The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09
Louisiana to work in the oil fields.


 Louisiana to work in the oil fields. l Mir. and Mrs. K. H. Skinner visited lthe CeciIs at vandervoort last Sunday. F. Younce left Sunday for Fort Smith to look after the lumber inter- l es.s.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. c. Allen and chill dren were visiting in Hatfield last Monday
 Everet Hegwood of Okmulgee, Ok, was visiting relatives and friends here last week.
 Bert Babcock of Pittsburg, Kas., is visiting his brother-in-law. Charley Breeden.
 MT. and Mrs. Guy Gray of Wilton were visiting his mother and brother last week.
 E. G. Little of Old Cove started for Horatio last Friday afternoon to look Ia after business.
 Charley Birdson and family of De- Queen are visiting the N. o. Allen home this week.
 ID. w. 4ctttfs Oui dcpatS SHtftl ', transacted business with the sheriff at Mena last Saturday. Lake McDaniels and Gilbert Eads started Sunday night for Fort Smith to join the U. s. Navy. Quite number of scholars of the Cove school are out now to pick cot ton for week or two. Charley Hanchett and sister, Ella, of Osceola, Kas., were visiting c. Bar ton and family last week. L. P. Paris, the man who bought the Dan Emery place, went to Mena Tues day to look after business. The girls basketball team of Cove school is talking of box supper to raise money to buy uniforms
 Dan Harrah is building barn on his acreage in the east part of town. Mir. Newport and Mir. Stokes are do- ing the work
 Five big boys of Cove played the Vandervoort team a ball game last Saturday, the game standing to in favor of Cove.
 Jim Sawyer, son-in-law of Robert Fortner, who has been working in the oil fields of Oklahoma, has accepted good position in Texas.
 Mir. and Mrs John Hegwood of Ida, Ok. was called to Cove last Saturday on account of the death of Mrs. Walt Hays. sister of Mrs. Hegwood.
 A. M. lilly, who left for Texas last spring, in order to better his wife's health, returned home last week, and Mrs. Tilly's health is no better.
 John Harrah left Monday night for Burkburnett, Tex, in the oil fields. Johnny has a splendid job waiting on him at this place at good salary.
 Cove is going to have box supper at the town hall before long. Watch the Cove Star and note the time and all come and have good time and lots to eat.
 It is wonderful the amount of wheat that the farmers of Polk county are planting this fall. Surely old Polk county will have all the biscuits she wants next year.
 c. H. Gray of Wilton. Ark, who has been in the drug business there for several years, sold out last week and expects to locate in the same at Null drow, Ok, not far from Fort Smith.
 The people of school district No. 62, Piney Grove, are requested to meet on Saturday, October IS, for the pur- pose of repairing the school house and cleaning off the grounds. Come pre- pared to work.
 We want everybody to notice the sanitary condition of Cove. Cove never had such a cleaning before. Everybody is going to paint their business houses and their homes and in time Cove will just shine. Now is the time to work for just see the great loads of cotton that come to Cove and the great train or truck loads of lumber, also R. R. ties that come to Cove and what great thing it would be to have good roads. Think about this and all work the roads. T. J. Hegwood and family of Win throp, are here visiting his mother and father, Mir and Mrs. J. P. Heg- wood. Mfr. T. J. Hegwood had the misfortune of breaking his left leg a short time ago at the sawmill and it will be some time before he is able to go to work again. Welcome Home Sunday school gave Ia pie supper last Saturday night. A big crowd was there and all enjoyed themselves. Miss Mildred Pride won the cake for the prettiest girl and Lewis Lilly won the cake for the best looking young man. The proceeds of the evening were S15. This amount