Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 12, Number 9, DeMotte, Jasper County, 8 January 1942 — Pastor Makes Calls on Bicycle [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Pastor Makes Calls on Bicycle

Columbus, Ohio—The Rev. Sheridan W. Bell Jr., Pastor of the Maple Grove Methodist Church who visits members of the congregation dressed in a leather jacket, with a bicycle providing transportation. Rev. Bell, whose congregation numbers 550 members representing 230 families, says he uses the bicycle in place of his car in order to conserve fuel and tires for national defense

Photograph of Rev. Sheridan W. Bell Jr., on bicycle.