The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-12-20

home to spend Sunday last.
f. ID. Shrine has a clerical position
at the Jackson State Prison.
DR.. j. c. Maxwell and wife were
Chicago visitors the first part of this
week.
Mrs. Della Engel was in South
Haven and Kalamazoo on business
.ais week.
The schools of Mattawan are closed
On account of the epidemic in that
Mrs. Willard Warner who has been
very i'll with the Influenza is report
I'd on the gain.
Harry Tellam Jr. left on Monday
Of this week for Reading, Pa, where
lie will spend the winter.
Matthew and David Dillon were in
Decatur on Wednesday to attend the
funeral of James Creagen.
M. H. Young and brother DR.. G.. +.
Young of South Haven were in Ian
sing on business last Tuesday.
Mrs. Ed DeHaven has suffered a
relapse from the Influenza and Mrs.
+. H. Reynolds is caring for her.
School was resumed at the Steeple
school on Monday after three weeks
vacation on account of the Influenza.
Mrs. James Mcleod has gone to
Ohio where she will spend the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. Herbert
Welch and family.
Ed Quartermas has been acting in
the capacity of substitute mail car
rier this week during the sickness of
he regular carrier.
Phillip Smith, one of the pioneers
of this county, died at the home of
his son, Hiram Smith of Kalamazoo
ast week, aged eighty-four years.
Mrs. Levi Lyle of Decatur, and
grand daughter, Miss Virginia Patton
of Kalamazoo, were guests of Mrs.
Roy Mosier east of town, last week.
The next regular meeting of the
w. r. c. will be on Saturday, Decem-
Der 28th. All members are expected
to be present. The Inspector will be
there on that day to inspect the work
Of the corps.
Mrs. Mary Shiffman has received a
second message from the War De-
partment advising her that her son
George Strong is not dead as previous
ly announced, but is in base hospital
in France seriously wounded
Mrs. Frank Holcomb was taken to
Fairmount Hospital in Kalamazoo the
first Of the week for treatment for
tuberculosis. During her absence,
their little son is being cared for at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Knight.
VIII Monroe, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Monroe of Lawrence, died last
He leaves a wife, and four
small children. Mrs. Monroe is
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
of Paw Paw. The funeral
was held at South Haven on We'd
nesday.
c. w. Reynolds leaves this week
to visit friends in Cass County.
From there he will go to Hammond,
Indiana to visit his daughter Miss
lone, and together they will go to
Chicago to spend Christmas with Lee
Reynolds and family. Wint will
probably remain there until after the
first of January.
Robert Moseley, Grand Master of
the Second Vail, DR.. Howson, DR.. o.
+. Lanphear and Mr. Olin, all of Kala
mazoo and DR.. G. F. Young of South
Haven were guests of Paw Paw
Chapter No. "a for the Installation of
Officers last Monday evening. The
newly elected officers were installed
by Mr.. Moseley.
The health conditions of the COM
munity continue to improve. There
are a number of cases of Influenza
yet, some Of a serious nature, but the
great majority are convalescent,
many of them having returned to
their work. No new cases are report
ed, and it is now confidently believed
that the end of the epidemic is in
sight.
The Buffalo Express of December
10Th, contains a splendid cut of the
late Edgar w. Cummings, and the
following lines:-"Edgar w. Cum
lngs, who died recently at the age of
eighty-four years, was with the Le-
nigh Coal Company for upwards of
thirty years. He was one of the old
est Masons in the country, having
been made one at Paw Paw, Michigan
| in 1857. At the time Of his death he