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...Church of England got a walloping surprise last week. From China, by way of New Zealand's missionary magazine the Reaper, came news that Hong Kong's Bishop Ronald Owen Hall (currently stationed in Kunming) had ordained the first woman priest in the Church's history...
...work toward the objective, even though our grandchildren's grandchildren will not live to see it. He calls this "longterm optimism." It is as if somebody were trying to console a weary harvester in a 15th-Century grainfield by hinting that in the 20th Century a mechanical reaper and binder might be invented...
...Strenuous Life. In Wilbur, Wash., the spinning rod of a reaper caught Rancher Walter Wynhoff by the overalls, gave him a spin, tossed him aside wearing only his shoes and eyeglasses. In an Army maneuver area in Tennessee, a bolt of lightning struck the zipper of a sleeping bag, welded it all the way around, sealed up a soldier inside, uninjured...
Fortnight ago, when Hayden reaped his third harvest (26 bushels), he had notable visitors: Henry Ford and Charles Figy, Michigan's Commissioner of Agriculture. Ford, who owns the acre of land used for the project, brought along a -year-old self-raking reaper for use in the harvesting. Figy came to inspect the wheat which in its first harvesting had multiplied 50-fold, almost twice Michigan's average. So rapidly did the wheat grains grow that Hayden calls them "dynamic kernels." Next year, Hayden expects to harvest from 15 to 20 acres...
Died. William Grigsby McCormick, 90, retired Chicago banker, son of the late William S. McCormick, partner of the giant reaper company; near Wheaton, Ill. When he was a student at the University of Virginia he co-founded Kappa Sigma fraternity, now one of the country's four largest...