The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-22
Mr. and Mrs. III. G. Waters are
numbered among the sick.

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numbered among the sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Sencebe of Del
ton, Michigan were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Knight on Sunday last.
Miss Florence Pepper succeeds Miss
Christine Carr as assistant in DR.
+. A. Racette's Dental Parlors.
IL. l.. Mcneil attended the annual
session of the Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fellows in Grand Rapids last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Valient and Mrs.
Rainy Witter of Lawrence were
guests at the ID. j. Mitchelson home
on Sunday last.
Rev. l. p. Bates went to Blooming
dale last Sunday to exchange pulpits
with Rev. Parnell who spoke in one
of the Paw Paw pulpits.
W. j. Kingsbury, District Agent of
the Equitable Life" of the u. S. was
in Paw Paw Thursday and Friday, the
guest of local representative, w. r.
Sellick.
VIM. Richmond was called here
from Levering, Michigan the first of
the week by the death of his daugh-
ter, Miss Nettie. He returned to his
home on Wednesday.
Miss Christine Carr, who has been
the assistant in the DR.. +. A. Racette
dental parlors for the past three
years, left on Monday for Seattle,
Washington, where she will spend the
winter with a sister. Her mother,
Mrs. Ella Carr and brother George
accompanied her to Klamath Falls,
Oregon where they expect to make
their future home.
Miss Nettie Richmond died in De-
catur last Sunday after an illness of
but two weeks. She was formerly a
student in the Paw Paw schools, MAX
ing her home with Mr.. and Mrs. Al
Hindenach, and had many friends
among the young people here who
mourn her untimely death. She was
eighteen years of age, and for some
time held a position in the telephone
exchange of Decatur Funeral SER
vices were held on Tuesday and burial
was in the Cuddebach cemetery.
The City of South Haven joined in
suitable service last Sunday evening
in memory of Major Edward Thomp-
son who made the Supreme Sacrifice
in France. Similar services were
also held in Lawrence, where he at
tended the public schools and grew
to manhood. The remains will be
brought home from France as soon as
practicable, and it is probable that
the county will join at that time in
memorial service in honor of the
memory of the martyred hero.
Marian Bonsall Davis pays ,he
following tribute to the women of
America in the December issue of the
Red Cross Magazine: with food the
women of America have done one of
the supremely imaginative things Of
this war. They observed rules, took
substitutes, cut their portions, and fed
millions of the Allies. Last April,
when the Food administration made
its final appeal to American house
wives for the conservation of wheat,
they saved and sent abroad 10000
900 bushels before the September
harvest.
Eliza A. Munger was born May 16,
1914, in the township Of Porter, Van
Buren, county, Michigan. She was
the daughter of Luke and Eunice
Munger, pioneers of Van Buren, coun-
ty. She spent her youth in the old
Munger homestead, now known as the
Sanford Harris place. When a very
young girl she joined the Free Will
Baptist church under Elder Root.
She was married to Joel D.Monroe
in the yeal of 1867 on December 18th,
and they lived in Porter and vicinity
until the year of 1887 at which time
Mr.. Monroe was elected Register of
Deeds oi Van Buren, county and they
moved to Paw Paw where they lived
until the death Of Mr.. Monroe on Oct
ober 18th, 1895, at which place Mrs.
Monroe has since made her home until
her death which occurred at Grand
Rapids, November 18th, 1918. Mrs.
Monroe was seventy-four years and
six months of age. Three of her
children, Mark, Myrtle and Viola were
with her the last week of her life.
She was the mother of nine children,
eight of whom survive her. Two
brothers with their families were
present at the funeral which was held