The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-05-24

9th.
Mrs. Margaret Hagsten has gone
to South Haven to spend the summer
in the S. j. Dunkley home.
Miss Josie Van Auken arrived
home Wednesday from a two weeks
visit with relatives and friends in
South Haven and Hartford.
Married at Paw Paw on May 11th
by Justice Rowland, Mr.. Clarence
Spillers of Bangor and Miss Ruby
H. Nelson of Breedsville.
N. H. Bangs has sold his farm east
of town to Harry Morrison Of st.
Joseph. Robert Bangs will live on
the place and have charge of it.
Decker and Decker sold last week
the farm known as the Squiers 100
acres in Waverly to w. A. Murphy of
Chicago who has taken possession.
j. w. Warner has just installed a
new glass refrigerator counter in his
meat market. 1t is a big improve
ment to the convenience and efficiency
of the store.
Mrs. Gertrude Weston went to
Lawrence Wednesday to attend the
Red Cross play there, and to spend a
couple of days with her mother, Mrs.
Cora Barrows.
Through the agency of o. w. Row.
land the names of Mrs. Janet A. Har-
vey, widow of the late Samuel p.
Harvey of Bangor, and Mrs. Dora
Scott, widow of the late Robert Scott
of Lawrence, have been placed on the
roll of pensioners.
The county association o. f. S.
will be in session at Bloomingdale to-
day. Mrs. Elmer ID. Shrine of the
Paw Paw chapter is president of the
association and a fine program has
been prepared for this meeting.
The Paw Paw High school band
will give a concert at the Covey Hill
church on Tuesday evening, May 28.
The concert is a benefit for the Sun
day school of that community and
should be we'll attended. 1t was ad-
vertised for this week Friday eve
ming, but postponed to Tuesday.
A telegram received by Mrs. f. N.
Wakeman last Friday from Donley
Cross at Oakland, California, convey
ed the sad news of the death of his
father, Cap Cross, who fell from a
ladder and was instantly killed. De-
ceased was for many years resident
of Van Buren, county, and will be re-
membered by many.
Mrs. r. E. Allen wishes through
the columns of The True Northerner
to thank her many friends who so
kindly sent her flowers, fruit and
cards while she was i'll at Bronson
hospital. Although her recovery is
slow she hopes to be able to return
to her home in Glendale soon, where
she can thank them all personally.
The Local Draft Board has re-
ceived the announcement that a
registration of all male persons who
have reached the age of twenty-one
years since last Registration held
June 9Th, 1917, will be held on June
5th, 1918. Registrars and places of
registration will be announced later.
Remember the date, June fifth 1918.
The big County War Fund Drive
is on in full blast. The reports re-
ceived thus far are most gratifying.
Several townships are already "Over
the Top" and still going. The pros
poets are that by tomorrow night,
when the Drive closes, every precinct
will have reached its full quota, and
that the county will be well "Over."
Every one is not only willing but an
xious to subscribe to this fund, and
to give just as literally as the neces-
sites require. In Paw Paw, the city
committees started out last Monday
morning and the territory was practi-
cally covered during the day. Some
of the country committees also cover
ed their districts on Monday, but
others were not able to get at it, and
the work will not all be completed
before tomorrow. The results are
very gratifying, and while the figures
are not available this week, there
is no question but that every district
in Paw Paw township will reach its
quota, and when the figures are
totalled tomorrow evening, Paw Paw
township will have subscribed it full
quota of $1,000. The Lyle district in
this township has the honor and dis
tinction of being the first precinct in
the county to report "Over the Top"
A message from the War Committee
in that district to Judge Anderson,
county chairman, at 800 o'clock
Monday afternoon stated "Our
territory is covered, no blue cards,
and the Lyle district is Over the
Top" Every district in the township
will do as well, but the Lyle was the
first in the county to report. Just
as we go to press, word comes from
the committee in Porter, that Dis