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Title: Article about streets in Mena, AR from 1919
Post by: bugo on May 31, 2014, 08:34:20 PM
http://archive.org/stream/menaarkansascity00unse/menaarkansascity00unse_djvu.txt
Title: Re: Article about streets in Mena, AR from 1919
Post by: Arkansastravelguy on May 31, 2014, 08:47:48 PM

Quote from: bugo on May 31, 2014, 08:34:20 PM
http://archive.org/stream/menaarkansascity00unse/menaarkansascity00unse_djvu.txt
My gf is in Mena today for her grandfathers funeral. He was Police Chief of Mena for awhile


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Title: Re: Article about streets in Mena, AR from 1919
Post by: bandit957 on May 31, 2014, 09:00:04 PM
It makes no mention of Bert Street.

"Hey Bert!"

"What is it, Ernie?"
Title: Re: Article about streets in Mena, AR from 1919
Post by: bugo on May 31, 2014, 11:14:43 PM
Quote from: Arkansastravelguy on May 31, 2014, 08:47:48 PM

Quote from: bugo on May 31, 2014, 08:34:20 PM
http://archive.org/stream/menaarkansascity00unse/menaarkansascity00unse_djvu.txt
My gf is in Mena today for her grandfathers funeral. He was Police Chief of Mena for awhile.

My mom knew him.
Title: Re: Article about streets in Mena, AR from 1919
Post by: bugo on May 31, 2014, 11:26:21 PM
The main points of this article:

- Sutherland used to be Southerland.  I remember when they made the change, which was probably in the 1990s

- US 71 is known as Pickering.  I think Pickering was "decommissioned" about the time that Mena went to 911 addresses

- AR 8 south of US 71 is shown as Peach Tree.  It was later Monroe and changed to Morrow in perhaps the late '80s

- Bagley, Brush, Ewing, Hobson, 13th and 14th streets once existed
Title: Re: Article about streets in Mena, AR from 1919
Post by: Avalanchez71 on May 31, 2014, 11:34:19 PM
It appears that just one township is in the directory as only one "justice" and one "constable" is mentioned.  It appears that the city had an established police department by this time in lieu of a town marshal or town constable.  I see that all of the other elected officials were billed separate but the constable and the justice of the peace just had constable and justice next to their names in the actually directory.