The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-08-23
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Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Lewis of Ban
gor were calling on Paw Paw friends
Saturday.
DR.. Harry Pepper of Detroit was
calling on Paw Paw relatives and
friends Tuesday.
Miss Marie Colburn who is employ
ed in Kalamazoo, spent Sunday at
her home here.
Mrs. A. f. Geldhof and son Lee of
cleveland, Ohio are guests of her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Lee.
VIM. Long and two children, Will
and Dorothy are spending the week
here visiting his brothers, Lewis and
Henry.
Word has jast been received that
Erwin w. Fisher, son of l.. N. Fis-
her of this place, has arrived over
). seas safely.
Frank Miller left Thursday for
Chicago on a business trip in the in
terest of the Paw Paw Grape Juice
company.
). There will be cafeteria supper in
the parlors of the Presbyterian
church on Friday evening of this
week at $3.50 o'clock.
Bert f. Bennett and family of De-
troit have been spending the past
week visiting his mother Mrs. Mar
tha Bennett and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bilsborrow
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morrison
and son Robert motored to South
Bend on Saturday last.
Prof. Robertson, wife and two
children and Mrs. Ida Cole and son
Rodger of Allegan, were guests at
/, the H. A. Cole home on Friday of
last week.
New suits filed in Circuit Court the
past week were: People VS.. Bert
Campbell Larceny. Florence b.
Castleman VS.. Morris Castleman-
Bill for Divorce.
Mrs. H. C. Waters and sons Nelson
and Harlan motored to South Bend
one day this week and brought back
a load of implement repairs for the
hardware store.
Mrs. w. F. Hoyt was taken to
Bronson hospital Kalamazoo, on Sat-
urday last, where she underwent a
serious operation. She is recovering
nicely and it is hoped she will soon
return home.
r. NJ. Ryan, district manager; L.
d. Dolson of Battle Creek, district
manager; and John M. Sigh of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
the United States and their wives
were guests at the w. r. Sellick
home on Tuesday of this week.
The Misses Dorothy Andel son and
Mildred Beach were week end guests
. of Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Allen of Glen
dale Mr.. and Mrs. Allen also enter
tanned his sister Miss Atha and
cousins the Misses Leneta, Fay and
Naomi Allen at dinner party Sat
urday evening.
A letter recently received by Mrs.
Frank Isbell states that her husband
is in a hospital in France re-
covering from an injury. The
letter does not state the nature
of the injury, but Mrs. Isbell
f. infers that he will probably be out Of
the service for some time. He was
injured early in the month Of July,
and Mrs Isbell has just received the
message.
Mrs. James Braybrooks of Law
renee has received three letters from
her son Will, who was the first Van
Buren county boy to appear in the
Over Seas casualty lists. Will was
wounded about the middle of July,
and the letters arrived last Saturday,
all at one time. They do not dis
close the nature of his injuries, but
do contain the assuring message to
his mother "Not to worry, for while
am wounded, / am coming out all
right" The first letter was written
in the evacuation hospital, and the
scribbled lines would indicate that he
was very weak, and scarcely able to
hold a pencil. The next was written
in a base hospital and showed mark
ed improvement. Mother, | have
quite a number of Germans to my
credit" was one proud sentence in the
letter. al have many souvenirs taken
;. from the Germans including six
y watches, $50 Marks, and other inter
esting things of the battle" he says.
Every letter starts out with this SEN
tence, "I tell you mother, we had
y them on the rum" and every letter
reiterates the feeling of gratitude he
MAS for "Those Angel Faced Red
Cross Nurses" The letters were re-
assuring and a comfort to his mother
who had been in dread suspense since
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