The Mena weekly star., 1920-06-17

by the fine hard surfaced roads he
travelled over while in Texas
Clay Vaught and Allie Duncan left
Sunday for Fort Smith to attend
federal court as witnesses.
Father Gallager of St. Agnes church
left Sunday for Little Rock to visit
his mother and sister for several days.
Miss Elva Reed of Texarkana spent
the weekend in Mena with her sister,
Miss Myrtis Reed, returning Sunday
afternoon.
S. w. Hilton of Board Camp left
Sunday for Fort Smith to attend
federal court, he having been named
as grand juror.
George w. Burnham of Wickes was
a visitor Thursday He reported that
he is more interested in farming than
in mining at present.
w. M. Edwards, merchant at Red
Bird, Montgomery county, was in
Mena Monday to take back a truck
load of goods for his store.
Mrs. Jim Robbins and children re-
turned to their home at Dierks this
morning after week spent with rel
atives at Mena and Black Springs
T. NJ. Gray of near Waldron visited
over Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T.
Wise, and accompanied by his brother,
H. s. Gray, left Monday for a visit
near Bog Springs.
Shelbourne Bullion, Shelby Ford,
Billy Richie and Conner Tucker, all
Mena high school boys, left Sunday
for the wheat fields at Indianapolis
and Ell Reno, Ok.
Mrs. A. Magruder, who has been
visiting in Mena with her son, j. T.
Magruder and family, left Thursday
afternoon on her return trip to her
home at Denison, Tex.
S. J. Oslin, who has been conducting
singing schools near Hartshorne and
Haileyville, Okla, for some weeks,
reached Mena Thursday for a short
stay with his family.
NJ. o. White of Hatton was in Mena
Monday. With him was a brother, J.
/. White, of Coryell county, Tex, who
had visited at Hatton and now has
gone to the Oklahoma wheat fields.
Lester Mays of Big Fork was in
Mena Sunday on his way to Fort
Smith to attend federal court He and
his brother, Porter, are under bond to
appear in the court on charges of IL
licit manufacture of of liquor
Word has been received in Mena of
the death of Leo Muxen, son of H. J.
MuxeR, and former resident of the
city The young man died somewhere
in Illinois, and was buried last Mon
day at the family home at Odebolt, Ia
Mrs. A. Wallace of Texarkana and
her two grandchildren are among the
newest summer visitors in Mena.
They have rooms with Mr.. and Mrs.
Borders on Seventh street. This is
the fourth summer Mrs. Wallace has
visited Mena.
Hugh Cox of Opal, Charles Mount
and Freeman Edwards and Cliff Car
ter of ALT, and Will Black of CASTOR,
were in Mena Monday enroute to AL
va, Ok, to assist in the wheat harvest.
Later they will go to Point Rock, Kas.,
following the harvest northward
Mrs. j A. Miller has after many
delays been able to come to Mena and
join Mr.. Miller who has been here get
ting the new home ready for occupan-
cy. Mrs. Miller after leaving Shreve-
port stopped at Foreman to arrange
for the shipment of household goods
to Mena.
Miss Lille Boehmer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Boehmer, left
Thursday for Milwaukee to resume
her studies and training in the con-
vent preparatory to becoming a sister
of charity. The young woman had
been visiting her parents in Mena be-
fore taking the final vows in the
order.
Mrs. H. Minturn of Marshall Ok,
who had been in Mena to visit Mr..
and Mrs. M. +. Lutes, left Saturday
for her home, in time for the opening
of the wheat harvest She was sue
cessful in getting harvest helpers
while in Mena, and among others took
back l.. <. Byers, who will assist in
tractor work on the Minturn farm.
j. |. Dixon, a sure-enough old time
newspaper man, is in Mena. He is
browsing around the Ozarks, chiefly
for his health, and is enthusiastic over
the results. He is ~ years of age, and,
in going from place to place, does
not mind a walk of five or ten miles.
Dixon was with the Kansas City Jour
nal as writer when Col. r. T. Van
Horn was at the helm.
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