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ALL HOME PRINT-ALL HOWE NEWS
VOLUME 65
Number 21
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1919
Whole Number 4384
LOCAL
Charley Melchor came this week to
spend a week among old friends.
Theodore Ferguson accompanied
the band on the trip to Indian Lake.
Master Wesley Young has been
quite sick and under the doctor's car
Charley Matthews, an old Paw Taw
boy is renewing acquaintances hero
this week.
Marian and Frank Pierce of Ann
Arbor have been spending the week
here among Paw Paw friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Douglas of Ar
gos, Indiana spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. & Douglas
Members of the High School band
with their instructor, Prof. A. B.
Castle are enjoying a week in camp
at Indian Lake near Dowagiac.
Miss Virginia Roach is recovering
from a serious operation at the home
of her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. W. Broughton.
Mrs. Daniel Riley of Benton Har
bor spent the first part of this week
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. O. Duncombe.
Mrs. Herbert White and two child
ren of Rogers Park, Chicago are visit
ing at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Nunn.
Miss Marian Mutchler arrived home
from the U. of M. last Friday and
will spend the vacation at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Mutchler.
Attorney T. J. Cavanaugh is mak
ing extensive improvements on his
residence on North Kalamazoo street
Contractor W. H. Simmons is in
charge of the work.
Mrs. Vesta Travis who has been
here for some time looking after the
home of her sister, Mrs. Alice Grimes
returned to her home in Plainwell on
Tuesday morning.
Register of Deeds, George Gould is
deeply grateful for the prompt and
efficient services of the Fire Depart
ment at the time of the fire which
threatened his home last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Baxman have
been entertaining his father, G. J.
Baxman of Chicago. Mr. Baxman
is a new comer here, having recent
ly purchased the "Oliver Farm" east
of Paw Paw.
Services will be held in the Gliden
berg School house Sunday at 4:00 P.
M. Rev. E. E. Shouflor and Elder
Bates will conduct the service. Mr
Bates preached in this church sixty
one years ago.
Rolla Lamphear of Almena lost
six cows in the electrical storm last
Monday and Art Warner of Wavcrly
one. G. F. Warner drove out to ad
just the insurance which was carried
by the Berrien County mutual which
I n represents.
Dewey Carr who was badly smash
ed up in a street car accident in Kala
mazoo some weeks ago, has been at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Carr recuperating. He is able
to get around a little with the aid of
crutches.
Thilip Lang, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Lang of Almena, was mus
tered from army service last Satur
day and is at home again. He was a
member of a "Tank Corps" and
assisted with "Tank" demonstrations
during the Liberty Loan drive, mak
ing a tour of many of the large cities.
M. J. Grencll has charge at Lako
Brownwood (Pugsley's) this season.
The grounds have all been fixed up
and before the summer is fairly
started every cottage will be occu
pied. The fishing is good, and thero
are plenty of boats for rent. A special
invitation is extended to families and
parties to gather at this beauty spot
for gatherings and picnics.
Lucile, daughter of Mrs. Minnie
Hall, passed away at their summer
home at Three Mile Lake last Mon
day,aged twenty-two years. She was
a graduate of the Lawton High
school, a student two years at the U.
of M. and had taken a business
course in Jackson. It was while fill
ing a responsible position in that
city that she was first taken sick.
An operation was performed for
appendicitis, but the diagnosis was
not correct, and it was at that time
her fatal illness began, tuberculosis
developing some time later. Sho
leaves a devoted mother and two sis
ters, one older and one younger than
she. Sincere and heartfelt sympathy
. , is extended to the bereaved ones by
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sweet talented young lady. Tho
funeral was held on Wednesday from
the home of Frank Shaefer, Mrs.
Hairs brother in Paw Paw, and inter
ment was in Prospect cemetery.
The First Degree will be conferred
in the I. 0. 0. F. lodge this Friday
evening.
G.F. Mulholand of Kalamazoo was
calling on Paw Paw friends on Wed
ncsday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Giddings are
entertaining her father Wm. Stainton
of Lawton.
Miss Josie Van Auken returned
last Sunday from a two weeks visit
with her brother in Hartford.
Miss Rachel Bailey left on Wed
nesday for Detroit, where he has a
nice position in her father's Real
Estate office.
Mrs. Neil Leggitt and daughter
Lorene of Kalamazoo are visiting
at the home of her parents, Sheriff
Lang and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carroll are visit
ing relatives and friends in Law
rence. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll are
well known to many Paw Paw people.
Saturday will be "Egg Day" at the
Clapp store. Attention is called to
his advertising space for list of
prizes offered and conditions govern
ing the contest.
The Methodist Missionary Centen
ary Celebration will open in the city
of Columbus, Ohio on June 20th and
continue until July 13th. Prepar
ations are being made to accommo
date a full half million visitors dur
ing that time.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Prater Jr. are
moving away from Paw Paw and
Mrs. Prater will be here until June
23rd, to superintendent the packing
and shipping. Attention is called to
advertising space in this issue, offer
ing some of their goods for sale.
A letter from M. 0. Rowland re
quests change of address from De
troit to 6 Baldwin street, East
Orange, N. J. Mr. Rowland is Chief
Accountant for the Atlas Assurance
Company Limited of London, with
headquarters at 100 William street,
New York City.
The Glen Springs Trout Hatchery
shipped a car load of live Brook trout
to Chicago on Monday of this week..
These fish will go on display in a
huge plate glass display tank in the
Lyon and Healy window. Manager
Fred Bassett accompanied the ship
ment.
The Van Buren County Sunday
school Athletic association have
arranged a schedule of base . ball
games between the various schools
of the county. The first game of
the schedule to be played in Paw Paw
will be on Saturday June 2Sth, be
tween the Paw Paw Baptist and Law
ton Methodist teams.
A very pleasant gathering took
place at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Edd Jennings last Sunday. Thoso
present were Mr. and Mrs. Jennings
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oran De
Haven and family, Edd DcIIaven,
Mr. rnd Mrs. Reo Abrams and
daughter, fourteen in all. The table
was spread under the shady branches
of a large tree on the water's edge,
and a bountiful three course dinner
enjoyed by the party.
A pleasant family reunion was
held at the home of Mr. and Mr.
Roll Larkins last Sunday in honor. of
Mrs. Alvin VanLoan and son Howard
of Huntington Park, Los Angeles,
California. Besides the local mom
mers of the Salisburg and Graham
families, the Sherrod family of Glen
dale, and Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Budds
of Kalamazoo brought the members
of this congenial gathering to thirty
three. Just to be together was a joy,
but the eats, a program and picture
taking will undoubtedly be the non
forgetable attractions of the day.
Through the courtesy of Mrs
Martha Bennett, The True Norther
ner has been permitted to peruse a
copy of "The American Sentinel", a
paper published weekly and deliver
ed free of charge to all units of tho
American army in Archangel, Russia
The sheet is full of items of special
interest to the boys in this far away
land. Mrs. Bennett's son, Ebcr, is
one of the boys in the army at Ar
changel. He has had a long tediou?
siege there, and is longing for the
day when he can again be with his
relatives and friends at home.
The Black Bass season had a very
auspicious opening last Monday. Not
a single fisherman, so far as learned
returned empty handed, and many
caught their limit early in the morn
ing. The strings were' all nice ones,
but no five pounders have been re
ported to-date. The largest report
ed was a four pounder caught by
Mrs. S. 0. Kenyon in Maple Lake,
while four others on her string wero
not far behind in size. Clarenco
Brown was a close second with a
three pound beauty caught in Eagle
Lake. Henry Shafer had his num-
bcr early in the morning, but the
i big ones got away. Miserable luck.
Mrs. Glenn Sherrod of Kalamazoo
spent Saturday with her sister Mrs.
Lena Salisbury and spent Sunday
with her sister Mrs. Frank Holcomb
who is very ill.
Figures on the early enrollment just
given out by Director E. H. Rydei
indicate that all previous records will
be broken by a big margin. Courses
in agriculture are again proving to
be the most popular in the school.
All members of Paw, Paw L. O. T.
M. desiring to attend the Associa
tion meeting at Lawrence June 26th,
will meet at Memorial Hall at 9:00
o'clock A. M. on that day and an
Auto Truck will furnish transpor
tation. W. T. Davis of Chicago made a bus
iness trip to Paw Paw last Saturday
Mr. Davis is now "Special Investi
gator" for the "Prairie Farmers'
Protective Union" with headquarters
at 223 West Jackson Boulevard, Chi
cago.
Don Morlan of Decatur died in Bor
gess hospital last Friday. He never
recovered from an attack of the In
fluenza last February and became
gradually weaker until the end. He
was but twenty-four years of age,
and leaves a wife (formerly Miss
Irene Smith of thia place) and two
small children.
Last Saturday and Sunday twenty
men and boys met at the J. G. Hirst
Cottage, Eagle Lake, Paw Paw
ship, for a two days camp, which was
conducted under the auspices of the
County Y. M. C. A. Atthe meet
ings on Saturday evening and Sun
day forenoon, a county cabinet was
formed with the county officers, the
same as thoso elected at the Bang.or
County Conference last March. They
are Willis Dunbar, Hartford, Pres.,
Maxwell Jennings, Paw Paw, Vice
Pres., and Alden Marvin, So. Haven,
Sec. The County Cabinet is an ad
visory body, which serves to assist
the Hi-Y Club of the various high
schools to standardize on policy and
program. Another meeting was
planned by the boys, which will be
held at the same lake on September
13th, and 14th, just after beginning
of the schools in the fall. The camp
last week was a great success, and
every fellow voted to have Secretary
Gray back for the September meet
ing to assist in the work he has help
ed start at this meeting. Physical
Secretary, Judson A. Hyames, was
also present at the camp, and added
much to the success of the meeting.
County Secretary C. C. Kisenmann
left Monday afternoon for Detroit
where he will remain until Thursday
in attendance at the State Y. M. C.
A. Convention.
That the number "13" and "Friday
the 13th" are lucky numbers for the
United States seems to be proven by
the experience of Hon. Louis H.
Fead, of Newberry, Judge of the 11th
Circuit. Judge Fead volunteered for
Active service with the American Red
Cross and went to France in the in-
;e.cst of tliat cianizj.iicr.. Zn rc
ating some of his experiences a few
days ago he said: "I presume you
know there is always a secret inside
listory to every great international
affair. However, you may not know
just how the Armistice came to be
signed on the particular day that it
was. If you will promise to tell no
one about it, I will give you the sec
ret history as to the real reason that
the Armistice came to be signed on
the 11th, day of November last. In
order to do that, I will have to begin
at the date on which I made appli
cation to go to France in the inter
est of the American Red Cross. I
left Newberry on tho 15th, day of
August expecting to sail on the 23
By a simple substraction you will
see that thirteen days intervened be
tween these two dates; Instead of
sailing on the 28th, we sailed on thejorator of no mean ability. The Class
31st, which is an inverted 13. We
sailed in a convoy of 13 ships; the
number of the ship on which I sailed
was 832, the three figures of which,
added together, make 13; we took
across some soldiers, two companies
of which had been thirteen days in
camp and thirteen days on the train
coming to New York. The captain
of the Carmania, on which I sailed,
was making his thirteenth round
trip; it took us thirteen days to cross
and we arrived in Liverpool on Fri
day the 13th, day of September. I
immediately went to Paris and it
took me thirteen days to get my
papers fixed up ready to go on the
job. I finally got on te the job on
the 8th, day of October. It took me
three weeks to get everything organ
ized, at the end of which I said "I
am now in a position to do some
good." The word was carried to
Germany and in thirteen days the
Armistice was signed. We might
add to make the thirteens complete
that the boys who went over repre
sented the growth of the power of
the original thirteen colonies, a
force which, when exerted in the in
terest of justice and right, isMrrc-sistable.
Fred Culver had the misfortune
to get a piece of emery in one of his
eyes last Saturday, which required
the services of a surgeon to remove.
Jesse Wilson and wife, and Dr.
Harry Wilson and family of Lansing
started last Monday on a three
weeks motor trip to Denver, Colorado
The summer term at the M. A. C.
will open on June 23rd, with tho
largest attendance in the history of
the summer school at East Lansing.
Miss Jeannette Lemeaux of Ridge
ville, Indiana was the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Frank Avery and family
last week.
Bill Killefer, the premier catcher
in the National League had the mis
fortune to get badly "spiked" last
week and will be out of the game for
a couple of weeks at least.
E. H. Babbitt of New York and
brother George Babbitt of Chicago
met at "The Maple" the first of tho
week for a pleasant gathering. It
was the first time the brothers had
met for twelve years.
Attention is called to a new vill
age ordinance, published in this issue
It is a traffic ordinance, and regu
lates matters pertaining to automo
biling driving and parking that are
of importance to the public. It should
be read carefully by every automo
bile owner and driver, as its pro
visions will be strictly enforced by
the village officers.
The Fruit Belt Dairy team indulged
in another lively runaway on Tues
day. The wagon was badly demoli
ished, and the horses bruised up a
bit. A small boy crossing Main
street at the time had a narrow
escape, the horses barely missing
him as they dashed by. The only
way this team can be safely used on
the wagon is for the driver to sit in
the wagon and hold the lines every
minute. It is unsafe to leave them,
and the frequent runaways are a
menace to the public.
Once again the bell in the "Old Red
Brick" has rung out, and the class of
1919 have crossed the threshold as
students for the last time. These
boys and girls of yesterday, are now
ready to assume their duties and
psitions that the great wide open
arms of the world extends to em
brace them; not as laughing happy
school boys and girls, but as Ameri
can Citizens ,with all the rights and
privileges that the word to-day im
plies. The Commencement exercises
of this the 48th, class to graduate
frm the Paw Paw High School was
held Friday evening, June 13th, in
the Opera House, which was entire
ly too small to accommodate the large
crowd that assembled to pay honor
and respect to the class of '19. The
stage was prettily decorated in green
and old rose, the class colors. Fis
cher's orchestra gave the opening
concertand promptly at 8:00 o'clock
the class numbering twenty-three,
preceded by their instructors, enter-!
c; ufui icoa their p.aecs cn the plat-.
form. It was indeed a happy moment!
for that company of young ladies and
gentlemen and many a fond parent s
heart throbbed with pride. The Salu
tatory was well rendered by L. B.
Hoodmaker; Class History by Meta
Smith was filled with many pleasant j
reminiscences of former school days.
It was well written and delivered.
The Class Poem by Lena Maxham
was exceedingly good and demonstra
ted that this young lady has real
talent as a writer. The Class Will
by Guy Mumbrue was clever and
elicited many a hearty laugh. It
surely proved that what you do not
want yourself, should be handed
down to the other fellow. The ora
tion by Robert Webb showed that
this young man had given his sub
ject much study, and that he is an
Prophecy fell into the hands of just
the right person, for wit and origin
ality when assigned to the Misses
Caroline Johnson and Floy Salisbury.
It was a perfect "Scream" from the
time these young ladies appealed on
the stage attired in their travelling
costumes until they had finished. It
was an out of the ordinary style of
Class Prophecy and the diversion
was very pleasing to the audience.
The honor of being Valedictorian fell
to Miss Irene Gibbs, and her produc
tion was a Masterpiece. She made a
happy selection of thoughts and words
and rendered them in a charming
manner. Thi3 class will go down in
history as one of much originality
and "Pep as well as many accom
plishments. The entire musical pro
gram was furnished by members of
the class. A string Trio by the Miss
es Dorothy Tuttle, Martha Thayer
and Eda Avars with Emily Reynolds
as accompanist; Piano Solo by Mar
ian Miller and Vocal Solo by Milton
Dow all showed skill and ability for
each performer and the numbers
were enthusiastically received. May
this class of many talents go" out in
to the world and win fame and for
tune is the wish of tho host of friends
Mrs. A. U; Craven is improving and
is able to be around the house.
Loon Salisbury and family spent
Sunday with Roll Larkins and wife.
W. L. Henredshot of Kansas City,
Missouri was in Paw Paw over the
week end.
Advertised Letters Mrs. F. L.
Crow, David Knight and Son, Roy
E. Peterson.
Miss Gertrude Bailey is visiting
Miss Margaret Root this week atthe
farm home near Bangor.
Delos Reed Knickerbocker and Miss
Pearl Hazel Nile3, both of Breeds-
ville were married by Rev. E. E.
Shoufler on Wednesday, June 11th.
Mrs. Gilkey and daughter Mary
Jeanette returned home Wednesday
after spending several weeks at the
home of her parents, G. W. Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. Steffensen, Mr. and
Mrs. Danielson and Mr. and Mrs. W.
K. Miller ,all of Almena, make up a
jolly crowd for a camping party at
Pugsley's lake.
BOY SCOUT NOTES
There will be no Scout meeting this
week on account of the Band trip.
The boys will take an over-night
hike to Three Mile Lake next Wed
nesday, June 25th. The Troop will
start from Memorial Hall promptly
at 3:00 P. M. Each boy is expected
to be present and is required to
bring blanket roll, cooking utensils,
and enough food for two meals, and a
staff.
Rev. James C. Brown has been
appointed assistant Scoutmaster.
A local Troop Committee has been
formed which is composed of Messrs.
R. E. Jennings, F. N. Wakeman, H.
D. Spicer and Drs. J. C. Maxwell and
A. E. Van Vleck. The citizens of
Paw Paw are urged to give this com
mittee their loyal support in this
work of perfecting a Boy Scout or
ganization in this city.
The Troop is now composed of
thirty-two registered Scouts, most of
whom have passed at least the "Ten
derfoot Test".
PROSPECT VALLEY
Mrs. Will Frohmader and children
are in Allegan this week attending
the S. D. Camp meeting.
Mrs. Austin Griffin who has been
in Allegan for the past few days,
came home Monday on account of
her daughters' illness.
Mrs. Charles Maloy who has been
suffering from a wound on her foot,
made by a rusty nail, is able to be
about the house ' again.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Baugher and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Marshall spent Sunday at Lake Cora
Elmer Baugher has gone west to
work in the wheat harvest.
The Purrington family are riding
in a new Cheviolet car.
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the Sabbath service at the S. D. A.
camp grounds at Allegan last batur-
day.
Miss D. P. Smith and daughter
Mrs. Wesley Ball were in Cassopolis
Sunday.
EAGLE LAKE
Dale Cox is driving a new Stude
baker car.
Mrs. Nettie Betaque expects to
teach in the Lyle school next term.
The people of this district are very
pleased, as Mrs. Betaque has been
very successful in the past three
years teaching.
The many friends of Mabel Schune
man will be glad to learn that she is
able to be around the house and is
hoping for a comphte recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Sweet and baby spent
Saturday and Sunday with his
parents at Kendall.
Mrs. G AV. Smith returned home
Wednesday after several weeks visit
ing relatives in Indiana.
J. Warner and family of Lawton
were guests of his brother Bert War
ner and family on Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Betaque was a guest
of Mrs. Smith at Lake Cora on Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rich, Mrs. Be
taque and Mrs. Orilla Lee spent Sun
day at the Rosevelt home in Keeler.
Robert Graham had a carrier pigeon
stop at his home with the U. S.
bands on its legs.
J. Lyle and Kenr.ath mctored to
Benton Harbor on Saturday. Ken
neth remained there to take the
baths.
Mr. and Mrs. Larldr.s entertained
about fortv relatives and friends in
honor of Mrs. Grace Van Loan and
son of California. They exnect to
return to thir home on July first.
Ella Orr left Thursday to attend
the Adventist Camp meeting held in
Allegan.
FARM BUREAU NOTES
Loose Smut Present in Wheat Fields
As usual at this time of the year
a considerable number of wheat grow
ers who treated their seed wheat
with formaldehyde last fall are
knocking the treatment and claiming
it is no good, because they see in
their fields, heads which are smutted.
Every wheat grower should get
straight on this matter.
The smut heads to be seen in the
wheat fields at the present time are
due to the work of the fungus which
is commonly known as loose .smut,
and no one should confuse this smut
with the stinking smut or bunt
which the formaldehyde treatment
will control. The loose smut has not
been generally as serious as the
stinking smut and no one who really
knows anything about the matter
ever said it would be controlled by
the formaldehyde treatment. By
harvest time practically all' evidence
of the presence of loose smut in the
field will have disappeared as the
wind will blow the smutted portions
of the head away and leave only the
bare head stem.
It is too early at the present time
to tell very much about whether or
not the formaldehyde treatment ha3
been successful in preventing dam
age from the stinking smut or bunt,
as the disease does not become
markedly noticeable until near the
ripening period. The stinking smut
or bunt is the disease responsible for
the smutted or bunt wheat grains
which give off the disagreeable odor
at threshing time and which when
broken open are found to be filled
completely with a black powder
(stinking smut spores).
This disease is the one responsible
fo the greatly lowered yield in fields
the seed for which was not treated,
also for the heavy dockage the ele
vator man must levy on grains con
taining bunt kernels, if he can buy
it at all. Let no one when viewing
their yheat fields which contains
heads infected with loose smut, draw
the conclusion that the formaldehyde
treatment has not been effective.
Rather wait until harvest time and
then look for smutted grains of
wheat.
If this treatment has been applied
in a proper manner no damage will
be found from the stinking smut and
especially so, if the fanning mill has
been properly used on the seed in con
nection with the treatment for at
least two years. It would be a fine
thing for every wheat grower to go
into a wheat field containing loose
smut heads in the next few days and
become familiar with the appearance
of the damage wrought by t
sease. Do not condemn the formalde
hyde treatment.
FISHIN WAS FINE
By Edw. E. Shouflei.
We hiked out for that other lake,
Where fishin was good they said,
With rods, lines, bait, All we could
take;
For the fish had not been fed
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r rogs, minnows, beet and pork-rind
Angle worms were considered bad;
But say fishin was fine.
We baited our hooks and waited,
Drew in and threw out again,
This process many times repeated
Till the count was more than ten;
We baked our backs in the sun,
Spat on the bait, threw out the line,
Juggled the corks, just for fun,
For fishin was certainly fine.
The bull frogs croaked like they were
choked,
Mosquitoes, bugs, gnats and flies
N'ibbled our necks, which were cooked
The glare of sun hurt our eyes,
The salt of our sweat made us wet;
Dragon flies roosted on our line
And watched for the big fish we'd get
Anyway fishin was just fine.
A turtle looked us in the face,
While a mournful dove co-od "who-o"
Small blue gills leaped out a spacei
Just to scare away the hoo do,
So we changed bait; put on worm
To ease the conviction of soul;
But wo quit in a thunder storm,
Suckers at the end of the pole.
BAPTIST CHURCH
E. E. Shoufler, Pastor.
10:00 A. M. Bible School.
Classes for everybody.
11:00 A. M. Divine Worship. The
pastor will deliver the second sermon
in the series on Ancient Parables
with Modern Application. Special
music by Male quartet.
6:30 P. M. Christian Endeavor mat
ing. 7:30 P. M. Union services at the
Presbyterian church. Rev. J. C.
Brown will preach. Everybody wel
come at all services.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevens, Her
bert Howe and family, Carl Howe
anl family, Theo Clapp and Dr. Vern
Van Fossen spent Sunday at Eaglo
Lake. i v '