The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-29

RsDAY, APRIL 2s. 1920. -. PERSONAL NOTES >>-~>--S -.sS>S---,-.-S>s
 A. c. Ward of Mt. Ida was Mena visitor Wednesday.
 W. N. Edwards of Ali was in Mena Wednesday on business.
 George S. Hill of Muse, Ok, was Mena visitor Wednesday.
 A. c. Higginbottom of Wickes was n Mena visitor Monday afternoon. Mir. and Mrs. H. ]. Elliott of Cove were in Mena on business Tuesday.
 W. E. Harrell of Hatfield was in Mena Wednesday on business for the Beach Lumber Company.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. c. Lawrence left Tuesday morning for Fort Smith on business trip for the Lawrence store.
 J. H. Sexton of Rich Mountain re- turned home Wednesday after having been called to Mena to act as jury ,,nor ;r fhn Circ,1it cot1rt
 M. K. Ratliff has bought thru Kelly Stratton the Patterson suburban place of five acres on East Jansen avenue, and will make it his home.
 Mir. and Mrs. Virgil Cagle are en- tertaining Mir. Cagle's mother and two children of Heavener, who arrived in Mena Monday afternoon.
 Mrs. Ella Bivens has bought the home of R. L. Pannell on North Refine street, and plans to move and occupy the property in the near future.
 w. E. Clinton, who was up from Grannis Tuesday, told Mena ac- quaintances that the big hail storm of Sunday afternoon didn't effect Gran his much.
 T. J. Wilbanks, cashier of the Bank of Grannis, was called to Mena Tues day to act as attorney for Tim Smith. defendant in the Circuit court on a charge of selling liquor. W. F.. Anderson has received an- nouncement of the annual commence lment at the state normal school at Conway, which takes place June 8. His daughter, Miss Toka Anderson is one of the graduates.
 Ad Dickson and Jack Lofts are owners of new Chevrolet cars, and c. :. Tankersley of Cove was expected to come to Mena the last of the week to get another sold by c. W. Copelin, the local representative.
 D. M. Townsend left Monday after noon for Little Rock to attend the state convention of Republicans. MT, Townsend, who is chairman of the cen tral committee for Polk county, was one of the three men named as dele gates, and the only one to go from Mena.
 C. E. Johnson of Ashdown. candidate for prosecuting attorney of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, is spending a few days getting acquainted with Mena and Polk county people, and explain ing why he believes he skcnA ha~e the office to which he aspires.
 ]. s. Goldwood, coming from Tulsa, . Ok. has taken a good look over Polk county in the vicinity of Mena and has purchased an So-aere farm from J. ". Thompson. It is located 2 miles east. and the new owner will take posses sion and begin improvement work at an early date
 Mir and Mrs C. H. Baldwin of New Castle, Tex, arrived in Mena Tuesday morning to make their home on a farm recently purchased northeast of the city. Mir. Baldwin is eonfec- tioner, and hopes to regain his health in Pelk county, so that later, if he cares to and the price of sugar be- comes normal, he csn engage in can dymaking.
 Peter McCune and W A. Blair came to Polk county recently from Gordon, Neb., and the former still is here, taking his time to investing. Mir. Blair. on the contrary, returned to Nebraska, and sends back a photo graph taken April 20 that shows snow banked feet high in the streets, with the edges of the roofs just peeking out under the white blanket that is slowly melting. As Mir. McCune said, Tt is not much wonder we had hail. storm down here"
 
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