The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-01-31

J Jake Walker was home from Kala-
mazoo one day this week. He has a
fine position in one of the meat mar
kets of that city.
| Harry White was in Chicago last
week on business. He also visited
his sister, Mrs. ]. f. Trescott in Ham
mond on his return.
| Loren Beach has been mustered out
of the Naval service and has been
visiting his grand parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Beach. He is son of
Delmer Beach of Vicksburg.
The circulation manager of The
Kalamazoo Gazette was in Paw Paw
the first of this week. Advertising
space in this issue gives details of a
new serial feature about to start in
that daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Trescott of Ham
mond, Indiana spent the week end at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. C. White, east Of town. Her
brother Maurice has just returned
from military service at Camp Eus-
tice where he has been for four
months. The family reunion was a
pleasant one.
Louis Canpile who plead guilty to
the stealing of Stephen Doyle's auto
mobile in Hartford, was sentenced by
Judge Des Voignes to Ionia for a
term of from Is months to five years.
Deputy Harry Cross conveyed the
prisoner to Ionia last Friday, stop
ping at Hastings on his return to re-
main over Sunday with his wife and
daughter.
The Fire department was called to
the George Whitehead home Tuesday
morning to extinguish a blaze in the
roof, which probably caught from the
chimney. Promptness in responding
to the alarm, and good judgment of
the firemen extinguished the blaze
with little loss by either fire or water
In recognition of splendid and efficient
service, Mr.. Whitehead promptly sent
a check for $1,000 to the Fire depart
ment.
Mary the youngest child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Isbeii, is very i'll with
Typhoid fever, and under the care of
a professional nurse. Frank, a Lieu
tenant in the Aviation Corps of the
Over Seas army, is on his way home,
and Mrs. Isbell and children had
iplanned to meet him in New York
lcity. 1t is to be sincerely hoped that
the little one may be restored to
health to meet the soldier father on
his return to Paw Paw.
By special proclamation of the
Governor, next Sunday, February End,
will be observed as Memorial day
throughout Michigan this year. It
lis planned on that day to pay fit
ting tribute to the memory of our
boys who have made the supreme
sacrifice in this great war. The
various churches of Paw Paw will
hold their regular service at the usual
hour in the morning, and a Union SER
vice will be held in the M. f. church
in the evening. 1t should be consider
ed patriotic duty on the part of the
citizens, whether they are regular
church patrons or not, to attend some
Memorial service next Sunday. Special
programs are being planned for the
proper observance of the day.
Considerable excitement was cre-
ated in Paw Paw the first Of this
week, when it became known that
this village was being considered
among others, as site for a paper
mill. The available information at
this time is about as follows The
Eddy Paper Mill company are about
to erect another big mill, to cost
probably something over million
dollars. Several locations are under
consideration, among them Paw Paw
and a committee from the company
will be here soon, probably next
week, to look over the available sites