Word: canoneer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wary St. James' and its new vestryman-elect. In an action that he admitted was "unusual" he decreed that thrice-married Elliott "is not in good standing with the Church and therefore is not eligible for the office of vestryman and cannot serve in that capacity." Canon law forbids remarriage of di vorced persons except in case of infidelity...
...Sidney Arthur Alexander, the Cathedral's venerable Canon and treasurer, broke the news that St. Paul's had shifted one-third of an inch during his 36 years in office. No man to miss such an item, the Daily Express's famed "Beachcomber" observed: "St. Paul's Cathedral is bitten by the fashionable bug of perpetual fidgeting, and is unable to remain still any longer. . . . It is due to crash into the Daily Express building in February 236,481 A.D. unless the Daily Express, feeling itself pursued, takes to its heels and crawls up the Strand...
...charm and looks to meet the right people, lately special assistant to U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's John G. Winant; and R.A.F. Flight Lieut. Aidan Crawley, 37, athletic Oxfordian who was elected to Britain's new Labor Parliament, son of the Rev. Canon A. S. Crawley, chaplain to King George VI; both for the first time; in London...
...Canon C. E. M. Fry of Oxford, an official proponent of amendments at last May's convocation, is still not sure. On second thought, Canon Fry felt it "very wrong to withdraw the prohibition about a deceased wife's sister." Said he: "A great many of us know of cases where the wife grows old rather faster than her husband. She becomes rather faded. Her husband is not a bad sort of man, but he is amorous. His wife has a younger, attractive sister. He likes to go for long walks with her and his wife becomes uneasy...
...radio, instead of taking transcripts off the tape? Churchill's conclusion on May 8th was "Advance, Britannia! Long live the cause of freedom! God save the King." To print "Advance, Britain!" [TIME, May 14] is an insult to a great orator and an affront to every canon of rhythm...