Rutherford's Cadillacs

by Lady Lee 12 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  Lady Lee

  Recently I read a post somewhere (not even sure if I read it here) about Rutherford and his cadillacs.

  Where ever it was they said the cars cost $600 at the time.

  Well I thought that was a little odd. Since then I have read on 2 separate sites that Rutherford's car cost a lot more than $600 each.

  Here is a picture of Rutherford with one of his cars.

  

  This is what the car would look like in color

  

  The website http://www.geocities.com/paulblizard/deed.html states:

  In discussing this particular car, "Special Interest Autos #92, April 1986, page 21 states," Naturally, it was the very rich -- and often as not, the famous -- who made up the limited clientele of the V-16. Among the owners of the first generation cars was Al Jolson... Robert Montgomery... Marlene Dietrich..." (And of course, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, the "humble" servant and personal spokesman of Almighty Jehovah God Himself.)

  A 1931 Ford cost about $600.00. The Cadillac just mentioned cost between $5,400.00 and $9,200.00 depending upon style. This means Rutherford's Cadillac cost between NINE and FIFTEEN times as much as a regular new card in its day. That car cost much more than many nice houses of the day.

  Oh, by the way, Rutherford had TWO of these cars. The other one was a convertible sedan kept for his personal use in Brooklyn.

  Does anyone else see something seriously wrong with this? I bet you do!
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  Severus

  Yeah, and Circuit Overseers only get Buicks!

  Russel had his own private rail car too.

  Modern WT heads play it more discreet, but there are the private planes...
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  MerryMagdalene

  From Athanasius, quoting a friend, on the old "Berta & Bonnie" thread:

  "Also, a relative of Bonnie Heath told me that she lived out her later years in Atlanta, GA. This shows that the early connection of Heaths to Georgia continued until Wm and Bonnie's death.

  "That same relative told me that Mr. Heath gave Rutherford his Cadillac cars that were parked in Beth Sarim's garage. It is well documented that Bonnie's husband was always Rutherford's driver of the cars. Also, I was told that Bonnie's husband had no money at that time because Coca Cola had been sold. Bonnie's husband was known to be a drunk! Perhaps support of Bonnie and Wm Heath by Rutherford and the Watchtower, later on, continued because of the gift of Beth Shan to Rutherford by Mr. Heath Sr. It is not inconceivable that an arrangement was set up and the Heaths received regular monthly checks from the WT until death because WT is very loyal to those who were part of the inner group in the early years during tough times. To this day, very few people know that certain ex-Bethelites receive money as special pioneers although they do not pioneer. The money is a reward for spending years of faithfulness in Bethel in a prominent position, but had to leave because of illness, etc.

  ~Merry
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  VM44

  Nathan Knorr kept the tradition going as he drove, or rode at the least, in Cadillacs when he was president of the WTBTS.

  --VM44
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  Lady Lee

  Nathan Knorr kept the tradition going as he drove, or rode at the least, in Cadillacs when he was president of the WTBTS

  I have this vague memory of reading somewhere (possibly here on this site) a personal experience of someone wanting to talk to either Franz or Knorr and they were pushed aside as Franz or Knorr got into their car. Anyone have any idea of where that might be? Was it larc possibly?
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  prophecor

  I just feel like such a fool. I hate organised religion. Brings out the beast in men.
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  Lady Lee

  Prophecor

  There is no shame in realizing you were lied to.

  The shame is defending it after you know about it
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  Atlantis

  Scroll down the page. The letter is in English. Cadillac bribes to Knorr. http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/knorr.htm
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  Lady Lee

  Rats. I think they have gone over their bandwidth limit for the day. It's not showing up and when I go to the site I got zip-zero-nada
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  mann377

  Knorr and many of the "big shots" got their rides from the paper companies that did business with the WTBS. One such company was "Domtar". The paybacks were huge! Other suppliers also paid kick backs. Where do you think Bro. Couch got all his booze?