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

nome saturday from their Boston trip
Tie doctor arrived at a very oppor-
tune time as he was needed to assist
in the care of the sick.
Ford Wilber has been very sick for
the past week. Pneumonia has been
feared for several days, but it is
hoped now that he will escape that
dreaded feature of the disease.
Ernest Loveland, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cyrus Loveland has received o
medal for Workmanship in the Win
chester Junior Rifle Corps. Enroll
ment for these contests should be
made at III. c. Waters store.
M. &. Wheaton received word on
Thursday that his son Harry was
wounded in hospital in France. He
had been in hard battle all day, and
piece of shrapnel lodged in his left
leg just as the battle had been won.
A few subscribers to The True
Northerner have failed to respond to
our notice relative to renewals.
According to the provisions of the
recent order of the u. S. Government
with which all of our subscribers are
now informed, all subscribers whose
subscriptions are not paid strictly in
advance must be cancelled from the
list. May we ask every subscriber
from this date on, to watch their date
of expiration carefully, and let us
have renewal in time so there will be
no missing copies.
Miss Fannie Bockius Of Mattawan
who has been connected with the post
office in some capacity at that place
for the past twenty-five years, has
gone to Grand Rapids to take a bust
ness course in the college there. Be-
fore leaving she was made the re-
cipient of many gifts as evidence of
the high esteem in which she is held
in the community. Miss Bocllius was
well known to many Paw Paw people
who will join with the Mattawan
folks in good wishes for her future
welfare.
Some of our readers evidently do
not understand that all communica-
tions to receive attention in our news
columns must have the name of the
sender attached. The name is not for
publication, understand, but as an
evidence of good faith on the part of
the writer. Frequently accounts of
weddings, or other news items of in
terest are received through the mails
from some unknown writer. There is
only one alternative in cases of this
kind, and that is to consign the copy
to the waste basket. The True Nor
therner welcomes items of news in
terest through the mails, or over the
telephone. 1t is an unwritten law
however in all newspaper offices, that
the name of the writer, or the one
giving information over the phone, be
known to the publishers of the paper.
The Board Of Supervisors adjourned
their October session on Friday after
noon, October 25th. Theyhad a very
busy session, there being many items
Of business that demanded attention.
The Board made an appropriation of
S500.00 for the use of the Van Buren
County Agricultural and Horticultural
Society in purchasing ofpremiums.
Supervisors Heagy, Tuttle and Chase
were appointed a committee TO CO.
operate with the said Society in MAX
ing premium lists, ETC., for the coming
year. County Printing for the COM
ing year was awarded to The True
Northerner Publishing Company. The
County Bar Association asked for an
appropriation to be used in purchas-
ing a law library for Van Buren,
County. The matter was laid over
until the January session of the
Board. Resolutions were adopted
with reference to the erection of a
suitable memorial TO be placed in the
Court House or on the Court House
grounds for all those who have paid
the last full measure of devotion to
home and country, soldiers, nurses,
and Red Cross Workers, in the great
world war. Frank A. Burger, f. A.
Chase, f. J. Kirby, Harvey J. Sion
aker, Owen F.. Long, of the Super
visors were elected on the committee
to serve with the chairman and vice
chairman of the Liberty Loan Com
mittee, Chairman and vice chairman
of the War Board, Chairman and Vice
Chairman and Secretary of the Red
Cross. This Committee are to serve
without compensation, except for
actual expenses, and are authorized
to act as soon as peace has been de-
clared-and to make the arrange
ments for the proper dedication of the
memorial, and $4,000 or so much
thereof as the Committee may deem
advisable has been placed at their
disposal. The Board also authorized
the present County Clerk, Royal f..
Decker, to obtain suitable plates or
tablets, one to be placed on each OF
the cannons now on the Court House
lawn, such tablets to contain all avail
able information in regard to said
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