The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-08-08
Whole Number 1891

Mrs. A. E. Van Week and daugh-
ert Peggy, returned Sunday from
of her father.
For the next two weeks, DR.. A. E.
Van Week will be in his office on
Thursday only of each week.
County Clerk, Roscoe w. Brough-
ton, has been attending the State
Convention of County Clerks held at
Grand Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Ashbrook have
moved to South Haven, where he has
employment in the Overton Piano
factory.
Services will be held at st. Marks
church next Sunday morning at 1O:3O
A. NJ. Special music by Kalamazoo
musicians will be rendered. Violin,
flute and organ solos.
After spending three years in SER
vice in the World War, Capt. Charles
w. Rastall has reached New Brush
wich, N. j. on his return home. The
farm home is just east of Paw Paw.
Messrs. Will Cook and j. NJ. Town
send of the Hastings Banner called
at The True Northerner Office Thurs
day. They were enroute to the Gull
yer Military Academy, where Mr..
Cook has a son in school.
A letter to Paw Paw friends from
mari and find the average result from
states that he is the daddy Of an
other baby boy. Herbert will be re-
membered as former Paw Paw boy
who was employed on The True Nor
therner for several years. He is now
publisher of the paper at Climax.
w. ]. Warner and family, Glenn
f. Warner and mother Mrs. Jennie
Warner, all motored to Grand Rapids
last Sunday and spent the day with
relatives there. Miss Jean Warner
who had been spending the week in
that city. returned with her parents,
Mr. ard Mrs. w. J Warner.
The Hon. Charles Vopicka has join
ed his family at their summer home,
Four Mile lake and will remain the
balance Of the summer. Mr.. Vopicka
has been Minister to Roumania dur
ing President Wilson't term of office
and is well known in diplomatic cir
cles.
A letter from NJ. j. Grenell, dated
! from Kalamazoo states that the sur
geons at the hospital there have de-
cided that an operation will not be
necessary at this time. Quiet, rest
and proper treatment is all that is
required now, he says. His many
Paw Paw friends will rejoice with
him in the good news.
Miss Flieda Snow will leave for
her position in Cleveland, Ohio today,
after spending a vacation with her
parents at "Snow Drift Inn", Three
Mile Lake. She gave dinner party
to eight of her Young lady and gentle
men friends at the cottage last We'd
nesday in honor of Max Reynolds
who is home from the West on a va
cation after nine years absence.
A companv of neighbors and
friends surprised Mrs. Id "copper" 81
her birthday last Monday at her
home in the "Plopper District. Re-
Ifreshments were served on the lawn,
covers being laid for twenty. The
guests departed after a delightful
time, wishing Mrs. Plopper many
happy ieturns of the day. Mrs. Plop-
per will be remembered as Mrs. Ger
tlude Gillespie of this village.
Duane Pepper and Miss Della
Richardson were united in marriage
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Richardson, north
of town Thursday noon of this week.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
J. G. Brown in the presence of only
the immediate relatives of the con-
tracing parties. The happy couple
started Immediately on an automo-
bile trip to Wooster and Kenton Ohio
where they will spend a brief honey
moon with sisters of the bride. They
will be at home in Lawrence, Mich,
after September first. The True
Northerner joins in Fluctuations.
Mrs. Eliza Jordan, who has been
an invalid for the past twenty years
died at her home in this village last
Monday afternoon. She was a great
sufferer from Dropsy, and has been
confined to her bed since last Octo-
ber Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Jordan
have been honored and respected citi-
zens of Paw Paw for the past thirty
seven years, coming here from Erie,
Pennsylvania. Besides the husband
three children survive, two having
died in infancy. The remaining ones
all now grown to manhood and