Even after he had received oversight of the worldwide preaching activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses in January 1942, he sometimes played baseball with members of the Bethel family and students of the Gilead missionary school at the campus near South Lansing, New York.
Bahkan, setelah ia menerima tugas untuk mengawasi kegiatan pengabaran Saksi - Saksi Yehuwa di seluruh dunia pada bulan Januari 1942, ia kadang - kadang masih bermain bisbol bersama anggota keluarga Betel dan siswa - siswa sekolah utusan injil Gilead di kampus dekat South Lansing, New York.