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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1933
Page
1
The article notes near completion of waiver signatures with four or five holdouts. It cites the Bruer bill veto causing universal waiver signing and urges depositor participation to reopen Bowen State Bank. State Examiner Adams discussed the matter with the department and a prompt setup and capital raise are planned to resume operations.
Sunday School at 9 45 a m under John R Veach with preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Mother s Day program follows Sunday School and covers the preaching hour Morning worship is brief to allow attendance at the Chili Sunday School convention in the afternoon No evening service is planned as the congregation will worship at the Congregational church at 8 p m Carol V Lanius pastor
Edith Kettenring expresses gratitude to friends for assistance during severe illness including flowers food letters and cards and to relieve suffering and pass long hours of care.
Frank Foleckemer was initiated into the Illinois Gamma chapter of Pi Kappa Delta at Carthage College on Tuesday evening May 9 1983. He was invited for his work on the Carthage College Debate team this year.
An article notes an abundance of tulip beds in Bowen with several standout displays. Darwin variety blooms colorfully in beds owned by Mrs. W. J. Carlin, Mrs. Lulu Waddill, and Mrs. R. E. Perry while Cottage variety beds belonging to Mrs. Ed Binkley, Mrs. Anna Caley, and Mrs. Harold Willard are also praised for their beauty.
A number of people report good results from mushroom hunts as wet weather brings a plentiful supply of spring tidbits. Warm sunshine could boost abundance further. Alvin Witt found a beef steak variety weighing one and a half pounds Saturday.
The Busy Bee Club gathered Thursday afternoon May 4 with Mrs Wm Harrison. All but one member attended. visitors were Mrs Lulu Waddill and Mrs C W Griffitts. They visited and enjoyed refreshments. The next meeting is planned at Mrs John Hays on May 18.
Bowen State Bank is closed for a holiday and offers a club rate for 5 new Bowen Chronicle subscriptions at $1.00 each. Subscriptions must be in blocks of 5 or more and paid in before the bank opens.
Bowen stores announce evening hours to serve busy shoppers after daylight. The move aims to accommodate those who prefer to shop later in the day.
Next Sunday May 14 marks Mother's Day as urged by President Woodrow Wilson with origins in Ann Jarvis of Philadelphia. States issue proclamations and the day focuses on sentiment over gifts.
A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Akers in Augusta hospital Thursday morning May 4. Mrs. Akers ill with pneumonia and heart trouble is improving. Harvey Galloway and Eva Campbell Galloway welcomed a son, Jimmie Lee, born Monday May 8 at home in Carthage. first child for the couple. Emmett Marsh and Enid Junk Marsh of Clayton have a son named Keith born Sunday May 7. second son for the couple.
The Lutheran service features a 11 a m sermon The Holy Ghost Our Comforter with Sunday School at 11 45 a m and a teacher meeting on May 11 The pastor J R Westphal notes that Christ sends the Comforter after his suffering and death and urges attendance to hear the Gospel which calls enlightens sanctifies and sustains faith through the Holy Spirit.
A general price cut of 2 to 3 cents per gallon for all gasoline grades became effective Monday morning in ten states within Standard Oil's marketing area. Five gallons of regular gas cost 60 cents tax included, while five gallons of high test or Ethyl sold at about the former regular price. The move, reported by the Associated Press from Chicago, aims to restore normal pricing across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
Henry Denham was awarded the annual clean up day contract for rubbish removal. He began on Tuesday and will visit every street and alley with a team and wagon. Chas. Winfield assists, enabling a lower bid and longer completion time.
Des Moines reports an organizational push for a nationwide farm strike beginning May 13. Farmers would buy nothing sell nothing and pay nothing. The leader cites two barriers a guaranteed cost of production and prewar currency inflation to stop the movement.
Members Helen Kesterson Virginia Powell and Lenore Smith traveled with Mr and Mrs F E Jones to Urbana for the state bookkeeping contest. Harrisburg won with an average 94 and Bowen followed at 88.17.
John P. Beckman publisher of the Hancock County Journal was named acting postmaster of Carthage and may begin duties immediately. He succeeds Lettie Pumphrey who has acted as postmaster since Dr. R. D. Denton left office earlier this winter and his appointment awaits confirmation.
Mickey Rooney and Tom Brown star in Fast Companions a fast moving horse race thriller full of pep laughs speed and action Also Strange As It May Seem in color Saturday and Sunday Mae West in She Done Him Wrong Tonight Is Ours No Men of Her Own coming to Heslep Theatre
The first Carthage Dollar to finish circulation was redeemed Monday of last week. Serial No. 62, issued March 14 by the Carthage Chamber of Commerce for city labor, reached $52 value after 32 exchanges and 52 stamps.
The community prayer meeting will be held at 7 30 next Wednesday evening at the Methodist church.
Raymond F White Sherman Vance Elizabeth Cramer LaVerne Sammons Raymond George Donald Ehmen Eloise Bullard Darline Harrison Dorothy Clampitt Chester Clark Luella Lawless Carlene McGinnis Marjorie Williams Herbert Thompson Billy Shinkle Harry Woods Ward Willis Lester Koch Ray Burgess Frieda Ancelot Phillip Hottel Dale Winfield headline a community production with a large cast listed.
Bowen Garden Club proposes an official town flower. Students will vote at school and the public may submit votes at the Chronicle office. Candidates include purple lilac, red rose, red bud, red barberry, and iris. Voting ends next Wednesday noon May 17.
Col Frank Knox of the Chicago Daily News urged publishers to raise retail prices to offset higher publishing costs and inflation. He warned the eighty five cent dollar will add to production expenses and called for higher advertising rates to offset costs.
Donald Baxter 18 of Huntsville died at Augusta hospital Saturday April 29 after an appendicitis operation. He was a brother of Elbert Baxter formerly a Bowen Community High School teacher.
Mrs Naomi Walty wife of Elmer Walty of Colchester died in St Francis hospital Macomb from swallowing antiseptic after sending a clerk to fetch the liquid. She had been ill for years and was hospitalized three months earlier. Surviving are her husband two sons Harold and Ronald. Funeral attended by Mrs Todd and her sons plus Mrs Abbie Scott.
The list outlines special Sunday School topics and speakers including Rev. C V Lanius on leakage between Sunday School and church. Esther Underwood on church music. Mrs June Worrell on personal work outside Sunday School. contests and their value and dangers. and S A Baker on the Sunday School’s value to church home and community.
May 14 1908 entries report Ernest Bennett’s horse accident leaving him unconscious last Saturday. Northwestern University student Matthew Findlay tops his pharmacy class and will work at Marsh’s drug store over the summer. Dick Gerdes born May 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Towles. Jas Norris leaving Rushville to head Ashland High School next year. Geo Baker, Keokuk Medical College student, to graduate in June. Neva Tipton finished her term near Camp Point Friday.
The sales tax was defeated Wednesday by an unanimous vote of the supreme court. Tax collected must be refunded upon request. Tax proceeds not called for from Bowen merchants will go to the local relief fund as agreed by merchants at the start.
A church controversy arises after a minister allegedly kicked a dog from a service. The congregation reacted loudly, amplifying the scene described in this feature from The American Weekly distributed with Chicago Herald and Examiner.
The LaHarpe High School Boys' Quartet directed by Lowell B. Fisher will air a 15 minute program on WLS Chicago on Saturday May 18 from 12:15 to 12:30 daylight time. The group includes Lawrence Long Frank Lin Coulson Wendell Helmers and Lyle Tilton and may later broadcast from WOC Davenport.
West Point Illinois church invites all to attend Sunday May 14 with Sunday school at 9 45 Morning worship 11 00 Children’s Meeting 7 00 Evening Service 7 30 Wednesday May 17 midweek service 8 00 Everyone is cordially invited to attend all services. The church that welcomes you.
Mrs. John Tull hosted a Tuesday afternoon gathering for the 85th birthday of her aunt Mrs. Lucy Coggins of the Tull home. Mrs. Coggins read poems and shared childhood memories with attendees including Mrs. J. O. Carlin Mrs. John Hays Mrs. Jas. Bailey Mrs. Reid Mrs. Wm. Dickhut Mrs. Geo. Peterson and Mrs. Kate Martin.
Mrs. Cora Roberts announces the marriage of her son Otis Roberts to Miss Louise Lamont of Duluth Minnesota. The wedding occurred April 15 at the Lutheran parsonage on Layton Boulevard in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The couple will reside at 1020 East Lyon Street Milwaukee.
A. G. Stull, who recently had his tonsils removed, is now able to walk about and has been up town after being confined to bed all winter with heart trouble.
The Bowen Grade School retains its 2024 25 faculty for next year led by Miss Lela Tyrone principal for grades 7 and 8 Miss Ethel Hester teaching grades 5 and 6 Mrs Clyde Young for grades 3 and 4 and Miss Sade Poling for grades 1 and 2 The Board of Education plans about a 45 percent reduction in district expenses from two years ago.
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