The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-07-18
Fred Cook of Lawrence was a Paw
Paw visitor on Tuesday last

Fred Cook of Lawrence was a Paw
Paw visitor on Tuesday last
Sam Wilson of South Haven was
in Paw Paw on Steamboat business
last Monday.
Mrs. Julia Whitney returned last
week from an extended visit IN Buff,
alo and other eastern points.
H. d.. Spicer goes to Detroit this
week where he will join Mrs. Spicel
for a visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl d. Wolf.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Trescott of Ham
mond, Indiana motored to Paw Paw
Sunday with Mrs. Trescott's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace White.
There will be installation Of officers
in Paw Paw Encampment l. o. o. F.
on Wednesday evening July 23rd
All officers of the Encampment are
especially urged to be present.
The Hartford Fruit Growers and
Farmers Exchange are erecting a
large Canning factory at Hartford
The new building will be 80 by 100
feet in size and will be really foi
the peach season. This will make
three large canning factories in that
village, which will now have a just
claim to the Canning Center of
Southwestern Michigan"
Members of the w. r. C. planned a
surprise party on July 18th, at the
pleasant home of Mrs. George
Stearns to help celebrate her 80th,
anniversary. a goodly num-
Der assembled and it was indeed a
vertible surprise. The pot luck re-
freshments were fine and plentiful
All went home feeling happier for
being there and wishing her many
happy returns of the day.
1t. Colonel A. H. Gannser of Bay
City was in Paw Paw last week.
He is the executive secretary for
Michigan Community Commission
War Work and was here to make the
preliminary arrangements for a
soldiers organization here. Every
community will perfect an organ
ization of World War soldiers, SIM
liar to the G. A. R. organization of
the Civil War.
Van Buren, county now has a direct
Buick Automobile Agency, known as
the Decker-Beattie-D Buick Co
A County Buick Service station will
be established, where all Buick parts
will be carried and expert service
rendered The new firm consists of
Paul M. Decker of Bangor, Gladstone
Beattie and Royal f. Decker of Paw
Paw. They have the exclusive
agency in Van Buren, county for
Buick cars and parts for the coming
year.
All stores and business places of
Paw Paw will close on Wednesday
July 23rd, from 1000 A. M. to 400
p. Nj. on account of the Community
Picnic" which will be held at Engel-
hart's landing, Four Mile lake. Every
person in the community is expected
to be there, and if any one has room
for an extra one or two in their
automobile, they are requested to be
at the Court House grounds in the
morning, to accommodate some one
who has no means of transportation
The Chicago and South Haven
Steamship Company are announcing
the schedule for the summer in an
other column of this issue. They
now have the Steamship Petoskey
and the Pere Marquette Number {
on the run and are sending out two
boats from Chicago and South Haven
each day. 1t gives one desiring the
lake trip an opportunity to cross
during daylight both ways or one
way daylight and the return by nigh
Or one can leave South Haven in the
evening, spend a pleasant night on the
lake, put in the day in Chicago and
return the next night in time to catch
the early morning train on either
railroad. The new company is put
ting forth every effort to make the
trip on the lake attractive and
pleasant to their patrons and un-
doubtedly many people from Paw
Paw will take advantage of the
opportunity to go to Chicago by
water.
Helene Marr Simmons passed away
at the Simmons home in the village
here on Sunday, July 9Th. She sur
vived the birth of baby daughter
but a few hours. Helene was born
in Cassopolis, Michigan, July Both
1892, and has spent most of her gir
hood days in Paw Paw. She attend
ed the public schools of the village
and was an accomplished musician
The untimely death was a great
shock to her family and to her hos'
of friends here. She leaves a hus
band, two children and father anC
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