The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-23

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 M. H. Doty of Bog Springs was a Mena visitor Saturday
 Tom Frye of Grannis was in Mena Friday looking after business mat ters.
 II Tom Nix left Thursday for De Queen to take a place as chef at the Dixie Cafe.
 Attorney Duke Frederick was in Wickes Saturday to attend hearing | in local court.
 Holder Williams of Ashland, Ok. return home Friday after short visit with Mena friends.
 George Miller, one of the old time settlers in the Rocky community was a Mena visitor Friday
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 Ed York has gone to Broken Bow to be with his family, who are visiting relatives in the Oklahoma town.
 Little Miss Natalie Magruder, who has been ill the past two months, is now able to sit up little each day.
 Young Mckinney left Thursday af- ternoon for Conway to look after farming interests in Faulkner coun- lty.
 Earl Warner, who had been visiting his brother, Will Warner, near Rocky, was in Mena Friday on his return home at Sayre, Ok.
 Bill" Wylie came in from the wilds on the Cossatot Friday to spend the weekend with Mena friends, his first visit of the winter.
 The Proctor Smith company on Sat urday delivered new Ford truck to L. W. Hall of Hatfield, who will use it in his merchandise business.
 Mrs. M. L. Poe of Tulsa has come to Mena to be with her mother, Mrs. I. N. Lane, who is seriously i'll at her home in the south part of the city. Roland Miller, who lives near Board Camp was in Mena Friday, and among other farm products he had to sell was some extra good homegrown to- bacco.
 c. w. Broyles, former county farm agent, left Wednesday afternoon for Texarkana, and will probably go on to Memphis to look after business mat ters before returning to Mena.
 R. D. Davis, A. B. Marsh and T. N. Crowder were members of a party of Oklahoma farmers living near Octa- via who were in Mena Friday getting supplies from local merchants.
 George Roberts, who lives across the state line near Big Cedar, was in Mena Friday to get medicinal pre- scriptions needed for his little daugh- ter, who was severely burned some weeks ago.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles k. Butler, who lives close to the boundary line between Pike and Montgomery coun- ties, were in Mena Thursday and Fri day buying different supplies needed at their home place.
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 Dick Standifer. who has been work ing in the oil fields at Haynesville, La, has returned home to Mena. Recent rains have made the roads so muddy in the oil fields, work is almost at standstill, Mir. Standifer reported on his arrival home.
 D. M. Lay, special agent for the Kansas City Southern, and known to wounded by holdup man in Kansas City few days ago. Lay refused to "stick 'em up" and was shot while at- to draw his gun. A. B. Cupp and Brice Tinney, con tractors of Nashville, Ark. were in Mena Saturday visiting local ac- quaintances and getting acquainted with local conditions with view to submitting bids for the building of the new high school building. Neil Brashier of Little Rock coni- bined business and pleasure trip by spending the week end in Mena. He was the guest of his cousins, Mrs. | Carl Whisenant and Miss Verna Carnes. This being his first trip to Mena the young man was surprised to .SiIas L. Brooks, who for the past three years has been janitor Fat the courthouse, has resigned his place and has been succeeded by Henry Clark. Mir. Brooks is now in his 80th year and feels that he is entitled to devote his time to less strenuous work. J. A. Peters, who lives near Big Cedar, Ok, was in Mena Friday visit ing friends and relatives and looking after matters of business. In order to keep posted on the happenings of the community, Mir. Peters ordered the Mena Star to continue coming to his home.
 Lemuel Starr and Miss Gertrude Hilton, two young residents of Mena, were quietly married Saturday night by Justice s. H Smith at the Smith