The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-01

der the provisions of the Smith
Hughes act.
w. P. Mcmillan of Board Camp was
in Mena Friday enroute to Wander
WORT
ID. A. Brown Of Grannis came to
Mena Saturday and secured "a license
to we'd Mrs. Anna NJ. Morgan, also
resident of Grannis.
w. A. Curl of Clagett, who runs a
peddling wagon in Montgomery coun-
ty, was in Mena Saturday to get sup
plies for his store on wheels.
Mrs. Guy Thornton and son, Jack,
who had been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. ]
J. Mershon, returned Friday after
noon to their home at Fort Smith.
R. L. Kidd, editor of the Poteau
News, was a guest of r. l.. Park and
family Saturday. He and S. P. Park
came to Mena Friday from a fishing
trip in Sewer county.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.. Lauck and Mr..
and Mrs. r. Golf motored to DeQueen
Monday morning to see the Travellers
play the Sewer county champions on
the new grounds at DeQueen.
John Cochran Jr.. who has been
visiting his grandparents, DIR. and
Mrs. C. c. Cochran, couldn't resist the
pangs of inconsistencies longer, and
left Thursday for his home at Cha
mute, Kas.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Maxwell are
parents Of fine baby boy, who ar
rived at their home Wednesday night.
The happy parents only recently came
to Mena and located on the Hawthorn
place just west of the city.
First watermelons of the season
reached Mena Friday, shipment
having been received by I. r. Bates.
The melons came from Port Lavaca,
Tex. The fruit sold at &c a pound,
the melons averaging about 81 each.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Mccain came in
Friday morning from Fort Smith to
spend two days in Mena. Mrs. Nc
Chicago, where she has been under the
care of an eye specialist, and is now
much improved
Henry Rector, Little Rock attorney,
who has been in Mena to visit his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. l.. Rector, and
Mrs. Rector, and to look after legal
matters, left Friday afternoon for De-
Queen, where he will attend to some
business before returning to his home.
Miss Maude Kirkland of Mena and
Rufus D. Wallace of Paducah, Tex,
surprised their friends by quietly we'd
ding Friday, the ceremony being per-
formed by Justice w. T. Cole. Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace left Saturday after
noon for Paducah, where they will
live.
w. L. Spires, the new roadmaster
of the Kansas City Southern, has ar
ranged to have new home for HIM
self and family in Mena. He has pur-
chased thru the Ford agency, the O. B.
Adams property at Fourth street and
Maple avenue, and will have it re-
modelled.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. H. Ponder and
children and R. C. Ponder planned to
leave this week for junction City, La,
where they will visit with the Messrs
Ponder's parents. They will make the
trip in their car, stopping to fish along
the road, and plan TO return about
August /.
DIR. J. G. Gray of Hatfield, who had
been at Fort Smith attending federal
court, stopped off in Mena Saturday
morning on his way home. He was a
witness in the Williams case, having
been an eye witness to the killing of
the child by the train at Hatfield last
December. :
r. l.. Tomlinson of Oklahoma City
and his father, ]. w. Tomlinson, of
Exeter, Cal.,le Thursday afternoon
for the Oklahoma capital The senior
Tomlinson had been visiting his son,
w. M. on the farm near Board Camp
and will visit several weeks in Okla
homa before going home.
Mrs. T. +. Williamson and son, who
had been guests of Mr.. and Mrs Dud-
ley Lindsay the past month, left Sun
day for their home at Vicksburg,
Miss. Mrs. Williamson, who is the
mother of Mrs. Lindsay, exprest re-
greet at having to leave the fine cool
night and good clear water of Mena.
w. K. Akard, who with his father
was in Mena last spring to investi-
gate conditions with a view of gong
into the thorobred cattle business, has
written Mena trends that he made the
start on an overland trip by auto from
Van Horn, Tex, expecting to arrive
in Mena the latter part of this week.
Mrs. Walter Wilson and son, Wood
row, who have been visiting at the
home of Mrs. Wilson's father, B.
Barnes. and her sister, Mrs. A. NJ
Reynolds, for the past few weeks, left
Friday for their home at Salina, Kas
They will stop over at Drexel, Mo.
where Mr.. Wilson will join them for
| a few davs' visit with relatives