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Bearded Cult Prepares For Prosperous SeasonBENTON HARBOR, Mich.. July 1-i dNS)—Th* House of David, famed j Benton Harbor cult has launched an I extensive program of improvements! designed to catch the pennies and1 dollars of amusement-bound visitors to the Chicago world's fair.campaign is under direction of Judge Harry T. Dewhim, ex-attorney from California who entered the colony of King’’ Benjamin Purnell some shears ago. and upon the ‘•’king’s'1 death in 3927 wrestled con- i trol of the cult from his widow, Queen Mary*Dew hirst already has plunged ; heavily in the baseball business, and i has three bearded teams on the road, each flying the flag of the House cf David.One, in the west, is under control of Grover Cleveland Alexander, grizzled veteran of the big leagues Chief Bender formerly of the Philadelphia Athletics, and Rav Powell one-time Boston Braves player, are In com- j mand of the Eastern team. A third team operates in the central states.The House of David has erected a booth at the world's fair, where thousands of visitors daily see bearded * adhrents of the Flying Roller” faith. : together with samples of their art iand handicraft, the leaflets they use in spreading their gospel and the! souveniers they sell to the crowds.Dewhirst has also started a program of improvements to Eden Springs, an j amusement park, which was opened! 25 years ago by Purnell, who was: then jurt struggling up from poverty. ' Hundreds of thousands of curious ■ who came here every summer to see i the famous cult's stronghold, spent, money at Eden park, and Dewhirst is hoping he can induce visitors to do it again.High Island, in northern Lake Michigan, which it is rumored was us*.3 as a place of exile for recalcitrant members of King Ben's cult, is. being prepared for coloni2a- j tion. Buildings and docks will be! renovated and a sawmill removed | five years ago, will be reinstalled.Meanwhile, Queen Mary, though I shorn of her power, is not idle. A ; few hundred feet from Dewhirst’s colony, she is establishing a place of ' refuge for the 144.000 persons who, ! according to her faith, will be the ' only human beings to survive the im- j pending devastating fires foretold in | the Book of Revelations. A few hundred aged and faithful followers aid her in her ta.sk.
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Jul 02, 1933
Page 2
Full Page
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Michael W.
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