The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-08-23
5TH HOME COMING
GREAT SUCCESS
Village is in Holiday Attire.
Weather is Ideal, Arrange
ments 9. K.
RECEPTION LARGELY ATTENDED
K. of p. Hall Filled to Limit. Good
Program Carried Out. Make
Merry at Old Folks Dance.

The fifth annual Home Coming is here
The weather is ideal, the arrangements
perfect, the number of visitors far in ex-
cess of any previous year Every body is
happy and this will go down in history
as the most successful Home Coming
ever held in Paw Paw. Our visitors began
to arrive last week and every train brings
additional Home Corners. They are here
from the north, south, east and west
and nearly every slate in the union is
represented.
Tuesday was the first day of the "big
show" and the beautiful village began
to take on a holiday appearance. A large
banner bearing the single word "wel-
come" is stretched across Kalamazoo
street to greet our visitors as they come
up from the depot. Two large Ameri-
can flags, the property of Perry Roberts,
are stretched across Main street and
many of the enterprising merchants and
business people have decorated their
places of business and. resi- iences ia the
national colors. Everything has been
greeting to our visitors.
Tuesday evening guests began to as
semble early for the reception at the K
OF p. hall. rhe early part of the even
ing was enjoyed in general renewal of
old acquaintance, and when r. w.
Broughton, master of ceremonies, called
the assembly to order the hall was
packed to its capacity. Mr. Broughton s
remarks were especially appropriate for
the occasion. He is always the right
man in the right place.
The program opened with music: vio-
lin, l.. E. Foxford; piano, Mrs. w. r.
Sellick. Attorney Glenn Warner then
gave the address of welcome. 1t was a
scholarly production, and we regret that
space will not permit US to publish it in
full. Bruce Cummings then sang a tenor
solo, which was well received, when
Noah Crane of California responded to
the words of welcome. He spoke with
much feeling of the old home town in
his younger days, and his words were
received with applause. Miss Martha
Mason sang a solo and responded to an
encore. julie Clapp of New York G.. w.
Myers of Hillsdale, Mr.. and Mrs. Saun-
ders of Detroit, Mrs. Mary Hudson Ozis
of Chicago, Dr. Ed. Snow of Dakota, O..
f.. Gilman of Vermont and others spoke
briefly in a reminiscent mood of by gone
days, showing that the "good old times"
10 the home town are engraved in mem
ory's tablet never to be forgotten. An
other delightful selection by Mr.. Foxford
and Mrs. Sellck, and the program was
ended. E. G.. Thayer and a corps OF
able assistants presided at the punch
bowl, and the Home Coming week was
ushered in under the most auspcio us
circumstances.
Wednesday was general visiting day
and was spent in way that best suited
tho fancy of the visitors. In the even
ing all assembled again at headquarters
for the old folks dance Every body
with their aunts, cousins, sisters and un-
cles we're there and made merry till the
wee sma hours of the morning, with
money musk, Virginia reel and the good
old.quadriles. Many of the "old boys and
girls" "swung on the corner" as in days
of old.
Thursday was reception day at Lake
Barrison Three Mile lake, A large
crowd went accompanied by the Paw
Paw band, and in the evening Homer
Eaton with local talent gave an enter
tainment at the opera house. We are
unable to give a full account of these
events this week but will include them
in next weeks report.
Letters of regret were received from
several who were expected for the week.
NJ. o. Rowland and wife wished to be
remembered to the "whole bunch,' as
did w. F. Warner, who wished TO be re-
membered especially to the girls"
Owing to the fact that but a part of
the visitors have registered todate we
will defer publication of the same until
our next issue.