The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10

halpn turner went to De Queen on Monday to bring back a new Ford for the Proctor-Smith company.
 Fred Salyers came ,over from his Montgomery county ranch Wednes- day, bringing cotton to the local mar ket.
 M. F. Lewis, since retiring from business, IS using his spare time to re- paint his home at Ninth and Walnut streets.
 Mrs. Curt Shields and Miss Willie Mount came down from Poteau Tues day and visited Mena relatives and friends.
 Tom Embry of Board Camp was in Mena Wednesday on his return home from months visit at Beaumont and other Texas points.
 John Wimberly and mother, who had been visiting relatives and friends in Mena and vicinity, left Monday for their home at Ashland, Ok.
 S. l. Wood and family, Miss Hazel Wood and Monroe Huddleston were in Montgomery county Tuesday to att tend the burial of Mrs. Woods broth CT, B. H. Huddleston. County Clerk Anderson was called upon Tuesday to mail a marriage h- cense to Wickes for the use of Oscar Gammons and Mrs. Ada Bryant, both residents of Wickes.
 Sam Pigg of Ashdown, who, with his family, was called to Potter be- cause of the serious illness of T. M. Hunsaker, Mrs. Pigg's father, was a Mena visitor Tuesday.
 Harold and Phil Daniels were at Grannis Monday with their big truck to move 2,400-pound safe from the former Bank of Grannis to the Plan ters State Bank in Mcna. Mrs. w. A. Wilson, who has been visiting relatives and friends at Lew isville and other Southern Arkansas points, returned home to Mena Mon- day afternoon after having been away for about month.
 Mrs. P. c. Rogers and son, Austin, are visiting friends in Mena for few
 
 in touch with the Mena happenings thru The Star, which comes to her home in Ozark school district.
 Miss Wilma Sterner left for Tex arkana Wednesday morning in re- sponse to telegram that her services were needed as nurse for Mrs. J. 0. Standridge of Egger, who is in Tex arkana to undergo an operation.
 James J. Wheeler and Mrs. Iodie T. Bush, both residents of Vandervoort, were at County Clerk Anderson's off, flee Tuesday and secured a marriage license. They returned to Wander voort for the wedding ceremony.
 Miss Wilma Sterner, who has been engaged as nurse at the W. N. Martin home for the past month and a half, has been released from duty, Miss Goldie Martin being the last of the patients to remain in bed, and she is convalescing nicely.
 Mrs. Mary B. Wigstrand left Tues day afternoon for Fort Smith to at- tend the burial of Mrs. Clifton Breck- enridge. wife of Col. Breckenridge, i, and prominent resident of the bor- der city. Mrs. Wigstrand is cousin of Colonel Breckenridge.
 Ike Grant and c. A. Fuller, who have been acting as relief operators pairing to go to Rich Mountain and take steady "sits.' MT. Grant will act as agent at the mountain station rd M.. ErrII Ia,. k.> A,-.< .<J~ man.
 Local interest in the oil test now un- derway at Bonneville was revived on Tuesday when word was received in Mena that the drillers are confident they will strike oil within the next 200 feet of drilling. Several Mena resi- dents have holdings close to the Bonneville we'll.
 A. K. Fretz has returned for a few days at home after a trip to Mus kogee and other points west He expects to return to Oklahoma soon, however, and continue into Kansas for few weeks. He says it is very dry in Oklahoma, stock water being scarce and hard to get.
 MT. and Mrs. A. Quirk of Parsons, Kas., left Tuesday afternoon for Atchison, Kas., accompanying the re- mains of Mrs. Quirk's father, F. M Kinds, to that place for burial. Mr. Quirk is chief clerk to the general manager of the M. K. & T. railroad, and is located at general headquar- ters at Parsons.
 A party of four young men from Long Pine, Neb., who had been look ing over Polk county realty, returned to their home Monday afternoon, we'll pleased with their first visit. The vis- itors came as a result of correspond ence with the Ford Real Estate Agen- cy, and before leaving for home ar ranged for a return visit of longer duration. The quartet consisted of F. A. and E. S Cox, J. K. Miller and E. H. Kasselhuth.
 Eugene Twiford of Acorn, veteran of the Spanish-Americaf war and member of the Frank Fried post, American Legion, who attended the big convention at Kansas City, is back home and is one of the most enthusiastic boosters of the Legion, and he feels Polk county did not do her full part, in that she did not send enough members to the conven- ton. He is going to work hard to have his county do better at New Orleans next year.
 
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