85 Polk County men were at the train station ready to be sent to Camp Pike when orders came through canceling the movement of the draftees. These men barely missed going to war in World War I.
Mena Star
November 11, 1918 (list appeared in Mena Star on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1939)
James
Fred Anderson, Mena
Frank
Louis Strauss, Mena
Fay
Keeton, Cove
Herman
Ernest Dodson, Hatfield
George
Clayton Kendricks, Electra, Texas
James W,
Dagenhart, Hatfield
Willie
Thomas Reed, Waters
Jessie
Ernest Howell, Opal
Dewy
Ernest Meek, Mena
Jeff J. Wear,
Falkville, Alabama
Henry
Franklin Herring, Grannis
John
Allen Dover, Hatfield
William
Helter Littlepage, Hatfield
Joseph
Marion Philpot, Egger
George
Washington Crane, Hatfield
Sila
Benjamin Tibbs, Shady
Andrew
Edward Graf, Mena
Frank
Albert Harkey, Heavener, Oklahoma
William
Bryan Martin, Mena
Bunyard
Elliott, Board Camp
Sidney
Elvis McBride, Mena
Loomis
Virgil Casteel, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Luther
Thomas Voister, Bijou Hills, S.D.
James
Everett Harrison, Board Camp
James
Butler Felts, Wickes
Ed May,
Page, Oklahoma
Carl
FilmorePirtle, Mena
Bert
Dilbeck Mullins, Mena
Columbus
Washington Weeks, Vandervoort
Lewis
Lemuel Eubanks, Mena
Millard
Tillman Vaught, Mena
David
Henderson Wilhite, Mena
William
Burl McDonald, Grannis
Russ
Randolph, Mena
Albert
Benett Titsworth, Mena
Ivan
Franklin Gann, Mena
Herman
Oliver Herring, Hatfield
Fred C.
Embry, Mena
Fred
William Smith, Wickes
Roy
Philpot, Egger
George V.
Fried, Mena
William
P. Jones, Mena
Thomas
James Ryan, Egger
Robert
Lyles Sale, Mena
John Iley
Nichols, Hatfield
William
Ray Rogers, Gillham
Louis
Larnce Brun, Vandervoort
Marvin
Hendricks, Mena
Claud
McCurdy, Mena
Roman
Arthur Eeds, Opal
Harvey
Alexander Williams, Wichita Falls, Texas
Harve
Kniffen, Cove
Johnnie
Wesley Hughes, Opal
Jesse
Leen Lackey, Cove
Myron Wesley
Wood, Mena
General
A.D. Myers, Kansas City, Kansas
James
Arthur Herring, Wickes
Olen
Jacob Standridge, Opal
Benjamin
Emit Lein, Hartley
Jessie
Holdman Harrison, Mena
Henry
Jefferson Waller, Grannis
Sidney
Almer Towery, Cove
Allen
Roe, Egger
William
McCurdy, Mena
John
Richard Jones, Hartley
Robert
Franklin Arnold, Hatfield
Alvin
Evan Davis, Alder
Frank Lee
Rabb, Mena
Carl
Thomas Furr, Egger
Fredie
Ray Turner, Hatfield
Manning
Calvin Cochran, Hatfield
Captain
Powell, Hatfield
James
Charles Standridge, Opal
Marquis
Lafayette Miller, Board Camp
George
Washington McClain, Mena
Clifford
Terrell Beavers, Mena
Wesley
William Standridge, Opal
Carl
Harris, Hatfield
Jesse
Albert Sutton, Heavener, Oklahoma
George
Louis Johnson, Grannis
John Ben
Chambers, Egger
James
Keyes, Board Camp
Bert May,
Mena
Glenn
Hungate, Grannis
James
Massey, Hatfield
Luther
Elvis Nichols, Mena
Dickey
LeRoy Branch, Cove
Willard
Henderson, Hatfield
James
Hampie Heath, Board Camp