Word: fifield
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There Be Light. Dr. Fifield's predecessor, a man of 73, used to prowl through the empty church, turning off the electric lights, in a pathetic attempt at economy. Dr. Fifield turned all the lights on again. In almost no time the First Congregational blazed brighter than the San Francisco Fair, had almost as many exhibits...
...outlay does not worry Dr. Fifield at all. He believes that new activities bring new people, and new people bring new money. Besides, he has a genius for attracting donations and legacies. There is a story that at a meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce two members were standing in front of a hotel when they saw a panhandler approaching from one direction, Dr. Fifield from the other. They pointed out Dr. Fifield to the panhandler, saying that the parson had plenty of money. The panhandler closed with the parson. When the panhandler left, Dr. Fifield revealed...
Said one observer: "General Motors lost a good salesman when Fifield went into the ministry." (Dr. Fifield's present salary: $16,000 a year...
...Fifield's drive to pay off the mortgage on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the First Congregational Church is his greatest high-pressure campaign to date. Practically everything was done to church members to make the money roll out of their pockets except stand them on their heads. There were pledges, mite boxes (for children's pennies) which yielded as much as $100 a week. Special publicity promised church members who pledged even the smallest amount that their names and their children's names would be printed on a vast parchment scroll to be permanently...
...triumphant campaign Dr. Fifield made one small mistake. In his elation he invited an official of the bank which held the mortgage to witness the mortgage payment. The banker wired: "Please be reminded that officers of the bank do not at this period derive an ecstasy of pleasure upon the payment in full of a satisfactory mortgage. However...