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...simple faith, who is sincere in his religious doctrine," said the National Presbyterian's minister, the Rev. Edward L. R. Elson, of his new communicant. Eisenhower, he added, had at last "staked down his faith-this is his home church...
...considered one of Washington's more fashionable places of worship, whose pewholders over the years included Presidents Jackson, Pierce, Polk, Grant, Cleveland and Buchanan. Baptist Harry Truman worshiped in its "President's pew" on each opening of Congress. Its pastor, the Rev. Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, who served as chaplain to the XXI Corps during World War II and is a friend of Ike's, calls it "a typical American congregation...
...300th performance of Lohengrin. That good old standby, he modestly announced, had been somewhat restyled for the occasion. However, the only perceptible resemblance between the new Lohengrin and the old was in Wagner's four-hour score. Met Stage Director Dino Yannopoulos, 32, working with Designer Charles Elson of the company staff, took Josef Urban's rich old sets apart, reset the best of the gloomy old forms against fields of bright new color. The Met had a vivid new set, "dirt cheap" (about $15,000), and a first-class singing cast topped by Tenor Hans Hopf...
...lectures, all of which are free and open to the public, are made possible under the terms of the Louis C. Elson bequest...
Weighty Matter. In Detroit, where by city ordinance a loaf of bread must weigh not less than 15 and not more than 17 ounces, Baker Charles Elson was summoned to court, charged with making his pumpernickel loaves...