Word: sheriffs
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...high sheriff of Middlesex County, who traditionally calls the exercises to order by banging a silver-tipped staff three times on the steps of Memorial Church, kicked off the event inauspiciously...
Some in the audience reported overhearing the sheriff remark that the staff must have been made in Connecticut...
...sheriff picked up the ornament, replaced it, and landed the third blow to the platform amidst laughter from the crowd...
...sheriff picked up the ornament, replaced it, and landed the third blow to the platform amidst laughter from the crowd...
After the speeches and conferral of degrees, the high sheriff closed the ceremony by pounding his staff three times. This time, he held the knob securely in place...