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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1933
Page
2
A Bowen Illinois post office notice states second class mail matter status and that the publication issues weekly on Thursdays. It also notes a yearly advance price of $1.50 and reserves the right to reject any or all news or advertising for any reason.
Phil S Haner of Taylorville resigns as superintendent of the Division of Plant Industry and the governor has not yet filled the vacancy. The state processes tax payments with 95 831 35 in claims filed against Illinois before Court of Claims and then General Assembly appropriation. The Fifty Eighth General Assembly has two months left. Senate passes a bill for three extra University of Illinois scholarships per legislator. Justices Jones and DeYoung face no opposition. Plunkett withdraws. A $50 beer tax is set. tax study resolution advances. athletic commission spared abolition. various House bills include prison consolidation and sterilization of state inmates. Final tax payment deadline moved to June. locusts to return late May. Rep Green attacks State Sales Tax Law. insurance salesmen licensing bill introduced. Lincoln exhibits planned for World’s Fair opening June 1. Governor
Henry Horner leads Lincolnana donors for a host building exhibit while Illinois lawmakers advance a uniform narcotics bill. The State Geological Survey launches its Fourth Annual earth history field conferences with teacher tours in Kankakee and Granville, continuing across the state through fall with multiple locales and hundreds of participants.
Mae West stars in She Done Him Wrong at Heslop Theatre for Saturday and Sunday. The actress writer and singer plays Lady Lou in a lusty Bowery melodrama with songs Frankie and Johnnie and two Rainger compositions. Her fame rests on stage and screen worldwide.
West Point Methodist Church notes a Sophomore Junior reception held in the high school recreation room with a horse themed banquet and menu. The event featured class leaders, faculty guests, and a pink and white decoration scheme as part of the May activities.
Mrs Mack Cheney and children visited the D F Cheney home in Stillwell. Rev Aye Jern conducted services at the M E church. Darlena Dunbar of Loraine will teach Woodville school, Catherine Eoerline returns to Buckeye teaching. Several families visited or attended funerals and meetings in Basco New London and Keokuk areas.
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