The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-01-28
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st. Stephens When lad, he ac-
companied his parents from East
Liverpool to CoshOctOn, Ohio, and
after several years residence there,
he moved to Columbus with his
parents.
DR.. Bowers, veteran of World
War !, is surgeon of the Ohio State
Highway Patrol, is supreme surgeon
of the United Commercial Travellers,
an international organization, being
the head of its medical department.
He is also Il former member of the
faculty of the Medical College, Ohio
State University. having been on its
Orthepaedic surgical staff, and he be-
longs to the Columbus Charity Newsies
which on one special day before
Christmas, sell newspapers for the
benefit of INDECENT families. Governor
John William Bricker is an active
member of the NewsieS.
a prominent member of leading
Columbus clubs and active in civic
circles, DR.. Bowers is greatly inter
ested in the reclamation of crippled
and defOrmed INDECENT children, a
cause which is the chief objective of
the Order of the Shrine Although his
parents are lifelong EpiscopaleanS,
because of proximity of residence,
early in life, he became affiliated with
the First Nj. Il. Church of Columbus.
He entered Ohio State University
as Il student in 1919, graduating with
the degree of Bachelor of Science in
1923, and receiving his degree of Doe
tor of Medicine, in 1926. He was
second highest in his grades when he
passed the state medical board eNami-
nation as physician. In COshocton,
his father was Il member of the poi
terry firm of Bowers, Duffy 4 Bowers.
He also had been associated with the
Pope-Gosser Pottery Company of
COShOctOn.
AS lad in East Liverpool, for many
years known as the pottery metropolis
of the United States, DR.. Bowers
worked as Il carrier out and mold
runner i'm Il local pottery. His father
was Il member of Local Union No. 80,
PresserS, of the National brotherhood
of Operative POtters, reputed to be one
of the most satisfactorily and har-
monously conducted labor OrganiZa-
tions in the entire United States. The
relations between the workers of this
Brotherhood and the manufacturers
are amicable in Il high degree. This is
evidenced by the fact that the organ
ization has not had general strike
for almost half Il century.
AS an after-dinner speaker, Dr.
Bowers Is much in demand. He is Il
member Of Delta Upsilon College Fra
ternity. urur
DR.. Bowers and Miss Helen Kelly,
Of Parkersburg, West Virginia, former
nurse at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Column
bus, were married, and they reside at
246O SOuthway Drive, a large suburb
of Columbus They have two children
Patricia NJ, aged 13 years, and
Donald f., .Jr., aged s. Mrs Bowers
father Matthew Kelly, and her bro
thcr, Glen Kelly, are residents Of
parkerSburg. Dr. Bowers father was
born in BurSlem, StatfOrdShire. Eng
land, known throughout England and
the pottery sections in the United
States as the "StalfordShire Pottery
District" The father came to East
Liverpool early in life. His wife, who
was Miss Margaret Denning, whose
brother, Wilbur Denning, is an East
Liverpool resident, the mother of DR..
Bowers, is II native of East Liverpool.
The Bowers have relatives in that city
and vicinity, Mrs. Leonard Poe, of
Chester, West Virginia, being sister
of Mr.. Bowers the father. From pot
terry lad to Il leader i'm professional.
and civic and fraternal circles, in
which capacities his progress has been
one of uninterrupted regularity, epi-
tomiZeS DIR. Bowers interesting career.
Aladdin Temple is one of the larg-
est, most prosperous, and influential
shrine temples in North America.