The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-29

PERSONAL NOTES
Mr. ard Mrs. Ellis Goss and chill
dron are spending week visiting
relatives near Big Fork.
". r. Anderson of San Antonio.
Tex, was in Mena Thursday getting
better acquainted with the city.
J. /. Strickland and daughter of
S!atineton motored to Mena Thurs
day TO shop with local merchants.
j. z. Grey of Black Fork was in
Mena Thursday on his return from
Kansas City. where he marketed tive
carloads Of stock.
W. /. West of Wapetta, Ok. has
bought through the Stuart Land
Company the 80-acre tract of Gedford
Heath near Nunley.
Farmers who came to Mena Thurs
day from Board Camp and points east
report there was heavy rain in that
section Wednesday, afternoon.
- H<-tAxa1HFt diiu oOlf y. n. kAdiuDy,
residing near Rocky, were in Mena
Thursday making arrangements for
moving next week to Asher. Ok.
Tom Peters left Wednesday after
noon for Dallas, Tex, to be with his
eldest daughter, Mrs. Florence Lacey,
who was reported to be seriously i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Spencer Of
Wichita, Kas., who had been visiting
| their son, III. A. Spencer, and fam
lily, returned Thursday to their home.
Word received from S. l. Wood and
auto party told of their arrival at
Little Rock without mishap on Tues
day. They expect to reach Memphis
next
Mrs. II. C. Hoffman of Fort Smith
| reached Mena Wednesday for a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Pfinning.
The visitor Is cousin of Mrs. Pin
ming.
Mrs. r. A. Cline, aunt Of w. G..
Rigdon, left Wednesday for her home
| near Cleburne, Tex, after spending
three weeks ut the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. RiRdon.
j. w. Huckabaa and S. R. Parsons,
farmers near Ida, Ok, were in Mena
Thursday with cotton for sale Mr..
Huckabaa says crops of all kinds are
IN fine shape in his community.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. York, who have
been living on De Queen street, have
decided tKo to Sulphur, Ok, where
they expect the change will benefit
Mr.. York's failing eyesight.
Chief Of Police Jess Tow has be-
gun campaign against weeds in the
city and IL asking the cooperation
| Of all citizens who wish Mena to be
3 prettier and more healthful city.
B. e. Henderson, of Moberly, Mo-,
arrived II Mena Wednesday for a
visit with hio mother, Mrs. Mary f..
Henderson. and his sisters, Miss Ethel
Henderson and Mrs. 7. z. Jcnes, y yrf
Fred G. Enbry and family left
wednesday afternoon for Ashdown,
where they win visit relatives and
where Mr.. Embry will wind up his va
| cation from duties at the Planters
State Bank.
Il. B. Durham, Bert Weaver, Tom
Gillian and G. A. and Frank Lilies
were among those in from the Board
| Camp community Thursday. They
report that the prospects for ban
ner crop Of corn are good and that
cotton j. also looking fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. j r. Lewis have re-
turned from q motor trip to Boswell,
Ok. Mr.. Lewis reports that the crops
on the route travelled are better than
the roads. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis are
now entertaining at their home Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Reed and son and Mrs.
Jim Hodges and son of Boswell. The
ladies are daughters of the Mena
couple.
Mrs. W. NJ Ross and daughter,
Louise, and Mrs. Valerie Babino, here
for the past two weeks as the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Still on Plateau
fruit farm, left this morning for their
home at Mt. Enterprise, Tex. They
mazda the rof51rr trim in their Frank