Bowen Women Attend School of Instruction
Helen Rand LaVica Hoyt Gladys Duden Grace Felgar Nell Folckemer Vern Martin Edith Stillwell Eleanor Young Luella Peterson Eva Price Irene Reid Irene Oldham and Lettye Sutherland attended a pot luck supper and O E S school of instruction at Carthage Saturday evening. The instructress was Mrs Rebecca Parker of East St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Rand
LaVica Hoyt
Gladys Duden
Grace Felgar
Nell Folckemer
Vern Martin
Edith Stillwell
Eleanor Young
Luella Peterson
Eva Price
Irene Reid
Irene Oldham
Lettye Sutherland
O. E. S. School of Instruction
Carthage
Rebecca Parker
East St. Louis
Pastoral Move to Roadhouse Pending Bishop Approval
The District Superintendent from Springfield asked the Roadhouse Methodist pastor to transfer pending Bishop approval. A Telegram asked the pastor to await the Quarterly Conference at Golden Church Thursday at 6 30 PM. Dr John Sailer will guest preach this Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Methodist
Roadhouse
Ragan
Golden Church
Golden
Richards
John Sailer
Wesley Foundation
University of Illinois
Christian Home
Chas. J. Lotz
The Bible Church Invites Faithful to Christmas Worship
At 11:00 a.m. divine service and 11:45 a.m. Sunday School are announced by Pastor J. R. Westphal. The sermon emphasizes salvation through Christ Jesus and includes scripture from Acts and Revelation urging readers to welcome Jesus into their hearts this Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Jesus
Savior
Christ Jesus
Christ of God
J. R. Westphal
Paul Jacksons Move To Glenn House Radius
Mr and Mrs Paul Jackson relocate from Plymouth to Bowen and reside in the Leonard Glenn property. Mr Jackson works with his brother Bluford Jackson in Jackson Funeral Service. Mr and Mrs Bluford Jackson will reside in Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Paul Jackson
Glenn House
Plymouth
Bowen
Leonard Glenn
Jackson
Bluford Jackson
Attending Beauty School in Quincy
Mrs. Mae Cannon drives daily to Quincy to attend the Quincy School of Beauty Culture for her training and studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauty
Mae Cannon
Quincy
Quincy School of Beauty Culture
H C Cannon Transferred to Mt Sterling Depot
H C Cannon Wabash agent at Bowen is moved to a similar role at Mt Sterling NL with duties starting Dec 1. Mrs Cannon and the boys stay at the home until term ends. Glenn Williams of Springfield fills in locally until a permanent post is established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Cannon
Bowen
Mt. Sterling
Rose Hill School Notes November attendance and averages
Six pupils enrolled with five perfect in November. Averages: Doris Ramsey 95, Betty Robinson 93, Robert Ramsey 94, Gerald Ramsey 95, Delbert Humke 94, Robert Humke 94. Community meeting November 19 for a Thanksgiving program. crowd attended. popcorn and candy served. Next meeting December 22 with doughnuts and coffee. all welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Ramsey
Betty Robinson
Robert Ramsey
Gerald Ramsey
Delbert Humke
Robert Humke
Olney Woman Wins National Electrical Living Contest
Mrs. F. B. Godeke of Olney Indiana won in the sixth week of the Electrical Standard of Living Contest. She submitted an entry after reading the Bowen Chronicle ad and is a customer of Central Illinois Public Service. Her award amounts to 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Godeke
Olney
Electrical Standard of Living
Godeke
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Bowen Chronicle
Godeker
Bowen Christian Church Roll Call and Pledge Day Appeal
The Bowen Christian Church invites worshippers to a Sunday service marking Roll Call and pledge day as it plans a full year of ministry for 1938. Pastor Omer E. Creech thanks the community for Thanksgiving praise and urges support for the church’s future growth and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
Christian Church of
Christian Church
The
Omer E. Creech
Committee members start 1938 soil score card drive in Hancock County
Hancock county agr cultural conservation officials and Farm Adviser L L Norton report new approach for 1938 program. Committeemen will visit farms to collect topography erosion soil type and productivity data to set soil de pletion and soil building goals. This work differs from prior 1937 performance checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock County
L. L. Norton
Norton
Dinner and bazaar yield about $100 for church
The Christian church reports roughly $100 cleared from the Thanksgiving dinner and bazaar held last Thursday, reflecting proceeds from the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
Carroll Clampitt Bowen Named Auxiliary Mail Carrier
Carroll Clampitt has received the appointment as auxiliary carrier on the Bowen rural mail route and commenced his work on December 1. He carries what was formerly Route One and will continue for four months until April 1 when the regular carrier John R. Veach will resume delivery to all Bowen rural patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Clampitt
Bowen
John R. Veach
Slow Down Driving Time to Prevent Narrow Escapes
An essay urges people to ease the rush of daily schedules and extend buffers in driving. It notes modern life trains us to speed, increasing accident risk, and calls for allowing extra minutes between commitments to reduce near misses and stress.
Leneks Head South For Florida Winter
Miss Mary and Clyde Leneke left Saturday to spend the winter months in Florida. They travel with a house trailer behind their car. A visitor, Mrs. Ellen Hending, also went south with them and has a trailer of her own. Mr and Mrs Alfred Bashen will stay in Bowen for the season after wintering in Florida for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Clyde Leneke
Florida
South
Ellen Hending
Lenekes
Alfred Bashen
Bowen
Epworth League Supper Sparks Find it Hunt Tie
Members of the Epworth League held a pot luck supper in the church basement on Friday. After dining, two groups hunted a provided list, racing to locate items in a Find it Hunt. The challenge ended in a tie as both teams failed to collect two items, adding novelty and country-side scavenging fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Visitors Gather in Galesburg From Averitt Home
Mr and Mrs H O Smith and son Maurice and Miss Eloise Clark visited Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs E P Averitt and daughters in Galesburg. Norma Averitt, once ill in hospital, is now home and recovering. Mrs Lillie Upchurch, staying with the Carl Upchurch family at Peoria, also called on the Averitts.
College Students Spend Thanksgiving Vacation at Home
The University of Illinois and Culver-Stockton College students Maurice Smith Roger Veach Edith Crossland Gene Ranck Lester Cannon Lenore Askes Neal Sherrick and Ralph Holmes spent Thanksgiving at home with their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Smith
Roger Veach
Edith Crossland
Gene Ranck
Lester Cannon
Lenore Askes
University of Illinois
Neal Sherrick
Culver-Stockton College
Ralph ‘Holmes
Wheaton College
Rites Sunday for Meredith Myers Hunting Victim
Funeral services were held in Augusta for Meredith Lane Myers 16 son of Mr and Mrs John Myers of Augusta fatally shot by an accidental discharge while hunting on his father's farm near Augusta. He died Friday at St Francis hospital Macomb. Survivors include his parents four brothers Evans Carroll Doren and Lee and six sisters. An additional brother Evans was injured earlier when struck by an ear of corn during husking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Meredith Lane Myers
John Myers
Augusta High School
St. Francis Hospital
Macomb
Frank Leonard
E. Munson
Monmouth
Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
Meredith
Evans
Carroll
Doren
Lee
Jewel Randall
Bowen
Wilhelmina Mindrup
Chicago
Esther
Mary Myers
Denver
Colo
Imogene
Donabel Myers
Junior Daniels
Wendell Farwell
Young Myers
Young Daniels
Evans Myers
Lee Myers
Chellis Randall
Inspections Target Corn Loan Cribs for Safe Storage
Federal corn loan program requires properly built and ventilated cribs for collateral corn. Official crib sealers will inspect construction, ventilation, foundations, floors, walls, roofs and measures against moisture, vermin and theft to prevent loan denials and safeguard stored corn.
Local Boy Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Donald Thompson of the Fairview neighborhood was taken to a Quincy hospital Monday evening for an emergency appendectomy. His condition at the time was reported as good as can be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Thompson
George Thompson
Fairview
Quincy Hospital
Plymouth official fields candidacy for Hancock County schools
Olen L. Smith, superintendent of Plymouth schools, announces his bid for Hancock County Superintendent of Schools subject to Republican primaries in April. Smith positions his campaign as a qualifications brief in education leadership and countywide school improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen L. Smith
Plymouth
Hancock County
Auctions of Real Estate to Be Held in Bowen FBI
Two auctions of real estate will be held in Bowen Friday afternoon December 3 at the Bowen State Bank. At 1 PM the D P Worrell farm about 110 acres will be sold and at 2 PM two pieces of town property belonging to the H T Cain estate will be sold. Master in Chancery Samuel Naylor will conduct the sales.
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Bowen
Bowen State Bank
D. P. Worrell
H. T. Cain
Bowen Ill. Child Dies From Burns After Fire Incident
Bowen Illinois November 28 1912 a one and a half year old child of Mr and Mrs John Howard died from severe burns after a corn cob ignited its clothes. Dr R E James of Perry Illinois and Dr F W Chandler expect to locate in Bowen. John Tull J O and A R Myers bought a grocery store in Fairfield Iowa. M E Randall and Herman Ross traveled to Moline and brought back Randall's new car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
Ill
John Howard
North of Stillwell
R. E. James
Perry
F. W. Chandler
John Tull
J. O
A. R. Myers
Fairfield
Iowa
M. E. Randall
Herman Ross
Moline
Mr. Randall
Change From Monthly to Quarterly Social Security Tax Returns
W Y Dallman collector of internal revenue for the eighth district of Illinois announces that after December 1937 social security tax returns will be filed quarterly rather than monthly. The first quarterly return covers January through March 1938 and is due by April 30, 1938. Blank forms will be mailed to taxpayers of record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Y. Dallman
Internal Revenue
Eighth District
Illinois
Bureau
Washington
Collector of Internal Revenue
Dallman
Maude Worrell Moves Into Bowen Property
Mrs. Maude Worrell and her son Bernard have rented the Floyd Stillwell property in southeast Bowen and plan to move from the farm soon.
Snow Falls After Warm Thanksgiving Week Weather Turns Cold
Thanksgiving day was pleasant and warm with bright skies until Saturday afternoon when a sudden cold spell brought a drizzling rain that froze. The rain turned to snow, causing no ice damage, as Sunday night brought more snow and seasonable winter weather prevails.
Mystery of the Murder Without a Motive
Detectives chase the Grey Man who abandoned a car in a lonely lane and killed a girl in a true mystery thriller. The piece appears in the American Weekly magazine bundled with Next Sunday’s Chicago Herald and Examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Weekly
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Post Office Lobby Closes Earlier At Eight PM
A change in closing hours effective December 1 states the post office lobby will close at 8 p m instead of 9 p m Lock box patrons must arrive before eight to retrieve mail The general delivery window remains open until 6:00 p m
Corn moisture tests required to obtain loan
Samples for the 1937-38 federal corn loan program will be tested for moisture in standard electric meters at the Illinois state agricultural conservation office Champaign. Tests aim for uniformity, with results to county committees quickly available. loans not issued for corn above 20.5 percent moisture and volume adjustments apply for moisture above 14.5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois State Agricultural Conservation Office
Champaign
L. L. Norton
Commodity Credit Corporation
AAA
Ada Smith and Julia Garner Move to Quincy Apartment
Mrs Ada Smith and Mrs Julia Garner close their Bowen homes and relocate to an apartment at 734 North 4th street in Quincy for the winter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Smith
Julia Garner
Bowen
N. 4Th Street
Quincy
Visiting in Paxton With Emma Dickhut
Mrs Emma Dickhut traveled to Paxton Illinois at start of week to visit through Christmas with her daughter Mrs Everett Baker and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Dickhut
Paxton
Ill
Everett Baker
Mrs Richards Hosts Past Matrons Club Meeting
Mrs Katherine Richards was hostess to the Past Matrons Club on Wednesday evening. Miss Helen Wilkey led the initiation ceremony which entertained and instructed. Irene Reid, retiring matron of Uncle Mac chapter O E S, was admitted as a member. Nine members attended and refreshments were served. Plans were made for the Christmas party on December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Richards
Helen Wilkey
Irene Reid
Uncle Mac
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