The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-09-05

Last Wednesday, DR.. G. f. Young
and family of South Haven and her
sister and family of Chicago motor
ed to Paw Paw and joined Miss Josie
Van Auken, her friend Miss Custard
of Mendon and little Wesley Young
for a picnic on Maple Lake. 1t was
a gathering not soon to be forgotten
by those present.
Mrs. w. r. Sellick submitted to a
serious operation at Bronson Hos
pital in Kalamazoo on Tuesday of
this week. She stood the shock well
and report states that her condition
is all that might be expected at this
time. Her host of Paw Paw friends
are hopeful for speedy recovery
and restoration to former good health
Packer and Giddings lost between
six and seven hundred dollars worth
of goods through burglary of their
salesrooms and garage in Lawton
last Sunday night. The thieves en-
tered a window on the east side of
the building and opened a door from
the inside. They then selected car
which had been left in the garage for
storage, removed the cushion from
the rear seat, and filled tonneau with
goods from the sales room. Among
the articles taken were seventy-two
inner tubes, 800 spark plugs, $500
worth of bulbs, $4,000 in currency
and a small check. The car was
then driven to Bangs Hollow" where
the goods were evidently transferred
to another car, as the stolen machine
was found at that point early in the
morning by the sheriff. There is
absolutely no clue to the perpetrators
of the crime, and it will be a difficult
case for the officers to handle
The local schools will open next
Monday, September 9Th. A complete
announcement of the opening appears
in advertising space on page one of
this issue. Following will be the per-
sonnet of the faculty the coming year
Supt. Grin Kaye; Science, A. B. Cas-
I tie, Constantine; History, Blanche
Terry, Flint; English, Gladah Eng
land, Portland; Latin and French,
Violet Keats, Chicago; Latin and
English, Mary Thompson, Grand Ha-
ven ;Music, Mae Brumsted, Batavia,
N. Y; Penmanship Lulu McWilliams,
Paw Paw; Domestic Science Grace
Marshall, Porter; Mathematics, Nell
lie Bachelor, Marcellus. Department
al, Grades 3, A, 5 and 6:-Rose Dillon
Paw Paw, Principals; Iris Ravens.
Bloomingdale; Ella White, Paw Paw
Second Grade, Lillian Andrews, Paw
Paw. First Grade and kindergarten
Hilda Fischer, Lancaster, Wisconsin.
The hours for First Grade this year
will be from $50 to 1000 in the fore
noon and Ills to 3:15 in the after
noon. kindergarten hours will be
from 1000 o'clock to noon.
The Welsh Ladies Choir closed the
10th, annual Paw Paw Chautauqua
last Friday night. A heavy down.
pour Of rain during the entire eve
ming, spoiled the concert and made
the attendance about the smallest
evening audience of the entire week.
The chautauqua this year may be
said to be a success from every
standpoint. 1t is the opinion of a
great majority of chautauqua pat
rons that the program this year was
the equal of any previous year.
There were some weak numbers, but
taken as whole, it gave excellent
satisfaction. The contract this year
called for the sale of six hundred
season tickets, but the committee
failed to dispose of that number.
There was a deficit Of $4,000
Season tickets, but the single adj
missions was greater by $4,000 than
last year. In appreciation of the
efforts of Paw Paw people to main
tain chautauqua during the past
ten years, and in anticipation Of
future chautauquas at this PIE
Midland Circuit released the signers
this year from further obligation
and made a contract for next year
with guarantee of five hundred sea-
son tickets. This number of season
tickets can be sold here, but five hun
dred is about the limit. The contract
now contains about fifty-fve signers
and there are at least twenty-five
others in the community who desire
to have their names added to the list
So with the business of the 191.
chautauqua so satisfactorily closed
and a desirable contract for mex
year, chautauqua patrons may lool
forward with anticipation to another