The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-09


 and intellectual. as we'll as the ma
 terinl advancement of the immediate
 vicinity. and in fact, in the entire
 county is very noticeable Then,
 MT. Stentz adds: You may rest as-
 sured that probably no one thing that
 could be secured for your city would mean quite so much. even from a bus
 mess standpoint, if this Western As-
 sembly progresses as has this one"
 Freauently the question is asked,
 What is the purpose of the Western
 Assembly of the M. F.. church,
 South ?" Here is what the purpose
 is at Lake Junaluska: Conference,
 training. inspiration, recreation and
 chautauuuap These are the attrac-
 tive features that are held out to vis-
 itors at Lake Junaluska, and the same
 things can be brought to pass in
 Mena. "Matchless scenery, fire lake, beautiful driveways, hotels, auditor
 ium, school and assembly buildings, tennis, baseball golf, bathing, fish ing, handsome cottages, unequalled advantages for recreation, enjoyment l and the improvement of the body, mind and soul"
 Charles A. Plymale, Forest Super visor with headquarters at Hot Springs, in a recent letter relative to the location of the Western Assembly at Mena, said among other things: Ut is very gratifying to me, as | know it must be to the citizens of Mena. to know that serious consider ation is being given the question of locating the Western Assembly of the Methodist church, South, at Mena. To- those who know Mena, who are famil- far with her surroundings and who have the proper appreciation of the highest type of citizenship, it would occasion no surprise that Mena is be- ing considered for the location of this great institution. Nature has dealt lavishly with Mena and the sur- rounding country, and intelligent peo- pie, inbued with the spirit of enter prise and progress, cannot afford to ignore and disregard the great ad- vantages which nature so bounteous- ly offers.'
 Mir. and Mrs. w. A. Finks are oth- CT Mena folks, who have found among the Western Assembly Commission CTS an old time friend in the Rev. J. B Swinney of SedaIia, Mo, one of the commissioners of the Southwest Mis- souri Conference Rev. Mir. Swinney will certainly know before coming to Mena that there are friends here to greet him on March 2.
 c. E. Hayes of Little Rock, G. c. Hardin of Fort Smith and l.. D. Mur- rell of Marshall, Mo, are the only laymen on the Western Assem- bly, Commission. The two former are we'll known in Mena. Mir. Hayes is a prominent business man in Little Rock, member of the Hayes-Thom- as Grain Company. Mir. Hardin is an attorney at Fort Smith, and in that capacity has been in Mena a number of times. In addition to looking after good law practice Mir Hardin has time to look after the superintendency of one of the largest Sunday schools in Fort Smith.
 No, the entertainment committee has not yet tackled the problem of as- | signing commissioners to the several homes that will be thrown open for the entertainment of these men while in Mena on March Q In fact, the
  gestion of Dr. A. c. Millar when he urged that in the entertainment there is to be no lost time on account of so- commissioners will need all the time possible to consider business"
 R. Golf, c. W. Petty and D. M. Watkins, constituting the committee appointed to manage, promote and control the financial plan for the Western Assembly, have decided to hold a mass meeting at the court house on Tuesday night at 7:30l o'clock. A speaker has been secured who will clearly, forcibly and earnest ly present the program that has been by the committee to finance the undertaking, and then, too, this speaker will give a glimpse into the future and portray the wonderful de- velopment materially, educationaIly and spiritually that will come to this thru the influence of the Western Assembly. There are many things that Mena people want to know about the Assembly project, and the committee is confident that all these points will be answered by the speaker as he discusses every phase of the proposition. The pastors of the several churches will be asked to an- nounce this general meeting from the pulpit next Sunday morning. Tn this it should be noted that Flu gene Cox, who had been named as a member of the general committee found it impossible at this time to give attention to work on account of the accident which has taken H. M. Frederick from his desk in the office of the Cox Investment Company. D. M. Watkins was selected to take the place of Mir. Cox.
 The committee appointed to gather information about climate. water, scenery, highway and railroad facilities and dozen or more things has been one of the most active local Assembly committees. The trio is composed of w. E. Holt, A. Mitchell and w. s. MacLafferty. They have six or eight individuals at work gath ering informaton which will then be be woven into one complete story of the advantage possessed by this com munity. In addition, the committee has had Engineer J. F. Haley at work making preliminary survey of the grounds in preparation for making plats and maps to show elevation, possibilities of a lake and other things that will make for