The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-10-30

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of the educational opportunities af-
forded in Sherman
DR. C. A. Campbell and son, Les
ter, Of Hatfield were. among those to
attend court Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Crawford re-
turned Thursday from Acorn, where
they had been with relatives for few
days.
J. Al. Watkins, merchant at Van
dervoort, was attending court Thurs
day, returning on the belated south
bound local.
J. T. Magruder and Sidney w. Duke
of the First National Bank returned
Thursday from trip to Mt. Ida and
other Montgomery county points.
| - ss-s lii, recently feturncu irurn
the army, spent Thursday in Mena
with his sister, Miss Eva Lena Hill,
cashier of the Duke Magruder store.
Abner Fagin arrived Thursday from
Camp Pike, where he had been mus
tered out of the service. Abner left
Mena May 81, 1918, and was over
seas more than year.
John j. Tootle of st. Joseph. Mo-,
arrived in Mena Friday to be in Polk
county this fall and winter. He will
be joined this week by his daughter
and her husband.
Mrs Dave Larman, who has been
at Ransom at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs j. B. Larman, parents of her
husband, for several weeks, left Fri
day for Smithville, her former home,
to make arrangements to move to
Dennison, Tex.
Deputy Sheriff w. E. Anderson
found in Judge Philas S. Jones. here
this week from Wilburton, Ok, to at
tend court. an old schoolmate Of over
thirty years ago. The men attended
school together at Ozark, but had not
seen each other for years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Tooley and
three children, Mrs Margaret Tooley,
mother of Mr.. Tooley, and Everett L.
Davis arrived in Mena Saturday
from Brewer, Mo-, to go to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. ]. R. Davis, living in
the Foran Gap community. They are
prospective residents Of Polk county.
Mrs. Fred Strickland received the
announcement last week Of the mar
riage Of Mrs. w. c. Smothers to
Clarence S. Smothers, brother of her
deceased husband. The wedding oc-
Cured on October 5, at the home Of
the grcom's mother in Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smothers win live at
Long Beach.
j. A. Johnston, in from Corinth Sat-.
urday. arranged to ship sack Of
string beans to his daughter, Mrs. j.
r. Moore, living at Flint, Mich. All
vegetation has been killed By frost,
Mrs. Moore has written, so her par
ents concluded that homegrown string
beans would be quite treat at this
time.
J. D. Baker Of DeQueen, who will
some to Mena as representative Of
the Stuart Land Company, will occu-.
py Mrs. G. B. Dennis home on Fourth
stree. Mrs. Dennis expects to leave
soon for Shreveport to be with her
son, Writ Williams, and family, SO has
rented her home furnished.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Ford, here from
indianapolis for the last ten days vis-
iting their son, X. r. Ford, and FAM
lily left for home last Saturday. Be-
fore leaving, Mr. Ford bought lot III
in Vineyard Addition, consisting Of al
residence and four acres Of land.
which he win make his home. They
expect to be able to return to Mena
about the first Of the year, and will
then make improvements on the place.
Postmaster r. S. Allen has been no.
titled by Frank Anderson. supervisor
of census Of the Fourth Arkansas Dis
trict, that he is to hold the test for
applicants for the job of census enum-
orators in Polk county The examine
alton will be held on Saturday, No
vember /, from / o'clock to in the
afternoon in the civil service room in
the Federal Building. The applicants
are ali being notified Of the time and
place Of the examination thru the of-