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LETTERS from readers & brief items |
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NOTE: The letter above arrived in April handwritten from a Jehovah's Witness in France who has been subscribing secretly to Comments from the Friends. Compare Stephan E. Wolf's letter from Germany in our previous issue, about 'new light' on voting in that country as well.Editor
TIDBITS ON THE GOVERNING BODY
ACCORDING to JW postings on the Internet, Governing Body member Gerrit Loesch spoke in April at the dedication of a new assembly hall in Mexico and revealed that Karl Kline is now 92 years old and in poor health. Carey Barber is also 92, but is in good health and travels a lot. Loesch also revealed previously unpublished information about his own background: He was not raised "in the truth" and has no JW family members. Someone witnessed to him in 1958 when he was working in a hotel in Austria. He became a pioneer in 1961 and a special pioneer three months later. He was appointed circuit overseer in 1963 and attended Gilead School in 1965. Then he returned to Austria where he served until called to join the Governing Body in 1990.
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