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

Get your dollars ready for the Red
Cross Membership Drive, December
21st.
Max Benton who has been on the
sick list is ablaSo be out and at work
again.
Mrs. G. S. Scovel went to East Lam
sing for the week end to visit her
daughter Miss Alice, at the M "A. c..
The Up-To-Date Farmers club
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. o. Smith, east of town, on Wednes-
day.
John ID. Hood returned to his home
in Chicago the first of the week,
after visit at the home Of his sister
Mrs. Boess.
Sheriff Beattie is moving his house
hold effects to their new home on
Main street, recently purchased of
w. j. Barnard.
"The Reason Why" featuring Clara
Kimball Young at the Idle Hour
theatre Saturday and Sunday, Decem
ber 14th, and 18th. A select picture.
1t is reported that the total number
of cases of Influenza in the city of
Kalamazoo exceeds $500 and that
strict quarantine has again been es-
tablished.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Murphy left
last Thursday for their home in San
ia Barbara, California after spending
three weeks at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Steffensen.
The w. r. C. will hold their regular
meeting on Saturday afternoon of this
week. There will be election of officers
and special business transacted. All
members are urged to be present.
Word reaches Paw Paw friends that
Mr.. and Mrs. Rue Labadie have reach
ed their destination, Kissimmee,
Florida. They left Paw Paw some
weeks ago, and made the trip by auto
The regular annual communication
of Paw Paw Lodge No. % f. and A.
M. will come next Tuesday evening,
December II. There will be election
of officers, and other important bus
mess to transact. A good represen-
tation of the membership is expected.
Word was received on Monday that
Private Theodore Miszewski has
arrived safely back in the good old
u. S. A. He says:-"I am feeling
fine. l am going to Fort Sheridan
for treatment. | was wounded in the
left hand and lost one finger, but
otherwise | am all right"
Paw Paw Lodge No. Is |. O. o. F.
elected the following officers last Fri
day evening g:-Noble Grand, H. Weat-
herwaX; Vice Grand, Roy l.. Harring-
ton; Recording Secretary Louis Dor
sterwitz; Financial Secretary Jas.
Walk'r; Treasurer George j. Ems
berger; Trustee, NJ. H. Young.
Mrs. w. f. Gibbs of Northern Mich
igan is here visiting relatives. She
was called from her home on account
of the death of brother-in-law, Fred
Mauk Of Bangor. Mr.. Mauk is well
known in Paw Paw and his death
came as a shock to those who saw
him here only recently, apparently in
the best Of health.
DR.. A. f. Van Week has nearly re-
covered from his recent illness and
left last Saturday with Mrs. Van
Week, their daughter, and her father,
DR.. Hildreth for his home in Macon,
Missouri. They will probably remain
there for the Doctor to recuperate
until after the holidays. DR.. Hildreth
is at the head of the Still Hildreth
Sanitarium for the treatment of
nervous diseases in Macon.
Representative Lynn j. Lewis Of
Bangor has withdrawn from the
Speakership race in the next legis
lature. This news will be received
with regret by his Van Buren county
friends, who had hoped that he might
succeed in his aspirations for this
honor. 1t is probable that Repre-
sentative Thomas Reed of Oceana
county will now win the honor.
DR.. J. c. Maxwell. local health
officer, has received notice that a
state wide quarantine order has been
issued by DR.. Oin of the State Board
Iof Health, to assist in the fight
against the spread of Spanish Infu-
enza. The order takes immediate
effect, and is an absolute quarantine
the same as in cases of Small Pox,
Scarlet Fever, etc. 1t provides that
only nurses and physicians may enter
or leave the premises of an Influenza
victim, and also that every home
where this disease exists must be
placarded. After many conferences
and Investigations, the State Board of
Health decided on a rigid quarantine
of the homes where the disease exists