The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-12-23

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problems requiring quick thinking,
fundamental requisite in debate.
Miss Tessie Steiner spent Sunday
with friends at Rich Mountain.
Mrs Blanche Bond arrived home in
Mena Sunday to spend the holidays.
She has been stenographer at the
Hotel Marion, at Little Rock.
George Fletcher, student at Little
Rock college, has returned nome 10
snend the holidays with his parents,
DIR. and Mrs. T. M. Fletcher.
Floyd Wallin, former Mena resident,
now located at Kusa, Ok, where he is
foreman of one of the big oil compan-
les. is visiting in the old home town
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. V.
Wallin.
j. T. Maloney, after two weeks
visit with his family in Mena, left
Sunday for Burkburnett, Tex, where
he will look after the repairs on
buildings owned by the Magnolia Oil
Company.
J. Y. Starr and family have gone
on holiday visit in southern Arkan-
sas and Louisiana. While Mrs. Starr
visits relatives at Hope, Mr.. Starr will
90 to Clifford. La, and do some boost
ing for Polk county lands.
William Ryan, for several years a
progressive farmer near Egger, has
purchased a 5-acre tract and home in
Vineyard addition to Mena, which ne
now occupies as a residence. He still
owns his farm of $50 acres.
r. C. Barney, who recently returned
to Mena after an absence of several
years, has bought home for himself
and wife, getting the Payne residence
on Port Arthur avenue. The Hamil-
ton agency arranged the sale.
Both members of the firm of Rowe
& Pollard were in Mena Wednesday to
arrange for the purchase of an engine
to replace the one so badly damaged
at the gin at Rocky last week. They
secured an engine from Crane &
league.
j. H. Sorrells and family, who
moved from Mena about year ago
to try life in Oklahoma, have decided
like others the highlands of Arkansas
are the best to live In, and have re-
turned to Mena. They have been To-
Gated Of late at Gracemont, Ok.
Tom ]. Brogan, who has been DEM
onstrating tractors for the John Deere
company in the Dakotas and other
northern states, arrived in Mena
Thursday morning for holiday visit
with home folks. He has been making
his headquarters at Omaha, Neb.
A phone message from John Combs
in Posey Hollow Friday stated that
two boys had entered the home of
Frank Ford Thursday during the abb
sence of the family, and had stolen a
shotgun and q sum of money. Off
GERS were sent to investigate the rob-
berry.
Mrs. w. G. Green arrived from
Maryville, Mo-, Wednesday to join
Rev. Green in their new home The
parsonage of the First NJ. Z. church,
which Rev Green and family will oc-
cupy, is being improved thru the in
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lures
One of the best butchering stories
of the present season is credited to
the Rev. S. ]. Oslin, who killed pork
er at his home on Jones street last
week. The animal, only little over
year old, was fattened on the Oslin
suburban place, and weighed dressed
about 400 pounds.
Wednesday afternoon at the office
of Justice S. H. Smith, occurred the
marriage of M. Ward and Miss Monnie
Rosson, members of two we'll known
families living northeast of Mena ON
Route g. The ceremony was per-
formed by Justice Smith in the pres
ence of a few friends.
R. l.. CASTOR, accompanied by his
brother, j. w. CASTOR, and W M.
Warren, were a trio of Montgomery
county farmers who drove to Mena
Mepa Flour mill for grinding. They
didsome Christmas shopping while in
the city and visited local friends.
A message came to Bell Wallace
Thursday telling of the sad death of
Mrs. j. w. Hines, which occurred at
Russell Kas. Mrs. Hines who for
merly lived in the Ransom neighbor-
hood and has a number of relatives in
that vicinity, was the mother of 10
the youngest a babe in arms.
T. P. Mays, living near Big Fork,
was in Mena Friday and arranged that
his son, Hubert, living at Stratford,
Ok, should have a Christmas present
that would last longer than the holt
day season and had the young mans
name added to the Stars list of read
ers.
Chester Lauck is home for the holt
day vacation and tho he comes from
the second largest city in the U. S. A.
is glad to be back in Mena and ex-
change greetings with his numerous
friends. Chester is student at the
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and
has made good progress during his
first year of study.
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