The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-10-10

A teachers Institute for Van
Buren county is being held in Paw
Faw this week Thursday and Friday.
The local schools have closed and the
SESSIONS are held in the High school
room. A fine program is on for to-
day The speakers include, Charles
L. Grawn, former Normal School
President, President Crooks of Alma
and DR.. E. A. Steiner of Grinnell.
Iowa.
The war department of the govern
ment has established twenty-four re-
tail stores in the United States. The
one for Michigan is located in the city
of Detroit. Sales from these stores
will be made both over the counter
and on mail orders. The lists of COM
modities offered for sale by these
stores and the prices at which they
will be sold are displayed in the vari-
Gus post Offices throughout the state.
The price fixed includes the delivery
charge to any point within the district
Twenty-Five people enjoyed the
thrill of Airplane travel with Pilot G.
M. McCabe during the week at the
Hartford Fair. Attorney Glenn E.
Warner, Supt. o. w. Kaye and Royal
E. Decker of Paw Paw were among
the number, and Donald F. Cochrane
and his wife of Hartford also enjoyed
the fun. "Great" is the universal
sentiment expressed by those who
made the flights. If the most con-
servative predictions do not fail to
Imaterialize, ten years from now will
see Airplane travel as common as
motor transportation is today
The funeral of the late C. j. Mon
roe was held from the Congregational
church in the city of South Haven
last Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Monroe
was born on November goth, 1889 and
died at his home in South Haven
Thursday morning, October End. His
death was due to the hardening of the
arteries, and his last illness began a
little more than a week prior to his
death. He had been a member of
the state legislature, and state board
of agriculture, state horticultural
society, and has been a prominent
figure in the political and industrial
activities of the state for more than
a half century. He was also promi-
nent in banking circles of the state,
and was the author of the present
banking laws of Michigan. He leaves
a widow, and three sons. s. B. Mon
roe of Kalamazoo and George and G.
o. of South Haven. Those in atten-
dance at the funeral from Paw Paw
were, j. w. Free, A. Lynn Free,
Judge VIM. Killefer r. w. Broughton
Gladstone Beattie, Royal f. Decker,
Glenn f. Warner, VIM. G. Mosier and
Jason Woodman.
Will Braybrooks, oldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Braybrooks of Law
renee township was recently dis
charged from military service, and
has received word since arriving
home, that he has been awarded the
I"American Distinguished Service
Cross" for gallantry in action in the
second battle of The Marine in July
1918. Will was a senior in the en-
Igineering department of the West
ern State Normal when the United
States declared war on Germany.
He left his school. to enlist in th9
Engineering department OF the
army and was among the first to be
sent across. The Faculty however
granted his diploma at the close of
the year. Will was transferred from
the Engineers corps to the infantry
and was in active service in many of
the big battles of the war. He
wears shrapnel scars on one leg and
on his side, bayonet scar in one
shoulder and still suffers some Of the
effects of gas. Several months were
spent in the hospital recovering from
wounds, but he will soon be as good
as new. He speaks with some re-
ticence regarding his part in the
great struggle, and wears his decor
ations with modesty.
The Van Buren, County Fair at
Hartford last week, was a record
breaker from every standpoint. The
week opened with heavy rains, but
the clouds cleared away on Wednes-
day and the weather was ideal for the
balance of the week, the gates of the
fair being left open until Saturday
night. Practically every inch Of
space on the fair grounds was crowd
ed to capacity with exhibits and con-
cessions. The crowds exceeded by
far the attendance of any previous
year, the races were good, the appoint
ments and management first class,
and taking it all in all, it was great
fair. "Better by far than the West
Michigan Fair at Grand Rapids" was
the way a visitor from the Furniture
City expressed it on Thursday.
Miss Esther Smith is taking a
course in Commercial Illustrating
from the school of Applied Art in
Battle Creek.
Homer +. Fritz of Paw Paw and