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S T U P I D I T Y I should have thought of so in-

teresting a subject long ago, how-ever, one usually picks his sub-jects up f rom observation or ex-perience.

This day, July 5th, 1938, I see on the pictorial page of The Cleveland Plain Dealer the pic ture of ten men walking across a street in Beflin, Germany. These ten men have been ordered by the government to walk across a great thoroughfare, wi th baskets over their faces to show drivers how careless they m a y expect pedestrians to be. N o m a n has ever driven a car fo r one day but he has marvel led a t t he stu-pidity of the jay-walker .

No one having occasion to dash across the gre'at a r te r ies of t r a f -fic but well knows it 's a toss be-tween the quick and the dead. The pedestrian m a y be l ikened unto a toad, fo r he never knows which way a toad will hop by looking a t it, it 's jus t stupid.

The average driver m a y be lik-'ened to a chicken, t h e foolish thing is more ap t to r u n into danger than avoid it, i t ' s just gross stupidity.

Now, stupidity is g rea t dull-ness of the mind. I t is to be in-capable, wanting, slow, dull, heavy, foolish or stupid. Confi-dence men roam up and down the

N O . 2S land rel ieving the s tupid of the i r h a r d ea rned cash.

W h e n the m a n a t Titusville, Pa. , sold his f a rm, s tony a n d un-productive, fo r eight hund red th i r ty dollars, even money and no sense, a n d then l ea rned t h a t t h e old f a r m would produce oil va lu-ed a t f ive hundred thousand dol-la r s a year , he was s tupid.

W h e n the dea r aged couple in F rank l in , P a . was so over joyed a f t e r m a k i n g the sale of t he i r p rope r ty t h a t t hey counted the i r money between t h e m as t hey sa t on a bench in the p a r k a n d t h e n in the i r ecstacy walked a w a y and l e f t t he i r l i t t le f o r t u n e on t h e rus t i c seat, t hey were s tupid.

E v e r y communi ty could contr i-b u t e scores of t h e mos t r idiculous a n d unbel ievable acts of s tupidi ty scored agains t intel l igent folk . Mos t of you good r e a d e r s could te l l m o r e t h a n one good joke on yourself . F e w indeed a r e t hey who haven ' t p layed t h e fool a t some t ime o r other .

In te l l igent behavior by a hu-m a n soul savors of g randeur , is commendaible anywhere on e a r t h a n d cer ta in ly is approved by the mos t high.

Now, m y good neighbor, i t is r a t h e r s tupid of you to was t e your influence. You a re pass ing this w a y , j u s t once, be t te r come over on the JLord's side a n d line up

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STOW COMMUIVITY CHURCH GEpRGE M. HULME Minister 859 Ardmore Av., Akron, • UN-108."

Husiitess Phone Number JE-0224

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Drawer C S t o w , S u m m i t Co., O h i o . P u b l i s h e d w e e k l y . S u b s c r i p t i o n p r i c e 50c a y e a r . E n t e r e d a s s e c o n d c l a s s m a t -t e r M a y 4, 1937 a t t h e P o s t o f f i c e a l S t o w , O h i o , u n d e r A c t of M a r c h 3 1879. O f f i c e of p u b l i c a t i o n , 360 W . A r n d a l e Rd . , S t o w . H. J. S t o c k m a n . E d i t o r . F a l l s P r i n t i n g Co., p r i n t e r .

where your inf luence will count in h u m a n value.

Time is a precious gift , don ' t be stupid now and t r i f le a w a y the golden years . You a re r a t h e r

boas t fu l t ha t you haven ' t been to church for ten years . Stop it, fr iend, your spir i tual senses are dull and stupid, you act the par t of an imbecile, fo r stupidity in its fu l l and advanced stage is in-sanity. So r e m e m b e r we should sca t te r seeds of kindness for our reaping bye and bye.

Don' t forge t the picture in Ber-. lin of men wi th baskets on their heads indicative of man ' s stupid-ity. Now don' t pass the church as though Adolph Hit ler had or-dered you to w e a r ' a basket over your head.

GEO. M. HULME

GUILD

The Ladies Guild will meet Wednesday noon, Ju ly 20th for picnic dinner a t the country home of Mrs. A. J . Brust , 803 Hudson

Temperature Control Is A Feature Of Our Funeral Home No matter what the outside temper-ature may be, its cooler in our fu-neral home. Our modern Frigidaire air conditioning unit assures one that service here may be attended always in comfort.

THE McGOWAN FUNERAL HOME W A - 1 3 1 3 247 Stow Ave.

Cuyahoga Falls

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S T U P I D I T Y I should have thought of so in-

teresting a subject long ago, how-ever, one usually picks his sub-jects up f rom observation or ex-perience.

This day, July 5th, 1938, I see on the pictorial page of The Cleveland Plain Dealer the pic ture of ten men walking across a street in Berlin, Germany. These ten men have been ordered ' b y tjie government to walk across a great thoroughfare wi th baskets over their faces to show drivers how careless they m a y expect pedestrians to be. No m a n has ever driven a car fo r one day but he has marvel led a t t he stu-pidity of the jay-walkecr.

No one having occasion to dash across the grea t a r ter ies of t r a f -fic but well knows it 's a toss be-tween the quick and the dead. The pedestrian may be likened unto a toad, for he never knows which way a toad will hop by looking a t it, it 's just stupfd.

The average driver m a y be lik-ened to a chicken, t he foolish thing is more ap t to r u n into danger than avoid it, i t ' s just gross stupidity.

Now, stupidity is g rea t dull-ness of the mind. I t is to be in-capable, wanting, slow, dull, heavy, foolish or stupid. Confi-dence men roam up and down the

N O . 2S l and rel ieving the s tupid of the i r h a r d ea rned cash.

W h e n t h e m a n a t Titusville, Pa. , sold his f a rm, s tony and un -productive, fo r eight hund red th i r ty dollars, even money and no sense, and then l ea rned t h a t t h e old f a r m would produce oil va lu-ed a t f ive hundred thousand dol-l a r s a year , he was s tupid.

W h e n the dear aged couple in F rank l in , P a . was so over joyed a f t e r m a k i n g the sale of the i r p rope r ty t h a t t hey counted the i r money be tween them as t hey s a t on a bench in the p a r k a n d then in the i r ecstacy walked a w a y a n d l e f t t he i r l i t t le f o r t u n e on the rus t ic seat, t hey were s tupid.

E v e r y communi ty could contr i-b u t e scores of the mos t r idiculous and unbelievable ac ts of s tupidi ty scored • agains t intel l igent folk . Most of you good r e a d e r s could te l l m o r e t h a n one good joke on yourself . F e w indeed a re they w h o haven ' t p layed t h e fool a t some t ime or other .

In te l l igent behavior by a hu-m a n soul savors of g randeur , is commendable anywhere on e a r t h a n d cer ta in ly is approved by the mos t high.

Now, m y good neighbor, i t is r a t h e r s tupid of you to was t e your influence. You a r e pass ing this w a y jus t once, be t te r come over on the Lord ' s side a n d l ine u p

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STOW COMMUNITY CHURCH GEORGE M. HULME Minister 85» Ardmore Av„ Akron, UN-lfiSS

Business Phone Number JE-9224

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S t o w , S u m m i t Co., O h i o . P u b l i s h e d w e e k l y . S u b s c r i p t i o n p r i c e 50c a y e a r . E n t e r e d a s s e c o n d c l a s s m a t -t e r M a y 4, 1937 a t t h e P o s t o f f i c e a l S t o w , O h i o , u n d e r A c t of M a r c h 3. 1879. O f f i c e of p u b l i c a t i o n , 360 W . A r n d a l e Rd . , S t o w . H. J. S t o c k m a n . E d i t o r . F a l l s P r i n t i n g Co., p r i n t e r .

where your inf luence will count in h u m a n value.

Time is a precious gift , don ' t be stupid now and t r i f l e away the golden years . You a r e r a t h e r

boas t fu l tha t you haven ' t been to church fo r ten years . Stop it, fr iend, your spir i tual senses are dull and stupid, you act the par t of an imbecile, fo r stupidity in its ful l and advanced s tage is in-sanity. So r emember we should sca t te r seeds of kindness for our reaping bye and bye.

Don' t forge t the picture in Ber-. lin of men with baskets on their heads indicative of man ' s stupid-ity. Now don' t pass the church as though Adolph Hi t le r had or-dered you to wear a basket over your head.

GEO. M. HULME <s>

GUILD Th6 Ladies Guild will meet

Wednesday noon, July 20th for picnic dinner a t the country home of Mrs. A. J . Brust , 803 Hudson

Temperature Control Is A Feature Of Our Funeral Home No matter what the outside temper-ature may be, its cooler in our fu-neral home. Our modern Frigidaire air conditioning unit assures one that service here may be attended always in comfort.

THE McGOWAN FUNERAL-HOME W A - 1 3 1 3 247 Stow Ave.

Cuyahoga Falls

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Kent and Stow Market T o p o f t h e H i l l K e n t R o a d - h a l f m i l e e a s t o f F i s h C r e e k R d .

T h e place where y o u f i n d

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MEATS, POULTRY and VEGETABLES I f y o u a r e a p a r t i c u l a r p e r s o n d r i v e o u t a n d s h o p a t o u r m a r k e t .

T h e q u a l i t y o f o u r m e r c h a n d i s e w i l l p l e a s e y o u . W e s h a l l b e d e l i g h t e d

t o s e r v e y o u .

will eventual ly p a y in t axes one w a y or ano ther this $63,000 which will be donated b y t h e F e d e r a l government , if, no t t o ou r com-munity, then t o some o the r town-ship. A recent vacat ion t r i p t h r u the southern s t a t e s r evea led twen-ty or t h i r t y of t he se new P W A schools along t h e rou te . W e wil l pay f o r these schools in o the r communities, w h y not l e t t h e m help pay for ours .

An eighty thousand dol la r bond issue represen ts a b o u t t h e m a x -imum amoun t t h a t t h e S tow Dis-t r ic t can issue f o r school p u r -poses. Hence a n e w bui ld ing of the type necessary is ou t of t h e

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GOLDEN SHELL OIL "Eddie" Parsons 140E.Kent Road, Stow

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quest ion, unless outs ide h e l p such a s is an t ic ipa ted , is rece ived .

W h a t do you t h i n k a b o u t i t ? <$

P E R S O N A L S A t t e n d t h e Miss ionary p l a y

n e x t S u n d a y evening. T h e o rches t r a w i t h t h e i r n e w

. m u s i c sound b e t t e r a n d b e t t e r . A t t e n d a n c e a t Bib le School

l as t S u n d a y one h u n d r e d n ine ty -e ight . Miss C la r a H a r d y ' s c lass

j w o n t h e b a n n e r . T h e E d i t o r a n d f a m i l y a r e t a k -

ing a vaca t ion this week . W i l l p r o b a b l y be back h o m e w h e n you r e a d this .

Miss T h e l m a W a t s o n of Akron ,

6 T H E COMMUNITY

Grow Chicks with O A T M E A L —as i t i s used i n these two balanced poultry feeds. Feed

Quaker F U L - O - P E P

CHICK STARTER for the first six weeks and t h e n change to

Quaker F U L - O - P E P

GROWING MASH The combinat ion has no equal for growing husky m e a t birds and hea l thy , energetic pul-lets . We can supply you.

BAUGHMAN'S WA-8122

Ohio, is visiting with her g rand-mother , Mrs . S. W. Biddle this week.

P a t t y Sowers, who most gen-

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eral ly lives with her grandmother on Baumberge r Road, is spend-ing some t ime now ' with her mothe r in Chicago.

Miss L a u r a Shackelford of New Jersey is spending some time at the home of Mrs. H. M. Hagel-barger , Silver Lake Village.

Mr. and Mrs. J . T. Wilson have re tu rned to their home in Ashe-ville, N. C. a f t e r a brief visit, wi th Mr. Wilson's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. V. J . Henderson.

C. H. Montei th and family ac-companied by Miss Mildred Os-m a n lef t Sunday for a week's f ishing t r ip t h r u Michigan.

Recent visitors a t the home of Ea r l Bradley and sister Miss Clara Bradley, Diagonal Road, were Mrs. Ger t rude Hutchison, son John and Miss Helen F o r d , of Minneapolis, Minn.

WANTED AT ONCE: Gener-ous, rich, elderly uncle worth about two million. No other heirs.

\

C. H. Monteith, Adeline Drive, Stow.— (Adv.)

Mrs. H a r r y Olson was respon-sible for the basket of beautiful f lowers which graced the pulpit table a t Bible School and church last Sunday morning.

For S a | e o r R e n t t o responsible people: New, all modern brown shingle, five-room house with gar-age, garden and f ru i t . May be had with one or more acres of ground. W. E'. Bradley, about three miles out Diagonal Road, Stow. (Adv.)

Last weekend visitors a t ' the home of. Mrs. S. W. Biddle, 120

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t ha t m a y be however is a m a t t e r fo r the Lord and Mr. Biggs to de-cide. Personal ly we think m a n y t imes a good, clean, ups tanding Chr is t ian l ayman can do as much work fo r the L o r d as a minis ter .

Bi r thdays celebrated a t Bible School last Sunday morn ing were those of Billy Huvle r and M r . Char les Trax le r . Mr . T r a x l e r as the oldest m a n present spoke br ie f ly on his experience wi th f o r t y Bible Schools of which n u m b e r he considered ours best, for , he says we have the best su-per in tendent , best orchest ra , best song leader and best boys class, because of the w a y the i r teacher holds them. This last, is the only mis -s ta tement he made. H e does not know how our a t t endance has decreased of late .

Voice Lessons: Dr. Wil l iamson's method, Wes tmins te r C h o i r School. F. E. Hawk, Jr . , 2023— 3rd St., Cuyahoga Falls . Phone WA-2656—(Adv.)

«>—= GRAHAM ROAD BAPTIST

CHURCH N E W S There were 139 in Bible School

S u n d a y morning.

Call W A - 9 4 6 3

For Advertising Rates in this

Paper

E. M . Guise Coal & Supply W A - 3 9 2 1 Mu nroe Falls, Ohio

We close at noon Saturday

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| The Lawson Milk Co. is now rendering a | I new service to the public. It is delivering | I ice cream from its retail milk trucks. = = You can get an excellent quality ice = | cream delivered to your door for 29c a qt. = | by calling WA-7015 or hailing any of the = | Lawson milk truck drivers. ' = | You can also get individual cups of ice | | cream with spoons, (for socials and par- § | ties of any kind) packed in dry ice to suit 1 I you. | = For this service call WA-7015 or stop at = = the plant store at 1651 Home Ave., wfyere = = you can also take advantage of our jug = = milk prices. § ^ I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I U I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ?

Henry Anderson lef t Sa tu rday for CCC camp.

Mrs. J . Willys and Miss Jane Frange a re in the hospital, each having underwent an operation d iring the past week.

William Mur ray and fami ly of Jamaica, L. I. a r e visiting his parents .

Mr. and Mrs. Alva Morfehouse of Akron spejjt Sunday wi th the former ' s parents . His sister , Irene, accompanied t hem home for a visit.

i ill Thrash is a t home a f t e r spending several months in the CCC camp in Oregon.

The Adult class will meet a t he home of Mr. and Mrs. Chad-

well this F r iday evening fo r their ret'!ilar monthly social and busi-ness meeting.

Among the visitors a t church Sunday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Char les Buck and family of Stow. They called on the Bry-ans dur ing the af ternoon and re-mained fo r church.

The Sut ton family and Calvert Ba t ton drove 1276 miles on their recent vacat ion t r ip in the east. This is the f i rs t visit to their old home fo r seven years. During their vacat ion they a t tended the Sut ton i eunion.

Mr . and Mrs . James Taylor and son of N e w Rochelle, N. Y., a re spending the i r vacation among f r iends in and around Akron. Mr. Taylor is a YMCA -vorker and delivered very splendid messages las t Sunday morning and evening at our church.

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tha t m a y be however is a m a t t e r f o r the Lord and Mr. Biggs to de-cide. Personal ly we th ink m a n y t imes a good, j l ean , ups tanding Chris t ian l ayman can do as much w o r k for the Lord as a minis ter .

Bi r thdays celebrated a t Bible School last Sunday morn ing were those of Billy Huvler and Mr. Char les Trax le r . Mr. T r a x l e r as the oldest m a n . present spoke br ief ly on his experience wi th f o r t y Bible Schools of which n u m b e r he considered ouf s best, for , he says we have the best su-per in tendent , best orchest ra , best song leader and best boys class, because of the w a y the i r teacher holds them. This last, is the only mis -s ta tement he made. He does no t know how our a t t endance has decreased of late.

Voice Lessons: Dr. Will iamson's method, Westmins ter C h o i r School. F. E. Hawk, Jr. , 2023— 3rd St., Cuyahoga Falls. Phone WA-2656— (Adv.)

<s> GRAHAM ROAD BAPTIST

CHURCH N E W S There were 139 in Bible School

S u n d a y morning.

Call WA-9463

For Advertising Rates in this

Paper

E. M . Guise Coal & Supply W A - 3 9 2 1 Mu nroe Falls, Ohio

We close at noon Saturday

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| To The Public | = The Lawson Milk Co. is now rendering a | I new service to the public. It is delivering | = ice cream from its retail milk trucks. E I . You can get an excellent quality ice § I cream delivered to your door for 29c a qt. = | by calling WA-7015 or hailing any of the = | Lawson milk truck drivers. § | You can also get individual cups of ice | | cream with spoons, (for socials and par- | | ties of any kind) packed in dry ice to suit jjj 1 you. 1 | For this service call WA-7015 or stop at = § the plant store at 1651 Home Ave., Where | = you can also take advantage of our jug i = milk prices. = i i l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l U I I I I I I I I M I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l M I I I I I I I ?

Henry Anderson lef t Sa tu rday for CCC camp.

Mrs. J . Willys and Miss J ane Prange a re in the hospital, each having underwent an operation d iring the past week.

William Mur ray and fami ly of Jamaica, L. I. a r e visiting his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Alva Mor'ehouse of Akron spept Sunday wi th the former 's parents. His sister, Irene, accompanied t hem home for a visit.

i ill Thrash is a t home a f t e r spending several months in the CCC camp in Oregon.

The Adult class Will mee t a t ih^ home of Mr. and Mrs. Chad-well this Fr iday evening fo r their regular monthly social and busi-ness meeting.

Among the visitors a t church Sunday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Char les Buck and family of Stow. , They called oh the Bry-ans dur ing the af ternoon and re-mained f o r church.

The Siit ton family and Calvert Ba t ton drove 1276 miles on their recent vacat ion t r ip in the east. This is t he f i r s t visit to their old home fo r seven years. During their v a c a t i o n they at tended the Sut ton leunion.

Mr . and Mrs . James Taylor and son of N e w Rochelle, N. Y., a re spending the i r vacation among f r iends in and around Akron. Mr. Taylor is a YMCA -vorker and delivered very splendid messages last Sunday morning and evening at our church.