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VOLUME 65
Number 37
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919
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LOCAL &
George Rich of Lawrence was a Taw j S. H. Abrams is in Chicago on a
Paw visitor on Wednesday. .business trip this week.
Mrs. David Anderson and daughter
Miss Dorothy were Kalamazoo visit
ors on Tuesday.
Mrs. Elvira Morrison is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. II. R. McDonald
and family in Grand Rapids.
Miss Ethel Wheaton is rapidly re
covering from a minor operation in
Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Lainie Higgs motored to Chi
cago Thursday for the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Spicer accompan
ied her.
Mrs. Cordelia Libbe has returned
from a seven weeks visit at the home
of her grand daughter, Mrs. Maude
Greve in Oak Park, Illinois.
Mrs. L. E. Griffith is in Grand
Rapids this week as delegate from
the local chapter to the annual meet
ing of thS Grand Chapter 0. E. S.
There will be a special communi
cation of Paw Paw Lodge No. 25 F.
and A. M. next Tuesday evening,
October 14th. Work in the Third
Degree.
Mrs. Alice Waters who has been
confined to her bed with serious ill
ness for the past eight weeks, is
very low at this writing. But slight
hopes are entertained for her re
covery. Her son, Charles of Wyanet
Illinois, and Miss Rosina Waters, an
adopted daughter who is teaching in
Colorado are at her bedside.
The 25th, annual meeting of the
State Federation of Women's clubs
will be held in the city of Kalamazoo
October 14, 15, 16, and 17th. Elabor
ate plans are under way for the en
tertainment of visitors to this meet
ing and fine programs with many
prominent speakers are arranged for
each day. The True Northerner re
grets that space will not permit the
publication of the complete program.
Its excellence merits its publication.
i Mrs. Minnie Ward of Detroit has
come to spend the winter with her
sister, Mrs. Lillian Marr.
Mrs. Stanley Briggs was the guest
of Mrs. John Latshaw in Chicago
a few days last week. ,
Rev. C. E. Per Lee of Kansas City,
Mo., will speak at the morning ser
vice in the Christian church next Sun
day.
Advertised Letters: Siprjano Am-
ora, F. M. Harrington, Miss Beatrice
INorthup, Miss Edith Anderson, Wal
ter roster.
A huge Poland China stock hog,
the property of Allen Brothers of
Glendale, was the center of attraction
in the stock department at the Coun
ty Fair last week. The animal is
twenty-two months of age and
weighs one thousand pounds.
Ed Haven of Bloomingdale was in
Paw Paw "Monday' morning. His
daughter is one of the teachers in the
local school, and spends the week end
at home, returning by auto, on Mon
day morning.
The Kalamazoo Athletic club an
nounce ,-er boxing show for v
day evening, October 17th. The par
ticipants cannot be announced, at this
writing, but boxing fans are assured
that he final will be one of the fast
est Middle Weight bouts ever staged
in inicnigan. mere wjii ne a semi
final and two preliminaries. The
full program will be announced in a
few days. Bear the date in mind,
Friday night, October 17th.
j Deputy Game Warden Fred Show
.ernian arrested Mrs. Catherine De
,angelo of Chicago one day this week
for catching undersized fish from the
waters of Maple Lake. She had a
pail of fish that little more than
.reached the minnow stage. Judge
Mason imposed a fine of $3.00 and
costs. The woman's husband was
also guilty of the charge, but he
hurried back to Chicago before Fred
could get his hands on him.
Mrs. E. E. Downing of Chicago is
the guest of Paw Paw relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. VanVoorhees
of Kendall spent part of the past
week at the home of Glenn Mar
kill le.
Frank Allen of Goblevilie had the
misfortune to break his arm while
cranking his Ford car at the Sherman
place east of town last Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Grimes has returned
from Harbor Springs and is now at
her home on North Kalamazoo street.
Her son Charles came to be with her
a few days this week. Mrs. Grimes
is in ill health, but her host of Paw
Paw friends are hoping for a speedy
restoration to health and vigor.
Miss Caroline, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. W. J. Johnson has already re
ceived honorable mention for excell-
jence of work in the college in Win-
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nepeg, vanaua. ine nonor speaks
well for the local schools from which
Miss Caroline graduated last year,
and besides is a mighty fine tribute
to the young lady herself. She is
taking a course in Journalism in the
Canadian college.
A farewell reception was tendered
Rev. Father Clarson by his parishion
er's at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
P. Ryan on Tuesday evening Septem
ber 30th. Mr. Ryan was chosen to
express their gratitude and appreci
ation to Father Clarson for his twen
ty years -of faithful service to the
(Bangor mission. As an additional
expression of their gratitude, the
guests presented Father Clarson with
ja purse. He responded with deep
; feeling for the thoughtfulness of his
parishioners, after which refreshments
jwere served, then all participated in
j card playing until midnight. All
departed for their homes, wishing
their former pastor Godspeed and all
happiness- and honor in his new field
;at Marshall, Michigan. Bangor Ad-jvance.
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Look ! Here is the globe spread out fiat be
fore your eyes. See those stars? Every
star shows where a U. S. Navy ship was on
SeptemSer 2nd, 1919. The Navy travels
the Seven Ceas.
Utosrft youa -want to see the "World. ?
ROMANCE is calling to you!
Strange and smiling foreign
lands are beckoning to you. Shove
off and see the world !
Learn to "parley-voo" in gay
Paree. See the bull-fights in
Panama. See surf-riding on the
beach of Waikiki.
Learn the lure that comes with
theswish and swirl of the good salt
ceC)Eat well free; dressy veil
free ; sleep clean free ; and look 'em
all straight in the eye British,
French, Chinese," Japanese;
Spaniards, Egyptians, Algerians
and all manner of people.
Come! Be a rear man of the
world. See the world. Sec it with
the red-blooded, hard-working;
hard-playing men of the U. S.
Navy.
Pay begins the day you join.
On board ship a man is always
learning. Trade schools develop
skill, industry and business ability.
Thirty days care-free holiday each
year with full pay. The food is
good. First uniform outfit is fur
nished free. Promotion is un
limited for men of brains. You
can cnlist'for two years and come
out broader, stronger and abler.
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Shove off Join the U. S. Navy."
If you're between 17 and 35 go to
the nearest recruiting station for
all the details. If you don't know
where it is ask your postmaster.
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I C. D .Evans of the U. S. Navy Be
serve Force and sister, Mrs. F. A.
I Bailey and daughter of South Haven
are spending the .week end at the
.home of Airs. E. Harrison.
Malcolm Campbell of London
England visited his brother Chester
Campbell and family over the week
end. Mr. Campbell is president of
the Seventh Day Adventist Union of
Great Britian and was en route to
Denver Colorado to attend a Foreign
Mission Convention.
Rev. E. E .ShoufTler left on Tues
day for Hamilton, N. Y. where ha
will' attend the Centennial celebra
tion of his Alma Mater, Colgate Uni
versity. From there he will visit in
Syracuse and Deposit, New York in
both of which cities, he was a former
pastor. He is scheduled for several
addresses there. He will return to
Flint for the annual Baptist State
convention on October 20, 21, and
22, and will then be at home again.
Mrs. E. B. Welch passed away at
her home east of Paw Paw on Wed
nesday of this week. She has been
in failing health for some time but
the critical illness covered a period
of about three weeks. She leaves a
husband and one son, William. Mr.
and Mrs. . Welch .were pioneer resi
dents of this community, who were
hoM in high esteem by every one.
She will be greatly missed in the
community. The funeral will be held
from the home on Saturday after
noon of this week, at two o'clock.
The marriage of Arthur B. Castle
of the Paw Paw High School Faculty
and Miss Marie Sullivan was solemn
ized in the city of Muskegon Wed
nesdav morninc: of this week. Supt.
O. W. Kaye and wife accompanied
Mr. Castle to be present at the I
ceremony. The bride was a teacher !
in the local schools last year and has
a host of Paw Paw friends. Mr,
and Mrs. Castle will return to Paw,
Paw the latter part of this week.
The True Northerner joins t
friends in congratulations.
A verv helpful meeting was held
at the Baptist church last Wednesday
afternoon and evening. 1 he ex
ecutive board of the Kalamazoo
River Baptist association held a very
helpful conference on Associational
work. In the evening addresses were
delivered by Rev. L. I. Hanson, pas
tor of the Portage Street Baptist
church in Kalamazoo. Prof. Severns
of Kalamazoo college and Mr. David
Anderson of Taw Paw, Mr. R. E.
Jennings and Miss Mae Brumstead
sang a special selection.
About one hundred members of
the Grand Rapids Wholesale associ
ation visited Paw Paw Thursday
morning on their swing around
Southwestern Michig an. Auto mo
biles were furnished from Lawton
and Paw Paw to bring the party
here from Lawton. The Furnituro
ritv band cave a street concert and
the Grand Rapids boys mingled with
the business men of the village dur
ing their brief visit. They are a
pleasant bunch to meet and will bo
v.c!:crr.cu in Pr.v: Pr.w any time.
Each carried home from Paw Paw a
small basket of choice grapes, a gift
from the Paw Paw business men.
Does any one know what has be
come of the "Slonaker Resolution'
authorizing the expenditure of $10,
000 to provide a suitable memorial to
the Van Buren county boys who mado
the Supreme Sacrifice in the World
War? Nearly, every county in tho
state has already done something
along this line. The Board of Super
visors provided the necessary machin
ery to start the ball rolling in Van
Buren county by unanimously endor
sing the "Slonaker Resolution." Up
to date however, no move has been
made, and many are wondering if tho
resolution is to be permitted to re
pose serenely and securely in somo
pigeon hole until the boys who wero
fortunate enough to return from that
memorable struggle, shall join their
comrades who now sleep beneath tho
sod on the hillsides of sunny France.
Considerable fault is found by
Prosecuting Attorney Horace B.
Adams over the unfair attitude of
the Kalamazoo Gazette in publishing
portions of news given out from kis
office and suppressing the balance.
On Wednesday of this week Mr.
Adams states, The Gazette called up
his office and asked the details con
cerning the automobile accident at
Hartford last week involving several
prominent Kalamazoo citizens, and
also regarding the pending criminal
case against a Van Buren county
physician. The facts were freely
given by Mr. Adams with the under
standing that the Kalamazoo affair
should be given equal publicity with
the Van Buren county case. The
Gazette came out the same evening
with a full story about the Van
Buren County Doctor's troubles, but
nn mrntlon w.is m.ide of the affair in
volving the prominent Kalamazoo
parties, lo say that the Prosecutor
is righteously indignant, is express
ing it mildly.
! A teachers' Institute for Van
! Buren county is being held in Paw
Paw this week Thursday and Friday.
(The local schools have closed and the
tress ions are held in the High school
I room. A fine progran is on for to
iday. The speakers include, Charles
T. Grawn, former Normal School
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and Dr. E. A. Steiner of Grinnell,
Iowa.
Tho war department of the govern
ment has established twenty-four re
tail stores' in the United States. The
one for Michigan is located in the city
of Detroit. Sales from thtse stores
will be made both over the counter
and on mail orders. The lists of com
modities offered for sale by these
stores and the prices at which they
will be sold are displayed in the vari
ous post offices throughout the state.
The price fixed includes the delivery
charge to any point within the district
Twenty-five people enjoyed the
thrill of Airplane travel with Pilot G.
M. McCabe during the week at the
Hartford Fair. Attorney Glenn E.
Warner, Supt. O. W. Kaye and Royal
E. Decker of Paw Paw were among
the number, and Donald F. Cochrane
and his wife of Hartford also enjoyed
the fun. "Great is the universal
sentiment expressed by those who
made the flights. If the most con
servative predictions do not fail to
materialize, ten years from now will
see Airplane travel as common as
motor transportation is today.
The funeral of the late C. J. Mon
roe was held from tjie Congregational
church in the city of South Haven
last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Monroe
was born on November 20th, 1839 and
died at his home in South Haven
Thursday morning, October 2nd. His
death was due to the hardening of the
arteries, and his last illness began a
little more than a week prior to his
death. He had been a member of
the state legislature, and state board
of agriculture, state horticultural
society, and has been a prominent
figure in the political and industrial
activities of the state for more than
a half century. He was also promi
nent in banking circles of the state,
and was the author of the present
banking laws of Michigan. lie leaves
a widow, and three sons. -S. B. Mon
roe of Kalamazoo and George and C.
O. of South Haven. Those in atten
dance at the funeral from Taw Paw
were, J. W. Free, A. Lynn Free,
; Judge Wm. Killefer R. W. Broughton
: Gladstone Beattie, Royal E. Decker,
Glenn E. Warner, Wm. C. Mosierand
Jason Woodman.
Will Braybrooks, oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Braybrooks of Law
rence township was recently dis
charged from military service, and
has received word since arriving
home, that he has been awarded the
"American Distinguished Service
Cross" for gallantry in action in the
second battle of The Marne in July
1918. Will was a senior in the en
gineering department of the West
ern State Normal when the United
States declared war on Germany.
He lPi- ln'cs fcVo fo nli?t in t'o
Engineering department of the
army and was among the first to be
sent across. The Faculty however
granted his diploma at the close of
the year. Will was transferred from
the Engineers corps to the infantry
and was in active service in many of
the big battles of the war. He
wears shrapnel scars on one leg and
on his side, a bayonet scar in one
shoulder and still suffers some of the
efTects of gas. Several months were
spent in the hospital recovering from
wounds, but he vill soon be as good
as new. He speaks with some re
ticence regarding his part in the
great struggle, and wears his decor
ations with mcdesty.
The Van Buren County Fair at
Hartford last week, was a record
breaker from every standpoint. The
week opened with heavy rains, but
the clouds cleared away on Wednes
day and the weather was ideal for the
balance of the week, the gates of the
fair being left open until Saturday
night. Practically every inch of
space on the fair grounds was crowd
ed to capacity with exhibits and con
cessions. The crowds exceeded by
far the attendance of any previous
year, the races were good, the appoint
ments and management firt class,
and taking it all in all, it was a great
fair. "Better by far than the West
Michigan Fair at Grand Rapids" was
the way a visitor from the Furniture
City expressed it on Thusday.
Miss Esther Smith is taking a
course in Commercial Illustrating
from the school of Applied Art in
Battle Creek.
Homer E. Fritz of Paw Paw and
Miss Bertha Strolc of Battle Creek
were married Tuesday afternoon at
the Baptist Parsonage. Rev. E. E.
ShoufTler officiated. .
St. Mark's Guild will meet with
Miss Lizzie Pugsley next Monday
evening. The ladies are requested to
bring their sewing kits and cotton
material for"Hit and Miss" rag rug
work. .
Glen Healy haa re-entered school
after serving a period of time in the
U. S. Navy. He will strengthen the
Ball team, Track team and Band.
The following news item was clip
ped from the "Watertown Daily
News'' of Watertown South Dakota,
and refers to a former Paw Paw
boy, who grew to young manhood in
this community: Dr. E. E. Snow,
who recently moved to this city with
his family ,has opened dental parlors
in the Lebert Block, Suite 40, where
he has installed everything new. Hia
equipment and different appliances
are of the very latest vintage. His
X-ray machine is a marvel of sim
plicity and effectiveness. It is known
as the Fisher Oooledge Unit and is
made cxclaslvely ior dentists. Dr.
Snow bought the first one of these
machines displayed in the factory,
3lt has the only one in this city. Dr.
Snow came from Eureka, S. D. where
he practiced for the past fifteen years.
He selected Watertown as his future
home not only because of its reputa
tion as a live progressive city, but
also of its school facilities. He said
his children are growing old enough
to need the facilities offered in the
schools of Watertown. In leaving his
old home town the doctor closed out
everything, including his office and"
home. Shortly after arriving in
Watertown he bought the home of
Henrv Walta, just being erected at
904 Park Street N. W. He leased
offices in the Lebeck block but was
delayed in the opening until now as he
had to buy all new equipment which
took some time in reaching here.
The matter of Victory Buttons for
discharged Service Men has occasion
ed a little confusion. The Kalamazoo
Recruiting Officer returned the blank
forms made out by men in Van Buren
county refusing the buttons. The
Home Service Station had this up
with Washington, with the result
that we are in receipt of a letter
from the Grand Rapids Recruiting
office to tre effect that the Kalamazoo
branch was in error in returning
these blanks ,that it should have is
sued the buttons, and has been so ad
vised. Seivice men may secure blanks
from tho Red Cross at Paw Paw
and upon filling them out and sending
them to the U. S. Army Recruiting
office, 211 Monroe Aveune, Grand
Rap ds, Michigan they will receive
their Victory Buttons. The Home
Service. Section regrets the incon
venience to the men and the delay
in securing the buttons,' for which
the Red Cross is not to blame. Red
Cross Chapters are again asked to
help find a missing soldier. His name
is Harold A. Moorhouse, but he has
forgotten his name and his past life
and is now using an unknown name.
He was a Corporal in Company F.
118th, U. S. Infantry, and was re
ported killed at, the battle of Olsene,
Belgium, but was seen after that bat
tle. He was wounded on the left side
of the head and on both arms. He
is believed to have been at Camp
Mills, Hampton Roads, and Camp
Sherman. He is five feet seven inches
tall, weight about 110 pounds, has
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wavy hair grey blue eyes and heavy
brows, light moles over left eye and
under chin and cross grain large
toe-nail. You are asked to notify
tho Red Cross Home Service Section
Standard Parts Building, Cleveland,
Ohio, if you know of this soldier's
whereabouts.
Kalamazoo Normal football team
opened its 1919 season in that city
last Saturday afternoon by defeating
the fast Detroit college eleven by a
one sided score of 88 to 0. Warren
Smith, a former Taw Taw boy has
joined the team and within a short
time according to Coach William
Spaulding, he will be a big part of
Ihc Normal team. He is Homer's
brother and is said to possess much
speed and grit. Coach Spaulding
appears to have a powerful scoring
team capable of playing the hardest
and cleverest sort of football. Next
Saturday the Normal meets the heavy
M. A. C. team at Lansing. The far
mers have an eleven composed of
veterans and the game will be a
tough one for the Kalamazoo aggre
gation especially thus early in the
season The real game of the season
however, and the one in which Paw
paw fans will take the greatest
amount of interest, takes place at
Kalamazoo a week from Saturday,
October 18th, when the Normal
eleven tackles the Wabash team.
The Indiana school has hung up a
splendid record this season and sever
al of its men are now given a chance
to land a place on the All-Western
aggregation. Coach Spaulding with
Sam Dunlap, Ole Olesom and Howard
Shears in the backfield and with a
line that contains plenty of beef and
speed has a chance to clean up on
the, Howlers it is thought. Football
is more popular than ever this year
and crowds at all games show a
marked increase and tho interest
taken in this greatest of American
sports is keener than formerly.
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