“Pastor Aids Fund,” Indianapolis Recorder, February 11, 1961, p. 2 – Transcript || Annotation || Archive || Back
[text appears as caption under image of Jones handing a check to Clemmont Vontress – see original for the image]
Pastor Aids Fund: Rev. James Jones (left), pastor of Peoples Temple, Disciples of Christ, present his personal check for $200 to Clemmont Vontress, Attucks High School guidance director, to mark the opening of the school’s new scholarship fund-raising program. Vice-principal Wilbur Chenault approves the transaction. Rev. Jones, currently a practice teacher at the school, made his contribution during a school-community scholarship meeting held recently in the school’s library.