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Father Leo de Geeter, Roman Catholic priest from Ostend, Belgium, arrivedin the U. S. to raise $100,000 for a new parish church. His method: Bysinging old Flemish songs. Declared he: “My voice is a gift from God. I shall commercialize it in His service.”
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