Word: teegarden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cults pose a problem for main-line churches in general, the Rev. Jim Jones posed a particularly difficult one for Indianapolis' Kenneth L. Teegarden, president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a respectable denomination of 1.3 million members. Until his death Jones, for all his aberrations, was a clergyman in good standing in that church. What is more, he took care to join the Guyana Council of Churches...
Under the Disciples' tradition of local autonomy, says Teegarden, "it is not possible nor has it been desirable to conduct investigations of the activities or ministries of local congregations. We have stood firmly for a variety of styles and approaches to Christian mission." He adds that because of the "tenuous relations" between headquarters and local churches, he had only a "bare knowledge" of Jones' operation. That is remarkable, given the fact that Jones' Peoples Temple branches were two of the five largest congregations in the church and for a decade he had stirred more press controversy than...
...police arrested 194 men, mostly miners from Indiana's U.M.W. District 11. Last week any visitor was met by at least three AR-15-armed guards. In his office, which still has holes in the wall from the ax attack of the U.M.W. toughs, B&M Owner Paul Teegarden kept a 9-mm Smith & Wesson automatic pistol on his desk and a 12-gauge shotgun on the wall. Said Teegarden, who lived in his office from the beginning of the strike: "If they come again they won't walk away...
...Though Teegarden and Van Winkle slumped back into their chairs after every number, they later recalled feeling as though they had been performing in front of a live audience. "I felt like I was on a gig," said Van Winkle. "I kept expecting applause." At one point during the session Damon asked Teegarden and Van Winkle to play one song, Happy Organ Shuffle, in three different moods: light, sad, then angry ("All the frustrating and angry things that have ever happened over the years are now building up inside of you"). On the angry version the music grew harsh...
When Damon finally brought Teegarden and Van Winkle out of their trance, Van Winkle blinked and drew laughs from observers in the studio by asking: "Now are we going to play?" In fact, most critics who attended the session felt that the duo had played up to or better than their norm-whatever the reason. Said Detroit News Amusement Writer Bill Gray: "The music was good and the duo was incredibly tight. It was definitely a mind blower...