Word: revs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fire Crackers. In Okmulgee, Okla., the Rev. Howard Bush heard a prowler, called the sheriff, lay in wait outside, got cold and hungry, went back into the house. When he came out, he was challenged, could not answer because his mouth was full of crackers, was shot in the stomach by the sheriff...
Died. The Rev. Dr. Burris Atkins Jenkins, 75, liberal theological maverick who ran a nondenominational Kansas City (Mo.) Community Church; onetime editor and publisher of the Kansas City Post; after long illness; in El Centre, Calif. He once advised Boy Scouts to play pool (good recreation), dance (eliminates dangerous sex manifestations), sock the other fellow (boxing is a manly art), stop expecting Dad to be a pal (he is too old to be more than a friend...
Last fortnight the London Daily Mail raised a furor at home by printing the letter. Last week the Rev. Mr. Priest, an Anglican clergyman from Colchester, took a dim view of all international marriages, including those of U.S. soldiers and English girls. "For example," he mused, "Americans have some funny ideas about cooking...
...warm, musical voice, the Rev. Mr. Settle usually introduces the choir's songs with a bit of sermonizing. While he and his 21 -voice troop are traveling and singing abroad, he suspects that the fighting men "may also get a bit of sermon and Bible-reading now and then...
...past eight years the Rev. Mr. Settle has combined his choir work with the pastorate of Cleveland's Gethsemane Baptist Church. In over 1500 concerts in 45 States and 374 consecutive Sunday radio broadcasts, he has proved that there is no U.S. color line when it comes to the old Negro hymns (Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child, etc.). For the past year, service men and their chaplains have bombarded the Rev. Mr. Settle with requests to bring "Wings Over Jordan" overseas. Good-humored preacher-director Settle is convinced that U.S. servicemen are turning...