The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-12-27
~ LOCAL II

w. r. Shrine is very i'll at this
writing.
County Farm Agent Eckert, is con-
fined to his home on account of illness
Mrs. Hattie Hogmire of Edwards
burg visited relatives here last week.
Ed Bailey came from Detroit to
Spend Christmas with his family here.
County Clerk Royal f. Decker,
spent Christmas with his mother in
Battle Creek
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Colburn enter
tanned relatives from Kalamazoo on
Christmas day.
H. w. Showerman and wife expect
10 start for a trip to California on
January sixth.
. Mrs. Charles Morton who is a
patient at Bronson hospital, is ex-
pected home Saturday.
Mrs. Wandell of Kalamazoo is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Fred
-overacker ,east of town.
Mrs. Amanda Andrews is spending
the holidays with her niece, Mrs.
Graham Wells in Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Balance and
children are spending the holidays
with his parents in Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrington en-
ttertained eighteen relatives and
friends at Christmas dinner
Arthur Num- is home from the
Naval Training Station to spend the
Christmas furlough with his parents.
Kirk Harrington and Eldred Fish
have been discharged from S. A. T. c.
and arrived home in time for Christ
mas.
Miss Bess Harrison has arrived
safely Over Seas. She is a Red Cross
nurse and will serve in the hospitals
of France.
Miss Virginia Roach is spending
her school vacation at the home of
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
". Broughton.
Lieutenant Herbert Bassett who
~arrived in New York city December
fourth, was home to spend Christmas
with his parents.
Aom Soule and two children are
ne home of his father in Lawton,
wHke Mr. Soule is recuperating from
his recent illness.
Mrs. James Nelson is a patient at
Bronson hospital Kalamazoo. 1t is
feared she will have to undergo an
operation for gall stones.
Harold Bolinger, the new County
Treasurer, is moving his family to
town. They are locating in the NJ.
Y. Allen house on East Main street.
4 Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ. Towers are in
Detroit to spend the holidays with
their sons wife, Mrs. Walter Towers
and son. Walter is in France doing
4 Y. M. c. A. work.
Word has been received here that
lieut.. Fred Lstshaw of Camp Taylor,
South Carolina, has received his dis
charge from Army service 1t is not
known whether his plans for the
future have been decided upon.
All wanting posts-ar-uood should
read Charley Hoskins announcement
I'm the classified column of this issue.
He guarantees his posts to be first
class, and his word is good. 1t will
be pleasure for Charley's old
friends to have an opportunity to
deal with him one more
Mrs. Wave Thompson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Braybrooks of
Lawrence, died in Borgess. hospital in
4 Kalamazoo on Christmas afternoon.
She had been i'll but few days with
Influenza when pneumonia developed
She leaves a husband and five child
ren, the smallest being but two years
Of age. Cases of this kind are indeed
pitiful, and great sorrow to rea-
tives and friends.
John ID. Mangum of Muskegon,
died from Pneumonia in New York
eity, the first Of the week. He was
shs.fmaA of the Republican State Com
&ittee Oh Michigan, and for many
4 years had been a prominent and in
fuential political character in his
state, and will be missed not only in
gkis$home community, but in every