The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-15

and the chief is anxious to get rid of her
 Guy Cox, forest ranger at Shady, was a Mena visitor Wednesday
 Jack Lofts left Friday afternoon for Oklahoma City to look after mat ters of business.
 w. T. Hammond and B. A. Garrett were Vandervoort residents in Mena on business Wednesday.
 Mrs. W. L. Nelson returned Friday from visit with her daughter, Miss Irene Nelson, at Coalgate, Ok.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ivan Rowe and Misses Oracle and Winnie Witherspoon of Caddo Gap motored to Mena Sunday to spend the day with relatives and friends.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Willis Hopson, who have been at Deming, N. Mex, since leaving Mena last fall, returned to the city Wednesday afternoon for a visit with Mrs. Hopson's parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Bogard.
 J. R. Cecil was up from Wander voort Thursday and while looking af- ter business matters, had his name placed on The Stars list of readers. He was accompanied by T. B. Cecil, also of Vandervoort
 Mena folks must be great letter writers, for they buy lots of stamps Postmaster R. s. Allen states that during the month of March the local office sold on an average of $50 worth of stiekers each day.
 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Cox arrived home in Mena Friday afternoon from their trip east. They visited Wash ington and New York City, and stopt at Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City on their return home.
 John c. Ryan of Mt Vernon, Tex, reached Mena Sunday and will spend sometime looking over conditions in Polk county He will be the guest of his brother-in-law, J. W. Turner, near Acorn, who came to this section last fall and likes it.
 J. S. Whitten of Greenwood, broth CT of Mrs. T. A. Park and father of Miss Catherine Whitten, here attend ing school, has returned home after spending a couple of days as the guest of the Rev. Mir. Park and Mrs. Park at the Manse.
 The Easter dance of the Elks held at the club house Friday night was a success and the crowd enjoyed fine time according to reports. Twenty five couples participated. A feature of the evening was an exhibition of fancy steps by Miss Kate Anthony.
 Should Chief of Police Jess Tow fail to be unduly harsh with juvenile of lenders in the future unless they are really bad, his leniency needn's be surprising, for on Saturday new boy baby made his appearance at the Tow home. This makes a pair of boys for the Chief Both mother and babe are doing well, the reports say.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. ". Montier and children, who had been visiting the formers brother, F. F. Montier, and family. on Route 8, were in Mena on Thursday on their way to Eastland, Tex, where they will make their home. They had been living at Cnsh- ing. Ok, from which place they came to Mena.
 Mrs. John Picchi and daughter of St. Joseph, Mo, reached Mena Friday for visit with S. Picchi and family, members of which she had never seen before. The grandparents are hoping the visit may contineu thru the sum- mer, but it is probable the visitors will have to leave soon to join the hus- band and father in Colorado.
 The Star was in error last Friday in announcing that T. A. Still of the Plateau Fruit Farm, had been inform ed by telegram of the death of his mother at Overton, Tex, and that MT. Still had gone to attend the funeral. The message announced the death of Mrs. w. H. Barton, mother of Prof. John Wynee Barton, dean of Trinity University at Dallas, and a close per sonai friend of MT. Still.
 M c. Latimer, who has been third trick operator at the Kansas City southern depot, left Friday morning for Page, where he will act as agent for the railroad and, while off duty, try to catch up with fishing. He has been named as relief agent for the division and Page is the first assign ment. He has been succeeded in the