The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-12-20
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u. w. LongWell ST. is recovering
from recent illness.
Mrs. Jennie Rowley of Lawrence
was Paw Paw visitor last Thursday.
Miss Pearl Stevens of Albion visit
ed Paw Paw friends the first of the
week.
Carl Buskirk who has been serious
ly ill is reported on the road to re-
covery.
M. C. Wheaton and daughter, Miss
Ethel were Kalamazoo visitors last
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Prater Jr. were
called here from Cadillac by the death
. of his father.
Fred Mau was home from Camp
Custer to spend the week end with
Paw Paw friends.
Mrs. Vernon C. Decker has gone to
Chicago for the holidays. Vernon will
join her in time for Christmas.
Bill Killefer was home from Camp
Custer for the week end Bill has
been promoted to the rank of Ser
geant.
Mrs. Julia Whitney has gone TO join
her daughter Mrs. Will Payne for a
trip to Florida where they will spend
!. the winter.
Lieutenant Fred Hewson of Fort
Smelling, Minnesota has been the
guest of his mother, Mrs. Allie V.
Hewson this week.
Leonard Morton was called here on
Sunday by the illness of his mother.
She was later taken to a Kalamazoo
hospital for treatment.
DR.. +. A. Racette announces that
his office will be closed during the
holidays He goes to MuskegOn to
visit relatives and friends.
Mrs. Mary Dean, widow of the late
Luther Dean, former residents of
Paw Paw, died at her home near
South Haven, Monday morning, De-
cember 9th, at the age of eighty
eight years.
n ItH pOullu DdDy BlIl WdS DOiIi W
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Howe on Thurs
day morning. Their home is in
Z Panama, but Mrs. Howe has been at
u. the home Of her father here, Willis
2app for the past four months.
fhe regular Grange meeting is
'seheduled for Saturday of this week,
at Memorial Hall. There will be a
y pot luck dinner at noon, and election
of officers and other important bus
mess in the afternoon.
Following are the newly elected
officers of the w. r. c. President,
Mary V. Taylor; S. ", Lucena HUI
bert; j. ", Eleanor Weatherwax;
Treasurer, Mary McCon; Chaplain,
Cordelia Libbe; Con-, Eva NJ. Harris;
Guard, Martha Wilson.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Saw
tell of Chicago, daughter on Decem-
ber third. The little Miss has been
christened, "Winnifred jeanne. Mrs.
Sawtell will be remembered as Miss
Mildred Shields, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Blake of Lawton.
Following are the officers of Paw
Paw Lodge No. 25 F. and A. NJ elect
ed at the regular annual meeting last
Tuesday night. Leon l.. Douglas w.
M; W. r. Sellick, S. W.; VIM. G..
Mosier, j. W.; f. F. Parks, Treas;
VIM. Killefer, Sec; Carl Buskirk S.
D.; Roy l.. Tuttle, j. D.; c. w. Rey-
nolds, Tyler. The newly elected
officers will be installed on Friday eve
ming, December 9th.
All Michigan mourns the death of
Colonel Joe Westnedge of Kalamazoo.
He had led his men of the 32nd, Divis-
ion through all of the hard fighting
and had received honorable mention
on many occasions. His comrades
said he bore "Charmed Life" as he
was always in the thickest of the
fray, and always came out untouched
His death in hospital in France was
caused by heart trouble.
Sheriff Gladstone Beattie, and Coun
ty Clerk, Royal +. Decker are max
ing arrangements to continue their
~ Pickle business on an extensive scale.
They have owned factory at Covert
for the past two years, and now in
company with l.. A. Watson of Covert
have purchased the Van Buren, county
A interests of the c. F. Claussen & Sons
Y Of Chicago. They will operate fac
tsries at Covert, South Haven, Toquin
and Decatur Sheriff Beattie and Bait
Donovan have bought the stations al
Grand Junction and Lawrence, anc
these factories will probably be oper.
ated in connection with the Beattie
Becker-Watson stations. These boy:
are all hustlers, and are going after
the pickle business in manner which