The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-14
COUNTY PIONEERS.
THIRTY FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AT SOUTH
HAVEN, WEDNESDAY.

held In the public grove in South haven,
Wednesday, June y.
There were only about 100 people pres
ent at the opening of the meeting. The
attendance, however, was better in the
afternoon. The number of pioneers pres
ent was comparatively the smallest
known in the history of the society.
The South Haven band furnished
music during the forenoon. The meet
ing opened promptly at 10 o'clock, with
the president, j. j. Woodman, in the
chair Rev. NJ l.. Fox of South Haven
invoked the divine blessing. The min
utes of last meeting, held in Lawrence,
were read by the secretary, l. p. Bates
of Paw Paw. The treasurer, DR.. A. 5.
Haskin of Lawrence, rendered the fol-
lowing report: Balance on hand last
year, STAG; received at last meeting,
S3.75; bills paid, S1l.02; balance on hand,
S519
Reports of vice presidents were read
from II townships; Almena, Antwerp,
Porter Paw Paw Bloomingdale, Law
renee, Keeler, Hartford Geneva, South
Haven and Covert.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year. President, J. j. Wood
man; vice president, G. j. Monroe; sec
retary, l. p. Bates; treasurer, A. S. Has
kin.
An executive committee was appointed,
consisting of David Woodman, Paw Paw;
Harvey II. Howard, Bloomingdale, and
VIM. II. Hurlburt, South Haven.
Vice presidents for the different
townships were voted as follows: Pine
Grove, j. G. McFellin; Almena, Decatur
Downing; Antwerp G. d. Lawton; Por-
ter, j. w. Burlington; Decatur, John
Cook; Paw Paw, David Woodman;
Waverly, II. p. McFarlin; Bloomingdale,
II. II. Howard; Columbia, Benz. +.
Smith; Arlington, G.. o. Nash; Law
renee, A. S. Haskin; Hamilton, A. w.
Haydon Keeler p. p. Sykes; Hartford,
Luther Sutton; Bangor, III. NJ. Overton:
Geneva, Chas Brott: South Haven,
Augustus Voorhees,; Covert, L. II. Rood.
a pioneer picnic dinner was held in
the grove at y, and the meeting was
continued at one.
The meeting opened with prayer by
Rev. Andrews of South Haven. W. q.
Packard, president of the village, well
coined the pioneers to South Haven.
Rev. |. T. Bates of Paw Paw gave a re-
sponse. A few remarks by the president,
j. j. Woodman, were well received, when
an interesting paper was read by w. III.
Wilcox of South Haven in regard to
early pioneer days. OF the many i'm
provements which are being made in
.l ! Il ho
specified the summer resort, but regret
ted the absence of the court house, which
he said ought to be added to the list of
facilities for prosperity.
Hon. d. Ii. Pinney, now of South
Haven, gave very interesting address.
Fully 5000 people instead of the con-
siderably small crowd, he believed should
have been present from over the county.
He considered the organization second
to none; that since the days of inde-
pendence, besides the 4th of July and
Memorial day there were none greater in
rank than the day of the pioneer society;
that to the efforts of the early pioneers
were owing what we have today, the
garden of the world.
"In the earlier days there was no auto
mobile, unless it was the old OK team
They came and went without any bicy-
cles, and did not part their hair in
the middle and did not say 'ither and
nither,' as they do in this day and gener
alton. The boys now say we are here
for swell time and you are not IN it
unless you are swell.
ave are never satisfied with what we
have. We always want something more.
The trouble in this 10Th century is to
find the business man who is satisfied
with a good honest living. A New
Hampshire farmer said to his son, my
son, l have fixed you out now, and l
want you to succeed-honestly if you
can-but | want you TO succeed anyhow
1--WE live on the verge of the 10Th CEN
tury and we want to do something, we
want to become honorable; we want to
90 to the legislature, to be Judge or 60
! to congress; to get rich. This age in
which we live gets worse and worse, and
| am glad to be called 'an old fogy.
The following rhyme tells the story of
the rich man and the wood sawyer:
"a man in his carriage was driving along
A gaily dressed wife by his side,
2 In satin and lace, she looked like queen,
! And he like a king by her side
A wood sawyer stood on the street as theypassed,
The carriage and couple he eyed,
And said as he worked with his son on the log,
] wish was rich and could ride
. The man in the carriage remarked to his wife,
One thing would do, if could
I'd give all my wealth for the strength and the
health
OF the man that is there saving wood.
"When you have been in need, when
/, you have wanted something when you
!, have wanted help, who have you gone tor
Is it the millionaire, or is it the true, tried
friend, who is always ready to aid and
. help your You may go to California or
any place you please, but your heart
remains in your old home and you can
s not erase the memory. People who go
) away from home sometimes suffer from
# doing so. 1t is sometimes said of the
S young man or woman, he is gone to