The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-31

WEEKLY STAR. MENA. ARK THU last visited in Polk county, and he found so many changes it did not seem like the same country to him. However, he found few old time friends still living in this vicinity. H. J. Summit, who lives near Sims, Montgomery county, was in Mena Wednesday to secure farm sup plies.
 Wilburn Philpot, merchant at Egg ger, was in Mena Tuesday enroute to McAlester, Ok. to visit friends and relatives.
 l FRIDAY MORNING, 9 to 10 only one to customer. No, l tubs, soc; No. tubs, soc; No 3 tubs, 75c. Wat kins l.. &M Co.,, Hatfield pl14
 Ben Goolsby received word Tuesday evening of the serious illness of his mother at Parks, Scott county, and left that night for her home. 1 Mrs. B. Shaw or Antlers, Ok, .s in Mena to be with her mother, Mrs. L. C. Thuma, on West Miller avenue, and arrange for taking the latter to her home in Oklahoma.
 FISH POND WEDNESDAY April 6, 9:30 to 10:30 at Watkins l.. & M. Co 25c to fish and you get your moneys worth. pl.-14
 William F. Cleckler, cashier of the First State Bank of Smithville, which will open at Smithville May 1, was a Mena visitor Wednesday looking after matters pertaining to the bank. Miss Carrie May Wilson, who had been the guest of Miss Clyrene Har- rison and other Mena friends, left resume her studies at the state uni versity.
 1 Miss Winne Cato of Egger, is one of the youngest brides of the year in this vicinity. She is Is years old and County Clerk Anderson issued li- cense Tuesday that will permit her to wed Ranza Mourton, aged 26, of Egger.
 Holland & Ussery who had been operating a home manufactory of candy on South Mena street, have closed out the business. MT. Holland and family left for Glenwood, Ark, while MT. and Mrs. Ussery departed Tuesday for Breckinridge, Tex. Choctaw flour, 100 pounds for SAYS Q ..1- -pl.-14 C. w Broyles, county farm agent, arrived home Friday afternoon from 1 Little Rock, where he attended the conference of agricultural workers of the state and also the meeting for the organization of a cotton marketing | association.
 SUGAR, 12 pounds for $1 a, Wat kins L. & M Go. pl.-14 Aaron Beck of Dodge City, Kas., who is making his first visit to Polk county, was in the city Monday He met his cousin, Bob Gore, whom he has not seen for 22 years. Mir. Beck will also visit his sister, Mrs, H. E. Au@as, near Ink.
 
 l Mir. and Mrs. K. W. Bales of Fore 1 man came up Saturday for a visit with the parents of the former, Nj and Mrs. Tom Bales. The young folks were married at Foreman just before coming to Mena, and on Sunday the groom became a member of the | Presbyterian church of this city. |
 | James A. Slote of the Pines Planta- tion, Hatfield, was with Mena friends 1 Saturday remaining for Easter serv- | ices Sunday. Mir. Slote says that at | this time an ordinary frost would be fatal to peaches and many other fruit
 crops He says his early strawberries, T. T. Sumner, the new owner of the Whiteway barber hsop on Mena street, went to Texarkana Monday and met his wife and baby. who were en- route from their old home at Mag lnolia to Mena. Mr Sumner and fam | ilv arrived on No. A. They will live at Eleventh street and Jansen ave
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 Mrs. D. R. Jones of Fessenden. N. Dsk.. who had been visiting her brother near Board Camp, left Mon day afternoon for Henryetta, Ok, where she will visit before returning to her northern home. Mrs. Jones is the daughter of "Slate" Jones. who years ago was interested in the slate mines east of Mena.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. Spencer Kelly arr rived early Saturday morning from Albuquerque, N M., to spend few days with the formers father, Judge J. S. Kelly, who has been critically ill at "The Boulders.' Judge Kelly still is in serious condition, but hopes of his recovery are growing with family and the physicians.
 Mrs. Hattie Neal, living near Opal, was adjudged to be in need of mental treatment in the county court Satur- day and was taken Sunday to the state hospital at Little Rock She was accompanied on the trip to the insti- tuition by John Rials and Mrs. NJ. E. Robinson.
 1 Mir. and Mrs. George S. Eddy, who have made their home in Mena for more than year past. left Saturday for Los Angeles, Calif., to live. MT. Eddy has been engaged in numbering for some years near Horatio, but made Mena the location for the family