Fourth of July Parade^ Prisoners Sentenced Former Coloma Man Shows Real Activity for July 4Th and 5Th in Paw Paw Lake by Circuit Judge Died in Benton Hartor
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5[hp Colmna Cnumr VOL. 41 COLOMA, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1937 NO. 48 Lake Michigan Beach Big Crowd Expected Young Man Drowned ^Fourth of July Parade^ Prisoners Sentenced Former Coloma Man Shows Real Activity For July 4th and 5th in Paw Paw Lake by Circuit Judge Died in Benton Hartor Lively Community on Lake Michigan Local Resorts Are Prepared to Officers and Volunteers Worked I Some Were Placed on Probation and Clyde Olds Succumbed to Long North of Coloma Seeks to Become Handle Big Throng Over the Two- Day and Night for Days Trying Others Must Serve Time in Jail Illness—Funeral Was Held on a Viliace—Many New Homes to Day Holiday—Some Hotels Filled. to Locate Body of Oscar Cortevllle Six prisoners faced Circuit Judge Monday. Evans last Friday and sentence was Be Erected This Year—Property Cottages Are Filling Up of Chicago. pronounced. In three other cases Clyde Olds, a former Coloma bus- Owners Hold Annual Meetinr on From reports that are made by There has been much activity sentence was postponed. iness man and for years a resident hotel and cottage owners around around the west end of Paw Paw Robert Sample of Benton Harbor of this community, died at Mercy July 6th. Paw Paw Lake and Little Paw Paw Lake, between the Woodward pa- pleaded guilty to the unauthorized hospital in Benton Harbor on Fri- Lake, as well as from all other re- vilion and Beechwood Point, since use of an automobile belonging to day afternoon, June 25, 1937, follow- July 6th will be an important date sorts in Berrien county, comes the last Saturday, where searching par- Mrs. Ruth Peterson of Benton Har- ing an illness which had made Mr. for the property owners and resi- report that an unusually large num- ties have been endeavoring to locate bor and was placed on probation for Olds an invalid for many years. dents of Lake Michigan Beach, for ber of tourists are expected here for the remains of Oscar Cortevllle, 27 one year. Mr. Olds, who was 41 years old, Orville Looker of Three Oaks, was born on a farm in Bainbrldge on that date the annual meeting of the Fourth of July holiday. As the years old, of 8040 Blackstone ave- Fourth comes on Sunday, most places nue, Chicago, which has been miss- charged with petty larceny, was township, July 19, 1895, the son of the Lake Michigan Beach Property sentenced to serve 30 days in the Mr. and Mrs. Homer Olds, pioneer Owners Association will be held, at will observe Monday, July Sth, as ing since shortly afternoon on Sat- Independent -Day. This means that urday. The victim, in company county jail. Robert Densmore of residents. After retiring from busi- which time officers will be elected the same village, arrested with ness In Coloma Mr. Olds went to for the coming year and various af- there will be a two-day holiday, with relatives, had gone to the when the residents of the cities will Woodward resort for a picnic and Looker on the same charge, must Benton Harbor where he became fairs of interest to the community serve 80 days in jail. associated with the Consumers will be discussed. want to get away to see the beauties while waiting for dinner Mr. Corte- of Michigan. vllle went to the lake for a dip In Simon Hosbeln of Benton Harbor, creamery, of which he was manager Seek to Incorporate. Some of the hotels around Paw the water from a rowboat. About charged with violation of the liquor until compelled by ill health to give Paw Lake announce that they al- 40 minutes later, when he failed to laws, was fined $50 and costs and up that work. He is survived by For some time past there has been ready have sufficient reservations to return, his relatives became alarm- was placed on probation for two his widow, who before her mar- much agitation for the incorpora- fill their hotels, and there are al- ed and started a search for him. He years. riage was Miss Gladys DeField of tion of the Lake Michigan Beach ways many who come to the lake had on a bathing suit when he went Glen Stllp of Mlshawaka, Indiana, Coloma and who Is now manager of community into a village and this who have failed to make any reser- out in the boat. Real alarm was was sentenced to serve one to five the Consumers creamery; a daugh- HaU offl years at Jackson prison for receiving ter, Onalee, at home; two sisters— question will be one of the import- vations, until it is expected that all felt when the boat he had been us- ATS offi Along the itreet there .comet ant matters to be taken up next will bo filled to overflowing next ing was located near the Beechwood H Along the itreet there comei A blare of buglet, a ruffle of drumt: stolen property. Mrs. C. C. Kniebes and Mrs. Alfred week. The present officers of the A blare of buglet, a ruffle o( drumt, And loyal hearts are beaUng high: Frank Britton of Niles drew a Butzbach of Bainbrldge; and by a Sunday and Monday. Like reports resort, with the victim's wrist watch A flaih of color beneath the iky: association are: J. V. Lynskey, presi- come from the owners of cottages, on the seat of the boat. llats off! prison sentence of six months to 14 brother, Fred Olds, who resides near dent; Ed Vemstein, vice president; HaU off! The flag It patting by! years at Ionia on a charge of forgery. Hartford. stating that practically all of the Search Day and Night The flag Is passing by. —Henry Holcomb Bennett. Mrs. Anna P. Wilson, secretary, Ru- cottages around the lake will be The three whose sentence was de- The deceased was prominent in dolph Gesswein, treasurer. The The sheriff's office was notified layed are David Burchfleld, Neil L. Masonic circle, being high priest of filled the coming week-end. and James Elsenhart, son of Mr. and directors consist of the above offi- Not only will the cottages and of the young man's disappearance Prichard and August W. Drew, who Calvin Britain chapter No. 72 R. A. cers and Mrs. Broden, M. Davis, J. and Immediately sent several men Berrien County Weddings Mrs. Guy Elsenhart of the same pleaded guilty to operating gambling M., a member of Malta Commandery hotels do a big business, but the city. Members of the Immediate Forrest, Michael McGuire, Mrs. mode of travel is constantly chang- to the lake to assist in the search, devices at Grand Beach. They are No. 44 Knights Templer, and a mem- Miller and Mr. Smalley. and from that time on there has families were served a wedding din- to be sentenced on July 9th. ber of Lake Shore Lodge No. 298, ing and the "house cars" have be- ner at the home of the bride's par- Practically enough signatures have come very popular and it is expected been a steady watch kept to recover Miss Vera Gaytbn, daughter of F. & A. M. been already secured on the petition that the auto camps and private the body. Members of the sheriff's Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gayton, and ents. Funeral services were held from for the incorporation, and it is ex- homes who accommodate tourists force have been on the job day and Murray W. Scott, son of Mr. and the Dean funeral home in Benton pected that many more will easily LOMA THEATRE IS NOW Harbor, Monday afternoon, conduct- will also be filled. The restaurants, night, together with a large number Mrs. W. B. Scott, both of Benton Miss Dorothy Dunlap and Samuel be added this summer. The terri- of volunteer workers, who have ed by Rev. Howard Blanning, pas- lunch rooms and taverns are prepar- Harbor, were united In wedlock by J. Johnson plighted their vows on FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED tory proposed to be taken into the ing to take care of the largest Fourth helped row the boats and assist In Rev. Howard Blannlng at the Con- tor of the Congregational church, corporation as a village is one mile the dragging of the water, but the June 24. 1937, at the First Presby- Monday. Interment In the Coloma of July crowd that has visited this gregational church In that city, Sun- terian church in Plymouth, Ind., square. There are about 400 cot- bottom of the lake near where it Is day afternoon. June 27, 1937. A re- cemetery under Masonic auspices. section in many years, provided the Rev. Kline officiating. The bride is Latest Type Ventilating Equipment tages or homes on the site of the weather Is favorable. thought the young man dived off ception was tendered at the home proposed village and there are now a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merlin the boat Is filled with weeds and of the bride's parents. Both the Dunlap and the groom is a son of Has Been Installed In the Coloma about 120 registered voters. the work of dragging has been very young people are graduates of the Samuel J. Johnson. Lake Michigan Beach can boast of diflcult. An airplane sailed over Benton Harbor high school. The Theatre 4-H Club Girls Go To Lansing a fine club house which is owned by Water at Paw Paw Lake the lake for some time endeavoring bride has for some time been em- Mrs. Carrie Bachman, leader of the property owners' association and to aid in the search.