Word: pews
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ushers in Memphis, Tenn. that "ushers can louse up the service or make it more worshipful." No good usher, said Hosman, uses strong after-shave lotion, wets his thumb when handing out bulletins, or grasps a lady around the waist or by the arm in showing her to her pew. Expert Hosman's advice on how to get people to sit up front: don't give out the bulletin right away, but use it as "bait" to lure back-pew addicts down the aisle. Added Hosman: "Ushering is not a job for women." Reasons: their high heels slow...
Back for Seconds. Thanksgiving morning Ike, Mamie and Barbara went to church. Because the Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church had been torn down to be built anew, services were held in the Sunday-school auditorium. But the church fathers had carefully placed the President's pew in its usual spot (seventh on the right). The nation's first family joined in singing Come, Ye Thankful People, Come and We Gather Together...
...prime discovery of this summer's batch of seminarian-workers is the language barrier between pulpit and pew...
...Armstrong Cork Board Chairman Henning W. Prentis Jr.; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Vice President W. F. Peter, and others. The Freeman is also in debt for $220,000 in notes. Two noteholders: Du Pont Vice President Jasper E. Crane; Sun Oil Co. Director and ex-President J. Howard Pew...
...Fringes & the Weary. "To how many of us," he adds, "both in pulpit and pew, might the question be put : 'Received ye the Holy Spirit when ye believed...