The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

Miss Virginia Roach of South Bend
was the guest Of her grand parents
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Broughton last
week.
Eber Bennett returned to Camp
Custer last Saturday after a short
furlough spent with his mother Mrs.
Martha Bennett.
The Friday club will be entertained
by Mrs. Emma Smith this afternoon
at the home of her son, Paul Smith
and wife on North Gremps street.
Master Allen and Miss Charlotte
Young returned home last Friday
after spending their vacation with
Grand Pa and Grand Ma Young on
their farm near Decatur.
Any one having turkeys to sell, are
requested to call on Jake Riedl, chair
man of the losing committee in the
Odd Fellows contest. He wishes to
purchase one dozen fat turkeys.
There will be "Shadow Social" at
the M. w. "A. hall in Glendale Satur-
day evening, January 10th, under the
auspices of the Royal Neighbors.
There will be a short entertainment,
and supper. Everybody is invited and
all are requested to bring.
The Board of Supervisors usually
meet on the first Monday in January,
and there was general impression
that such would be the case this year.
But at the October session, an ad-
journment was taken until the second
Monday. They will be in session next
week.
On account of defective heating
Nart in the School building, it was
necessary to hold school in various
rooms throughout the village, and the
high school scholars and teachers ad-
journed to the Court House, where the
Court Room, Supervisors Room and
halls were used for school.
The Royal Neighbors and Modern
Woodmen held their installation of
officers in Memorial Hall Thursday
evening. The four installing officers
were from Lawrence. A fine program
was enjoyed, and light refreshments
were served. The next meeting of
the Royal Neighbors will be at the
home of Mrs. Bertha Loveland on the
third Tuesday evening of this month.
Circuit Court for Van Buren, county
will convene next week, with calen-
dar of "a cases divided as follows:-
Criminal, 6; Issues of Fact, %; Chan
cery, 55. Also IA cases in which no
progress has been made for one year.
Of the 55 chancery cases 81 are bills
for divorce. The jury will not report
until the second week of the term,
the first week being devoted to the
disposition of chancery cases.
Ovid c. Cook, who was injured by
the explosion of a compressed air tank
while in the employ of the X. l.. S.
and C. Ry here some nine weeks ago
passed away at Borgess. hospital in
Kalamazoo last Sunday. Pieces of
the tank were blown into his body by
the explosion and second operation
was necessary, which he could not
withstand. He was twenty-five years
of age, a resident Of Kalamazoo and
is survived by widow and baby.
Hon. James G.. Tucker, of Mt.
Clemens, was in Paw Paw on Thurs
day, January 3rd, in the interest Of
case which was heard before him
sometime ago. He informs us that
finishes up all cases which were heard
before him and not finally settled.
Judge Tucker has been sent here on
several occasions to hear cases In the
absence of Judge Des Voignes, and
has made many friends among the at
torneys and officers at the Court
House.
Our neighboring village Of Law
renee suffered a second disastrous
fire of the week last Friday morning
when the j. M. Ridlon residence burn
ed to the ground with all it's contents.
The fire occurred at two o'clock in the
morning, and the occupants of the
house barely escaped, some of them
with only their night clothing. The
building was the home Of Mrs. Ridlon
and her daughter Mrs. S. M. Hess and
family. Mr.. Hess was clerk of the
village, and all the records Of that
Office were lost with the other con-
tents. The fire is supposed to have
originated from an oil stove which
had been left burning in an upper