Word: kirk
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Washington Crash. For a pre-Christmas surprise to friends and family, three men planned a flight from Washington, D. C., to Massachusetts-Representative William Kirk Kaynor, who had never flown before, to visit his family; Stanley B. Lowe, his secretary, to get first sight of his newborn child; Arthur A. McGill, a friend, to remarry. Assistant Secretary of War Frederick Trubee Davison loaned them the trimotored Fokker which he always used himself. Pilot was Capt. Harry A. Dinger, "who had more experience in piloting trimotored transports than any other pilot in the Army Air Corps." Mechanic was Buck Private Vladimir...
...Some years ago the Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Methodists of Canada joined to form the United Church of Canada. Last month the Established Church (Auld Kirk) merged with the United Free Church to form the Church of Scotland. Last month the U. S. Congregationalists and the so-called Christian Church joined...
...were not depressed, for the day before they had taken part in the most important Scottish ecclesiastical event in 87 years, had shown their willingness to work toward the "earth-wide fellowship" mentioned by Dr. Coffin. The event had been the reunion of the long separated Established Church (Auld Kirk) and the United Free Church, both of which originated in the stern predestinationism brought to Scotland by John Knox from Geneva's John Calvin...
...years both churches had labored toward the reunion. In Edinburgh last week, on the Lawnmarket, by the Cathedral, a long column of Auld Kirk divines joined a column of free churchmen. After handshaking and congratulations the lines, reformed, all marched as one column into the Cathedral. "Behold How Good a Thing It Is" lustily sang the sons of devout Scots as the column passed...
...Lebor, chairman; R. M. Cunningham, secretary. Executive Committee: R. M. Cunningham, J. F. Lebor, A. B. Quinton, Jr., W. V. Strauss. Board of Editors: M. Bower, D. R. Falk, J. D. Fewster, J. K. Heyman, W. J. Kirk, A. E. McCrann, J. J. Madigan, G. Machune, M. H. Oettinger, C. S. Reynolds, A. Shephard, W. E. Slaughter, H. E. Sternau, S. F. Teele, J. A. Thomas, R. T. Wise...