1943-44 — Milton Henschel Historical Documents

by Marvin Shilmer 16 Replies latest jw friends

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  Band on the Run

  The documents are fascinating. I love the formatting of the documents with the aged paper effect.

  My family knew Henschel well before he was president. They had good words for him, in contrast to Knorr and Rutherford. Maybe if we stayed in, their opinion would have changed when he became president.

  I am curious as to why someone so young was chosen for Knorr's private secretary. Did he have foreign language skills? My mind jumps to another reason. I had the impression they were around the same age. What was the age difference?

  One of the things that bothered me growing up was the lack of gravitas with the Society. So these gods were actual historical figures. Interesting.
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  Marvin Shilmer

  Band on the Run,

  You write:

  "I love the formatting of the documents with the aged paper effect."

  So that readers do not misunderstand, I have not formatted any documents to give an "aged" effect. The documents are presented as scanned. They appear old because they are old.

  Marvin Shilmer
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  No Apologies

  Milton Henschel was President of the Watchtower Society from December 30, 1992 until his death on March 22, 2003.

  Not to be nit picky, but this is not correct. Henshel resigned as President of the Society back in 2000.

  No Apologies
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  ThomasCovenant

  Thank you for your research and postings.

  Do all American's have to sign the same oath today to get a passport?
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  Marvin Shilmer

  No Apologies,

  You write:

  "Not to be nit picky, but this is not correct. Henshel resigned as President of the Society back in 2000."

  That criticism is entirely correct. Thanks for pointing out my error presented above.

  Marvin Shilmer
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  snowbird

  Behold the man, Marvin Shilmer!

  Syl
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  Marvin Shilmer

  Thomas Covenant,

  You write:

  "Do all American's have to sign the same oath today to get a passport?"

  Since the early 1970s US citizens have not had to pledge the national oath of allegiance to obtain a passport. Oddly enough, Nathan Knorr continued to pledge the oath of allegiance even after it was no longer essential to obtain a passport. Of coarse, he did not advertise this, and I doubt he thought anyone outside Bethel would ever learn of it either.

  Marvin Shilmer