The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-12
PERSONAL NOTES

PERSONAL NOTES
 c. H. Owen. who had been visiting his sister, Mrs. w. L. Parker, hal gone to Tulsa, Ok.
 Lloyd Shipp, who lives near tn, Oklahoma line, west of Potter, wal in Mena on business Wednesday.
 Alonzo Mattingly left Tuesday af ternoon for Perry, Ok, where he vii assist in the great wheat harvest. Dr. J. R. Rushing and grandson Clinton, from Emmett, Ark, are wis iting Dr. and Mrs. H. c. Rushing il Mena.
 O. R. Benedict left Tuesday after noon for Rogers, where he will mak, a short sojourn, planning to go later to Roop county, Kansas, to visit rel atives.
 Miss Willie Mount accidentally stepped on nail point while going off the stage at the Lyric Tuesday night, and suffered painful injur, to her left foot
 Hugh Cherry and c. s. Rockwell charged with fighting, appeared ir Judge Sam Smiths court Wednesday morning, plead guilty and were each fined S5 and costs.
 Miss Alice Ryan of Texarkana, ac- companied by her cousin, Miss May Parker, home from the latter's visit to the Gateway City, and will visit in Mena with her relatives.
 Clarence Owen of Potter was ir Mena Wednesday greeting old friends and acquaintances. The young mar has just returned from service with Uncle Sam's military forces.
 Dewey P. Brewer, one of Uncle Sam's blue jackets, who recently re- ceived his discharge from the U. g. Naval force, arrived in Mena from St. Louis Thursday afternoon.
 William Chamblin, who returned to Mena Tuesday after a business trip to Oklahoma points, reports that wheat harvest is starting well and that the crop prospects are fine.
 Mrs. Jim Robbins and children, ac- companied by her mother, Mrs. J. M. Hawthorne, reached Mena Tuesday afternoon from Dierks.. Mrs. Robbins has been ill and came to the old home to recuperate.
 Mir. and Mrs. Edwin B. Cox returned to Mena Wednesday morning from Fort Worth, Tex, where Mir. Cox had been looking after interests in the oil fields. He will return to Fort Worth in few days.
 The Brumley restaurant at Mena street and Pickering avenue is the lat est eating house in Mena to quit busi- ness because of the continued high prices of food stuffs, making three that have suspended recently.
 o. B. Poindexter of Grannis was in Mena Wednesday and secured a mar riage license from County Clerk Will Alexander to wed Miss Mary Fay Bry- ant, also of Grannis. The groom is 25 and the bride 15 years of age.
 H. M. Frederick has returned from an auto trip to Idabel, Ok. He re- ports the crop prospects fine and was particularly impressed with, the large number of acres of cantaloupes seen enroute. particularly in Polk county.
 Bell Wallace has received the good news that his brother, Rufus Wallace, has returned to the U. s. A. after a years service overseas. The soldier boy landed at Newport News and is expected home as soon as he is mus tered out.
 A fine saddle horse was unloaded from the express car of No. Tues day afternoon, temporary platform having been arranged to get the ami nal from the train. The animal be- longs to A. 0. Mason, who had it shipped from Lake Charles.
 Mena's cotton market livened up this week, when a number of bales were brought in and sold by the farm CTS. The telegraphers' strike pre- vented receiving the usual quotations Wednesday. John Dodd of Ransom was the biggest seller, having six bales which he disposed of to Matthew & Norris, at prices ranging from 20 to 2S cents.