The true northerner., 1918-05-03
Little Peggy Van Week is on the
sick list this week. n


Mrs. Charles Harris was Kala-
mazoo visitor last Monday.
Food will win the war. Watch the
poster in the Dyckman House window.
Leo Warner of Kalamazoo spent a
few hours with his parents here last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Jacobs are re-
joicing over the advent of baby
girl born last Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miller enter
tanned the members of the Cribbage
club at their home Tuesday evening.
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Young Of
South Haven were guests Wednesday
of his brother M. H. Young and
family.
VIM. Garfield of Detroit was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Duncomb
for the party at Keeler Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. l. A. Whitman returned home
last Friday after spending three
weeks at the home of her daughter
in Birmingham, Michigan.
Mrs. Il. w. Broughton returned
home Tuesday after spending the
week end with her daughter Mrs.
Jane Roach in South Bend, Indiana.
Quite a number of the Council
Masons of Paw Paw were in Law.
renee Thursday night to witness the
initiation of thirty candidates into
the mysteries of those degrees, and
attend the banquet. A fine time is
reported.
The pupils of the Paw Paw school,
carrying flags and headed by the
High school band, paraded the streets
of the village last Friday afternoon
in honor of Liberty Day. They made
fine appearance and elected
applause and many complimentary
comments all along the line of march.
The first championship game of the
season was played at the base ball
park last Friday afternoon between
Paw Paw and Lawrence. It was a
hard fought game, and went to Law
renee by the score of to 2. 1t was
hard game for the locals to lose,
but the boys are good losers. They
are not disheartened and will work all
the harder for the remaining games
of the preliminary series. The game
was preceded by short military
drill.
Van Buren, County's quota of draft
ed men reported at the Offices of the
Local Draft Board on Friday after
noon last. The Home Guards of De-
catur, in uniform, came over with
the boys from that village and gave
fine drill on the streets. In the
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the local High School band and Local
Draft Board, marched through the
streets and assembled in the Court
Room, where splendid addresses were
given by Rev. G.. H. Heaton, pastor
of the Baptist church, Attorney Lin
coin H. Titus of Kalamazoo and At
torney T. j. Cavanaugh of this place.
They left on the six o'clock train
Saturday morning for Camp Custr.
The True Northerner starts The
Missing Word Contest this week. 1t
will be found on page two, and will
continue for a period of ten weeks.
The lucky contestant will receive
$1.00 in Thrift Stamps each week
and the second nearest correct will
receive The True Northerner for six
months. The conditions and details
of the contest will be found fully ex-
planned at the top of the page of
advertising. There are six missing
words in as many "ads" this week.
Look for them and send your answers
in not later than Tuesday noon of
each week. No answers received
after that hour. The winners will
be announced each week.
The O'Grady Bros. have a couple
of relics consisting of large bill and
photograph, that carries the "Old
Timers" back to the old days of
Capt. E. Smith and The Long Brick
The bill is printed from a huge wood
cut and represents the Paw Paw rail-
road. Two ferocious looking animals
are hitched to several crude coaches
loaded with people, and on the side
of one of the coaches is inscribed
these words :-"Clear the Track! We
are bound for f. Smith e. Co.'s Long
Brick Store Forever" The old photo
graph is dim with age, but the follow