The Mena weekly star., 1921-05-05
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MISS days last week visiting friends m Mena.
 Pupils of Prof Bowman's room en- loved a picnic dinner and ball game the last day of school.
 Rev. Rowe of Mena preached to his congregation at this place Sunday, following Sunday school
 Clayton Kincaid left Monday for Fort Smith, where he plans on enlist ing in Uncle Sam's navy.
 The pie supper for the boys and girls clubs was well attended and started their fund with $9.50.
 Hester Henson of Mena came out for the close of school and spent sev- eral days with friends in the neigh borhood.
 Two enjoyable affairs recently for the young folks. also for some not so young, were parties at the McWiliiam and the Alstatt homes.
 Mrs. Harry Petefish, who went to Fort Smith for treatment for a felon on her thumb, is still having some trouble with the member.
 Jackson Hogan recently made trip 10 l4lAtie roCH to uttatt Eo 1li CN1thht ation by government physicians in re- gard to claim for compensation.
 Mir. Dagenhart of Baker Springs IS the third teacher to be engaged by the school board for the ensuing year His position being the intermediate room.
 Miss Ethel Haskins of Mena, who recently spent Saturday and Sunday with Dorothy Bowman came out again to be present at the closing exercises of school.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ed Mathis and son have pulled up stakes and moved, af- ter nine months of tent life near the school grounds. They will be con eiderably missed.
 Archie Barron returned Sunday from Houston, Tex, where he had gone to stand physical examination preparatory to taking course of treatment for tuberculosis.
 County Superintendent Morden, ac- companied by Mrs. Morden and little Martha Jane, also by the Misses Utz, Patton and Bennett, came out Friday night for the closing of the school.
 William Pettigrew's friends are pleased to hear of his getting home aeain after his long stay in the hos pital at Fort Smith, but hope that he will soon be able to lay aside those ,cratches
 Mir. and Mrs. Kenworthy and family and Mir. and Mrs. Ed Mathis and son expect soon to leave by auto for points southwest New Mexico, Arizona and perhaps eventually Southern Califor- mia is looked forward to as the prob- able destination
 Friday afternoon, May 13, the sec- 0nd Friday, is the regular meeting day Ser the boys and girls clubs. Boys and girls please be remembering this by doing your work well so as to have sn good report, and don't forget to at tend the meeting.
 Preparation is being made for the annual observance next Sunday, May IS, of Decoration day and Children's day and Mothers day at Owens Chap el and cemetery. All are invited to be present and help make this day the same success as has been in former years.
 Next Saturday night, May :, being the regular monthly meeting night of the Farmers Community Club a pro- gram for pleasure and profit is being prepared. The annual election of of ficers will take place. Special music and speaking have been arranged for and good attendance is desired.
 The usual large assembly of pupils patrons and friends gathered to listen 10 the program at the close of school Friday night. Enjoyable music on organ and violin was rendered byl Mrs. F. F. Montier and Ed Mathis Ethel McWilliam contributed two numbers Mir. Edgan Moves demon strated his ability as an entertainer m a reading from Mark Twain's "Tn- nocents Abroad7 and a clever story. County Supt Morden delivered an en- couraging and helpful talk to the eighth grade graduates and the com anunity in general The names of the 70 pupils completing the eighth grade are as follows: Dorothy Bowman. Reha Anderson, ,Thelma Swiger, ,Aileen McWilliam. Madge Rnon. E;;s;fs. Crawford, Ruth Newsom. Ethel Car mon, Lonnie Barron and Dale Barron Thursday afternoon, May i2. the second Thursday, is the day that the women of the community have chosen for their meeting It is desired that these meetings be instructive and pro- htabie, and full of interest for our busy women. It is proposed for this meeting to conduct practical demon- stration of the making of at least one of the farm home conven;enees for farm women after plans fully ex- plained in Bulletin 92T. The mater 1 lals will be assembled and Mrs. Aus tin will show us how. Some of these devices are fireless cooker, iceless re- | suEerator, fly trap, cookstove. drier i or evaporator, all of which can he constructed by women in their homes with the simplest of tools and trif- Ing. expense. All women are most cordially invited.
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