Word: vestrymen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...church's nine vestrymen had met previously and voted Melish out-because of his liberal policies. Melish, who is assistant rector, condemned the vote as illegal because of the lack of a quorum. He then appealed to Bishop DeWolfe. His argument was disregarded and the substitute appointed...
...that), condescends to lick his hand. Moreover, Sheriff McNally -a character who has to be unpleasant on principle, since the scriptwriter forgot to give him any specific motivations-mellows a little, too, and in the end they all charge off to Utah together as cheerily as vestrymen to a box supper on the church lawn. "Great Britain and the State of Utah," says Rory to Jean in a wobbly voice. "It's impossible...
...13th rector of one of the oldest and oddest Episcopal parishes in the U.S. was conducting the service with which he begins his church's Christmas season. Before him, in the brown Gothic interior familiar to tourists, sat a score of the clergy, his vestrymen, and 1,200 members of the seven congregations of New York City's Trinity Parish...
...rhymes with deuce) is well matched with traditionally high-church Trinity, where all 22 clerics on the staff are addressed as Father. His manner is dignified, yet easy; his administrative ability, his clean desk and smooth 15-minute-appointment schedule would do justice to the highest tycoon among his vestrymen. And he is also a sociologist in a parish that needs...
...determined virgins, backed up by four determined mothers. Herself the daughter of a Southern Episcopal minister, Novelist Tucker knows the social labyrinths of the South inside out, and better still, how to get them down on paper. She sketches some neat satiric passages on the relations between clergymen and vestrymen, and plots the maneuvers of her matrons with the skill of an experienced admiral arranging a fleet for battle. None of Novelist Tucker's girls is an Anna Karenina or an Emma B ovary, but all four are distinct, believable and likable. And though they come on only...