The Mena weekly star., 1920-07-29

cattoH IN mend.
A. C. Higgins of Grannis was
Mena visitor Friday.
M. A. Stratton has returned from a
business trip to Kansas City.
w. P. Beebe of Prairie Grove, Ark,
is in Mena to look after property in
terests.
Mrs. L. E. Fogel and daughter of
Fogel were visiting Mena friends
Thursday.
J. B. Burnett of De Kalb, Tex, is
in Mena looking for home and bust
ness location. 4
Mrs. George Legate returned Fri
day morning from a visit with Mr..
Legate at Wilson, Ok.
Mrs. Matt Beard and two children
of Tulsa are in Mena visiting her
father, R. L. Park, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Cummings of
Mountain Fork spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Clover.
MI anu MIS-. AduiotS TOSicE Ol
Talibina, Ok, are visiting in Mena
with his brother. Walter Foster, and
family.
Mrs. w. F. Ryan and Miss Alice
Ryan of Texarkana are guests at the
home of Circuit Clerk and Mrs. w.
L. Parker.
j. d. Whisenhunt of Shady was in
Mena Saturday and secured a mar
riage license to wed Miss Effie Law
renee, also of Shady.
Cashier S. w. Duke of the First
National Bank is at Mansfield, La,
to spend several days looking after
matters of business.
]. NJ. Jackson of Howard county
was in Mena Friday in the interests
of his candidacy for prosecuting at
torney Of this district.
County Clerk Will Alexander has
issued a marriage license to E. L.
Wigginton and Miss Veda Reed, both
residents of Hodgens, Ok
George Steel of Ashdown, candidate
for prosecuting attorney in this dis
trict, was in Mena Friday visiting
friends and looking after campaign
interests.
Mrs. w. c. Johnson and sister, Miss
Clara Cole, who have been visiting
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. N.
Cole, left Thursday for their home at
Dallas. Tex.
w. w. Fincher, who has been in
the real estate business at Hatfield,
has returned to Mena, having dis
posed of his share of the agency to
his partner, R. O. Owen.
j. A. Brown, living in South Mena,
grapes on the local market. He has
some fine ones Of the Hatford variety
which he IS selling at cents per
pound.
L. I. Botto of Buck Knob, who is
directing the work of building the
government road through the nation
al forest in Montgomery county, was
in Mena Friday to get needed sup
plies for the project.
Farms between Mena and Old Pot
ter were benefited by a heavy rain
which fell Thursday afternoon. The
rain extended to the southern edge of
Mena, but did not do much more than
lay the dust in the city.
Mrs. Frank Horner and little son
arrived Thursday from Foreman, to
be here for the remainder of the
summer. They are at home with Mr..
and Mrs. j. 7. Spring, corner Port
Arthur avenue and Fourth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Crossett of So
per, Ok, are visiting with Mrs. Cros-
sets sister, Mrs. ]. w. Gardner Mr..
Crossett is editor of the Soper Demo-
crat, and is breaking the record that
a newspaper editor never takes va
cation.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. johnson of
Tulsa arrived in Mena Thursday aft
ernoon for visit with Captain and
Mrs. w. s. johnson and Mr.. and Mrs.
T. H. Duke, Jr. The visitors were ac-
companied by Miss Elizabeth John
son of Springfield, Mo-, daughter of
w. Fl. Johnson.
Mrs. ]. F. CLANCY and children of
Quey, Ok, and Mrs. w. c. Willard
of Cleveland, Ok, who have been Wis
iting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
A. Moss, for the past three weeks,
returned home Thursday. Miss Beat
rice Moss will continue her visit for
several days longer.
Mrs. Martha johnson, sister of
John Chambers, left for her home in
Seminole, Ok. after having spent a
week or more with Polk county rela-
tives. She was accompanied on the
home trip by her sister, Mrs. J. A.
Brock, from Ink, who has sons living
near Seminole.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dagg and
three children, who are on motor
trip from Hot Springs to their home
at Kansas City, stopped over in Mena
Saturday. Mr.. Dagg is a son of DIR.
Dagg, a well-lnown former Mena
resident, and came through Mena to
visit the old home town and his moth
er's grave.
w. H. Taylor, until recently phar-
macist for the Jackson Drug Com
pany, left Friday for Poteau, from
whence he will go to Idabel, Ok,
where he has bought an interest in a
drug store. He was accompanied by
his mother. Mrs. B. E. Taylor, and
his grandmother, Mrs. S. L. Kidd, the
latter here from Poteau on visit.