The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-12-30

PERSONAL NOTES
Fay Keeton OF Cove, was in Mena
Monaay on business.
Mrs. Grace Mershon of Fort Smith,
snent Christmas with Mena relatives.
w. o. Edwards and Monroe Stan
bridge of Opal, were Mena visitors
Thursday.
Mrs. Ed Dean has returned from
visit with relatives at points IN east
ern Arkansas.
marriage license was granted on
Wednesday to Archie Silvey and Miss
Fannie Colley, both residents OF Cove.
DIR. F. A. Norwood of Lockesburg,
is in Mena to spend Christmas with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Nor
wood.
Miss Ollie Roop and Mrs. George
White were among the residents OF
Page, who were shopping in Mena
Thursday.
NANNY Fryer, former Polk county
resident. but now located at Seminole,
Ok, was in Mena Friday greeting old
time friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Rowe were in
Mena Monday enroute to their home at
Caddo Gap, from a Christmas visit
with relatives at Stapp, Ok.
The Polk County Farm Bureau has
arranged to hold regular monthly
meetings and has selected the second
Monday in each month as the time.
w. A. Fink left Monday morning
for Clinton, Mo-, where he will make
his home, having returned to his for
mer position nj the bank at that place.
Miss Ruth Robbins, who has been
teaching at Bristow, Ok, arrived
home Thursday afternoon for a holt
day vacation in Mena with her moth
er.
Miss Bessye Roberts and brother,
Wilbur, arrived from Fayetteville
Friday, to spend Christmas with their
father, G. w. Roberts, and Mena
friends.
Miss Fannie Wise has gone to
Tyler, Tex, to spend the holidays
with Miss Rhea Pirtle She will also
visit friends at Omaha, Tex, before
returning to Mena.
Deputy Sheriff Will Reeves brought
Sol Burk of Grannis to Mena for con-
finement in the county jail until
Wednesday, when Burk is to be given
hearing before Justice Tolle.
Miss VeIma Holman, teacher of the
eighth grade in the Central school,
left Thursday to spend the holidays
with home folks at Ola, Ark. She
will return in time to take up her
school work on Monday, January g.
Miss Toka Anderson, who has been
teaching at Forest City, Ark, and
Alton Anderson, who attends Okla
homa University at Norman, Ok, ar
rived home Thursday afternoon to
spend their holiday vacations in Mena
Jerry Balm has exchanged farm
near Board Camp for a 10-acre subur-
ban home in Mena, getting the pro-
perty of Mrs. Mary Walton in the
east part of the city. The trade was
arranged by the Fair real estate
agency.
Mrs. w. II. Miller and little daugh-
ter of Litchfield, Neb., who had been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bell in
Posey Hollow, left Wednesday for Mt
Ida to spend the holidays with her
parents. Mrs. Miller is a sister of
Mrs Bell
Clyde Whisenant, who arrived in
Mena for a Christmas visit with rela-
tIves, has established a new gin re-
cord at Heavener. To date the gin
has turned out 1400 bales of cotton.
lettering the best previous seasons
turnout by more than 100 bales.
E. p Twiford Of the Acorn neigh
borhood says that the people of Scott
county are up in arms because Gov
ernor Brough kept Alvin Hughes from
receiving punishment in the electric
chair, in accordance with the verdict
of the jury. They say that the cleo
trio chair had as well be converted in
to kindling wood, since it cannot be
used to punish murderers.
Mrs. H. t. Choice, sister of Mrs.
i. A. Still, guest for the last several
weeks of Mr.. and Mrs. Still at Plat
eau Fruit Farm, left Thursday for her
home at Palestine, Tex. She was ac-
companied on the home trip by her
mother, Mrs. Darby, who had been
with Mr. and Mrs. Still, since they
came from 0verton, Tex, last spring,
but will now make her home with her
daughter at Palestine.
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Sheriff ]. A. Thornton arrived
rome Friday from Springfield. Mo.
where he was witness for the state
in the trial Of Clyde Calentine,
charged with auto stealing. The
prisoner was convicted and sentenced
TO five years in the Missouri peniten-
tiary. It is said the Mena officials
testimony was the convincing Ink in
the prosecution. Calentine passed
thru Mena in the stolen car, and Sc