[Magdalen] Bishop Cook: Another unfortunate piece of the story

[Grace Cangialosi]

Thanks...that was what I confused about! I didn't think the grape juice guy could be the founder of the JBS!

On Feb 4, 2015, at 9:23 PM, "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

>> On Feb 4, 2015, at 7:28 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> His name was Robert Welch, founder of Welch’s Grape Juice and whose brother was a prominent Methodist bishop.  Welch was also the founder of the John Birch Society.
> 
> And the Welch of Methodist fame was long dead even before John Birch was killed shortly after WWII.
> 
> Robert Welch of the John Birch Society was a relatively well known head of a candy company, and had nothing to do with those "Commie Pinko Methodists."
> 
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>