the Bill" Wiley farm, where country club is to be developed.
 Mir. and Mrs. Cecil Parr, Misses Blanche and Sallie Lane and Miss Hazel Mckee, all of Old Potter, spent the latter part of last week with rela- tives in Mena.
 Mrs. Frank Wehner of Lead, s. D., who had been visiting MT. and Mrs. Henry Wehner, west of Mena, left Monday afternoon for a visit with friends in Kansas City.
 J. R. Wood and Joe Blackwell of Ink were in Mena on business Monday. Mir. Wood stated that the corn, where properly worked, was standing the drouth remarkably we'll.
 Manager Cox of the Union Grove ball team was Mena visitor Thurs day and arranged with Manager Will liford of the Travellers for a game to be played in Mena, Friday, August |.
 MT. and Mrs. J. E.. Joplin and chil- d,~a.. 0f W.olyoe o,oo,nk ,.-,+I, Mena relatives Mir. and Mrs. Joplin expect to become residents of Mena between now and the middle of Au- gust.
 Mrs. Bertha Suits left Tuesday aft ernoon for Fort Riley, Kas., to be with her husband, who has just returned from overseas service Soldier Suits was a member of the 90th Division and was taken i'll enroute home. He is still on the sick call
 G. R. Hale of Acorn was in Mena Thursday to return to Horatio, where he has been helping pick and pack cantaloupes. He has a team at Hora- tio, and after putting in a day in the field, makes good wages delivering cantaloupes to the loading shed. E. M. Moody of Board Camp was in Mena Wednesday making arrange ments to move to near Wetumpka, Ok, where he expects to farm. He has not sold his crop in Polk county and this fact is a good indication, his friends say, that he will return. | L. O. Day of Black Fork was in Mena Monday seeking trace of his au- to, which had been stolen at Heavener Saturday night. While in Mena MT. Day learned that the car had been To- cated near LeFlore. Ok, but the thief had not been apprehended at the time he left Mena.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. 0. Breeden, who came to Mena some months ago from DeQueen and bought property at 1904 Janssen avenue, on Tuesday sold the place to the Ford Real Estate Agency Mir. and Mrs. Breeden plan to move to Ringling, Ok, and expect to leave Mena early the coming month.
 Harold Turpin of Temple, Tex, is visiting his cousin, Claude Clark at Sunshine farm" near Dallas. The