The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-07-25

Clyde Bassett and family are at
Three Mile lake for the remainder of
the summer.
Roscoe Paskett, recently returned
from France spent several days the
first of the week at the Leo E. Prater
home.
The Daily News of Daytona, Flor
ida states that sd. A. Weston is en-
joying a short vacation from his
duties as assistant cashier at the
East Coast Bank"
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo E. Prater spent
last week in Northern Michigan.
visiting G. E. Prater Jr. and family
in Cadillac. and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul H.
Smith in Big Rapids.
Sergeant Roscoe Plaskett, recently
arrived in Paw Paw otter spending
two years in Military service. Eight
months of the time was spent over
seas, with Base Hospital Corps, No.
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Supt. o. w. Kaye has entered the
employ of the Observation-Disclosures
Buick Company and will sell Buick
cars in the townships of Decatur,
Hamilton and Keeler during the sum
mer vacation.
Tom Brown has exchanged his
residence in the village for a farm
near Four Mile lake known as the
"Coy Place. We understand that his
billiard parlors are for sale, that he
intends to move to the farm in the
spring, and become a full fedged
farmer.
VIM. A. Prater returned Saturday
from Humboldt, Tennessee and is spend
ing few days with his family here
He is in the employ of The North
American Fruit Exchange, and will
leave soon for Trenton, New Jersey
in the interest of the company. Mrs.
Prater will accompany him on this
trip.
The Tri-county Funeral Directors
and Embalmers association, embrac-
ing Berrien, Cass and Van Buren
counties hel dtheir annual convention
in Memorial hall last Friday. About
sixty undertakers and their wives
were present, and fine program was
carrie dout. A fine dinner was SER
we'd by the R. N. A. Lodge. Our
townsman, Charles Lake was elected
to the Office of Vice president Of the
society.
The Chautauqua perhaps more than
any other institution, has been in
strmental in arousing public senti-
ment, molding public opinion and
eoucating the masses of the great
middle class. With these things in
mind, the program this year has been
prepared. 1t contains food for
thought an daction. The "Camou-
Gage" viii be stripped Gay al
there will be music, fun and frolic
quite as much as figures and facts.
1t will be great program from start
to finish land every man, woman and
child within driving distance from
Paw Paw should have season ticket
this year. The dates are August %
to 20, both days inclusive.
This has been quite busy week
for the sheriff's force and consider
able work nthe criminal calendar
of the court is the result. Jesse
Bronson of Covert was taken into
custody charged with statutory rape
one one Bell Hindes, twelve years of
age. Had it not been for the vigil
ance Of Prosecutor Adams at the
time the parties were apprehended
the girl would have been a suicide,
She jokingly told the officers that she
would not be here at the time of the
trial. They thought nothing of it
until Adams saw her attempt to
drink something from a glass tumbler
He grabbed the glass from her hand
and found it contained enough paris
green to kill several persons. The
examination of Bronson was held in
Covert on Thursday and he was
bound over to Circuit court for trial.
The girl was turned over to County
Agent, A F.. Hubert. Another pair,
Esther Hale and Albert Hindes, both
Of Covert, were arrested on a charge
of adultery. Hindes has wife and
two children, bat is alleged to have
been living with this young woman
70 rseveral months. They waived
examination and were bound over to
Circuit court where they will un-
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