Am familiar with Baptist preachers of that era! My maternal grandfather was one....
By the way, I also used to know a guy who grew up in the same Pennsylvania town as John Alden Knight, who developed the tables. During summers my friend Dave made money caddying at the local golf course, and caddied for Knight a LOT.
Once day Dave got up the nerve to ask him, "Mister Knight, do your tables really work?
Knight looked at him, then asked, "How many days a week do you caddy for me?"
Dave thought, then said, "Most days."
Alden said, "Then I'd say they work...."
