Word: janitored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Exuberant Statistics. In 1935, when husky, black-haired Roy Burkhart went to Columbus, the First Community Church had about 225 active members and a debt of $147,000. The minister's staff consisted of a secretary, a janitor, a part-time choir director and a part-time organist. Today the church has 3,670 active members, a 1947 budget of $108,838 and a full-time staff...
Three Houses--Adams, Leverett, and Kirkland--reported water in the cellars, which caused little damage. At Kirkland there was water "all over the place," according to the janitor, but mops and pails made short work of the deluge. All three basements were dry or drying rapidly by suppertime...
Joseph O'Connor, the janitor, also agreed that as long as work continued keeping the building free from dust was impossible...
...Janitor Agrees...
Sinatra, as usual, is a shy type who fails to get the girl; he not only sings with great effectiveness (best new song: Time After Time), but performs naturally and unaffectedly. Durante, as a high-school janitor, hasn't much to do beyond proving, without any strain, that he is one of the most likable entertainers in the business. Miss Grayson, prettier and more animated than ever, warbles an aria from Lakmé like an eisteddfod of thrushes, and does even better by Mozart's Lá Ci Darem la Mano, in which she is supported by Sinatra...