The bell ringers at that affluent church had a great income for the 1940's. Heck that's not bad change in today's world.
shareThe idea is probably that that large church had many bells, and so it took multiple ringers, not one. The $20 an hour would been split between them.
shareI'm certain it was meant to portray that the parish's general fund was to receive a sizable portion of the benefaction.
shareI think they put that in there to show that Father Spinsky and his church were not as benevolent as Father Paul, who had St. Michael's, the smaller church that wasn't doing as well and even needed to be fixed up.
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