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...Army. Born in the northern Greek village of Vasilikon when it was still under Turkish rule, Aristokles Spirou entered the Orthodox Seminary near Istanbul in 1903, took the name Athenagoras (rhymes with again a chorus) when he was ordained a deacon. He was raised to episcopal rank in 1922, and came to the U.S. in 1931 as Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America. Athenagoras became an American citizen, even tried to enlist after Pearl Harbor, was turned down...
...Quints scored on the third play from scrimmage when Skip Falcone connected with end Jim Rome on a bootleg pass play covering 60 yards. The Deacons countered with a safety later in the period, but their defeat was sealed on the last play of the half when fullback Chuck Stuckey, mainstay of the Deacon running attack, was knocked unconscious by a host of Quincy tacklers...
...Bunnies were cruising along undefeated until last week's contest with a fired-up Deacon squad. With Chuck Stuckey grinding out the yardage on the ground, and Bill Berman passing enough to keep the Leverett defense honest, Kirkland pounded out an 18-0 victory to take over the top spot...
...Deacon play began to click again in the fourth quarters a 65-yard drive culminated in a touchdown pass from Berman to Howie Schecter for the final score. Kirkland's straight 5-4 defense, headed by Lenny Merski, Kenny Wells and Mark Weinstein, conceded but two first downs to Leverett's offense, which never penetrated the opposition's 35-yard line...
...million, he bought control of S. H. Kress & Co., a national chain of 342 variety stores. Genesco, which started as a shoe company and already has 1,500 outlets (including Manhattan's Bonwit Teller), nowadays is as flamboyant as its boss is unpretentious. A devout Baptist deacon, Jarman neither smokes, drinks nor cusses, often begins stockholders meetings with a prayer. He is noted for working his employees hard-and why not? How else will they ever acquire the 30 pairs of shoes that Maxey decrees every well-dressed man should have...