The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-11-21

Enmet NOftnrup is visiting oid
: Paw Paw friends this week.
Ed Draper of Arlington was Paw
Paw visitor the first of the week
Jacob Abrams of Chicago is here
to assist his brother S. H. Abrams
in the store during the holiday season
Ed and Jim O'Grady were in Chi
cago for the week end to purchase
big line of Spring clothing from
Hart Shaffner and Marx.
Mrs. Samuel Orion of Glendale
suffered a stroke of paralysis the
first of the week. She is in critical
| condition and Mr.. Orton is also very
feeble.
Attorney C.. M. Van Ripper of Hart
ford was in Paw Paw on business
Wednesday, He has been very ill
! from an attack of the Flu, and this
was his first outing for several weeks
Mrs. Arthur r. Miller has made a
substantial donation to the Refer
ence department of the Children's
!. Library. The generosity of Mrs.
Miller is appreciated by the citizens
of this community.
A card from d. r. Thayer orders
The True Northerner sent to Ken
sington, Maryland. "There are no
houses for rent in Washington" the
card states, so the Thayer family
are suburbanites for the present at
least.
Gertrude Wills passed away last
Monday morning, November 18th.
She was naturally of a frail consti-
tuition, and pneumonia did its fatal
work quickly. She leaves a father,
mother and one brother, Jesse, to
mourn her departure, also many
other relatives and friends. Funera'
services were held from the Baptist
church here Thursday at ten o'clock
Rev f. E Shouffler officiating. In
terment was at Prospect. "To live
in hearts is not to die", and the
sweet memory of "Gertie" will ever
be cherished by all who knew her.
The fire department was called to
the place commonly known as the
"Bruner House" now occupied by the
Fleming house last Thursday. The
fire had good start before
the alarm sounded, and owing
to the construction of the build
ing, it was a stubborn fire to
fight The main part of the building
however was saved The fire start
ed by the explosion of keresone
which was used in cleaning and had
been set on the stove to warm. Mrs.
Fleming was quite badly burned by
the flames from the exploding OIL
Elder Nj. n. Campbell of London,
England, who was delegate to the
World Mission Council which was
held in Boulder, Colorado, gave
talk at the S. ID A. Chapel here re-
Gently in which he said:-"Tne Call,
Come over and help US is being met
with by both men and women. One
hundred fifty families were asked
to leave for Foreign Fields at the
Colorado meeting, and the response
was immediate. A few years ago
the S. D. A. were sending $1,000 per
day for Missions and to-day in spite
of war conditions, they are sending
over $4,000 per day. Elder Camp
bell left for South Africa on business
connected with the European Confer
ence. He is brother of Chester
>CampbeH~o of this place and formerly
resided here.
Mary Augusta Hardy was born
in Ohio in the year 1S47 and died at
her home in Paw Paw, November
11th, 1919 She came with her
parents in her early girlhood and To-
Gated near Decatur. Later they
moved to Paw Paw. She was united
in marriage to Wilson Lee by Rev.
G. p Blanchard of the Baptist church
in 1867. To this union was born one
child, son, Guy Lee who lived to
the age of ten years. Her husband
died at his home in Paw Paw in the
year 1907. Later she married John
Lee who passed away in the year
1910. She was married again on
January 30th, 1918 to Willis Clapp
of Paw Paw who survives her. She
has been a member of the Baptist
church since early girlhood, and has
lived a quiet consistent christian
life. She was faithful wife and
good neighbor, and will be missed by