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Recalling your issue of March 13, under "Capitol Prayers," on p. 40, you hinted that Shera was a funny name, which I resent, for while Shera is not an ordinary name, it is unusal, and different. My greatgrandfather was named James Shera and I have a freind named Mrs. Montgomery, and I think they are both nice names. I am 11 yrs. old I am in junior high school, and I like to read TIME because I like it very much...
...SHERA ANNE HARDY Houston...
...TIME is happy to introduce Shera Anne Hardy to the Reverend James Shera Montgomery. Although neither of them knew it, her great-grandfather, James Wills Shera, was godfather to House Chaplain Montgomery. Great-grandfather Shera was a parishioner of Father Montgomery in Frankfort County, Ind. in the 1860s...
Each House of the U. S. Congress has a chaplain; each pays its chaplain $1,680 a year. His only duties: a prayer at the beginning of each day's session. Senate Chaplain Ze Barney Thorne Phillips* and House Chaplain James Shera Montgomery each have one funny name and a sonorous baritone. Both are popular, convivial; both officiate at more Congressional funerals (no extra pay) than at weddings and baptisms. Chaplain Phillips, 63, Episcopalian, has held office for twelve years, conducts a Washington parish on the side. Chaplain Montgomery, 74, Methodist, has been on the job in the House...
...friends including Mr. Baruch and Harvey Couch, the Arkansas utility tycoon. Senators, Representatives, Justice Pierce Butler representing the Supreme Court, Army, Navy & Marine officers, diplomats jammed the chamber. A soprano sang Lead, Kindly Light, the Reverend ZeBarney Phillips, chaplain of the Senate, read the funeral service. The Reverend James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House, pronounced the blessing...