The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-09-13

Miss Margaret Southworth, Probate
Register, is taking a two weeks va
cation.
Miss Mary O'Grady is entertaining
cousins, The Misses Rose and Mary
O'Grady of Chicago.
G. J. Ernsberger and f. ]. Bridger
of the Fruit Belt Line were in Chi
cago last Monday.
Advertised letters-J. Dean, Chas.
|. Swain, Mrs. Rose Timmons, George
Walters, Andrew Krygowski.
All Odd Fellows are requested to be
present at the next meeting, Friday
evening, September 18th. Melon Feed.
See the war adv. of John w. Free
and Company on page eight of this
issue.
The Paw Paw fire department will
enjoy banquet at the Firemen's hall
on Thursday evening, September 18th,
at 600 o'clock.
John A. Young, formerly of Paw
Paw is now an employe of Uncle Sam
and is doing clerical work at Camp
Humphrey, Virginia.
Mrs. Anna Waymire died at her
home near Paw Paw, August 2Sth.
She leaves a husband and four child
rem to mourn her loss.
There will be a regular meeting of
Paw Paw lodge No. 25 F. and A. M.
on Tuesday evening, September 18th.
A good attendance is desired.
Bert Mcleod and the O'Grady Bros.
were South Bend visitors last Sunday
1t should be added however, that they
did not make the trip via Auto.
There will be no Probate Proceed
ings in the columns of the True
Northerner this week or next. The
Court House reporter is taking a va
cation.
Mrs. A. E. Spicer is entertaining
her aunts, Mrs. Levi Heath and Mrs.
Armitta Isham of Coffeyville, Kan
sas, also Mrs. Eunice Barner of Ban
ton Harbor.
j. E. Packer is attending the Michi-
gan Annual Conference this week at
Jackson as Lay Delegate, to the Gen.
tenary movement which will ask for
100000 to be raised by Methodism
in the next five years.
The annual meeting of the Local
Red Cross will be held at the Coterie
rooms, Friday, September 18th, at
three P. M. for the purpose of elect
ing local officers. Every Red Cross
member is urged to be present.
c. A. Warner has sold all of his big
crop of Rosen Rye for seed, and has
had many orders from outside the
state that he has been unable to fill.
1t will be to the advantage of every
farmer to investigate the merits of
this new rye, before sowing the fall
crops.
Mrs. C. r. Grasshorn Of this village
recently received through the mails,
a real German helmet from the battle
fields of France. 1t was sent to her
by one of her boys who is fighting in
the American Army at this time.
The head piece weighs nearly three
pounds and has ragged bullet hole
showing how its wearer met his
death. 1t is an interesting relic of
the world war and has attracted con-
siderable interest.
The public will please take notice
of a collection Of Pillows and a rug
which will be on exhibition in the
Avery store for two weeks. These
PlilONS Will DC SOlu duCJlOn dJ
some date to be announced later, and
the rug will go to the lucky guesser
on a can of beans. A chance on the
rug costs 10 cents a guess. All the
proceeds from the auction and money
received for the rug will be given to
the Red Cross and War Fund.
Mrs. John Dorsey.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Heffernan have
moved to Kalamazoo which will be
their future home. Before leaving
Paw Paw Mr.. Heffernan leaves the
following message to his Paw Paw
friends:- Before leaving Paw Paw
l wish to say a few words through
the columns of your paper. We have
lived here ten years and l have never
lived in any place liked better, and
never expect to. Paw Paw is pretty
town, and her people / believe are as
kind and thoughtful as any on earth.