The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-11-09
Local NeWs
Pau Pau and Vicinity

Mrs. Roy l.. Tuttle was a Kala-
mazoo visitor last Saturday.
Frank Avery was in Chicago on
business the first of the week.
l.. B. Gorton delivered a piano to
parties in Marcellus on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Weston were
guests of her mother, Mrs Cora
Barrows in Lawrence last Sunday.
Mrs. Nathan F. Simpson of Detroit
was a guest at the A. o. Duncombe
= home the latter part of last week.
Very few foreigners are taking out
Naturalization papers these days, no
second papers, or petitions having
been filed for three months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lockwood of
Hillsdale have been visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Jesse Raymond and
family a part of this week.
N Work is progressing rapidly on the
Gorton music store, and the fine new
front will add materially to the APP
pearance and convenience of the place.
The following teachers attended
the Teachers Institute last Thurs
day and Friday held at Grand Rapids,
Miss Dillon, Mr.. Gottheimer and Mr..
Harboldt.
The Progressive Farmers club will
meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. A. Cole next Thursday, November
18th. The complete program will be
found in another column of this issue.
The "Maids and Matrons" club held
their first session after the summer
vacation at the pleasant home of DR..
Verne Van Fossen last Friday eve
ming. A delightful time was report
ed
Rev. David Samson of Warren,
Minnesota will preach in the Presby-
terian church next Sunday morning
at the usual hour. There will be a
Union service in this church in the
evening.
Judge l.. B. Des Voignes gave an
address to the Boy scouts in Do
wagiac last Friday night, and an
other to the Hartford people in the
Baptist church in that village on
Sunday evening.
During the month of September
466 Gun Licenses were issued by the
County Clerk. Among them are five
ladies of Van Buren, county who
have taken out licenses to hunt Deer
in Northern Michigan.
Does the date opposite your name
on margin of paper read November
9th, 1917 or some later date? IF not
YOU are indebted to us on subscription
start with a clean slate. "Pay your
, bills, so we can pay ours"
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The regular meeting of the w. r.
C. will be held in Memorial Hall to-
morrow Saturday. The inspecting
officer will be present, and all officers
and members are requested to be
there The meeting will be called to
order at 1:30 p. NJ.
The total number of, bushels of
wheat marketed by farmers in Michi-
gan during the three months prior to
October was 1,350,000 bushels. One
hundred mills, elevators and grain
dealers report no wheat marketed
during the month of October.
There will be a meeting Of Waverly
township ladies at the Waverly
Grange hall next Tuesday, November
18th, for the purpose of organizing
a Red Cross Unit for the eastern half
of Waverly township. All interested
Se urgently requested to be present.
The Quartermaster Enlisted Re-
serve Corps of the u. s. Army re-
ouire in the neighborhood of three
thousand men to serve as clerks,
blacksmiths, farriers, horseshoers,
saddlers, storekeepers, tentmakers,
wheelwrights, wagonmasters, assist
ant wagonmasters, skilled laborers,
watchmen, packers etc. Any man be-
tween the ages of eighteen and forty
five is eligible for enlistment, pro-
vided he has not been called by his
local board for examination, and is
physically qualified. Further infor-
nation and application blanks will be
furnished by Ralph B. Innes, Captain
O. M. u. S. r. Room 555, Federal
Ruilding Chicago.