The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-09-25
EVENTS OF A LOCAL NATURE
Continued from page 1.

Tho annual banquet of the Berrlen
county ropubli IAN club was held at ST.
Joseph last Tuesday evening. Congress
man Burton OF Ohio was the principal
psakst AL CDlsr,3uln b. Ia. dlni'-
ton acted as toastmaster.
Capt. A. J. Remington arrived in town
last Saturday. lie will take trip west
the last of the week aud return later TO
start his cider mill Mr.. Remington has
not been here before in two years ana
saws Paw Paw looks good to him.
A telegram to l. Jay CuVings, Mon
day. conve, ed the sad news OF the death
of IT, S. Williams in Aberdeen, >. d.
last Sunday. Mr.. Williams was at one
time editor of The True Northerner.
The funeral was held from his shome IN
Aberdeen.
The secretary of the Prospect sdlli
cemetery association, A. w. Cummings, Is
ready to receive the assess nents now
due for year ending September l, l909
Lot owners who are in the permanent
care fund are not included. Office In
the Free Press and Courier building.
Harvey L. Goolsby, laboriug man OF
Kalamazoo. was struck by the Grand
Rapids flyer at LaVton last Saturday
afternoon. and died in Bronson hospital
in Kalamazoo that evening, from his IN
iuries He had been working in the
VINEYARDS at Lawton aud was returning
home to spend Sunday He leaves
wife and eight children.
We are indebted to our good friend,
Uncle John Cook of Decatur, for lib
eral supply of tomatoes, cabbages, on
ions melons. etc. Uncle John knows
inst how TO raise fine garden stuff, and
also has a heart as lsrge as his NAM
moth melons. Taking everything into
consideration the path of the newspaper
man is not so rugged after all.
PUPILS in the Paw Paw schools this
wear are enthusiastic over the work In
manual training and domestic science.
The different grades are at present tax
ing up the work as follows: 2nd, 3rd,
4th and 9th grades, paper folding; 9th,
7th and Sth grades, girls, sewing, boys,
knife work; high school, two classes each
in cooking and sewing.
Our sister village of Gobleville is to
have fine new two.story brick school
house. The village has twice voted on
the proposition of raising $4,000 for
that purpose and each time it was lost.
Recently, however, proposition to
boLd for $1,000 was carried. The First
National bank of Paw Paw purchased
the bonds at par and they were delivered
last Friday.
VIM. Foster, who was working on the
Weston block, was hurt quite badly last
Monday. While putting up the sheet
ing for the cement walls in the base.
ment, the bank caved in and caught his
legs between the timbers and falling
earth 1t was thought at first his legs
were broken, but luckily he escaped
with few bruises and badly spraned
muscles tie is able to be around with
the aid of crHtches.
James f. Billiard and David Dillon
attended the annual regimental reunion
of the 4th Michigan cavalry at Kalama-
zoo last week. The Co. c. reunion, of
which they are members, was also held
at the same time There we're 60 mem.
bers of the regiment present and ID of
the company. Mr.. Billiard was elected
president of he regimental association
and through lis efforts the meeting next
year will be held in Paw Paw on the
banks Of Maple lake
Paw Paw chapter No 257 O. f. S.
held a public installation of officers at
Masonic hall last Wednesday evening
Past grand worthy matron, Mrs. Emma
Oco5ock Of Hartford, was installing of
ficer, and did the work in a very credit
able manner. Following are the officers
as installed: Mrs. II. A Sherman, W NJ :;
II A, Sherman, w. p; Mrs. T.. NJ
Thyme, A. NJ; Mrs. Fred Bassett
Coud.; Mrs X. NJ. Chase, A. Cond Miss
Hutchins, Sec; Mrs. B L. Sowle, Treas ;
Mamie b. Wakeman, Ada; Miss Dun
ming, Ruth; frankie Nelson, Esther;
Mertice Moser, Martha; Berna Van
Tassel Electa; Charlotte Young, War
der; Amanda Hoyt, Chaplain; Maude
Sellick, organist; Clara Warner, Mar
shall; G. w Reynolds, Sentinel.