Word: fiscus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Said Methodist Pastor Albert E. Day in announcing the appointment of the Rev. Walter Fiscus of Eugene, Ore. as his co-pastor: "In these days when there is so much discussion of church union, there are steps in fellowship that may well be taken by individual churches, advances that may open larger ways of cooperation between representatives of various denominations before organic unity between denominations is reached . . . This is definitely the era of the ecumenical spirit . . . Why should the church ask for international cooperation and refuse interdenominational cooperation...
...frightened children ran to tell Mrs. Fiscus. Trying to pierce the darkness of the well, Kathy's mother called: "Are you all right, honey?" Faintly, from the dark hole, Kathy's voice quavered...
...casing, to prevent a cave-in. It was Saturday, and all afternoon the crowds thickened. By midnight, 12,000 were standing in the chilly spring night-grave, subdued neighbors, sightseers and dating teenagers, men & women in evening dress. In a car a little back from the scene, David Fiscus and his wife sat out their vigil. To sympathetic queries, he said wearily: "Let's not discuss it, please...
...David Fiscus was district superintendent of the California Water & Telephone Co., which had drilled the well in 1903. He had just returned from testifying before the state legislature for an anti-pollution measure that would require the cementing of all old wells...
...Only a Couple of Hours." All over the nation, citizens swamped newspapers with requests for the latest report on "the little girl." Midgets, jockeys and schoolboys volunteered to go down the well pipe after Kathy. David Fiscus refused. The danger of their becoming wedged or badly cut in the well casing was too great...