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Reverend's Rolls: Given up or taken?By BfU ALNOR Daily Times Staff Writer MEDIA — Am auto repossession firm towed away the Rolls Boyce, leaped by the Rev. Frederick Drummond yesterday morning. -But according to die attorney hr the controverriel minister of the Church of Our Saviour in Concordville, the 1968 Silver Cloud was not repossessed.Instead, said attorney Dennis M. Abrams of Philadelphia, “the lease was terminated voluntarily by Rev. Drummond. That means the lease contract between Drummond and the Essex Leasing Company of Connecticut “is at an end” with “no more liability for anybody,” Abrams explained.“If there were any late payments they would be forgiven,” said Abrams.Twice in the past peveral weeks officials from the Bari Sadis car recovery firm had been to Drum-Fs, mansion at 2069 Foulkto at*Drummond recently asked a re-But, Drummond allegedly refused and demanded a court order before he'd give the car up, according to Don Van Staat of the Eseet Leasing Company.In a recent interview with the Dmify limes Drummond denned he had given the ear to the church.“How many people do you know who give away a $17,000 car?”Van Staat said ha ordered the car taken bade when Drummond recently became “in dsfoult” with hit payments of $74122 per month. He aleo said Drummond apparently has tax Bens against hie property which voids the leaseBurt Sachs said that a church member drove the car to Media attorney Arnold Rubin's office yesterday morning and Rubin worked out the details with Abrams to transfer the Rolls back to the Essex firm.Van Staat said the car will be towed to his office in Connecticut today.Hie transfer of the Rolls Royoe back to the leasing company repreaants a tremendous loss to Drummond and to the church. According to Van Staat Drummond had been making payments on the Rolls using checks drafted from the church treasury.■Today's meetingsASTON — Planning commission, • p.m.; boord of htottti • p.m. munkipol building, 233 Ponnoll Rood.•■TMIL — Plonnlns commission, • p.m., township building, Bettwi Road.fCOLLI MOOALR — Zoning hearing board, 7:30 p.m., munkipol building, S00 MocDads Boulevard.DABBY — Council, 7:30 p.m., borough hall-community cantor, 121 Summit St.In 1963 and 1964 Dmmmand paid $43,000 to a York County Auto reftitbishar to rebuild the car. Drummond had leased the luxury car with an epteo© to puichMe it The Daity timer had learned Drummond paid for oome of the lepain using checks drafted from the now deftmct Durawood kitchen remodeling company.
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Delaware County Daily Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Aug 06, 1986
Page 33
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