[Peace-discuss] Friday film @ Quaker.......

[E. W. Johnson]

Not sure if it was the Quaking or the fear and Tromboling that
characterized the movers and the Shakers.
On 03/11/2015 11:29 AM, Karen Medina wrote:
>
> Thanks for that Quaking history. I learned a bit.
>
> On Mar 10, 2015 6:39 PM, "E. W. Johnson via Peace-discuss" 
> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net 
> <mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>
>     The Quaker Oats company did at one time thing that it owned the
>     exclusive right to the use of the word "Oats", such that
>     when a competitor produced a new cereal product and
>     wanted to call it "Cheery Oats", they
>     got their "guns" and attorneys and money and
>     saidin an unfriendly way that the cheer would
>     hit the fan  unless they desisted from abusing the word
>     Oatsin said manner.  Apparently the threat seemed credible
>     and the lawsuit impending, a real and present danger, so
>     the competitor changed the name to Cheerios in a fit of anguish
>     and it has worked fairly well for them.
>
>     The inventor of Purina Dog Chow, whose family name Corbin was
>     identical to the
>     name of the place where Kentucky Fried Chicken was invented left
>     his hometown
>     of Corbin, KY, and after a stint with Quaker Oats, departed there
>     for St. Louis,
>     where he eventually applied extrusion molding technologies to the
>     production
>     of pet foods.
>
>     In the classic case of Jury Nullification, a young follower of
>     archtypal Quaker George Fox, one William Penn, Jr.,
>     who had been imprisoned previously for failing among other things
>     to take oats of allegiance
>     to the king and propriety, was freed from the charge of preaching
>     in the street by a renegade jury
>     that judged the law to be unjust.  But Penn went to prison for
>     Contempt of Court, an dthe jury, too, without so much as
>     a bowl of cereal to eat.
>
>     On 03/11/2015 05:25 AM, Szoke, Ronald Duane via Peace-discuss wrote:
>>
>>     *WORLD WAR 1 ANTI-WAR FILM SERIES*
>>     Urbana-Champaign Religious Society of Friends
>>     Dalton Trumbo’s
>>     *JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN*
>>     Friday March 13
>>     6:30 p.m.
>>     Friends Meeting House
>>     1904 East Main Street, Urbana
>>     Please join us at the U-C Friends Meeting House for the second
>>     film of the World War 1 anti-war film series. The series is
>>     sponsored by the Friends’ Adult Education Committee. Chuck
>>     Cowger, who has a long time interest in anti-war films, and a
>>     collection of such films, will introduce the film and encourage
>>     discussion at its end.
>>
>>     The remaining schedule for this film series includes the
>>     following dates and films. Each film will begin at 6:30 p.m. and
>>     take place at the Meeting house.  The series will continue with
>>     four more films in the fall.
>>
>>     *              March 13* – Dalton Trumbo’s *“Johnny Got His Gun.”*
>>
>>     *April 10*     -  Stanley Kubrick’s *“Paths of Glory.”*
>>
>>     *May 15*     -  Philippe De Broca’s *“King of Hearts.”*
>>
>>
>>>     On Mar 10, 2015, at 4:17 PM, bay2 at illinois.edu
>>>     <mailto:bay2 at illinois.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Thank you Karen for building the contact.
>>>
>>>     Ron, I remember you mentioning Johnny Gets a Gun would be
>>>     screened in some place in Gregore Ave. I would appreciate if you
>>>     let me know where exactly and when.
>>>
>>>     Thanks,
>>>     Michael
>>>     --
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>>>     星期二, 10 3月 2015, 03:33下午 -05:00 寄件人 Karen Aram
>>>     <karenaram at hotmail.com <mailto:karenaram at hotmail.com>>:
>>>
>>>         Ron,
>>>         Michael was asking about the film "Johnny Gets A Gun", could
>>>         you please provide us the details, time and address, again?
>>>         Thanking you in advance.
>>>
>>
>>
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