The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-05-31

w. r. Shrine is considerably i'm
proved in health and was down town
for a short time this week.
Mrs. Neil Engel underwent an
operation at the Borgess. hospital in
Kalamazoo the first of the week, and
is improving nicely.
Mr. .and Mrs. Claire Allen and sis
ter Mrs. Minnie Prior of Minneapolis
Mimi, are spending the week among
Paw Paw friends.
Messrs. and Mesdames A. w. Show
erman and AL Stephenson motored to
Camp Custer and Battle Creek last
Sunday.
Charles Hoadley, formerly of Paw
Paw and now of DeKalb, ILL.,, stopped
over here last week enroute to Camp
Custer, to pay a visit to his last en-
ployer here, G.. A. Stievenart and
family.
Past Master r. w. Broughton and
Master of the local lodge Leon Doug
las, are in Grand Rapids this week
to attend the annual communication
of the Grand Lodge f. and A. M. Of
Michigan.
The invitation to Paw Paw Hive
l.. o. T. M. to be guests of their
sister Hive in Lawrence on Saturday
of this week, has been recalled on
account of the sickness and death in
the Lawrence Hive.
Ex-sheriff John Britton of Bangor
was in Paw Paw on Monday last.
Mr.. Britton now holds a state ap-
pointment, and his duties will be to
assist in the enforcement of the new
State Prohibition laws.
There will be a Red Cross benefit
dance at True's Hall, Reynolds Lake
on Friday evening of this week, May
31st. The Wolfe Orchestra of De-
catur donate the music and a good
time is assured. Come and enjoy the
evening and at the same time help
good cause along. (adv)
Private A. P. Weir of the 87th.
Grenadier Guards of Montreal, Can
ada, who spent three years in the
trenches in France, will speak at the
town hall in Lawton this Thursday
afternoon at 80 o'clock. There will
be no admission charge. At one time
Private Weir went "Over the Top
with one thousand men and was one
of only fourteen to return.
Rev. Heaton of the Baptist church
has just returned from Atlantic City
N. j. where he attended the Northern
Baptist Convention. After having
heard some of the leading Christian
statesmen of England, France and
America he is preparing an address
to be given next Sunday morning or
"The Church in The Present Crisis"
All students of the war will be inter.
ested in this discussion.
A large crowd congregated on the
streets last Friday night to assist ir
giving Van Buren, County's last quota
) of seventy-three men for the army 6
rousirg reception. The speakers Of
the evening were T. j. Cavanaugh
A. Lynn Free and Rev. Percy Nick
less. The beautiful sentiments ex
pressed by the speakers and the cor
dial reception of friends will cheel
the boys on the way.
Master Ralph Cline has arrived
J safely in Virginia was the substance
of telegram received the first of th'
r week by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Emmett Cline. Mr.. Cline accompan
, led the lad as far as Chicago, and h
, made the balance of the trip alone
> Virginia is the old home state of Mr.
: and Mrs. Cline, and they are nov
] planning to go back there this fal
to make that state their future home
! Mr.. Cline has been one Of the efficien
: clerks in the post Office for numbe
t of years. The family have host o
D friends here who will regret to Sc
them leave this community.