The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-09

| Kept the faith.
 There never before has been time
 in the community life of Mena when the citizenship could more truthfully
 and with more assurance use the fore
 going statement of the Apostle Paul
 than now after going thru the cam-
 paign for the location of the Western Assembly of the Methodist church,
 South. Everything that could have
 been done was done in the best pos
 sible way we knew how to do it. If
 there was any single thing overlooked | it has not come to light The way the
 citizenship rallied around the cam
 paign for stock subscriptions, the fine
 work done by the general committee
 and it's solicitors, the splendid pros pectus prepared by the technical com
 mittee, and the generous spirit of
 hospitality that rounded out the work of the entertainment committee all
 worked together for the good of the cause and the community. To cap
 this all, came that fine community
 dinner prepared and served by the la
 dies of the several churches under the direction of Mrs. T. O. Owen, as the general chairman. If there was any | thing lacking to convince the Com
 missioners and the representatives of | the other cities of the genuine com
 munity spirit and the good fellowship of the Mena people among themselves
 and toward the visitors within our gates there was no longer any doubt left after once the Commissioners, the other visitors and a bunch of Mena folks reached the Star hall where the
 banquet was held. The splendid din-
 ner, so excellently prepared and fault lessly served was the climax of the spirit of goodfellowship on the part of Mena folks. Then, came that fine display of wit and humor of the after dinner speeches in which Dr. George | s. Sexton, president of Centenary Col | lege carried away the honors in his | toast, "The Fun of Living"
 No, Mena has not yet been official | ly designated as the location for the Western Assembly of the Methodist church, South, but on the big calendar hanging in the Commercial Club of | flee there is a fine, clear, red ring I around the Is in March, designat- ing that day as a red letter day | for Mena. On March 15 the Com l missioners will reconvene at Fort Smith, and at that time a final deci- sion will be made. Until the last
 vote is cast, Mena is in the race, and after the race, is over and Mena per- chance should fail to win the coveted | prize, there will be no turning back | in the community effort and spirit that has been created by this move
 ment. This getting together and all
 working for he same thing has dem- onstrated to Mena folks that we can | do anything we want to do, if only
 we get together; and if nothing more l should come to Mena out of this As | sembly campaign it will be worth to the community hundred fold what it
 has cost in money and effort. 1t is
 the finest thing that could have hap pened to Mena, and even should we in the end fail to land the Assembly, we must continue to say with Paul and say it with force and fullness of
 heart, q have fought good fight, I
 have finished my course, I have kept 1 the faith"
 It is a matter of pardonable pride to say to the people of Mena that after the close of the presentation of
 Mena's proposition before the Assem-
 bly, Commissioners and after reap
 bearing before them following the supper hour to clear up one point. there took place a sort of love feast,
 Metbodists will understand what that
 means, in which several of the Com
 missioners were free to say that not
 only in their experience in this As
 sembly movement, but in other ex-
 periences of business life there had
 never been presented to them such a
 complete statement of the outstand-
 ing advantages as had been done by
 the Mena folks, nor had a more con-
 else business proposition been pre-
 sented them. Mena did it's best, that
 is sure. Here is the concrete business proposition presented on behalf of
 Mena:
 Mena's Proposal.
 Mena, Ark, March 2, 1922. |