A VICAR IN BUSINESS
The old-world village of Claverley, Shropshire, with a population of 1153, has for its vicar the Rev. Ralph Potts Guy He is in his seventieth year, and,' according to Crockford's Clerical Directory, derives a net income of £300 a* year from his parish together with house. Yet his is the mind behind a £1,500,000 dream garden city which is gradually taking shape at Ickenham, Middlesex. . It is a scheme which he has been developing for twenty years. Once earning £3 a week as a provincial journalist, Mr. Guy soon discovered his flair for buying and selling. He was a man with a Midas touch, who could not help making money. Gradually he began to accumulate a fortune. He entered the Church in 1902 But he did not give up his business interests. - The people of Claverley are grateful For this financial wizard who is their vicar has solved the local unemployment problem. He has financed schemes for land development and administration. There is more work to be done than there are people to do it. "We can always find work in Claverley for those who want it," said the vicar recently.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 112, 15 May 1939, Page 16
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195A VICAR IN BUSINESS Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 112, 15 May 1939, Page 16
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