In January 1937 he came to Pickford as superintendent of schools. Some years before he had been high school principal here and his ability, increasing through broadening experience, led to his being recalled to assume his present position. A native of Pennsylvania, he was born in Chambersburg, Oct. 27,1902, a son of Philip D. and Mary Jane (Gift) Bowers, both now deceased.

While spending his youthful days under the parental roof Edwin attended public schools until graduated from the Junior high of Chambersburg with the class of 1915. In June 1919 he completed the high school course at Sterling, (Whiteside County), Illinois, after which he matriculated at Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, where he gained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1924. In the fall of that year he became a teacher in the high school at Morrison, (Whiteside County), Illinois, where he remained for two years, and in the fall of 1926 arrived in Pickford, Michigan, where he assumed the duties of high school principal and athletic couch. In Jan. 1937, at the beginning of the second semester, he entered upon his work as superintendent at Pickford. He belongs to the Michigan Education Assoc. and is enrolled as a graduate student at the Univ. of Michigan, doing work in the summer terms toward his Master's degree. His recreation is chiefly derived from the athletic sports and fishing.

On the 1st of Jan. 1931, Mr. Bowers married Marguerite Jane Stirling, daughter of George and Eliza (Smith) Stirling, of Marquette Township, Mackinac County, MI. Mr. and Mrs. Bowers have one child, Stirling Edwin Bowers. Mr. Bowers is a member of the Presbyterian church, the Masonic fraternity, the benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Grange and the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He supports all practical measures for the public good.
From "A Centennial History" Lewis Publications 1939