The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-17

q Mena visitor Tuesday.
 | J. F. Reiger of Dallas, Tex, is spending vacation in Mena.
 w. P. Jennings of Wichita Falls Tex, was in Mena Wednesday on busi- ness.
 MT. and Mrs. c. E. Harrigan of Kansas City were in Mena Thursday and registered at the Antlers.
 Among the latest to join the home owners of Mena is Mrs. E. H. Copes who has purchased the property she now occupies at 511 Fourth street.
 Mrs. Minnie fiolt and her mother l Mrs. Bowling, who had been visiting Mir. and Mrs. M. W. Roger in Mena returned to their home at Heavener Wednesday afternoon.
 J. A. Earl, living northeast of Mena received word Friday of the death of 1 Mrs. Earl's brother at Richards, Mo and left the same afternoon for that place to attend the funeral. K. w. Hamby of Wickes was a Mena visitor Saturday. He is secretary of the Wickes cantaloupe growers or ganization and expects the first car of melons to go out in the next fortnight
 The Rev. J. L. Cannon of Texar- kama, presiding elder of the district arrived in Mena Friday afternoon to preside at quarterly conference at Cherry Hill Methodist church, South
 While Joseph Weber of Little Rock is in Mena looking after business for the Magnolia Oil Company, Mrs Weber is spending vacation in the city and enjoying the cool summer nights.
 Miss Myrtle Daniels returned Tues day from Hatfield, where she had been visiting relatives. She was accompa- nied on the home trip by Robert and Denny Williams, who will spend some time here.
 w. T. Whittenberg was delivering homegrown hay in Mena Saturday. It is of fine quality and he will have about 5000 bales this year. The hay is combination of timothy, red top and clover.
 J. F. Finger of Longview, Tex, a brother of County Judge H. w. Fin ger, arrived in Mena Thursday morn ing and found that the latter and his family had gone to Hot Springs and | Little Rock.
 W. J. Fene and F. k. Coker, repre- sentatives of the state highway de- partment, returned to Little Rock Wednesday, having completed their work of making the preliminary sur vey on the proposed Talihina highway Forest Ranger and Mrs. T. T. Hall were in Mena Saturday enroute from Mountain View to their home at Shady. Mir. Hall has been in the forest office at Hot Springs the past month while Mrs. Hall visited her old home at Mountain View. l Loss Hall, who saw overseas serv- ice with the 9th Division, arrived home in Mena Friday afternoon, having been mustered out at Camp Pike. He was seriously ill at Camp Merritt, N. J., since returning from service in France.
 Corp. c. k. Profit, who was overseas with the medical section of the Eth Corps, arrived home in Mena Thurs day, having been mustered out of service. Like many others the young soldier was glad to return to his old home town.
 Will Roberts and Jesse Reed, two young soldiers who saw overseas serv- ice, arrived in Mena enroute to their homes Thursday. The former lives near the Ouachita river and is home on furlough only Soldier Reed lives in Montgomery county and has been mustered out.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. c. Rowton of Black Springs, parents of Mrs. J. M. flaw thorn, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. David W. Rowton of Honey Grove, Tex, were in Mena Wednesday to spend a day at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Hawthorne, returning to Black Springs Thursday.
 Mrs. H. N. Hollis and three young sons, have come from Cleveland, Ok, for visit at the home of the formers parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. W. Gardner. With sister, Mrs. c. N. Kelly of St. Louis, already here, it is family re- union, being the first time all have been together in five years. Dr. Wallace McGeorge and daugh- ter, Miss Edith McGeorge, reached Mena Friday afternoon for visit with w. w McGeorge and family. Dr. McGeorge is the father of the Mena man and this is the first time the pair have been together for a number of years. The visitor lives at Cam den, N. J., and will make an extended visit in Mena.
 c. c. Mills, a former resident, who has been in poor health as the result of the flu, returned to Mena Saturday