The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-09-06

spending a furlough here.
Hon. Lynn j. Lewis of Bangor was
in Paw Paw Wednesday morning.
Mrs. w. f. Hoyt is recovering
nicely from her recent operation and
was able to leave the hospital and
come to her home last Sunday.
Mrs. Nina Decker has gone to
Northern Michigan to seek relief
from Hay fever.
Jay Hinckley and family have NOV
ed to Paw Paw and will occupy the
Franc Warner home during the school
year.
Mrs. Earl l.. Burhans has charge
of the kindergarten and First Grade
departments in the local schools.
Miss Blanche Cavanaugh has re-
covered from her recent illness and
was able to start school work last
Monday.
Miss Mae Tuttle who recently
underwent an operation at the Bron-
son hospital has recovered sufficiently
to be brought home.
The l.. o. T. NJ. will meet next
Monday evening. A large atten-
dance is desired.
Frank Cole has returned from Ham
mond, Indiana where he has been
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Meyer, formerly of Paw Paw.
A class of seventeen candidates
received the Third degree in Paw Paw
Encampment |. o. o. F. last Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. Edward Reeves returned
Thursday from trip to Chicago and
Kankakee, Illinois, where she has
been visiting relatives. Mr.. Reeves
mother accompanied her home from
Kankakee.
The 33rd, annual reunion of Co.
&C" 3rd Michigan Cavalry will be
held in the village of Lawrence on
Tuesday, September 18th. Capt. O.
w. Rowland is secretary of the COM
pany.
A basket containing three dozen
eggs was brought to one Of the Paw
Paw stores this week, and the cand-
ling process revealed the fact that
just two of the entire lot were good,
the balance being of ancient vintage.
The annual reunion of the Third
Michigan Cavalry will be held in
Kalamazoo on Wednesday and Thurs
day, September 18 and 10. A. F.
Hurlbut of Paw Paw is secretary Of
the company.
A number of intimate friends Of
Mrs. Jake Riedl, armed with lunch
baskets went to her home Monday
afternoon and assisted her in celebra-
ting her birthday. A pleasant social
afternoon was spent and a fine sup
per served. Mrs. Riedl received some
pretty and useful gifts as reminders
of the esteem in which she is held.
Every man in the United States
between the ages of Is and 45 years
inclusive must register for army SER
vice next Thursday, September 18th.
Registrations will be conducted in
the usual voting places in every pre-
cinct, and registrars will be on duty
from TOO o'clock in the morning until
900 o'clock in the evening of that
day If you have passed your 18th,
birthday and have not reached your
10th, birthday on that day, you must
register under heavy penalty. This
registration will add approximately
100000 men to the draft list in
the nation, and place approximately
100000 additional men on the list in
Michigan.
A clipping giving the complete list
of Van Buren county soldiers drafted
in the fall Of 1864 for service in the
Civil War, was recently brought to
The True Northerner Office. The
draft was made in the city of Kala-
mazoo and the number from each
precinct was as follows:-Pine Grove
II; Bloomingdale, Ia; Geneva, d;
South Haven, q; Deerfeld (Now Co
vert), a; Bangor, 10; Arlington, 8;
Lawrence, %; Waverly, 10; Almena,
16; Lafayette (Now Paw Paw, %;
Antwerp, IL. Columbia, Decatur,
Hamilton, Hartford and Keller, es-
capped the draft by reason of having
their quotas filled previous to the
"Turning of the Wheel. Very few
of tboca on tba lief are amopU the