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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
1
Gerald Roberts Harvey Crossland and Neal Stull left Wednesday evening for St Louis to join the reforestation army. They will train two weeks at Jefferson Barracks and then be assigned to camps for six months of government forestry work. A new group is expected soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Orvel Harris entertained the Bridge Club and their husbands Tuesday night at a farewell reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Nash who will soon move to St. Paul to make their home.
Junior Grosh and Mrs Charles Hartman travel to Fort Madison with their mother Mrs Luella Grosh from Long Beach California. Doctors believed the trip would not worsen her illness and the family plans home care in Illinois.
Mr and Mrs Stewart Langlands of Chicago welcomed a son born May 24. Mrs Langlands before marriage was Miss Eleanor Fleming of Bowen.
A basket dinner is planned at Bowen Christian Church on Sunday June 3. All friends are invited and asked to bring plates and utensils. Rev Lee Maynard of Pearl Illinois will deliver sermons at both morning and evening services.
West Point Illinois pastor W E Wood invites all to a series of services starting May 31 with speakers Rev and Mrs M L Ketcham on furlough from India and pastor M Prunty of Camden taking charge June 4. Sunday School at 9:45 morning worship 11:00 Children’s Meeting 7:00 and evening service 7:30 with a June 7 prayer meeting.
Large crowds attend Nash & Norris closing out sale begun last Friday and ending Saturday June 8. The store offers a full stock of desirable merchandise with no inferior goods. Remaining stock on June 3 will be trucked out. buy now.
Services at Congregational church include 11:00 a m sermon The Glory of The New Testament Pentecost Over Against The Old Testament Pentecost and 11:45 a m Sunday School But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you Acts 1 8 Pentecost marks the Holy Ghost day and the church’s work of salvation Come to church Sunday Pastor J R Westphal
Sunday School starts at 10 a m at Chile Presbyterian Church. Rev and Mrs Whitner Katherine Graham, missionaries among the Indians in New Mexico, will speak after class. Basket dinner at noon. All are invited.
Mrs. Nancy Worman 62 widow of Rollin Worman died at her Golden home after a yearlong illness. Born Oct 1 1869 in Adams county she married March 4 1891 in Mendon. Funeral held at Golden Presbyterian church with Rev C V Lanius. burial in Golden Mausoleum. Survived by five children five grandchildren and several siblings.
Rain did not affect the Decoration Day program with a 1 30 pm march from Liberty Park to Bowen cemetery for roll call graves decorated prayers and taps. The Bowen band played and Roger Veach delivered Gettysburg address followed by Wm Hartzell of Carthage. Carl Smith served as Marshal of the Day. The 1934 General Committee includes Aldo Kemp as chairman with Leslie Cain Frank Worrell and George Peterson.
The price of a sixteen ounce loaf is up from five to seven cents in Bowen while large loaves stay at ten cents. Bakers say higher wheat costs necessitate the increase though public demand for cheaper bread persists amid stagnant local incomes and broad food-price trends.
Public officials are required by law to print itemized reports of funds received and expended during their tenure. The paper urges compliance, noting penalties for failure and stressing taxpayers’ right to know how money is handled and the costs involved. Officials are invited to submit reports for publication and guidance on legality.
Corrections note that Mrs. Loyd Schieferdecker prepared a most interesting paper read at the garden club meeting last week. Also, Miss Maxine Veach was omitted from the 90 per cent club in the 7th and 8th grades in the grade school notes.
The Golden State Bank resumed business with unrestricted operations after opening Saturday May 27 under a 50 percent deferred waiver plan.
Monmouth will host Legionnaires of the Third Division for a two day convention on June 10 and 11. Activities include a golf tournament at Monmouth Country Club with prizes, a Forty and Eight parade ending at the Armory, a business meeting, a division parade, and a drill at Monmouth Park. State Commander Jim Ringley and Past Commander Ed Hayes will speak at the park. Local hotels offer rates and free parking will be provided.
A birthday basket dinner honored Hurley O Smith at his Bowen home on Sunday. Attendees included Ira Smith, Corliss Rand and family, Cora Roberts and son, Amelia Thompson, Ed Owen and spouses, Carl Smith and family, Keith and Juanita, and John R Veach with Roger Maxine.
George Peterson caught two chimney swifts last week that had been banded in Washington D C. One bird carried band number 147090 and the other 147021. The bands were sent to the Biological Survey in Washington D C but no reply has been received yet.
Century of Progress officials estimate visiting the World’s fair could take from five days for a brief trip to five months for a thorough study. The fair opens with sixty buildings of free exhibits hosting 12 000 displays along eighty two miles of corridors. At two minutes per exhibit the tour would last six weeks.
The June 5 election will pick delegates to the Illinois state convention on amending the federal constitution to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. Two tickets exist for and against repeal. Rural voters are urged to support dry interests, while Chicago and big cities lean repeal, seen as a national calamity to sobriety and order.
Mrs Earel Nelson underwent an operation last Thursday at Blessing Hospital in Quincy and is progressing satisfactorily. Her husband Mr Nelson, who had been in Canada tending farming interests, has returned home due to her illness.
Wednesday marked the expiration of the extended grace for personal property taxes in Illinois. The first tax installment became delinquent on June 1, a month late under an emergency law to help communities recover from the banking holiday.
Sunday School starts at 9 45 a m with John R Veach as superintendent Worship services follow at 11 a m and 745 p m The third Quarterly Conference will be held at Carthage on June 9 The quarter closes June 10 and the Honor Roll will be read the following Sunday Carol V Lanius Pastor.
The Paramount Musical Comedy Tonight is Ours stars Claudette Colbert Fredric March and Alison Skipworth for Saturday and Sunday shows at Heslep Theatre. Mae West in She Done Him Wrong plays Tuesday June 6. Kate Smith Hello Everybody and Boris Karloff The Mummy are coming soon.
The coal contract for Hancock County was let last week and awarded to F. E. Merideth & Son of Augusta. Seven carloads, more or less, will supply the courthouse, county home, jail and orphanage.
In a note to readers the Chronicle announces $1 subscriptions for renewals and new signs through July 1 1933 to settle overdue accounts. After July 1 subscriptions not renewed will be stopped to avoid unpaid balances and enforce payment.
Bowen State Bank resumes operations and reports strong early deposits and community support. Depositors receive half their original deposits now and the other half via a deferred certificate, with instructions to bring or mail old certificates to issue the new savings certificate. The bank's first day netted 8000 in deposits, and early days show steady growth amid tax payments and bills. The state department commends depositor cooperation under the waiver plan.
Friends and relatives gathered Sunday for a basket dinner honoring Mrs. Lewis Mason’s birthday anniversary. The afternoon included card games, a ball game, and horseshoes as gifts and thanks were exchanged. attendees included H. A. Murray and family from Los Angeles, several Mason relatives from Liberty, Bowen, Camp Point, Clayton, and Quincy.
Sevent grade averages list Evelyn Thompson 96 and multiple perfect papers for Geraldine Hough, Adda Felgar, and others. Eighth grade totals include Eloise Clark 97 with four perfect papers, Edison Kemble 96 with three, Wendell Baker 96 with three, and several peers scoring in the 90s with varying perfect papers or singles.
Five freight cars derailed on the Wabash line about two miles south of Carthage at 2 a.m. Monday. No crew injuries were reported and the cars were back on the track by 5 a.m. Section crews repaired a quarter mile of torn track all day. Soft road bed from recent rains was blamed for the wreck.
Neal Stull and Miss Ruth Denham wed in Kahoka Missouri on Monday May 29 at the Christian parsonage with Rev. Pearson officiating. Francis Cossart accompanied them. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Denham of Bowen, just finished her Sophomore year at Bowen Community High School. Stull, Bowen resident, son of Mr. and Mrs. A G Stull, graduated with Bowen High School class of 82 and was active in basketball. Friends extend best wishes.
Bowen residents bought 155 poppies Saturday raising 16 dollars and 15 cents. The sale was sponsored by the Phelps Working American Legion Post with all proceeds going to Legion relief work.
Farmers toil in fields scarce with rain as they push corn planting before another shower. A favorable season suggests some crop possible, with substitutes used where rain delays persist and a note of Decoration Day showers in Bowen signals the slow end of wet spells.
Horner faces a pivotal battle over a new sales tax as critics warn political ruin for lawmakers backing it. The piece questions personal cost and bribe pressures amid a tense political moment.
Doctors Dr J F Ross of Golden and Dr J W McKim were called Wednesday morning for Mrs H E Akers. She was moved to Blessing Hospital at Quincy for treatment. Her condition is extremely critical with heart trouble and a lung infection. She is mother of a few weeks old baby.
25 years ago on Thursday June 4 1908 Earl Patton suffers appendicitis. Kansas appeals for 30000 harvest hands to manage the wheat crop. Louie Sutherland reports a new buggy. Miss Neva Grosh visits Big Neck friends Miss Pearl Willard visits with Miss Neva Tipton. Dr Folckemer attends the American Medical Association in Chicago. Miss Amy Bashen visits with Miss Laura Worrell near Chili.
Mrs Bucklew showed a beautiful display of peonies on Sunday with over 500 blossoms in full bloom and many buds. She also features oriental poppies Madonnas and delphinium near opening and a red peony display at the park set out by her.
Local note records a Garden Club meeting at 2 30 p m in Liberty Park. Other items mention Culver Stockton College commencement May 23 and visits by several local families over the weekend.
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