The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-08-29

guest of Paw Paw friends over the
week end
Mrs. Arminta Spicer entertained a
number of Lawton friends on Tues
day of this week.
The l.. o. T M. Sewing Society will
meet with Mrs. E. nj. Bailey next
Wednesday p. m. September 3rd.
Mrs. Belle Hayward will leave next
Monday for Kalamazoo where she
expects to remain for the winter.
The Misses Frieda and Viva Lyle,
of Decatur were week end guests of
their cousin Miss Evelyn Mosier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Bailey and
children of Dansville, Iowa, are the
guests of their parents east of Paw
Paw
John Wilson is back at work in the
Waters Hardware store after enjoy
ing ten days motoring trip through
Northern Michigan.
Ernest Cook who has sold his farm
north of Mattawan is planning to re-
turn to England, which country will
be their future home.
Paul Broughton of Lansing is
spending a vacation at the home Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. w
Broughton this week.
Miss Ruth Radtke, who is a clerk
in one of the banks in Chicago, is
spending a vacation at the home of
her parents east of town.
Harry Ayars is recovering quite
rapidly from the serious accident to
his foot some weeks ago. He will
soon be able to discard the crutch.
E. M. Bailey has purchased home
for his family in Detroit and will be
here next week for the purpose of
packing and moving to that city.
James Ayars and sister Lucy were
taken to the hospital in Kalamazoo
last Saturday where their tonsils
were removed. Both are rapidly re-
covering from the operation.
f. V. Root, Commissioner of
Schools announces the following
teachers meetings for the purpose of
passing out supplies, reading circle
books, etc, at the following places:
Goblevile school building, Friday,
August 29th, 10 o'clock. Bangor
school building, Friday, Aug. goth, at
2 o'clock. Hartford school building,
Saturday, August Goth, 10 o'clock.
Paw Paw, Court House, Saturday,
August 30th, 2 o'clock.
The local friends of Homer Smith
will have an opportunity to see him
in action again in the ring after an
absence Of several years. Homer
has been matched to meet Andre An
derson, heavyweight champion Of
Camp Grant at the Armory in Kala-
mazoo on Labor day, next Monday
night. While Homer was in training
at Camp Custer, he met Anderson in
ten round bout at Camp Grant, and
was given a draw in newspaper de-
cisions. He kept in training during
the period of army service and had
several bouts while in France. Since
his discharge he has been in active
training at the Floyd Fitzsimmons
camp in Benton Harbor and is ready
for the fight Of his life next Monday
night. Both men will enter the ring
well over the 200 pound weight mark
and boxing fans of Kalamazoo and
vicinity are anticipating a battle
royal when this pair come together.
For the semi-fnal in the Monday
night card, the Kalamazoo Athletic
managers announce, Sammy Flager,
the 11S pound champion of the Great
Lakes Training station against Rit-
chic Smith of Detroit. Both boys
are top notchers in their class and
able to put on one of the fastest and
most clever exhibitions ever witness
ed in this section. Two prelimin-
aries will be arranged with fast
clever light weights, making a box
ing program of thirty rounds of fast
clever boxing. In view of the fact
that one Of the contestants in the
main bout is a Paw Paw boy, this
section of the county will be well re-
presented at the ringside when the
gong sounds for the first bout next