Word: patrick
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Such letters," said Patrick when he had finished reading, "have been visiting grief and pain on this village for 20 years. I've determined to put a stop to it. If you receive such letters, my advice to you is to read them, have a laugh over them, then hand them over...
...Church, at the top of the cliff, is one of the centers of community life for most of the 800 villagers. There they go for a crowded weekly calendar of services, whist drives, community sings, jumble (rummage) sales and church dances. There, since 1944, tall, sturdy Rev. Arthur Patrick has presided over his flock. Until last month, few in Robin Hood's Bay knew what a blight had been eating away at that flock for the past 20 years...
...Parson Patrick received his first just after he had given the church a spring cleaning. "Now that you have cleaned the church," it read, "would you clean the damned filthy rotten minds of your congregation?" Patrick listened among his parishioners, soon learned that he was not the only target of the poison penman. One woman came to him and threatened to throw herself off the cliff if she got another insulting letter. A respected old villager was accused of fathering his own daughter's child. A heartbroken mother, whose baby had just died, was accused of killing the baby...
...Parson Patrick decided to bring the secret suffering into the open. One Sunday last month, when the time came to start his sermon, he told the worshipers: "Today you'll have a treat. I'll read you a sermon sent to me in the form of a letter. Some of your names are mentioned in it, but ... it's all for the best...
WRESTLING (minor H)--Patrick F. Bowditch '48; Robert Claflin '50; James James M. Conant '47 ocC; David I. Coombs '49; Peter Fuller '46 (captain); Harry C. King '49; Donald B. Louris '49; Daniel B. Ray '49; Frank E. Harris, Jr. '50 (manager). Howard H. Schless '46 Major H in minor colors: Patrick F. Howditch '48; Peter Fuller '46; Donald D. Louis '49; Daniel...