Printing in Spanish Branch is finished

Last Wednesday was printed in Spain the last numbers of The Watchtower and Awake! in the Spanish Branch. Now the printer is awaiting for better times somewhere. Britain may be??? Below some pictures are available.

The old timer next to the printer is Eduardo Palau (Mister Champan) used to be a member of the branch committee till 1998 when he got married to a sister of 28 years old. He was 40 years older at that time. A few months later that year Gerrit Losch cut him off from the committee as well as the Branch coordinator J.H. Kurtz.

I don't understand why people around is taking pictures and smiling. This meant that 70 have been kicked out of Bethel. Many of them in their forties and fifties. The massive departure have to be completed by 1st of January 2010.

http://www.extj.com/foro/showthread.php?t=15038

Most of us are not members, so we can't view the photos.

Cheers

Chris

While many of us are overjoyed at the WTS losing ground....

We also cannot help but feel sadness and anger over the shameful reasons why Spain's R&F built Bethel is closing and liquidating to the London Bethel.

How many more of such pictures will we see coming from the likes of Greece, or Italy soon?

Why were they cut off from the committee?

There really is something profoundly sad about those pictures. 

But I guess that without the clear moral authority of correctness or reasonableness, no amount of fancy buildings, equipment, and a well-dressed servant class can sustain things.

Did this Kurtz leave Jws? Or whose blog is this one: http://www.johnhenrykurtz.blogspot.com/  ?

Answering some of the question I'd say:

1.- Whereas JH Kurtz was kick out from the committee was basically that he was acused of being a drunk by J. Bursnall (Garlic Head) who became a member of the committee straight away in the same zone visit. John Kurtz was known as a heavy drinker. He was deported  to Brooklyng in February 1999. Eventually, he passed away in 2002 in Bethel.

Ed Palau is just a brainless man. As a factory overseer was a police dog. No educated man at all and quite rude in his behaviour. The reason why he was kick out from the committee, was a lack of respect from avery one who knows him, specially within the committe. He never pay respect to the guys who was working with. He ruled as Knorr in the 70s. Is easier to know why he was in the committee: He was able to speak English. He was a galaadite in the 60s.

Lots of gossips and jokes were circulating all ocer the country when he was engaged to this young lady 40 years younger than him. Under his regime no one who was engaged remain as a bethelite. He didn't hesitate to meet the guy pissing in the loo and tell him from the door: We have dealt with your case about being engaged and the decision is that we do not need you any more. Good luck.

He is just a foolish who became something because he was JW able to speak English.

Que lastima!