The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-07-08
PERSONAL NOTES

! Russell and Jack McClelland came
up from Wickes and spent the Fourth
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lawrence and
family left Monday for a weeks visit
with homefolks at Shady.
G. w. Jones of DeQueen came to
Mena Tuesday and secured license
to wed Mrs. Rodia Stafford of Mena.
County Clerk viii Alexander has
issued a marriage license to <. C.
Poulsen and Miss Maud Clay, both of
Mena.
J. M. Taylor, Big Forks single
manufacturer, was in Mena Monday
with B. E. Roberts, delivering shin
giles to local dealers.
]. H. Maddox, in from Rocky Tues
day, stated that the rain in the west
end was not as heavy as desired, and
was hoping for more.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Yeo and son,
Jack, of Marysville, Mo-, are in Mena
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Cox.
Mrs. Yeo is a sister of Mrs. Cox.
Mrs. viii Hays and children of
Cove, arrived in Mena Thursday after
noon to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Trout. She is a sister of Mrs. Trout.
Miss Mary Patton, former Mena
girl, but now residing at Tulsa, Ok,
is visiting Mrs. Clara Haskins Miss
Patton is a recent graduate of the
Tulsa high school.
Mrs. Grady Hand returned Thurs
day morning from a visit with home
folks at fellville. She was accompa-
MED home by her brother, Ike Emery,
who will spend the summer in Mena.
Mr.. and Mrs A. L. Johnson of Sem
mole, Ok, former residents of Polk
county, are visiting old time friends
and relatives in Mena and vicinity.
Mr.. Johnson is former deputy sher-
lift of Polk county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Hays, who have
been living at Fogel, Ok, have moved
to Old Potter, where Mrs. Hays will
teach the summer term of school
which opens July IL.
Mrs. j. S. Smith and daughters, the
Misses Elizabeth and Helen, former
residents of Mena, but now living at
Shreveport, stopt off in Mena Wednes-
day afternoon while enroute to Cali
fornia, and greeted friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Embry and FAM
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Goss and
family left Friday in motor cars for
/ Hot Springs, where they will make an
extended sojourn. Mr.. Embry plans
to remain at the Springs at least
three weeks.
/ Arthur Carter has purchased the
$3.50 cold drink stand on DeQueen
street from j. ID. York, and with his
wife will enlarge the stock and pre-
pane for an increased business. The
young man was formerly in the over
seas service.
r. B. Lane of Two-Mile neighbor-
hood was in Mena Thursday bringing
III Uncle Ben Whitehead, who left on
the afternoon train for Little Rock,
where he is to enter the old soldiers
home. Uncle Ben will soon observe
his S2d birthday.
When he found the fishing wasn't
! very good and the folks he went to
visit still busy with crops, S. /. Wood
and children cut short their trip to
{, Montgomery county and returned
home. Mr.. Wood found conditions for
good corn crop most promising.
Will Holt, youth charged with
completely in a robbery at Hatton, and
\ who has been in the county Jail for
several weeks, was given hearing
bfore Judge Finger in the juvenile
court Friday morning and sentenced
to year in the reform school at Lit
tie Rock.
Mrs. Ova Stewart, nee Lloyd, a
former resident of Wickes, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Goolsby.
Mrs. Stewart had been employed in
the government service at Washing
ton, and will remain in Mena until
her husband joins her, which will be
in about week.
(, Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Syler. Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. r. Fox, Mr.. and Mrs. w. l..
Webb, composed an auto party from
Santa Rosa, N. NJ, that stopt in Mena
Monday and hope to find home some
where in this section. They heard Of
Mena thru a friend who had visited
here, and decided to investigate for
! themselves.
The first July Wedding in Mena was
performed Thursday morning at the
courthouse, the contracting couple be-
ing Chester c. Brown and Miss Della
Garman, both residents of Cove. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
F. F. Harrell of the M. e. Church,
South. The bride gave her age as
10 years, while the groom is %.
Edwin Mollett, who lives east of
Mena, was in the city Thursday to
!, take No. A for McPaul, Ia, where he
will help relatives during wheat har-
vest Mr.. Mollett, who, with his wife,
came to Polk county some months ago
from Montana, believes farmers here
do not use large enough work animals
or tillage implements in their farm
ing.
Among the OUT flown visitors
who spent quiet Fourth in Mena,
were the following, who were guests
at the Antlers: Mr.. and Mrs. M. r.
Jones, DR.. and Mrs. F. d. BEETLE and
daughter; Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Kizer,
| all from Texarkana; Mr.. and Mrs. F.
S. Waters of Shreveport, and Mr.. and
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