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

was the guest of his brother II. G.
Waters and family last week.
The field day of the Van Buren,
county Sunday School Association
will be held on Labor Day, Monday,
September 1st at Paw Paw.
DR.. j. X. Jameson formerly of Paw
Paw was calling on friends here this
week. He was a former resident of
Paw Paw and will be remembered by
many.
Starting September 1st, the Idle
Hour Theatre will be open every
night in the week. Some especially
fine features are on the program for
next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Jacobs received
a message on Tuesday stating that
their son Leroy had arrived from
overseas and is at a camp in New
Hampshire. He was suffering with
a broken arm and came over on hos
pital ship. He is expected home soon
A card from Rev. Percy Nickless,
dated from Brandon, Wisconsin, dated
August 25th, states that they are
having an ideal time. He will be
home some time this week and an
nounces services at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday at the usual
hours.
Harvey Sherman who resides just
east of town states that some careless
auto driver drove into a flock of his
chickens Wednesday morning and
killed five of them. He will give re-
ward of $1,000 for the name and ad-
dress of the driver of the car that
killed them.
Postmaster H. A. Cole announces
the following Labor Day hours for
service at the Postoffice: There will
be no rural or city delivery and the
various departments of the Office will
all be open for business until o'clock
in the morning and closed for the bal
ance of the day. Rural and city pat
rons who desire their mail on that
day must call at the office before the
hour of 9 o'clock.
The True Northerner regrets the
omission of the following local from
the columns of last weeks issue:-"A
message received in Paw Paw on Sun
day last contained the sad announce
ment of the death of Mrs. Charles
Whitman in hospital in Chicago.
Deceased will be remembered as Miss
Lottie Slovenian. She was the
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Emory Slovenian and was born dur
ing the time that Mr.. Showerman
was sheriff of Van Buren county
She grew to young womanhood in
this community and graduated from
the local schools, where she was a
general favorite among her compan-
ions. She had hardly reached the
prime of life, being forty-three years
of age, but had been in failing health
for a number of years. The remains
were brought to Paw Paw where the
funeral was held from the home of
her sister, Mrs. r. w. Broughton on
Tuesday afternoon, Father Bishop Of
Dowagiac officiating and interment
was in Prospect cemetery. A host of
local friends join in extending sincere
sympathy to the bereaved husband,
sisters and brothers"
The Van Buren, County Fair AS
sociation has appointed Leslie Scott,
Sr., of Arlington as general superin-
tendent Of all live stock for the COM
ing fair. He is in Paw Paw this week
attending chautauqua and interview
ing the stock growers and intending
exhibitors, on the Importance of an
exhibit at the fair this year. The pre-
valing prices for stock and their pro
ducts should be an encouragement to
stock raisers to develop and stand be-
hind the great animal industry as
never before. The liberal prizes of
fered this year and the various new
features in amusements should make
the fair surpass all its predecessors.
He suggests that the magnificence of
the Van Buren county vineyards this
year should be an inducement for a
special display of grapes at the fair.
He suggests huge tower of grapes
in the center Of the fruit section at
the fair The increasing popularity
of the coming fair is being manifes-
to devery day now by the increased