Religion: Uranium Parish

A millionaire hired an Episcopal priest last week to help him give away his money with charity and prudence.

This new kind of pastorate might never have come into being if, one day in 1948, the organ in a small Minnesota country church had not broken down. Deacon Alan Humrickhouse of Royalton, Minn, (pop: 500) went looking for an electrician. He found Vernon Pick at nearby Two Rivers. Talking over the repair job at Pick's house, he was surprised to find the electrician had a library that would do justice to a college professor. Pick was equally surprised to hear the way...

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