The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-12-13

Frank B. Nelson made a business
trip to Chicago on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lytle of Porter
were in raw Paw on Wednesday.
Get your dollars ready for the Red
Cross Membership Drive, December
21st.
Robert Donahue of Camp Custer
visited his grandmother, Rachel A.
Bailey over Sunday.
"The Reason Why" featuring Clara
Kimball Young at the Idle Hour
theatre Saturday and Sunday, Decem
ber 14th, and 18th. A select picture.
/ T. NJ Wheeler, one of the veteran
merchants of Van Buren county died
at his home in South Haven last Sat
of shore store in that city for many
years.
Norman Bailey came home Tues
day morning to spend the holiday
vacation. He has been working in
Detroit the last year as craftsman on
government aeroplanes.
Rev. II. w. Harvey formerly of Paw
Paw, and now of Kalamazoo has been
reelected Commander of Orcutt Post
G. A. r. of that city. Mr.. Harvey
appointed Eli Strong of Paw Paw, as
Patriotic Instructor of the Post.
State Senator elect, B. G.. Davis of
Lawton was in Paw Paw on Wednes-
day. Mr.. Davis plans to take up his
residence at the state capitol inn
mediately after Christmas. Mrs.
Davis will accompany him to Lansing
for the session.
Mrs. G.. F.. Olin was very happily
surprised by a number of friends in
town on December 1st. 1t was Mrs.
Gins blr,hday ,anl IL addition to Ike
many :ood things 70 cat, the friends
left many lovely and useful gifts.
1t was a day long to be remembered.
The Secretary of the U. S. Treas
ury announces that all United States
Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness
of series w E, dated September 3rd,
and maturing January End, 1919 are
called for redemption on December
10, 1918 at Par and accrued interest
pursuant to the provision for such re-
demption contained in the Certificates
On December 10, 1918 interest on all
Certificates of said series will cease
to accrue.
The l.. o. I. NJ elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year.
Commander, Cora Waters; Past Com
mander, Alice Smith; Lieut.. Comman-
der, Frieda Grasshorn; Chaplain,
Eliza Chapman; Record Keeper, Mel
lie Bailey; Finance Keeper, Leila
Pepper; Sergeant, Viola Summey;
Mistress at Arms, Edna Wilson; Sen
tinel, Rose Free; Picket, Nora Ray
mond; Pianist, Ada easier; Great In
stalling officer Rachael Bailey; Great
Mistress at Arms, Fannie Mentor;
Great Chaplain, Helen Stephenson.
The Installation of Officers will take
place Monday evening, January 18th,
at which time the defeated side in
the recent contest will furnish a 600
o'clock dinner to all the members.
The headquarters for the Red Cross
membership drive for this vicinity
will be at the PostofIice all day De-
cember 21st 1t is hoped that every
man, woman and child SO far as pos
sible will feel it an honor TO either
renew their membership or become
new members by the payment of the
one dollar year dues. Howard Fen
says, "The Red Cross Christmas Roll
Call Campaign is not for money alone
but is to broaden the membership and
by so doing to demonstrate to the
world the sympathy and unselfsh
spirit of America" So come yourself
and urge your neighbor to do likewise
The work of the Red Cross is by no
means finished by the ending of the
war.
Wint Reynolds received a letter
Wednesday morning which probably
caused him more genuine rejoicing
and lifted a heavier load from his
mind, than any letter he ever receiv-
ed during his entire life time. 1t was
from his son Lynn, dated from "Some
where in France" on November 18th.
Lynn had always been very punctual
about letting his father and family
know about his welfare since going
across. But the letter received on
Wednesday was the first for a period
of eight weeks, and the suspense in
view Of the long casualty lists report
ed daily, was making Wint's hair
wee bit whittier, and his usual sunny
disposition bit morose. Following
is the letter:-Dear Dad;-Just back
from a somewhat feverish sector Of
the front, which grew rather torrid
il the "ast half Of the ninth" Be-