Two Ordained as Deacons at St. John's: Channing Johnson; Pope Brock, Jr
The Ithaca Journal, Jun 29 1953, P. 5, Col. 1, with photo
"Channing Johnson of Ithaca and Pope Brock Jr. of Atlanta, Ga., were ordained deacons this morning in St. John's Episcopal Church by the Rt. Rev. Walter M. Higley of Syracuse, suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Central New York.
The Rev. Mr. Johnson is the son Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Johnson, 7 Renwick Drive. He will become a curate to the Rev. J. T. Sanborn at St. James Church, Batavia, in the Fall.
The Rev. Mr. Brock has been assigned as assistant missionary in the Tioga-Tompkins Field, to work with the Rev. Smith Lain of St. Mark's Church, Candor. The Rev. Mr. Brock and his wife and two sons, Pope Brock 3rd and Mathew Thomas Brock, will reside in Slaterville.
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The Rev. Mr. Johnson was graduated this Spring from Berkeley Divinity School in New Haven, Conn. He is an alumnus of Cornell, Class of 1950, and prepared at Kent School where he was graduated with honors.
Rowed on Kent Crew
During his 5 years at Kent, he pulled an oar on the crew, won the school cup for wrestling, and was recipient of the school prize in chemistry. At the university he was awarded a "C" for his playing on the 150-pound football team and was a member of the Cornell Radio Guild. He received the Medal for Outstanding Cadet of the 5th Regiment, Pershing Rifles, in 1949, and the Medal for Distinguished Cadet of the Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1950. He was active in the Canterbury Club and was a member of Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity.
He worked with the Merchant Marine on the Great Lakes, holding the rank of chief petty officer.
From the time he was 8 years old until he began study at Kent School, the Rev. Mr. Johnson was in the Boy Choir of St. John's Church.
The Rev. Mr. Brock, a native of Atlanta, received a law degree from the University of Georgia. He worked 2 years as a lawyer in the trust department of a Georgia bank and then attended the Virginia Theological Semi-nary. In 1948 he married Miss Ruth Dill."