The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-11-25
-oeoI o7d Miscellaneous.


". hOSeD Oaum OF h6ldmdAOO was III
town Monday.
l.. }. Lewis of Bangor was in town one
day this week.
A. n. Moulton of Decatur was in Paw
Paw last Friday.
G. f. Ocobock is moving to Grand
Rapids this week
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Thompson arrived
home Wednesday.
f. II. Macdonald OF Kalamazoo spent
Wednesday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. n. Wakeman were in
Lawrence yesterday.
Miss Vina Webster of Allegan is
guest of Mrs. Claire Harrison.
Mr.. and Mrs. BirneY Buck of Kalama-
zoo were in Paw Paw yesterday.
Mrs Trude Duncombe was a guest of
Mrs. Geo Longwell, Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Hope Lee spent Thanksgiving
with her son and parents in Lawrence.
Mrs. Frank Avery returned Wednes-
day from week S visit 10 Grand Rapids.
Miss Pearl Haggart, who is working
in Lansing, spent Thanksgiving in Paw
Paw
W. A. Lemaux has returned from In
diana, where he has been for the past
two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. c. r Cookbook leave for
Grand Rapids to day, to make their home
in that city
Miss Bingham of the Kalamazoo sem
mary was the guest Of Miss Gail Parks,
Thanksgiving.
Miss Louise Andrews, who is attend
ing school at Ypsilanti is at home for
the Thanksgiving vacation with her sis.
ter and aunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Cummings enter
tanned large company Thanksgiving in
honor of Mrs Nettie Jordan Burleigh of
Dillon, Montana.
j. r. Packer will leave next week to
spend the winter with his son in Cali
fornia. He will stop on the way to visit
his daughter, Mrs. Harry Snow, in Wis
consn.
The K. Ct p. annual ball, held at the
new hail Wednesday evening, was large
ly attended and was great success, as
is usual with the dances given by that
lodge. The music by the Maple City or
chestra was good, the refreshments were
excellent and everyone had a good time.
The only complaint made during the
evening was that it was too short. Many
people from out Of town attended
The barns on tho south side of the
road on Mrs. Esther Harrison's farm,
west of town, burned Wednesday morn
ing with all their coDtents-seyeral tons
of hay, some corn fodder, grain and ma
chinery. The fire caught from spark
from threshng engine, and spread so
rapidly the threshers were unable to
check it or even save the contents Of the
barns 1t was only by the hardest kind
OF work that the house and horse barn
across the road we're saved, as a strong
wind was blowing exactly towards them.
The loss is about $1,000. The contents
were fully insured, but the loss on the
barns was only partially covered.
District No. of Antwerp, the "Rich-
moud " school, had celebration We'd
nesday evening, In honor of winning the
Youths Companion prize for well kept
grounds and buildings, being one of only
ten in the state to be so honored. The
residents Of the district are Justly proud
of their achievement. and the active in
terest taken by the patrons in school
affairs is what makes this one Of the
very best rural schools ia the state. The
celebration commenced with a fine six
O'Clock supper, which was enjoyed by
about hundred people. After this was
cleared away, an excellent program was
given, consisting Of exercises by the
pupils, short talks by several residents
Of the district and invited guests from
outside, and first class vocal and instru.
mental music. A humber of guests were
present from Paw Paw and Lawton.
The people OF Paw Paw feel Just pride
in the excellence of this school. in the
cultured east neigbborhood which is
tributary to Paw Paw, and many of
whose eighth grade graduates have con-
tinued their studies in the high school
here, and have completed the course
with honor. The Troe Norsheruer hopes
there will be no cessation Of interest in
this banner rural school.