The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-08-01
COMPLETE PLANS FOR NOBLE COUNTY FAIR
OHIO STATE FAIR
PLANS SET FOR
WEEK OF EVENTS
Music Festival To
Feature Fair From
August "a To 80


extend throughout the seven days
of the Ohio State Fair this year,
August "a to 80, will center about
the Hall of Music, near the 18th.
street entrance, and will offer as
attractions some of the talent of
the Catholic, Evangelical and Jew
ish churches in Ohio.
The Music Hall program will be
in charge of Rev. o. L. Willis of
Columbus, Director of the Town
and County Department of the
Ohio Council of Churches. Com
menting on the prospect of hall
especially built for Music and Re-
hgion, in the new State Fair, Mr..
Willis, complimented the state fair
manager, Mr.. Sandles on this
years program.
'Mr. Sandles philosophy is that
it is a good thing for the State
Fair to give increasing attention to
the display of human talent and
culture along with horses" Mr..
Willis said, "And we feel that it
is the business of the Churches and
Synagogues to bring harmony and
good will to our people.
ALREADY many dramatic, choral,
and vocal groups have volunteered
to participate in the program in
the Hall of Music. 1t will be sort
or Temple of Good Will for we
have already the eager support of
Catholic, Evangelical and Jewish
groups We are to have a Festival
of Music"
'In a day when organizations,
editors and executives are trying
to deride our people to their own
profit, we feel that it is the busi-
ness of the Churches and Syna-
gogues to bring harmony and good
will to our people," said Director
Willis, the genial host and Direc-
FOR of the Town and Country De-
partment of the Ohio Council of
Churches.
Already the program has given
expression to international good
will by the films from the life of
our good neighbors to the south
of the Rio Grande, among which is
Walt Disney picture, 'The
Amazon Awakens," Director Willis
said today that he has also asked
some of our Latin American
Friends from Texas to appear in
their Native costumes for part in
the display of talent representing
$4,000 imported immigrant workers
that come to Ohio to work each
summer. The Festival has repre-
sentatives from much of our cul-
lural and occupational groups. In
this group are: A rubber workers
choir, an automobile workers band,
Grange quartets, and Pageant of
Industry.
And on Wednesday, which is
Farm Organization Day, both the
Ohio State Grange, Joseph Ficter,
Master, and the Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation, Murray Lincoln, Exec
utive Secretary, will contribute to
the theme, "The Place of Farm
Organizations in our Ohio Com
munity."
Another feature guided by Direc-
tor Willis will be the Sunday
morning service at ten o'clock in
the Coliseum for all who are on
the grounds at that hour in which
the All Girls Band, directed by S.
C. Gilbert, Bucyrus, will contribute
to the service. There will be ap-
proximately 1900 youth in addi-
ton to 600 adults on the grounds at
that hour and 2,400 people will be
a larger congregation than most
churches will have on hot Sun
day morning in August" DR.. j.
Gordon Howard, President of OF |
terbein College, Westerville, will !
address the Sunday morning ser
vice in the Coliseum at ten o'clock.
Choral Vespers each evening at
seven will be guided by different
members of the clergy and parish
choirS of Ohio.
NTOVGIIlOI q oto1@-
ment recently that he felt that this
was a much needed element in our
State Fair program.
MIR. John NJ Hodson, Director of
Agriculture, in adding his praise to
the program said he would be on
hand to participate in the initial
nrogram Sunday afternoon, August
Is MIR. Hodson said, Il think the
idea is fine. We have had SINH
, lar program at our fair at home for
the last twenty-five years, which l
started"
81 have already found a good
deal of help from suggestion of
Mrs. Herbert Holscher of Wester
vile, who pioneered and directed
a similar program at the 1941 fair"
( said Director Willis.
Should there be other groups
that care to participate in this un-
ioue program, all correspondence is
to be sent to Director o. L. Willis
in care of the Ohio State Fair Of
flee in the State Office Building.