Word: pastors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nonetheless, Ross was glad to have his old friend as a partner on such a tough police case. Kirkes, a handsome, strapping fellow, knew everybody in Carpinteria, where his father had been pastor of the Community Church. Patrolman Kirkes was himself a good churchman, the father of a six-year-old youngster, a helper in Boy Scout activities, and member of the Lions Club. He was pretty bright, too: a Vanderbilt University graduate (letterman in football and basketball), he had been top man in his examination for the California state highway patrol...
...abuse which has developed at Christmas time . . . The Christmas party in offices and homes has in some places developed into a shocking situation ... Is not this year, with its tragic happenings, the time to ... substitute another kind of party more in keeping with the birth of the Savior?" Methodist Pastor Charles Ray Goff, a fellow Chicagoan, condemned what he called "heavy-drinking office parties. Office staff members," he said, "are caught with their guards down; they do not want to take part in the drinking, but are dragged in ... Last Christmas I saw four girls come out of an office...
Stephen Crane was born in Newark in 1871. He was the frail 14th child of a gentle Methodist pastor named Jonathan and an unyielding force of nature named Mary. "You could argue just as well with a wave," her favorite son once said. Baby Stephen's first intelligible query is supposed to have been: "Ma, how do you spell O?" He was obviously destined to be a writer. When he died of tuberculosis at 28, he had been that and other things...
...plans, drawn up by Arland Dirlan of Boston, incorporate large windows, blood wood, and a circular stairway in the parish house. A student center, located behind the main chapel, provides meeting rooms, offices, and a comfortable lounge. The basement contains a large recreation room complete with a stage. Pastor Edmond D. Steimle, who will be head of the Lutheran congregation, hopes the facilities will attract students of all sects to the church...
...Pastor Steimle, who was an English major at Princeton, said the church's development had been greatly influenced by students. "We wanted them to take part in our activities, so we asked them their preferences. As a result, the new church will not only comfort the soul, but the body as well...