Seminars At Oberlin Propose Sweeping Church Reforms
Oberlin June 28 The General Council of Congregational Christian churches adopted nearly two dozen resolutions from seven seminar groups on peace church life ministry education missions social and economic issues and interracial relations. Highlights call for a cooperative social economy with limited private ownership and changes in the profit driven economy. Criticism of motion pictures for harmful content and a pledge program to promote church action. The interracial group condemns discrimination against Negroes and urges unified action through the League of Decency and the Council for Social Action.
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Oberlin
General Council of Congregational Christian Churches
League of Decency
League
Council For Social Action
Interacial
Congresswoman voices anti lynching and fair trial plea
A Congressional restaurant speech urged federal action against lynching and appealed to Alabama Christians to ensure a fair Scottsboro trial. It denounced alcohol as a spiritual and social curse and backed abstinence programs in Congregational-Christian churches. Dr. William F. Bohn named chair of the General Council Mission Commission, succeeding Dr. Jay T. Stocking. The 1936 General Council site remains with the exclusive committee.
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Alabama
Scottsboro
William F. Bohn
Oberlin College
Commission On Mission
General Council
Bohn
Jay T. Stocking
St. Louis
Enthusiasm for Church Merger Reported by Pastor
Pastor Ernst Irion returned from Cleveland where he helped organize the Evangelical and Reformed church formed by the merger of the Evangelical Synod of North America and the Reformed church in the United States. Officers were elected including Rev George W. Richards of Lancaster as president and Rev Louis W. Goebel of Chicago as first vice president. Fraternal greetings came from other denominations and Dr Samuel McGrea Cavert of New York praised the union. The General Synod plans its next meeting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1936.
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Ernst Irion
Elyria
Cleveland
Evangelical and Reformen Church
Evangelical Synod of North America
Reformed Church
United States
Irion
George W. Richards
Lancaster
Louis W. Goebel
Chicago, Ill
D. J. Snyder
Greensburg
J. C. Fischer
Ievansville
Ind
J. Rauch Stein
Philadelphia
F. A. Mensch
New Albany
F. A. Keck
St. Louis
Milton Warner
Samuel McGrea Cavert
New York
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
General Synod of the
Evangelical and
Eformed
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Granges Lecturers Meet at Cedar Point District Talk
Lorain and five neighboring counties gathered at Cedar Point for a district meeting led by Joseph W. Fichter to discuss better farm aid, school and taxation topics, and plans to report findings back to the state lecturers.
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Lorain County
Cedar Point
Joseph W. Fichter
Hamilton
State Grange
Pomona
Lorain
Huron
Sandusky
Ottawa
Seneca
Erie
Governor’s six point plan for emergency school financing
Columbus June 28 The administration’s six point building and loan legislative program is likely to be enacted this legislative day. The Senate passed all six as emergency measures in 18 minutes last night. The House committee has recommended five bills for passage with minor changes and will review the remaining one. The governor may send a message opening the session to consider an emergency school financing program when the Senate meets at 1 p.m.
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Columbus
Senate
House Building and Loan Committee
House
White
Special
Senate Building and Loan Committee
Autry
W. B. Turner
Dayton
H. B. Hoagland
Ohio State University
Pfeiffer
Oberlin the Chronicle notices and social items
Oberlin notes from June detail a surprise party honoring Mrs. Donald C. Busch of Elyria with Oberlin hosts and guests from Elyria Lorain and Oberlin. The agenda included cootie, prizes, refreshments, and an occasion table for the bride. Additional items cover Methodist Missionary Society tea with Rev James Walker and a slate of library staff activities and regional visits and travels.
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Oberlin
Irving Peabody
Harry Peabody
Donald C. Busch
Elyria
Lorain
Beatrice Peat Body
Donald Busch
Grace Morgan
Busch
Harriet Peabody
Mr. Busch
Methodist Missionary Society
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. D. Yocom
Woodland Avenue
James Walker
Congregational Church
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
West
William Parker Phillips
Yocom
Gay
Picture Feature at Work and Win Four-H Club Meeting
A photo of Work and Win Four-H Club members at Fields Corners highlighted the meeting held last Thursday at Marian Hudson's home. The next gathering is set for July 5 at Helen Ashborn's home Asia's teeming millions are more numerous than all the white people of all the other continents put together.
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Fields Corners
Marian Hudson
Helen Ashborn
Asia
Continents
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