The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-06-24
PERSONAL NOTES

O. B. Witherspoon Of Cove was
Mena visitor Tuesday.
Sam Pigg of Ashdown was a bust
ness visitor in Mena Monday.
]. o. Gates of Hatfield was in Mena
Friday TO attend to real estate mat
tiers.
Steve Bates left Tuesday for De-
Queen to resume his work as mail
carrier.
Rufus Wallace of Paducah, KY, ar
rived in Mena Tuesday for a visit
with relatives.
II. B. Landsen of Little Rock, poul-
try specialist, was in Mena Friday to
attend the farmers meeting at Acorn.
Mrs. T. A. Carter is critically i'll
at her home on Ninth street, and but
little hope is entertained for her re-
, covery.
Ira Williams and Sam Fleming left
Monday afternoon for Newton, kas.,
where they will find work in the har-
vest fields
Miss Beulah Hughes Of Dallas is
driving a new Chevrolet which was
delivered to her Tuesday by c. w.
Copelin.
! Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Lawrence Of
Shady visited Mena friends Tuesday
and remained overnight because of
the heavy rain.
Mrs. D. E. Dodd and daughters,
Betty and Ann, returned home Thurs
day afternoon from visit with rela-
tives at Fort Smith.
! Mrs. C. C. Gunnels and daughter,
of Little Rock, are spending the sum-
mer in Mena, having secured a cot
tage on Stilwell Heights.
James A. Slote of Hatfield was in
Mena Tuesday on his return from
hearney, Neb., where he was called
BY the death of his father.
Z Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Ferriott are
happy parents Of new baby girl, who
lame to their home on Sampson av-
tIlue tuesday night
G. X. Gosney of Ranger, Tex, for
mer Mena resident, arrived in the
city Wednesday to look after business
matters and renew old acquaintance.
DR.. c. H. Dean Of Custer City. Ok,
is in Mena looking over timber land
propositions offered him. He is Wis
ting hs old friends and neighbor, X. F.
Ford.
2. r. Rouse, formerly of Hatfield,
but now in business at Muskogee, was
in Meia Wednesday greeting old
friends and looking after business
matters.
w. NJ. Lowery of Wickes was one
man the rain couldn't keep away from
attending to business in Mena Fri
day. He says cucumbers and canta-
loupes now promise great yield.
T. G. Green of the Mena Mercan-
tile Company and Ben McPhetrige left
Wednesday in the formers car for
trip to Texas and Oklahoma points.
They went from Mena to Texarkana.
It It
Opal were in Mena Tuesday and de-
parted on No. a for Amarillo, Tex,
where they will assist the formers UNI
uncle in harvesting on a 1,100-acre
ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. P. Carman of Tul-
sa, who recently bought a farm home
near Mena, have decided to live in the
city until they get possession of the
nlaee. They have located at sos
Fourth street.
Children's day win be observed next
Sunday at Dallas. Everyone is in
vited to come and bring well-flled
baskets for the picnic dinner to be
served on the grounds. Programs will
be given both morning and afternoon
James Pegram, Jr., who has been
attending pharmacy school at Little
Rock returned home Wednesday af-
ternoon, having completed the course.
re resumed his old place at the
Pegram drug store Thursday morn
ing.
County Supt. |. G. Harris held ex-
aminations for those desiring certifi-
Gates as teachers at the high school
Thursday and the tests will continue
thru Friday. Twenty-Five young
men and women were present at the
first days examinations.
Ohio Ozment of the Mena Grain
Company was accompanied home from
a business trip to Fort Smith by his
little niece, Miss Lucy L. Wilson, who
will be heard in the Leo. gift. H
will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Ozment in
Mena.
Assessor j. A. Hughes has com.
pleted his rounds of Polk county in
making the assessments of personal
property and is now finishing his an
! nual job of tabulating and classifying
!; the returns for submission to the
county clerk.
Frank Bachelor and "Slim" Ted
| der of Little Rock, who came to Mena
|. to get the big tractor and rip snort
er" started in action on the Jefferson
Highway, finished their iabors Mon
. day and left Tuesday morning for the
capital city.
Harvey Noakes of vandervoort,
while in Mena Wednesday, closed the
deal for the purchase of three dairy
! cows from j. P. Callahan. Mr.. Noakes
.. expects to install hand cream sep
arator, and hereafter pay more atten-