The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-06-03
Correspondence
COVE CATCHES

high near Watson.
E. G. Little made a business trip
to Mena last week.
H. Leeper of Vandervoort was in
Cove Monday on business.
N. O. Allen visited his people at
Vandervoort last Saturday.
The farmers are very busy culti-
waiting the corn and cotton.
Some orchards are going to have a
fair crop of apples this year.
Will Hogue left Monday afternoon
for Mena to look after business.
John Harkey of Hatton visited with
the Hansard family last Sunday.
Mrs. r. Golf of Mena visited over
Sunday with the G. G. Golf family.
Mrs. ]. II. Skinner is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Biggs, at Hot Springs.
A bouncing baby boy at the home
of Burt Carpenter last Monday morn
ing
A. B. Gill made trip to Mena last
Saturday to visit his wife, who is
sick
Mrs. o. B. Witherspoon. who was
quite sick last week, is now able to be
out again.
Welcome Home young people en-
joyed a fine singing last Sunday even
ing, led by G. Nelson.
Mrs. Fred w. Gray and Mrs. w. H.
Mize made a flying trip to Mena last
Friday to visit their sister.
Little Billy Golf had the misfortune
to break his right arm last Saturday
while trying to ride little jennet.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Woodell and Mr..
and Mrs. Fl. ]. Elliott visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Weakly at No. 2
Mill last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Gray of Win
throp visited with Fred Gray and fam
lily, also his mother. Mrs. M. Z. Gray,
part of last week.
A fine bunch of young people gath
cred at the home of J. 4. German last
Saturday night and spent the evening
at candy breaking.
At Welcome Home next Sunday
there will be Sunday school at 2:30
and Rev. Gladdin will preach at 3
o'clock. Everybody is welcome.
Mrs. OWE Kessler Of Alabama,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. b. H. Bar
ton, Sr., will spend month or two
with her parents and many friends.
Stop the mosquito from breeding
by draining all pools of water and
punch holes in all empty cans and
buckets laying around filled with
water.
J. A. Cotfey, who holds good posi-
ton at the Golf Bros Gamble store.
is now building fine garage at his
home and viii bring home soon fine
automobile.
Thomas Lee Of Oklahoma, has lately
bought a half interest in the Liberty
Cafe. with II. L. Bowen. They expect
to increase their stock and make bust
ness boom.
John Keeton. who lost his nice farm
house and all the contents by fire
some two weeks ago, has decided to
build nice Broom modern bungalow
as soon as he can get material and
labor to build it.
w. M. Hansard left Cove last
week by the way of Texarkana, ST.
Louis and Chicago, and visited with
his son, Lloyd, at Great Lakes, H.,
for few days, and returned home by
way of Kansas City. Mr.. Hansard
enjoyed his trip very much.
Will Hogue of the Cove Lumber
Company will leave Wednesday morn
ing with his wife, who has not been
well for the last last two months, and
make an overland trip across the
mountains to Hot Springs and his
wife may stay all summer if the
change proves helpful to her.
The dipping Of cattle in Polk coun-
ty has been hindered very much this
season. In this section of the county
watts have been blown up. Why is
this? 1t is farmers money wasted.
This should not be. At this time Of
the year the farmers cannot spare
the time to build more dipping watts.
Cove has splendid shipping mar
ket for everything the farmer has to
sell. We have a market today for
strawberries, gooseberries. cherries,
green apples, new peas, new beans,
new onions, radishes, huckleberries,
blackberries. cucumbers and canta-
loupes, or anything you have to sell,
bring it to Cove.
At the Calvary Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
Sunday school Bro. ]. c. Allen. Supt.
Fine singing. Everybody come out
and help Cove to be a Sunday school
town. Rev II. E. Nixon will be back
the following Sunday s..,s. don I for
ger ne Is the singer
There was a few members of the
Cove Fruit and Truck Growers Asso-
citation at the meeting Saturday. They
report fair stand of cucumbers and
cantaloupes. Several placed their
orders for cantaloupe crates. We have
about 5000 crates ordered, about half
what the farmers will need. You who
have not ordered get busy now. The
car will be ordered this week.