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...worship was too much of a shock, and they refused to attend the services. One conservative Presbyterian opposed the merger as a Communist plot. But the great majority of the four congregations liked the compromise forms and the experience of worshiping together in a large group. Except on Easter Sunday, attendance seldom averaged more than 25 for each of Schellsburg's four churches; now there is a regular congregation of 130 at the new church, including some families that previously belonged to no church...
...distant bells, the coming of Death, as Lazarus, the whining and howling of mourners and a premonitory dog are all techniques of mystery and horror de Ghelderode has used in other plays. They combine in Miss Jairus with a plot-skeleton which is parable. In the final act, on Easter, as Miss Jairus dies, the townfolk commemorate the Holy Day by taking the sorcerer to a hill outside the town and crucifying...
...afternoon last week the wind kicked up to 15 knots-hardly a roaring nor'easter but plenty stiff for Eagle to show what she had. And that was not enough. Constellation boomed out ahead after the start, tucked Eagle neatly into her backwind, was 43 sec. ahead rounding the first mark, and wound up clobbering Eagle by 4 min. 29 sec. Less than two hours later, Commodore Henry Morgan, chairman of the New York Yacht Club Selection Committee, stepped aboard Connie at her moorings. "It is my very happy duty," he said, "to announce that Constellation has been selected...
...Mods. Despite their common heritage (Elvis) and heroes (the Beatles), the foppish Mods and sullen Rockers like nothing better than to crack one another's skulls. Two mass bashes over the Easter and Whitsuntide weekends had only whetted the teen sects' appetites for more, as excited word spread from London's Mecca Ballrooms and myriad Soho record clubs that Hastings would be the smart place to be on the long three-day Bank Holiday weekend at the beginning of August...
...letter, dated only "Easter Morning," bore the salutation, "Carrie Darling Sweetheart Adorable." Many more were strewn with homemade poetry. Inspired by a musical play, The Wedding Trip, which he saw in New York City in 1912, he penned an epic of 20 stanzas, including one memorable line, "I love you garb'd but naked, more...