The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-07-11
week end guests of friends in Ban

lgor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clare Allen OF Kala-
mazoo spent the week end with their
parents.
Wheat is rapidly being harvested.
Some fields were found badly hurt
by smut.
Mrs. Rena Beach and son Lawrence
are at the d. M, Allen home. They
are contemplating an extended visit
in Bloomingdale and South Haven.
Mrs. Marie Walker was born Octo-
ber 1st, 1858, and passed away July
End, 1919, at the State Hospital in
Kalamazoo. She was first married
to Mr.. v. Scranton in 1888. To this
union was born two children,
daughter that died in infancy, apd "a
son, Melvin V. Scranton. Melvin, the
son, and Robert, the grandson, are
the only near relatives now living
The second marriage was to George
Walker, who still survives. While
living in this village, Mrs. Walker
was regular attendant at the Bap-
tist church. She was also faithful
member of the Maccabee lodge of
this village. The funeral was held
in Memorial Hall at 400 o'clock on
the 3rd, inst. Mrs. Abbott and Miss
Irene Gibbs furnished special music.
The Maccabees had charge, with Rev
E. E. Shouher officiating clergyman.
Sunday, July 9Th, was the birth
day of Mrs. John Ryden, and in re-
sponse to an invitation from Mr..
and Mrs. G. F. Loveland, twenty-four
partook of bountious pot-luck din
ner. The tables were set under the
spruce trees which adorn the lawn.
Social visiting took up the afternoon
and at late hour all left wishing
Mrs. Ryden many happy birthdays.
An all day meeting of Paw Paw
Grange will be held at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Buskirk on Satur-
day July 18th. A picnic dinner will
be served at noon. Those who have
enjoyed the delightful hospitality of
the Buskirks will be present, and it
is hoped that every Granger will at
tend.
Harry Pepper Of Detroit passed
away at the Battle Creek Sanitarium
on Sunday morning last. He was
horn in East Decatur in March 1888,
and came to Paw Paw when a small
boy and attended school here, gradu
ating in the class of 1901. He then
studied in the Office of DIR. w. +
Hoyt and later went to Detroit and
graduated from the Detroit College
of Medicine. He first located after
graduation, in Union City, Michigan
He then moved to Detroit where he
became head Of the jefferson Medical
Institute and also had a large city
practice He had not been in velv
good health for the past two years
and was sufferer from Brights di-
sesase. He was but thirty-six years
old ana was bright, capable n4.n
in his chosen profession. He in,
spired confidence into those with
whom he came in contact and was a
hard worker at all times, strictly ar
tending to his professional affairs.
Funeral services were held in the
Masonic Temple at Battle Creek on
Tuesday morning, and the remains
were brought to Paw Paw for inter
ment in the afternoon. Burial was
at Prospect Hill where short services
were held. Rev. f. E Shoufey
was the officiating clergyman Nine
men, members of his high school
class were present at the service, in
cluding VIM. Fitzgerald of Kalama-
ZOO, Leon Travis Of Detroit and Fred
Stevens of Cleveland, Ohio. DR..
Pepper is survived by his wife, one
sister, Frs. Frank Downing of Paw
Paw, and two brothers, Charles, Of
Paw Paw, and Adelbert, of Califor-
MIA, and several nephews and nieces,
and large circle of friends, both
here and in Detroit. He was young
man who always made the most of
every opportunity that presented it
self. In his life as a student in our
II high school, he was always looking
into the future and in his college life
after, he still held that future long
ing for useful career, which in
large way has been gratified these
past few years. The remains were
accompanied here for interment by
his wife and mother, Mrs. Case of
Detroit, Charles Holt of Navarro,
Mrs. John Pepper of Vicksburg, DIR.
and Mrs. Blaine, DIR. and Mrs. Ran
dolph, DR.. and Mrs. Rein of Detroit,
DIR. Britton and DIR. Pratt and Mr..