Bowen Garment Protectors Turned Lawrence Teen Into Industrial Success
Lawrence youth Johnny Bowen started in a small cleaning and pressing shop and, after years of trial, built Bowen Garment Protectors into a booming business. He patented a two inch by seventeen inch curved protector, faced patent hurdles, and secured production via National Paper Box Company. Sales grew from a few orders to millions, with licenses in Canada and England and plans to expand internationally. Bowen now rests, builds a home near Lake of the Ozarks, and continues overseeing royalties and production.
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Horatio Alger
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Johnny Bowen
John Lantz
Tennessee Street
Baker University
Baldwin
Bowen
Willis Holmes
Holmes
Ed Young
Washington
John
Kansas City
National Paper Box Company
Topeka
Topeka Cleaners
Bowen Garment
Dallas
Amarillo
Omaha
Richmond
Joplin
Akron
Chicago
Houston
San Antonio
Baltimore
Detroit
Ellis Roberts
Lake of the Ozarks
Hurricane Deck
Garment Protector
Canada
England
Germany
France
Australia
Test Your Knowledge Great Law and Its Makers
Walter Camp was a pioneer of American football rules and coaching. Caribou refers to two caribou? Fiat money means currency without intrinsic value. Ralph Izard was a South Carolina signer of the U S Constitution. Jewels used in swatches? The smallest administrative division of France is a commune, with local self government through communes. Noah’s father was Lamech. The two capes at Chesapeake Bay are Cape Henry and Cape Charles. The country with cantonal political taste is Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Camp
Ralph Izard
France
Father
Noah
Chesapeake Bay
William B Penny Dead In Cottonwood Falls
William B Penny of Cottonwood Falls a noted Mason and banker died at home Saturday night from a heart attack. He was father in law of Frank Dunkley former Haskell Institute official now quartermaster at the state soldiers home in Dodge City. Funeral services scheduled for 3 o clock Tuesday afternoon at Cottonwood Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Penny
Cottonwood Falls
Frank Dunkley
Haskell Institute
Dodge City
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas City Area
Obituaries report services for Mrs. Lloyd Shank 27 died in a Kansas City hospital with services at Rumsey parlors and burial at Peabody. Madison S. Root 83 dies at 1417 Kentucky. services Wednesday at 2 30 from Rumsey parlors. survivors include wife Sarah E Root and son Burton of Wilmington. Ida May Radford 28 dies at Memorial Hospital. services at Rumsey parlors and burial at Oak Hill. Humdy James 90 to be buried in Hennessey Oklahoma after death at home on 1824 Pennsylvania Street.
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Lloyd Shank
Kansas City, Mo
Rumsey
Joseph King
Peabody
Madison S. Root
Kentucky Street Ears
Sarah E. Root
Burton Root
Wilmington
Del
Ida May Radford
Memorial Hospital
C. A. Puls
Oak Hill Cemetery
Humdy James
Pennsylvania Street
Hennessey
Okla
Music for Rotarians and KU Lectures at Radio Series
Rotarians enjoyed a noon program by three university fine arts seniors: Margaret Love on violin, Alice Denton soprano, and Clarice Sloan pianist, arranged by Prof. Howard Taylor. A second item notes KU economics lectures by L D Jennings on KFKU starting May 22 with topics on price levels, low mood, CCC camps economic desirability, and federal aid for higher education. A VFW band practice at Eriksen Hall invites musicians to join.
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School of Fine Arts
Howard Taylor
Margaret Love
Alice Denton
Clarice Sloan
L. D. Jennings
K.U
KFKU
Jennings
CCC
Pledges paddled amid rain at KU pep club initiation
Across Fraser Hall area the Ku Ku men s pep club held new member initiation amid rain and heckling. Pledges were warned about paddling, paddles seen later, while observers note the ritual ends with the paddles left behind. Nearby notes mention a swimming team member with an umbrella and various campus tidbits.
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K. U. Men’s
Fraser Hall
Boys Awards Highlight At Fifth Annual Hobby Fair
Results in the boys division of the fifth annual hobby fair were announced after judging on Saturday. The Cutter building on 810 Massachusetts Street hosted many entries across boys and girls divisions. The report lists numerous winners by category and grade level with many named participants and the event praising Boy Scouts for help and guards during setup and removal of exhibits.
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Cutter Building
Massachusetts Street
E. T. Burgess
Bill Hinton
Hovey Hanna
H. S. Preston
Dave Horkmans
J. M
Harris
Kansas Cition Starts His Own Traffic Mixup
Kansas City May 20 Simms caused a traffic mishap by jumping on his auto bumper causing a downhill driverless roll that sideswiped a car and crashed another at an intersection He pursued and was knocked down by a passerby who drove off He agreed to repair all three cars and nurses bruises Reports theft of a gold watch from a room Sunday reported by Walter Cragen cook at Georges Lunch 1011 Massachusetts street
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Elton Carter
Carter
Kansas City
Cp—C
Simms
Walter Cragen
George's Lunch
Massachusetts Street
Guthrie
Okla
Ted Cole
Edgar S. Vaught
J. A. Rutherford
Cushing
Springfield
Cole
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Body of missing Queens girl found near home
Shirley Evans eight year old who vanished from Jackson Heights was found dead in a building on 83rd street buried under earth. Romeo Felligara located the body about 250 feet from the Evans residence as police and volunteers conducted the search. Queens DA Charles Sullivan said the location suggested a landslide and Acting Chief Inspector John J. Sullivan called the death likely accidental with no signs of violence.
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New York
Shirley Evans
Jackson Heights
Queens
83Rd Street
Romeo Felligara
CCC
Felligara
Evans
Charles P. Sullivan
Altho
Queensboro Morgue
John J. Sullivan
New York Police
Composers Evening at University of Kansas Arts School
The annual composers evening showcases original student works from the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts in the university auditorium at 8 p.m. Part I features graduate pieces including organ sonata, cantatas, string quartets, and vocal solos with student performers and coaches. Part II presents undergraduate compositions with a cappella chorus, string quartet, dances, songs, and a piano concerto arrangement.
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University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
University
Charles 5. Skilton
Woodie Burns
Lucy
Watter Dea la Mare
Mildred Seaman
Lawrence
Mabel Barnhart
Minuet
Jeannette Cass
Margaret Love
Ralph Hawley
Ruth Gregory
Arthur Fielder
Mildred Cook
Esther Brorkway
Alice Denton
Lorothy Ann Martin
Maxine Roche
Maxine Ripley
Augusta Sielen Mueller
Keith Pavis
Robert Ledore
Herlan Lord
John Ritson
Maurice Cater
Alice Moncrieff
Poe
Joe Burns
Frank Denison
Lady Clare
Tennyson
Jene Grant Piper
Soin
Lonely Aster
Howard Mumford Jones
Willis Quant
de la Mare
Ruth Stockwell
Someone King
Charles McManis
George Trevillo
Margheth McMa
George Trovillo
Sara Teasirginia TaCroix
Cyprus
Hilda. Doolittle
Tom Ryan
Carl Sandburg
Irene Peabody
Om Ryan
Kansas University Band Invited to Pacific Exposition
The University of Kansas band directed by Russell L. Wiley is invited to attend the Pacific International Exposition in San Diego opening May 29. The selection honors the band's musical excellence and its representation of Kansas music by Harold W. Roberts and Charles Wakefield Cadman, who head the exposition music committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Russell L. Wiley
San Diego
Calif
University Band
United States
Harold William Roberts
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Little Is Pushed to Win First Round Match
W Lawson Little Jr of San Francisco survived a stern test in the British amateur golf championship first round at St Annes on the Sea England. He defeated T H Parker one up after a late comeback on the back nine and a three putt by Parker on the sixteenth. Fellow Americans John Forsman Robert W Knowles Jr and Captain A Webster Bullock advanced to the second round while Scots Jock McLean and Hector Thomson were eliminated.
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St. Annes-on-the-Sea
Eng
W. Lawson Little, Jr
San Francisco
Little
T. H. Parker
John Forsman
New York
Robert W. Knowles, Jr
Brookline
Mass
A. Webster-Bullock
Monterey
Calif
Prestwick
Jock McLean
Hector Thomson
Parker
Growing Pains at Lawrence High School Senior Play
Lawrence High School presented Growing Pains in the school auditorium on Friday night as the first gradation event. Director Miss Elizabeth Shepherd led a cast of 22 including Berniece Hunter Hugh Magruder Lester Kappelman and Winifred Jameson in Aurania Rouveral’s comedy style drama about two young moderns and their anxious parents. The production drew a large audience and was well received with an unusually satisfying result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
Elizabeth Shepherd
Berniece Hunter
Hugh Magruder
Lester Kappelman
Winifred Jameson
Aurania Rouveral
Seek to Settle a Tax Claim Against Finney Topeka
An out of court settlement was likely today to resolve the federal governments 20000 income tax claim against W W Finney former Emporia bank president. Based on a tentative agreement Finney would pay 15000 with proceeds from a stock sale to fund other claims and distribute 15000 to a state receivership fund for bank depositors. The government also holds a 30000 income tax claim for 1931. Details remain to be worked out and require attorney general approval.
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Topeka
W. W. Finney
Emporia Bank
Finney
Emporia Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
State Banking Department
Emporia
Neosho Falls
Washington
High water blocks six Kansas highways in east and southeast
Topeka May 20 six Kansas highways were blocked by high water in eastern and southeastern Kansas. Water covered roadways but no bridges were washed out or in danger. Flooded routes include K57 east of St Paul U S 75 south of Neodesha U S 166 east of Chetopa K82 north of Lawrence K36 at Fairview and K9 south of Horton. Under passes at Fairview and Lawrence were filled with water. Small tornadoes near Scandia caused damage as farmers remove debris from the Sunday afternoon wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ira Taylor
State Highway Department
Kansas
St. Paul
U. S. 75
Neodesha
U. S. 166
Chetopa
Lawrence
Fairview
Horton
Scandia
Kan
Here
Family and friends visit Breithaupt home
CLEARFIELD Mrs Clara Todd and daughter Rachel Perry and son Jean with Miss Aleen McKinney of Lawrence called Sunday at Mrs Emma Breithaupt’s home. Mr C C Florance of Lawrence visited from Saturday evening to Monday noon with her parents. Mrs Ben Brecheisen attended the funeral of her uncle Earnest Bowers at Argentine Sunday afternoon. Bowers had been ill at his sister Mrs Lloyd Smith’s home.
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Clara Todd
Rachel Perry
Jean
Aleen McKinney
Lawrence
Emma Breithaupt
C. C. Florance
M. Breithaupt
Ben Brecheisen
Earnest Bowers
Mr. Bowers
Don’t Experiment If You Have Itching Skin
If you have itching skin, get BROWNS LOTION from your druggist today. A liquid remedy for ITCH ECZEMA IMPETIGO sores on children ATHLETE'S FOOT TETTER POISON IVY BARBER'S ITCH MOSQUITO or CHIGGER BITES. Itching and infection are checked by the first application. First bottle sold with MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
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Round Corner Drug Co
Winter Died At Home After Thursday Evening
A local obituary notes the death of Winter at her home on Thursday evening. Nearby residents called in Baldwin on Saturday to collect hog and corn checks. Ben Kramer and family from Black Jack visited the Roy Breithaupts for dinner. Clearfield members hosted Eudora members at the church social with pie and ice cream after the meeting. Albert Edler and family visited Herman Bohnsack and family in Eudora on Sunday. M Breithaupt and family dined with nephew George Schubert near Eudora last Sunday.
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Winter
Baldwin
Ben Kramer
Black Jack
Roy Breithauvt
Clearfield Brotherhood
Eudora
Clearfield
Albert Edler
Herman Bohnsack
M. Breithaupt
George Schubert
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Mia
Mrs
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Vv. F. W
Eriksen Hall
Walter Rigdon
Hill
Harlan Jennings
Harlan
Ray Noble
Lincoln
Ray
Kappa Sig
Sigma Delta Chi
University River
Herbert G. Allphin
Allphin
Kansas River
Keith Johnson
Summerfield
Cornell
Friends Report
Johnson
Bill Dodderidge
Harry Dodderidge
Washington, D. C
Fred Ellsworth
Charles F. Scott
Tola Register
Oklahoma
Ellsworth
PHI Delts
Sigma Chi
Beta Theta Pi
Phi Delta Theta
University Auditorium
Luther Leavengood
Donald Coats
C. S. Skilton
K. U. School of Fine Arts
Phi Mu Alpha
National Music Fraternity
Glen Davis
Delbert Perkins
Allan Ewing
Billy Pendleton
Billy Price
Elvin Morgan
Lee Garich
Ernest Johnson
Garland Hormuth
Fred Musselman
Jimmie Musselman
Bob White
Lester McClanahan
Ted Clark
Ernest Willman
Alfred Leeman
Arthur Grant
Reed Whetstone
James van Sickle
Tom Atkinson
Edward Krum
Richard Ohustead
Richard Ferrell
Junine
Edward Moorman
Warren Hodge
Douglas MecCleery
Superior
Warren Harrell
Elden Teft
Billy Hormuth
James Sheehan
Morris Wison
Collectiona
George Bullene
David Davidson
Leslie Dodd
Fred Jaedicke
David Drebing
Donald Dodd
Harry France
Jack Stapleton
Joao Van_ Sickle
Bob_ Edlbel
Clifford Reynolds
Harold Gulley
Arthur Nelson
Jack Griffin
John Twente
Insect Cares
James O'Brian
Vernon H. Smith, Jr
George Luckan
Charles Morgan
Elbert Rexroad
Roger Ewing
Gond
N Man Allison
James Calvert
Richard Olmstead
John Frazee
Harry Winters
Richard Stutz
Alan Stutz
Linco
Stockton Stansbury
Howard Sutherland
Lyle S. Powell
Orin Trahert
Philip Stockton
Richard Harris
Frederick Butcher
Donald Hans
Vernon H. Smith
Edward Bumgardner
Dale Chappell
Jimmie Jones
Roger Quakenbush
Bid Harriman
Airplane
Allyn Underwood
Morris Wilson
Fred W. Kahn
Gerald Allen Kahn
Edwin Burgers
Billy Burgess
Alvin Beers
Edward Henderson
Erwin Hammig
Vernon Milligan
Frank Spooner
Bobby White
Eugene Moore
Keith Mann
Napoleon_ Grant
Alay Patterson
Clarence Payne
Junior Tatum
Dudley Deay
Hugh Johnson
William Aliler
LeRoy Johnson
Richard Ol
K. U. Band
Art Gleason
Rhythm Cadets
Granada
Conrad McGrew
McGrew-Peck Inv. Co
Dickinson Bldg
Arthur S, Peck
T. G. Fitch
Hosford & Arnold
Green Bros
Masa. St
HE Maytag Company
Schulz
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Traveling
The
Granada Theater
Legal Guardian
Granada Theatre
Lawrence Journal-World
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