The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-01


Lieutenant Glenn A. Showerman
was home from Camp Custer last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Warner are
rejoicing over the advent of fine
baby boy born to them last Saturday
night.
Mrs. George Weston was in Law
renee last week to assist in the local
talent play given there last Thursday
evening.
Miss Mildred Shepard as Sweet
Kittie Glover" and Miss Christine
Carr as Loretta, her chum" in Grand
Ma Gibbs Of the Red Cross, the "Hit
of the Season"
John Hirleman was In Paw Paw
on Tuesday. He is employed at Camp
Custer while Mrs .Hirleman and
children are visiting relatives and
friends in Iowa.
Prof. Kaye takes the part of Ezra,
the True American Soldier Boy" in
"Grand Ma Gibbs" which will be put
on by local talent at the Opera House
Friday and Saturday nights, March
Is and 16. Get tickets early.
Nearly every Henry" in the coun-
try has been "tuned" up this week.
Like the blue birds, the faithful
"Henry" is the lest to disappear when
winter comes and the first to put in
an appearance in the spring.
Quite a number of u. S. Army
Trucks have passed through Paw Paw
this week, probably on the way from
factory to Camp Custer. They all
had heavy canvass tops and were in
scribed "U. S. Quartermaster's Dept" F."
Mr.. and Mrs. Wells G.. Brown of
Lansing were week end guests at the
Judge Anderson home. Wells went
to Breedsville to spend Sunday among
the scenes of his boyhood days and
Mrs. Brown remained here until Mon
day.
The John Ryden home has been 4
veritable hospital for the past two or
three weeks. Mr.. Ryden was kicked
by horse some two weeks ago and
is just getting able to be around
again; Mrs. Ryden has been i'll with
the grip, and Miss Agnes is recover
ing from quite a severe sickness.
The Masonic school of instruction
for this section of the county will be
held in Lawrence next week Wednes-
day evening, March 9Th. Grand
Lecturer Frank o. Gilbert will be in
charge, and Lawrence lodge will con-
fer the Third degree. Paw Paw
Lodge No. 25 is one of the lodges
summoned to be in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Coy are receiving
the congratulations Of their friends.
The bride was Miss Celesta Holmes
of Marcellus and the ceremony was
performed at that city on Sunday,
February 17th. The True Northerner
joins in best wishes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Coy will soon move into the tenant
house or the Fuller farm east of Paw
Paw. where Joe will be employed this
year.
Since the war began, about $4,000
employees have been added to the
civil service in Washington, ID. c. and
il is estimated that another 10000
will be added during the coming year.
Stenographers are being added in
great numbers and there is also need
for clerks, both men and women who
are trained in certain special or tech
nical lines, ship craftsmen, mechanical
craftsmen, and workmen in trades
connected with ship-building. Arba
Hawley at the local post office is
prepared to furnish definite infor-
nation and application blanks.
The base ball fans of Chicago are
inclined to recent the title conferred
upon Bill Killefer as the most valu-
able catcher in the business. They
look upon Schalk Of the White Sox
as Bills equal. "Not So" says Pat
Moran, manager of the Phillies, who
places Killefer in the class with the
best backstops Of all time, and sticks
to his conclusion that there is no
catcher in base ball today that is
Bills equal. He bases his conclusions
upon two facts-"Killefer's ability as
a catcher, and his habit of avoiding
injury, which means his ability ia
go behind the bat every day. Killefer
has been with the Phillies five years
and during that time has been behind
the bat in 565 games, an average OF
ia panoeq q eeason In his bauppY