The residents of Stratton had been visited for years by ministers of the local Wellsville Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, who had had problems with a few local officials regarding such house - to - house ministry ever since 1979.
طوال سنوات ،‏ كان مبشرون من جماعة ويلزڤيل المحلية لشهود يهوه يقومون بزيارة سكان ستراتون .‏