The true northerner. [volume], January 31, 1919, Image 1

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George Murch of Mattawan was in
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tJT Alva' Bowley has been mustered
wt of Military service and is at
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l-The' Koyal Neighbors will' hold
ihrnr ivkcnilot cvio1 mnf i ncr nn Tims-
pay, February fourth.
FMr. and Mrs. Charles Morrison en
tertained several Paw Taw people at
dinner last Sundav.
Mrs. Neil Engel and sister spent
;lhe week end with relatives and
Ifriends in Kalamazoo.
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Mrs. Pershing of Kalamazoo is a
wotf " r f Virt finmo n f Vint lllfrVitni
Mrs. T. J.Cavanaugh and family.
.' The Maple City club has been re
organized, and the first social session
bf the year was held Thursday eve-
ting.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Jennings have
Returned from their Southern trip.
E:alph is in Benton Harbor on busi
ess this week.
Mr. and Mrs. George V. Tyler have
tone to Kalamazoo for an indifinitc
ftay. They will maintain hcad
uarters at the Hotel Burdick.
! Word to Paw Paw relatives states
Jthat Lieutenant George Howe is now
perving on the U. S. Battleship,
jj'Ohio" and is on his way to Tern.
J Frank Libbic passed away on Wed
fnesday at the home of his mother,
-Jhcre, Avlio has tenderly cared for him
during the many months of critical
.llness.
The Jury reported for duty in Cir
cuit Court last Monday morning, but
m account of the number of cases
that had been settled r out of court,
they were excused until Thursday
fmorninir when work on the remainder
of the jury cases was resumed.
Mrs. C. E. Wallace has closed her
Four Milo Lake home and gone to the
Chicago Beach hotel in Chicago for
ihe 'rmri?Tr1fr nf ihp winter. A re-
I cent letter to her from her son, Lieu-
tenant Wallace, states that he is just
out of the hospital in France and has
returned to the-28th, Infantry.
The Mid-Winter meeting of the
State Horticultural society 'will be
held in Fennville, February 11 and 12.
A very interesting program will be
presented and a large attendance
from all over the state will be on
iand for the opening session. George
M. Low of Bangor is secretary of
Ibis society.
Carl Mosier of Dowagiac is hav
ing more than his share of sickness.
lie had hardly recovered from a seri
ous attack of the Influenza, until he
was stricken with Scarlet fever. He
;s on the road to recovery now, how
ever, and his friends arc hoping that
"he, can now shako the "Jinx" which
!has been on his trail.
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he first of a series of Dancing
f Lessons and Assemblies arranged by
Mr. and Mrs. L. Higgs as announced
v !ast week, was held on Friday evening.
: It was well .attended and every one
; felt that they had received their
money's worth. The next lesson and
Assembly will be this Friday evening,
and- the class for children tomorrow,
Saturday afternoon. .Mr. and Mrs.
. Higgs are pleasant agreeable people
, and experts in the line of Dancing
Instruction.
At the request of Postmaster Gen
eral, the United States Civil Service
,'(?Dmmission has announced an cx-
ainaticn to be held at Taw Taw,
ichigan on February 19th, 1919 for
position of postmaster at Law-
rtce. i his cmce has an annual com-
nsation of $1500. To be eligible
for this examination, an applicant
must be a citizen of the United States
ynust actually reside within the de-
Kvrr
of the office and have so re-
'Vd at the time the present vacancy
ccv.tr. !. Applicants must have
;-...! i"l their twenty-first but not
u:y-nitn mrtnnay on me aaic
examination. Application form
1 full information concerning
iremer.ts of the examination
. y ' - secured from thn postmaster
HM Illill HI'
of vacancy or. from tho
i Commission, Washing -
.it V ' place
C"ii i-orvice
ir:i, D. C. Applications should be
; i!y executed and filed with tho
.r-i'sion at Wahinton, D. C. in
M. H. Young was in Kalamazoo on
Thursday.
Lieutenant Charles Shaefer is home
from Camp Custer.
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Kay Wheaton of Hartford was in
Paw Paw on business Tuesday.
Bert rbillips of Mishawaka, Indiana
has been in Paw Paw this week.
J. E. Trescott of Hammond, Indiana
was in Paw Taw the first of the week.
Jay Hinckley and wife are inXhi
cago attending the Automobile show.
Mrs. Ray Chappell of Niles was a
guest of Paw Paw friends last week.
Supt. 0. W. Kaye and wife are en
tertaining his mother from Shelby
this week.
The next meeting of the Coterie
will be-next Wednesday afternoon ;
the usual hour.
Eaton and Mosier are . using ad
ditional space this week to advertise
a "Pre-Inventory Sale."
Charles Lake spent several days
recently in Camp Grant, the guest o
his son, Lieutenant Lynn Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. George Weston arc
entertaining her mother, Mrs. Cora
Barrows of Lawrence this week.
Mrs. Rachel A. Bailey went to
geles, Califirnia. They stopped for a
of he rcousin, Mrs. Frank Beach.
S. O. Kcnyon who is spending the
winter in Charleston, West Virginia,
was home for a day the first
week.
Attorneys Glenn Warner, David
Anderson and T. J. Cavanaugh are in
Lansing on Supreme Court business
this week.
A. A. Pike has exchanged residence ;
property with Mrs. Crane and now
resides on West Main street, a little !
closer to his work. !
The officers of the Presbyterian
church entertained the ladies of-the
church at "the home of the "president;;
Mrs. C. W. Van Tassell on Thursday
afternoon.
The weather conditions are ideal.
The sun shines bright and springlike
every day, and considerable concern
is manifest for fear there will be no
ice harvest. -
Nick Miller who was called home
recently on account of the serious ill
ness of a sister, returned home Thurs
day morning. His sister has recover
ed sufficiently to acompany him home.
Carl, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Stull, with the assistance of his
father succeeded in capturing a fine-
coon Thursday morning. The animal
evidently got cought away from home,
and took refuge in the nearest tree.
It was a fine speciman with prime
fur:
The second of a scries of social
dancing parties given by Jesse Dye,
west of town, was held at the Opera
House last Tuesday evening.Whilc the
crowd was not so large as at the
first one, every one was well satisfied
The music by Brocato's Saxaphonc
orchestra was excellent, and every
thing possible was done by Mr. Dye
to make the evening a pleasant and
enjoyable one for his guests. The
third number of . the series i3 announ
ced for February 25. February 11th,
was the date, but Mr. Dye cancelled
his date to assist in every possible
way to make the Firemen's Ball which
comes on the 13th, the success which
it should be
Miss Georgie Boomer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Boomer, who re
side north of town, recently returned
from over-seas duty and relates many
interesting experiences iclativc to
her trip abroad. She is a trained
nurso and went from Houston, Texas
to South Hampton, England, where
she served -in an American hospital
i during the war.
Her voyage to Eng
land was made on the steamship
Olympic a'nd she returned on the
famous Muratania to NcW York City
on New Years eve. Just after her
arrival in New York she was called
to attend ( the wounded soldiers on
board the North Pacific, the steamer
that was grounded just outside of
New York hailxr, and served in that
capacity for Fcvcral weeks. Her nar-
ration of the suffering and timely
.assistance to tho wounded soldiers on
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j board this ship is deeply interesting,
i Mi.? Boomer will visit (1 cr people
hero for some little time awaiting
her discharge or further orders from
the government.
ALL HOVIE PRINT
PAW PAV, r.IICIHGAN,
Advertised letters: Harold Cross,
Mrs. Alice Girbcr, Mrs. Harriet Mc
Gan. Willard Warner was , a week end
visitor at the homo of his daughter
in Grand Rapids.
A. A. Pike and wife entertained
their son and family from Battle
Creelr last Sunday..
Cyril E. Bailey went to Detroit a
week ago Monday to assist his father
in the real estate business.
Mrs. Lucinda Harris of Kalamazoo
was a week end visitor at the home
of her cousin, Mrs. Frank Beach. -.
Mrs. Andrew Lang was called to
Kalamazoo last Friday, by the serious
illness of her little grand daughter.
Miss Josephine Van Aukcn goes to
Grand Haven the latter part of this
week for a visit with relatives and
friends. . - . .
O'Grady Bros, advertise a five days
Clearance Sale. Their "ad" in this
issue will be of special interest to this
community
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Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Buncombe left
last Monday morning for Los An
geles, California. They stopped for a
few days, in Chicago enroute.
" Miss Sadie Busley was home from
her work in Kalamazoo last Tuesday
to attend the dancing party at the
Opera House in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Furbush of
Lawrence were among those from out
of town who attended the dancing
party at Longwell's Opera House
Tuesday evening.
The Worthy Matron of the 0. E. S.
announces a "Rehearsal meeting" of
the chapter on Wednesday evening
next, and requests every officer of the
chapter to be present. '.
A card from Mrs. H. W. Shower-
man to Paw Paw friends tells of the
delightful weather in Los Angeles.
"We are sitting in our room with all
windows Open, and too warm at thot!J
she says.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mutchler enter
tained the latter part of last week,
their nephew, Carl Knapp who has
been discharged from Military ser
vice and was on his way home from
England to Arizona.
Attention is called to the fine line
of advertising carried from week to
week in the columns of The True
Northerner. The subscriber who does
not read the advertisments carefully
each week the same as he does tho
news matter is not getting all the
real benefits offered by this publica
tion. Little Miss Mary Louise Warner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy F.
Warner, received last , Tuesday a
beautiful, little bonnet right from
Paris, a gift from her uncle, Lieuten
ant Glenn Showcrman. Not many
young ladies in Paw Paw are fortun
ate enough to be able, to wear Paris
made hats,. but Miss Mary Louiso
wears her's most becomingly. .
Several auto loads of Paw Paw
Masons were irt Lawrence last Tues
day evening, the guests of the Mason
ic fraternity of that village. It was
"Past Master's Night" and the third
degree was conferred upon Merrill
Fuller,-formerly of this place. Deputy
sherilf Harry Cross, a Past Master of
the Lawrence lodge, assisted in tho
"work".
Word has reached Paw Paw friends
of the death of Mrs. Nora Harbley at
a hospital in Silviton, Oregon, follow
ing an operation for tumour. She
was taken to the hospital on Decem
ber 19th, and passed away January
!7th. Deceased spent her' girlhood
days in Paw Paw and will be remem
bered as the only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Galligan. She was
forty-nine years of age, and leaves a
husband, four children and an aged
mother who has reached the four
score mile stone and is blind.
The Firemen's Ball is announced for
Thursday evening, February 13th, at
the Opera House. Brocato's. Saxa
phonc orchestra of Kalamazoo will
furnish the music. On account of
local conditions incident to the war,
this annual feature of the fire depart
ment was dispensed with last year,
and there should be an extra effort on
the part of citizens in this commui
ity to co-operate with the boyr.
making thU party a huge sue
from a financial standpoint ..
are deserving of it.
ALL HOVIE riEUl
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1919
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Salisbury are
both ill with Influenza.
; Mrs. L. Higgs has been tho guest
of Chicago friends the past'-
' : .Mr. and Mrs. Arjie Lyle were
guests at the Roy Mosier home over
Sunday.,
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Warner enter
tained a company of friends "for din
ner last Sunday. :
Supt. 0. W. Kaye was in Grand
Rapids last Saturday to attend a
teachers meeting.
Kenneth Van Tassell was a victim
of Tonsilitis last week and absent
from his school duties.
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Mrs. Blowers of Chicago who has
been here caring for her daughter,
Mrs. Lovell Clark, returned home Fri
day. - '
Mrs. Alice Cook of Pontiac, Illinois
came Saturday to sec her brother Mr.
Bendon, East of town, who has been
very sick. ' .
'. Charles Campbell, an expert horti
culturist from Kalamazoo, is assist
fng Verne Atwatcr in trimming and
caring for his apple orchard.
; Mrs. Irene Dinda and two children
of Peoria, Illinois have arrived for an
extended visit at the home .of her
patents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ben
wire. "
A. W. Mosier was in Kalamazoo
last week , assisting in the care of his
little grand daughter, Mary Nehr.
She has been very ill, but is improv
ing now.
Mrs. M. L. Barber has closed her
home on North Kalamazoo street and
gone to Chicago and other points
further south for the remainder of
the winter.
Master Turner Longwell li
the victim the past week, of an ugly
boil on -his upper lip, which has not
only been a great inconvenience, but
has ; necessitated his absence from
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phelps of Law
ton were guests at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. George Ernsberger
and family last Friday, and remained
over for the Masonic social session in
the evening.
The Hiestand milk route has been
discontinued leaving but one route
from the Fruit Belt. Dairy farm to
supply the community. The supply at
present is not equal to the demand,
but the genial manager Mr. Hall is
putting forth every ciTort to enlarge
the dairy herd, and will soon be able
to take care of every customer.
Editorial comment . was .made last
week in regard to the proposed state
road from Paw Paw to the Base Line
through Gobleville. Supervisor Roy
L. Tuttle informs The True Norther
ner that plans are already under way
for the circulation of petitions for the
construction of this road under the
"Covert Act". One petition will
cover the entire route, instead of two
as first suggested.
Sergeant Bill Killefer camo home
from Camp Custer to spend Sunday
with his wife and parents. He ex
pects to be mustered out of the ser
vice soon, and be ready to join the
Chicago Cub3 for their training trip
to Pasedena, California on March 1st.
Bill is not as fat as in former years
at this time of tho year. Office work
at the camp has not exactly agreed
with Bill after the strenuous outdoor
life of a ball player.
i une oi me mosi aengniiui social
(functions ever enjoyed by the local
'.Masonic lodges was held last Friday
evening. Over two hundred people sat
down at 6:30 to a fine chicken pic din
'ner after which a short program was
enjoyed in the lodge room. Prof.
jCastlo rendered two delightful piano
j solos, the male quartette several
selections, and Mrs. George Ernsbcr
jger played two violin numbers, accom
panied by her mother, Mrs. Fred
I Phelps of Lawton, at tho piano. Mrs.
Ernsberger graciously responded to
encores. . Judgo Des Voigncs was in
his ual happy mood and delivered
a ' "g address. The balance of
tl !.igva spent in cards and
? : ;ercourse. The ladic3 who
i ? sponsible for the sumptuous
t have the everlasting grati-
. of the members of the Masonic
, ;i -Tnity, and if tho social commit
,t of the lodge docs not fail in its
I' ity, the favors of the evening will
i 'o reciprocated during tho winter.
Jake Walker was home from Kala
mazoo one day thi3 week. He has a
fine position in one of the meat mar
kets of that city.
Harry White was in Chicago lust
week on business. . He also visited j
his sister, Mr3. J. E. Trescott in Ham-1
mond on his return.
Lorcn Beach has been mustered out
of the Naval service and has been
visiting his grand parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Beach. He is a son of
Delmer Beach of Vicksburg.
The circulation manager of The,
Kalamazoo Gazette was in Paw Paw
the first of this week. Advertising
space in this issue gives details of a
new serial feature about to start in
that daily. ,
.Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Trescott of Ham
mond, Indiana spent the week end at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. White, east of town. Her
brother Maurice has just returned
from military service at Camp Eus
tice where he has been for four
months. The family reunion was a
pleasant one. ;
Louis Cannile who plead guilty to
the stealing of Stephen Doyle's auto
mobile in Hartford, was sentenced by
Judge Des Voigncs to Ionia for a
term of from 15 months to five years.
Deputy Harry . Cross conveyed the
prisoner to Ionia last Friday, stop
ping at Hastings on his return to re
main over Sunday with his wife and
daughter.
, The Fire department was called to
the George Whitehead home Tuesday
morning to extinguish a blaze in tho
roof, which probably caught from the
chimney. Promptness in responding
to the" alarm, and good judgment of
the firemen extinguished the blaze
with little loss by either fire or water
In recognition of splendid and efficient
service, Mr. Whitehead promptly sent
a check' for $10.00 to the Fire depart
ment, v
Mary the youngest child of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Isbeii, ,is very ill with
typhoid feveiy and under the care of
a professional nurse. Frank, a Lieu
tenant in the Aviation Corps of the
Over Seas army, is on his way home,
and Mrs. Isbcll and children had
planned to meet him. in New York
city. It is to be sincerely hoped that
the little one may be .restored to
health to meet the soldier father on
his return to Taw Paw.
By special proclamation of the
Governor, next Sunday, February 2nd,
will be observed as Memorial day
throughout Michigan this year. IC
is planned on that day to pay a fit
ting tribute to the memory of our
boys who have maun the supreme J
sacrifice in this great war. The
various churches of Paw Paw will
hold their regular service at the usual
hour in tho morning, and a Union ser
vice will be held in the M. E. church
in the evening. It should be consider
ed a patriotic -duty on the part of tho
citizens, whether they are regular ber of states ratified the federal p"
church patrons or not, to, attend some jhibition amendment a few day
Memorial service next Sunday. Special j must be fought all over agnin in
programs are being planned for the
proper observance of the day.
Considerable excitement was cre
ated in Paw Paw the first of this
week, when it became known that
this village was being considered j
among others, as a site fof a paper
this time, is about as follows rThe
Eddy Paper Mill company are about
to erect another big mill, to cost
probably something over a million
dollars. Several locations are under
consideration, among them Paw Paw
and a committee from the company
will be here soon, probably' next
week, to look over the available sites
and to consider the proposition from
a business standpoint. There are
many things to consider in locating
a business enterprioc of that kind,
labor possibilities, tr:Lr.sportition
facilitics,and many minor problems.
It should be said that thi3 company
has no stock to sell, neither does it
ask a bonus. The requirements will
be moderate, and there is no question
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but that thoy can all bo met by this ' .
, . .. , .. - son tho war prohibition mil is not.
villago to tho satisfaction of the y ' . i:rtrt
, . A.. .. - . forced, it will mean that liquor
company. An institution of that t . .... it
ipany
kind would employ about Fix hundred
people, and its value to this commun
ity from-an industrial and business
standpoint cannot be over
No rfTort f.hould be- rp
prut of Vaw Paw to r.K
pany with ar."urance$ of .
and a punitive gunrant
ditions that might bo in
of the applicant.
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The True Northerner publihc3 cn
article on "The Income Tax" on Pc3
six of thi3 issue. Tho information it
contains is valuable and the article
should . be carefully read by every
.person. r
Wednesday evening was "Odd Fel
low's Night" at the Idle Hour and
the theatre was packed to the limit
for two shows. Tho features for tho
evening were pleasing to the large
audience. A f c-ture starring the
celebrated Douglas Fairbanks is an
nounced for next Saturday and Sun
day nights.
A letter to The True Northerner
tells of a pleasant re-union of former
Paw Paw residents last week at the
Hotel Adams , in Phoeniz, Arizona, -
where Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Prior cf
Minneapolis, Minnesota were step-. . (
ping for a week enroute to Los An-v :
geles, California. Included in tho
perty were Mr. and lira.; C. D. Leach
Mr. and Mrs. Dell Pepper, Mr. and
Mrs.,Wm. Poll and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Dibble, all living in Phoenix at
present, and all happy and prosper
ous in this modern thriving city of
ideal climate. ' .
It is a question of some conjecture
and considerable concert; as to A,
whether or not the women generally
will avail themselves of the right of
franchise now that they havo it.
This right has come after three stren -uous
state wide campaigns within the
last six years, and it . would seem that
every woman would now consider the
opportunity a glorious privilege. The
first step is to register. The regis
tration notice appears in full in this
issue over the signature of the town
ship clerk. tudy it over carefully
ladies, and if you would exercise your
rights as American citizens, comply
with the instructions and regulations
therein contained.
Mrs. E. I'i.iley went to South Haven
a week ago Monday to assist in every
way possible in trying to save the
life of her ccusir.,. Alva B. Chase, who
was very ill with typhoid fever, but
in spite of; ihe" bvn- r.cd seal attention
and typhoid 'specialist nurses" she
passed away Tuesday night, January
21st. She had. many friends here, a3
aii who met her desired to know her
better. Ever since her graduation
from college she was accustomed to
set aside a portion of each day for
the study of. deep subjects which '
would have seemed irksome and hard
to comprehend to others. "Keep tho
large things large, and the small
things small," was her motto and to
know God and know herself was her
great ambition. She leaves he
husband Albert B. Chase and tw
daughters, Dorothy and Virginia, her,
father and mother, 'Mr. and - Mrs,
Philip Bush of Gobleville, two sisters, V.
Mrs. Herbert Wood of Bangor and
Miss Percy Bush of Gobleville.
The battle between the wet and
dry forces, which electors believed
was all over when the necessary num-
Michigan at the election in April,
leaders of the dry forces with;" he
state declare. If the so-callod "wine
and beer" amendment is 'aihip it
is averred by the Drys, all restt
ive. legislation that up to this ume
has been enacted in Michigan, will be
automatical 'pcaIedf r:dvinfr the
himself up again in every county in
the state. "If tho so-called "wine
and beer" amendment is permitted to
slip by, it will overthrow all that has
been done up to this time to control .
the dispensing of liquor within Mich
igan", in the opinion of . Grant 'ih n.
Hudoon, who is again leading the;
Drys. . "The acceptance of the federal j
amendment by a majority of the
states does not settlo matter. If fhj
proposed amendment being submitte
by tho wets was to be adopted,
would become effective in May 197.Y.
Inasmuch as the war prohibition
measure does not become opcrativl
until July 1st, 1010, we would cer
tainly havo tho saloon back with tf
for two month?, while if for any rex.
come lack until January ICth, L
Finally, if nation-wide prohibition
delayed by litigation, or for rf
rearms, it will mean that the s:
will back with us indefin'
That is why we are making a -fi. i
and attempting to muster at the p
in April every vole we marshal1-'
VJifi, nrwi a fc7 more.".
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