The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-23

Mrs. W. P. Cummings of Rocky spent the weekend in Mena with her parents, Col. and Mrs. W. Ii. Clover.
 Mrs. s. D. Allen returned to her home at Heavener Friday, after a visit of several days with relatives and friends.
 Rev. H. L. Waters is at Smithville, Ok, conducting a revival meeting and the pulpit at the Baptist church was occupied Sunday by Rev. Arlington, who is visiting in Mena.
 Ed Justice and family, former Polk county residents, but now living at Albion, Ok, reached Mena Friday on their way to Egger and Oden where they will visit relatives and friends.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Lacefeld are the parents of a baby girl, who ar rived at the home on Magnolia avenue Thursday night. The new girl is the ninth living child fer Mir. and Mrs, Lacefield.
 w. L. Pryor has resigned his place as custodian at Jansen Park, posi- ton he has held for the past five years. His place has been taken by c. V. Merriman, who will assist Com missioner D. E. Dodd in making the improvements planned for the park.
 Mir. and Mrs. ". k. Gibson of Atoka, Ok, are guests at the home of Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Kaylor at Bethesda Springs. They are here to seek location, and likely will become residents of Polk county. Mir. and Mrs. Gibson are the parents of J. E. Gibson, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Kaylor.
 Mrs. w. F. Alston, better known to Mena folks as Miss Eunice School field, has written Mena friends that she expects to reach Mena next Thurs day, from Fayetteville, where she has been visiting for several weeks. She will spend week or ten days with Mena friends before going to her home at Trees, La.
 F. B. Wallace of the Ozark Printing House returned Friday from a busi- ness trip to McAlester, Ok, where he made arrangements to take charge of the job department of the News-Capi- tol printing plant. He will leave some time next week to take up the work, but plans to return to Mena this fall. Mrs. Wallace and the children will re- main in Mena.
 c. J. Woodcock, former Polk coun- " resident, is visiting old friends in the Acorn vicinity. Mir. Woodcock is located at Kansas City, but more re- gently has been at Hot Springs for his health. He owns some Polk county real estate. and is of the belief that the oil field at Bonneville is even a stronger indication that Polk county will some day come in as one of the real oil fields of the state.
 
 Miss Rhea Piftle arrived Thursday afternoon from Tyler, Tex, to spend fortnight visiting her parents. Mir. and Mrs. Bert Pirtle, in the Dallas valley, and relatives and friends in Mena. Miss Pirtle since completing the course in telegraphy at Tyler Business College, has been made as- sistant in charge of the telegraphy de- partment, and in as much as the school is continuously in session, she gets lit- tie chance for vacation.
 When ]. A. Miller, living on Port Arthur avenue, learned that his son, J. A. Miller, IT,, living at Portland, Ore, was to be in Texas but couldn't spare time to visit home, he decided to meet the young man half way. Mr. Miller, Sr., accordingly left Friday af- ternoon for Houston, Tex, where he will visit his son while the latter looks after some business matters.
 Q. L. Cooper, former employe of The Star and now editor and owner of the Mansfield (Ark.) Messenger, writes to Mena for information rela- tive to the organization of Conner cial Club in his city. Mir. Cooper is a member of the committee to formulate constitution and bylaws, and is seeking for information helpful in that work.
 MT. and Mrs. J. F. Partain and three children, former residents of Spiro. who have been at Hot Springs for some months, came to Mena te see if the waters here would not benefit their health. They made the trip over land in hired truck and are now try ing to locate home somewhere in the city. The visitors were advised to try the water at Mena by a resi- dent who they met prior to going to Hot Springs.
 l.. T. Glover, son of Col. and Mrs. W. H. Glover. who had been spend- ing a furlough with homefolks in Mena, left Friday for Sen Pedro, Calif., where he reioins his fellow sailors on the U. s. S. Mississippi. The young man is one of the 1900 blue jackets on the great ship. He has I3 months yet to serve. and looks for ward to a trip to Australia in Septem- Der. Young Glover Is connected with the engineering force that has charge of the ice plant of the big vessel. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Patterson. son II. B. Patterson, and iauehter. Mrs J. H. Crabb, passed thru Mena Friday afternoon en route in an auto trir from Tulsa. Ok, to Texarkana. Mir and Mrs. Patterson were former resi-. dents of 0uachita township. fh:s county, but left Polk county eighteen years ago. having since lived in Texas and Oklahoma. They stopped in Nena long enough tn make funssfrv at1...