The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-11-21
Whole Number 44OO

Mrs. r. l.. Tuttle has been ill and
under the Doctors care this week.
Hon Lynn j. Lewis and r. F.. Brown
of Bangor were Paw Paw visitors on
Thursday.
G G.. Eisenmann is in Detroit this
week attending a convention of the
National Y. M. c. A.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Bland enter
tained Mrs. Hamilton and son Zell
from Decatur last Sunday.
II. l.. Mcneil has been in Jackson
this week on business connected with
the Oddfellows Home in that city.
The books for the new library are
being placed on the shelves as fast
as catalogued. The library will
soon be ready for the opening.
Mrs. l A. Whitman has gone to
Detroit where she will visit a daugh-
ter and from that place will go to
Lyons, New York for an extended
visit with another daughter.
Mark Whitcomb, son of Mrs. Frank
Taylor who has been with the A. E.
F. in Siberia for the past year and a
half has returned and visited his
mother and friends here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Bell are re-
joicing over the birth of twins, that
came to their home on November
18th. 1t is fine pair of girls and
they have been named, Margaret
Jane and Grace Adeline. Congratu-
lations are in order.
An interesting piece of news was
received from Los Angeles this week
to the effect that baby daughter
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Wade
Killefer at their home in that city
last Saturday. The little Miss has
been named cam"
The musical ability of three young
men of this community has
been recognized by the U. of M.
where they are in college. Harley
Mutchler and Frank Pierce are men,
bers of the U. of M. band, while
Theodore Ferguson is a member of
the orchestra.
Mrs. John Haworth had narrow
escape from serious injury the first
of this week She was driving home
from Paw Paw when the horse be-
came frightened, and turned complete
ly around, throwing Mrs. Haworth to
the ground. She was quite badly
bruised but sustained no serious
injury. The buggy was badly wrecked
Miss Jean, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs w. j. Warner has been critically
i'll this week, and a trained nurse is
now in attendance. She was recover
ing from an attack of tonsilitis when
arose in the head and
ear which it has been feared might
an operation. She is
s,igi. ~ improved 9. lis tirAc, cid u
is hoped she is on the road to re-
covery.
Governor Albert f. Sleeper issues
the following Thanksgiving Day
proclamation:-"O give thanks unto
the Lord for He is good; for His
mercy endureth forever" Following
the custom established by our fathers
nearly three hundred years ago, it is
entirely fitting that we should set
apart one day in the year as Thanks
giving Day, and that we should on
that day assemble ourselves together
in our accustomed places of worship
and render hearty thanks to Almigh
ty God for all His mercies and bless
ings. A year ago we rejoiced that
the cruelties and horrors of war,
peace had spread its blessed benedict
ion over all the earth. We have had
a year of peace Our gallant soldier
and sailor lads have come back to
us, save those who gave up their
lives in our cause. The liberties of
the world have been made secu;e,
and the foundations of this republic
have remained unshaken. True, we
still have our problems to solve, for
peace has its dangers no less than
war, but the good sense of the
American people has always been
equal to any task which has con-
fronted them; and, inspired and
cheered by the achievements of the
past, may we not look hopefully to
the future, confident that no emer-
gency can arise with which we shall
be unable to cope? Let us give our