Word: pastors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gifts of two wealthy Southport ladies, Mrs. Virginia Monroe and Mrs. Mary Wakeman. Mrs. Monroe, who donated the library, which opened in 1893, made it her hobby to collect interesting old books for its shelves. A third Southport resident in love with Americana was the Rev. William H. Holman, pastor of the town's Congregational Church. Pastor Holman made it his business to read over rare-book bibliographies and go to auctions for the ladies. His own records show that in 25 years the Rev. Mr. Holman spent more than $15,000 collecting 3,000 old books and manuscripts...
Died. Rev. Joseph P. Connor, 56, Roman Catholic parish priest and successful composer of popular songs (The Miracle of the Bells, When I Take My Sugar to Tea, By a Waterfall')', of arteriosclerotic heart disease; in Teaneck, NJ. Pastor (since 1947) of St. Joseph of the Palisades Church, West New York, N. J., "Father Joe" wrote popular songs under the pen name Pierre Norman, under his own name wrote a mass in the Gregorian style. A member of ASCAP (American Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers) for more than 25 years, he gave royalties from his music...
...work at Catholic University. In Washington, he made his debut in the pulpit. The priest who was supposed to preach one Sunday at a Washington church had to leave town because of illness in the family, and asked Sheen to substitute for him. Fearing that the church's pastor would think he was too young, Sheen did not present himself at the rectory till five minutes before Mass was supposed to start. The pastor said gruffly: "Get over to the church. The other altar boys are dressed already." But Sheen made a hit: "They asked me back the next...
...Boss? Egged on by such fanatic lieutenants, aging Pastor Malan sought to silence the opposition. In Parliament last week, Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss, 51, heir to the late great Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts as leader of the United Party, tried to attack government policy. Nationalist backbenchers shouted him down. Unable to make himself heard, Strauss appealed to the Speaker of the House, an ardent Malanite. The Speaker's only comment: "Resume your seat. I think you have said enough." Slumped on the front bench opposite, Prime Minister Malan chuckled in derision...
...call for citizen action against crime. For as editor Austin struggles through his crusade he finds roadblocks placed in his path by familiar Chamber-of-Commerce types, who don't want any reform to interfere with business, and by a compromising police bureaucracy. Even the Kindly Local Pastor backs down when it comes to chastizing his own parishioners; he's satisfied with Sunday Morning Christianity. So although Captive City ends with a short tirade against sin by the Tennessee Theotonius, Senator Kefauver, one gets the feeling that few people in Kennington--or anywhere else--really give a damn...