The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-09
Western Assembly
 Notes

ed in the development of Mena, re gently in writing friend in this city started out by saying, 'I wonder you folks know that a formal meet ing of the Western Assembly Com ssaissioners has been called for Men on March 2?" Then, he adds, whil not directly interested in Mena, thu he will be here on March to help d the boosting, 1t will be boosting tha counts, too. One of our own citizen must also have thought We wer asleep, for he dryly remarked afte the call had been made for the meet | ing of the Assembly Commissioner in Mena, ssWell, that's good, for if thu
 meeting were elsewhere we nigh forget the date.' Tonight will be tn, sspepr meeting, as the High schoo youngsters would characterize it. Th' spirit and the attendance will dem onstrate that we are very much alive and very much in earnest about tho Assembly project.
 It is true that Mena has not ex- plotted its advantages in elevation favorable climatic conditions, botf winter and summer, and the beautiful mountain scenery, or else one of the Western Assembly Commissioners would not have written thus:
 "Junaluska is located in the noun tains of North Carolina, with splen- did lake of water. with the houses suitably built around the edge of the mountains. would be glad if we could find similar location some where in the 0zarks."
 This member of the Commission has been invited to come to Mena ahead of the regular meeting of the Commission, and he has been assured that right here in Mena, up in the Ozarks," we have just the conditions for which he is longing for the Vest ern Assembly. He has accepted the invitation to be the guest of the city, and has promised that he will do his best to come before the meeting of the Commissioners in March.
 In making the official call for the meeting of the Western Assembly Commissioners at Mena on March 2, Dr. A. c. MilIar, chairman, reminded the members they were charged with a great responsibility and that there were great expectations He then tC1 tftt tHtiilHtEc tU tOfEit tO bitIA | cpared to stay until all business is satisfactorily completed. While Mena would be glad and willing to entertain the Commission for a week, or longer if necessary, yet we all hope that favorable decision will be reached beofre the Commission ad- journs on Thursday night, Macrh 2.
 s. c. Payne, Forest Ranger, in a telephone communication with the secretary of the Commercial Club, Wednesday night announced that he would have force of men in Mena sometime between the 10th and 18th Of February to begin work on the trail to the Peak. The plan is to have that portion of the trail completed over which the Commissioners will likely be taken to get the best view of the proposed Assembly ground. Mir. Payne states that work will be con- tinued on the trail until the limited appropriation is exhausted.
 Dr. George s. Sexton. president sf Centenary College at Shreveport, and Assembly Commissioner from the Louisiana Conference. will be in Mena soitltHiAt rQQH tU ibQk UfGI the AS- sembly site and to preach for the Rev. T. o. Owen of the First M. E. Church, South. An effort is being made to have him here on Sunday, February 12, and then the plan viii be to have union meeting at night.
 Mrs. M A. Stratton, mistress of The Boulders. was delighted upon looking over the list of Assembly Commissioners to find that among them was one who bore to her almost the same relation as a brother. It IS the Rev A. F. Smith of the Barnes Hospital at St. Louis. and representa- tive of the St. Louis Conference. Mena folks may be assured that Rev. Mir. Smith will know something about the fine qualities of Mena and Polk coun- ty, even before he comes, and if he fails to cast his vote in favor of Mena as the best location for the Western Assembly, it will not be because Mir. and Mrs. Stratton have failed to "play up" the advantages of their home city. The Rev. J. B. Swinney of Sedalia. commissioner of the Southwest Mis- souri Conference. is another acduaint- ance of Mir. and Mrs. Stratton.
 F. W. Tomlinson found in looking over the list of Assembly Commission CTS that he had good friend in the Texas Conference. Mena literature and letter has gone out thru Mir. Tomlinson to his Texas friend so that 1t will reach the Rev. MT. Hotchkiss.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. E. Leeper are other Mena folks who have found that they were closely in touch with one of the Commissioners of the Western As sesnbly. A very close friend Of Mrs. Leeper is steward in the church of Rev A. l. Moore at Memphis, Tex. one of the Commissioners of the Northwest Texas Conference.
 Rev. Forrey Hutchinson. pastor of the St. Luke's Methodist Church at Oklahoma City, Ok. when he arrives in Mena as Commissioner from the Western Oklahoma Conference. will have a hard time to decide where to be entertained while in Mena for their are so many of his friends here who will try to lay first claim on him.
 The entertainment committee is planning for a meetin~ tonight to start the program for taking care of the Commissioners and representa- tives of the other towns when they come to Mena on March 2.
 The general organization commit foe composed of K. Golf, Eugene Cox
 C. W. Petty are practically side 'raeklne private business in order to
 et things started for the big job of