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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1937
Page
8
A long list of Sunday dinners and weekend visits highlights the social season. Families from Golden, Coatsburg, Clayton, Bowen, Camp Point and nearby towns gathered at relatives’ homes, sharing meals and conversation through the weekend.
Local residents from La Prairie Camp Point Mendon and Quincy visit relatives and conduct small business in nearby towns. Families such as Stopp Robbins Kinman and Kinman households host guests. E W Sims buys a new Dodge and ships stock to St Louis.
Fairview resident James Parsons visited friends in the area last Wednesday. Ed Owen attended the Masonic Lodge in Quincy recently. The Asa Perkins family plans to move to California. George Stillwells relocated to Chili living in a covered wagon. Mrs Charles Willard hosted a birthday party for granddaughter Phyllis Shrig last Saturday afternoon with about fourteen guests. Walter Lunt of Stillwell was renewing subscriptions to the Quincy Herald-Whig on Monday.
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