The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-13

------~~~-,~~~~~~->>--~--7>~~~ PERSONAL NOTES
 Robert Smith of Cove was a visitor in Mena Tuesday.
 Mrs. B. Gibson of Hatfield was a Mena visitor Tuesday
 A. A. Mckenzie, merchant at Wat Waters wa in Mena Tuesday on Ousi-
 Circuit Clerk W. L. Parker was called to Fort Smith Monday as a witness in the federal court.
 Luther Cummings of Hatfield was looking after business matters and greeting friends in Mena Tuesday.
 Rev. and Mrs. w. l.. Glaze, living on Second street, are the parents of a baby girl, who arrived at their home Monday.
 B. L. Brown of Ink was in Mena NlOHudy anu ScCuEeu mdFTidRe H. cense to wed Miss Esther Davis, who resides near Egger.
 A. c. Sims, who has been located at Memphis for some months past, has disposed of business interests there and returned to Mena
 Mir. and Mrs. w. T. Morphew and Ellis Morphew of Big Fork were in Mena Monday enroute to their new home at Comanche county, Tex.
 Mrs. Lige Horner, after visit in Mena with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. R. B. Board, left Sunday on her re- turn journey to her home at Weiser, Idaho.
 T. H. Duke. Sr., arrived in Mena Monday morning to visit his sons. Fred. s. w. and T. H. Duke, Jr., and surprised them by his unexpected ar rival
 D. M. Watkins and son, Ed, left Sunday for Marlin, Tex, where they will join Mrs. Watkins and later go further south to some point on the gulf coast
 Martha Jones, an orphan girl liv- ing at Grannis, was awarded to the care of Mrs. Andy Coyle by Judge H. W. Finger in the juvenile court Tues day morning.
 k. C. Proctor and family are to be- come residents of Mena again and are moving from their farm to property on west Reeves street, bought last week from E. D. Ellsworth.
 Eight persons, three women and five men, took the examination for clerk-carrier at the postoffice, Satur- day. The tests were in charge of F. M. Reeves, civil service examiner.
 The Rev. John P. Costello, of Fort Wayne, Ind. closed a successful mis- sion at St. Agnes church Sunday and left on the afternoon train for Fort Smith, where he will conduct services this week.
 Herbert Turner, living at Old Pot ter, was in Mena Monday and secured from County Clerk W. K. Anderson a license to wed Miss Stella Lowther, who also lives in the Old Potter neighborhood.
 L. E. Curtis left Monday afternoon for Uvalde county, Texas, where he expects to look after business inter ests before returning to Mena to re- join his family in their new home on Bethesda Springs road
 MT. and Mrs. P. s. Christy and children of Chandler, O., arrived in Mena Sunday and will make their home on the Maxwell farm, west of the city. MT. Chandler is an uncle of Henry Christy of Mena.
 H, F. Burlington of Little Rock, representative of the federal good roads bureau, returned to Mena Mon- day to direct the engineering work on the government road to be built thru the Foran Gap in the national forest
 Charles Clemens of Norborne. Mo, after visit of day with Mrs. G. P. Dunman, left Monday afternoon for his home. He is Mrs. Dunman's un- cle, and was so delighted with Mena that he is expected to return at a )eter date.
 J. A. Irby, stockman-farmer of Black Springs, drove over to Mena Monday, bringing with him Mrs. James Jeffrey and son, Frank, who had been visiting relatives and friends at Black Springs and Glen wood, and were on their way to their home at Wilburton. Ok.
 Hurlburt Turner and Miss Stella Lowther, members of we'll known fam lilies living in the Old Potter neigh borhood surprised relatives and friends Monday by quietly coming to Mena to wed. The marriage ceremony was performed at the courthouse by Coun- ty Judge H. W. Finger.
 Mena friends of Mrs. Virgil Hill, former resident of the city, have re- ceived word of the accidental death of Mir. Hill at Shawnee, Ok, some weeks ago. According to the report received in Mena Mir. Hill was struck by bicy- cle while crossing a street and re- ceived injuries that caused his death
 J. M. Burnett, Gurley Hale and J. K. Mount left Tuesday morning for Fort Smith to attend Federal court, havinU hpan cnnraonAd fo co,-ya o,,