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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
1
Bowen High School finishes exams as students discuss University of Illinois tests and lyceum funding. Activities include a 27 18 victory over La Prairie, curiosities about classmates, and calls for community support to sustain school programs and future sports.
The Glenwood PTA presented the home talent production Civil Service at the B C H S auditorium on Wednesday night, hailed as a winner with all participants delivering perfect performances. Bowen's five routed La Harpe's basketball team 36 to 6 last Friday on the school floor, and there’s note of relief that snow and ice have melted to keep Mr Hubbard from breaking his glasses again. Lindell Adams is noted for arriving at school with a black...
About sixty youths gathered after services for a social hour in the church basement. Games and refreshments provided enjoyment. The group plans another social next Wednesday and invites community youth to attend.
Rural carriers out of Bowen report roads in very bad condition this week. On Monday routes were not completed, though carriers are praised for their hard work and willingness to serve patrons despite the difficulty.
The C H 8 P T A held its monthly meeting at the high school auditorium. Local speakers Rev C H Thrall and Prof Harold P Shields discussed child labor and the school district tax rate, noting B C H S pays near the bottom while Augusta pays the highest. Mrs Ethel Baker sang, Rev J W Parks led a mental test, and the gathering agreed to a public supper to defray expenses.
Dorothy Dalton Milton Lille and Wanda Hawley star in The Woman Who Walked Alone a six reel Para mour feature with lavish gowns and stage settings tonight Adm 10 and 20c Also showing Alias The Night Wind with Wm Russell and Fox News Saturday Adm 10 and 20c Geo M Cohan comedy Get Rich Quick Wallingford in 7 reels a Cosmopolitan feature with laughs Tuesday Adm 10 and 25c The Pride of Palomar 6 reel western from Peter Kyne with a racing climax next Thursday Adm 10 and 20c Coming The Sage Hen Over the Border The Siren Call The Bachelor Daddy and more
The Ever Loyal class of the M. E. Sunday School held a January 15 social in the church basement. A seven o'clock lunch of sandwiches salad cake and coffee preceded a business session during which officers were elected: President Lou Stratton Vice President Sadie Ramsey Secretary J H Smith Treasurer Oscar Jacobs. Rev Thompson spoke at the close, praising the class as royal entertainers.
R W Scanlan of the Illinois Crop Improvement Association visited Bowen on January 10 to inspect E O Newkirk's Utility Type yellow dent corn. He praised the corn as comparing favorably with the state's best and warned seed quality hinges on germination vigor and vitality. A sample goes to the University for lab testing before approval.
A man starts wary of an advertised product but over weeks the ad compels him. He resists at first, then yields after continued exposure. He visits a store, spends a large amount, and discovers the item meets a long felt want, leaving him pleased with the purchase.
Ed Rook and Ed Walton defeated John Young and Bert Stockwell by one game to claim the tournament in Chili township. The match was staged at the Young home on Monday night, with Walton noting the close margin and hinting at future practice for Young and Stockwell.
Regular services next Sunday with sermons on The Stewardship of Life and The Prophet Jonah. Nine of fifty World Service volumes remain. orders to be placed before February 1. Reading plan dates and page ranges are listed. cut and paste into the World Service volume. C H Thrall, Pastor.
Chas. D. Campbell, our field representative for fifteen months, resigned January 4 and began work for the Quincy Daily Herald Tuesday morning. He developed from a novice to a valuable newspaper and field man and will cover the same territory once handled by George Johnson now with Bankers Life of Des Moines. Campbell plans to move to Carthage to establish his headquarters and the Chronicle wishes him success.
M W A Bowen Camp 1014 adopts resolutions for Emele Geoffroy who has passed away. The group notes loss of counsel and neighbor and extends deepest sympathy to the family. A memory page will be set in camp records and copies delivered to the deceased’s family. J Q Smith, John T Cox, F H Worrell sign.
Bisby and Harmon owners of a modern transfer line run regular trips to Keokuk Carthage and Quincy twice weekly. They operated in below zero weather delivering fruit and perishable freight, keeping loads from freezing with an oil heater in the tarpaulin covered truck, the only one to leave Quincy that cold day.
GRADE NOTES P T A will hold a market day at the Clark meat market January 19 beginning at 1 o clock. New pupils this week are Virginia Powell in the second grade and Carlin Morton in the first grade. Recent school visitors were Earl White Mrs Rowland Mrs Orville White and Miss Curry of Plymouth. Gertrude Gredell and Glenn Phillips have received perfect spelling certificates. Pupils with eighteen months perfect attendance are Olean White Glenn Phillips Neal Stull and Hazel Riley. Bach has received a Diploma. Awards for six months perfect attendance issued to Wilma Martin Robert Thrall Loraine Galbraith and Frank Folckemer.
The Bowen Home Bureau met at Mrs. R. C. Smith’s home with twelve members and nine visitors attending for a potluck style session. Mrs. Russell Perry demonstrated dress forms and house dresses, with dinner before the program. The February meeting will be an all day event at the church with attendees bringing items to work on.
The John M Brant company and Advance-Rumely Thresher organized a tractor and thresher school in Bushnell Illinois as part of a national campaign. The event featured factory instructors, extensive hands on demonstrations, a daylight stereopticon and a magneto lab. A closing banquet drew 225 participants amid strong praise for the educational value.
A heartfelt note thanks friends and neighbors for illness and death support and for flowers. The message from Mrs. Hart Berkley California dated January 2 1924 expresses gratitude to Ed Howard Virgil Howard and family and notes travel recollections and personal changes after illness.
Mary Ella McArthur born 1866 near Loraine Adams County Ill. Daughter of Daniel and Mary McArthur. Survived by husband Edward Howard son Virgil Denver Colo. and two grandchildren. Funeral at West Point M E with pallbearers Geo Major Homer Hawkins J L Miller John Banks John Hull Harry Zinn and burial in West Point cemetery.
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