old time religion by Jim Linderman: Rex Humbard Evangelist and Girdle Manufacturer old time religion

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Rex Humbard Evangelist and Girdle Manufacturer old time religion

Rex Humbard provides answers to life's problems here in 1970. At one time, Humbard owned the following, presumably all tax free.

A GIRDLE factory in Brooklyn

A college on Mackinac Island in Michigan

An advertising agency

Humbard attempted to build a rotating restaurant atop his "Cathedral of Tomorrow" complex. The Securities and Exchange Commission finally caught up with him and he was forced to abandon the project.

Humbard was the preacher at Elvis Presley's funeral (The OTHER King)

Humbard was proud of himself. He wrote TWO autobiographies.

Rex's rocking band stirs the audience into a religious fervor.

1 comment:

Donna LethalJanuary 5, 2012 at 9:37 AM
A girdle factory...so he could lift 'em up to the Lord.
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