I really liked Mike and Pat Swanson. They were my favs. For the most part the rest of them were either forgettable or I wished their evilness was forgettable. The worst was Bro. Chinn (sp). I know I went thru this b/4 on another thread. Cannot remember his first name (or in other words cannot bother to remember his first name). He was married to the chick whose mom draws those kids w/ the really big creepy eyes... you know the story ... b/4 she "found the truth" the kids eyes were all sad and then she found the truth and the creepy kids eyes were all happy!
Any Circuit or District Overseers That Made An Impression On You?
by minimus 84 Replies latest jw friends
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Gopher
Favorite circuit overseer -- Ray Harriman. What a great sense of humor.
Favorite district overser -- Charles Valorz (probably still well-remembered in Wisconsin and Minnesota). A very gifted speaker, tried his best to simplify the labyrinthine doctrines of the WTS.
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Vinny
I liked Antrim Smith. He was my fav CO actually. Never saw things like you just mentioned. But it would not surprise me too much. I did not care too much for Ken Karass, Bill Parks or Jim Roberts. Paul Ellingworth was a gifted speaker. Had nice Italian boots every time I saw him. You never got bored when he was up. Hawaiian C.O.'s ALL were weak and bland. I also thought Goff was a strong DO. He died just a couple years ago here in Hawaii during an assembly rehearsal.
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Hortensia
the only name I recognized was Goff and I don't remember anything about him. I remember one poor CO's wife whose mother was dying and she wasn't allowed to go stay with her mother but had to stay in the circuit with her husband, duty before family, I guess. I felt sorry for her. I remember one CO whose wife had been a singer in Las Vegas. She was quite good looking and not at all apologetic about having worked in Vegas although she made it clear she had never been a chorus girl. I liked sitting near them because she was such a good singer. Don't remember many others...
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RHodge6685
I don't remember his first name, but we loved our CO Brother Matson. He was a great speaker and a a sense of humor. Even my kids didn't mind going to the meetings when he was there. : )
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snowbird
Kent Karres and his lovely wife, Becky. I think he's from Connecticut. Anybody remember them or know what happened to them?
Snwbird
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minimus
I was friendly with DO Bill Samuelson. He stayed over my house and desperately wanted to get on the internet. At the time, I wasn't into computers and he was very disappointed. I liked him. He and his wife knew what Bethelites were all about and he was a regular guy. I hope someday he can get out.
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Mary
My sister had a real idiot of a CO years ago: Larry Erikson. His sole mission in life was to make sure that no elders or MS's were working shift work and if they were, he gave them till his next visit to quit and find another job or they'd be deleted, end of story. This asshole deleted so many elders on the flimsiest of reasons, that apparently even the Canadian Bethel took notice and said to him "What are you going to do----keep deleting them till there's none left?!"
He got transferred out west somewhere and continued on with his delete button, until I heard a couple of years ago that Bethel finally deleted him from being a CO after numerous complaints about him.
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minimus
My number 1 person on the crap list is CO Terry Angelacos. He LOVED deleting elders! Especially Presiding Overseers. I heard he was ill with many health problems. He was one guy that I really despised. He looked like a big fat peanut (with shell).
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steve2
Gannon seems like a must to avoid. Is he still around? When I hear some of the accounts, I feel genuine empathy for congregations coming under the influence of such compassion-less men.
I knew a CO couple in New Zealand, surname Bines: He was dull and bookish and she always seemed kind of shut down. She killed hereself in the mid-1980s, a few years after they stopped circuit work. Genuinely sad outcome after all the years devoted to the religion.