The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-08-16

Miss Myra Lee is visiting her niece
Mrs. Charles Mather. 4.
L. j. Cavanaugh was in Benton
Harbor on legal business last Monday
Mary Bryar of Muskegon is the
guest of Paw Paw friends this week
Manley Nunnerly and family are
spending a vacation at Three Mile
Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Reeves have
been entertaining relatives from Chi
Icago the past week.
The Up-To-Date Farmers club
assembled at Christie Lake on We'd
nesday for their annual picnic.
A card received from Mrs. Joe
Kline states that their son Claude
Kline has arrived safely in France.
The 58th, Annual Michigan Sunday
school convention will be held in the
city of Cadillac on August 2S to 80.
O'Grady Bros. announce that dur
ing Chautauqua week their store will
close at 7:30 except Saturday night.
Mrs. Elvira Morrison returned
home last Friday from a short visit
at the home of her daughter in Grand
Rapids.
Mrs. Harry Nash of Lawton spent
part of the week at the home of her
aunt Mrs. Delos Nicholson west of
town.
Mrs. Samuel Wilson of So. Haven
was in town Monday on business
connected with the next Liberty Loan
drive.
Seward Payne is driving a new
Ford and is visiting his sisters Mrs.
Ed Plopper of Lawrence and Mrs.
Oscar Maxwell of Lawton.
All Red Cross Knitters having Red
Cross needles Especially steel ones)
are asked to return them at once to
the local chairman. Mrs. j. G. Max
well. -. If you .please.
All meetings of the Royal Neigh
bors will hereafter be held in the
Memorial Hall. The regular meet
ings will be on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month.
Douglas Hindenach who recently
enlisted in the Navy is home for a
short time. He does not know defin-
litely yet to what Naval training
station he will be sent.
Corporal ID. p. Pike of Ann Arbor
Mrs. A. A. Pike of South Haven and
her husband of this place, Owen d.
Pike of Battle Greek and Ray Win
ters of Cheshire were all Sunday
visitors at the Frank Hodges home.
Rev. F M. Warren will be the
Chautauqua Platform manager again
this year. Mr.. Warren made many
friends among the Chautauqua pat
rons last year who will be glad that
he is coming back. He will arrive in
Paw Paw next Monday morning.
Edmund Bills of the U. S. Ship
Beale, is enjoying a thirty days fur
lough at the home of his parents
south of town. He has been in the
Navy five years, and is about to be
transferred from the Beale to the
new destroyer, Palmer.
Arthur w. Hayden, one of the well
known citizens of Van Buren, county
died at his home in Hamilton town
ship last week Thursday aged seventy
four years. The funeral was held
from the late home on Sunday, Rev
Olivia Woodman of this place officia-
ting. r. w. Broughton and Glenn
F.. Warner were in attendance from
Paw Paw.
The Chautauqua Program this year
lis wonderful. One hardly knows
which day in the whole week to select
as a special day. The only safe way
lis to take a season ticket and attend
every program during the entire
week. Every day will be big day
The big tent will be erected on the
old Court House Grounds on Saturday
of this week, and everything will be
in readiness for the opening day next
Monday.
There was a meeting of the County
War Board, together with the execu-
tive committee of the Red Cross al
the office of Judge Anderson last
Tuesday. There was no special bust
ness to transact, but the work of the
various departments of county wal
work was reviewed, and the demands
for the future discussed. The idea OF
these meetings is to keep in touch
with all war activities in the country
and to maintain a close and harmon.
ious cooperation of effort. The next
meeting will be at Chairman Ander'
sons office on September 10th.
G. G.. Walker of South Haven, is
the second Van Buren county boy tC
appear in the overseas Casualty lists
A message to his sister Mrs. Frank
Harris of that city, simply stated
that he was seriously wounded anc
that no further details were avail
able. The first Van Buren county
boy to appear in the list was Viii
Braybrooks Of Lawrence, as stated
last week. No further word has beer
received by his parents as to the