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0_ K 1 | 2 § B3 _â€"_________â€"â€"\ ( | _ is B4 /7 $ _ esn 1 i%}t Roberta Saliter, left, grew up Nss _ W Bs 38 \v\ 3 veue y ts > | Q« in the shadow of her mother, 2 °\__ . . ’*’“ Aimee Semple McPherson, | _ _ _ _ . C :%5 wA _shown here in a 1938 file y n . o "’5‘, "?‘E:‘x’c‘_._.‘;:.-' 4 . . 8 | NSR .. $ â€" photo.McPherson blazed her o || _ Cith. [ â€" way to fame in an era when 2s °. |_ _ g 3Â¥ | women remained at home. [E _ ; _ . \ ... * o d f 6 Preacher‘s devoti recalled by daughter The Salford Native _ _FQQNDED CHUROHE: mc aimee ‘wouldn‘t even ask (Sjemple McPherson story is inâ€" eed a monumental one. On the 'the people fOI’ gaS way from Salford to California, money’ Roberta she founded a church which toâ€" ® s day has 783 congregations in Salter says of her North America, more than 2,000 | foreign missions, 30 schools, 32 mother. bible colleges and a radio netâ€" | By Anne London zvorktvyhich broadcasts daily in 27 The London Free Press i Pomu serat 2e :: ie t o. ;~â€" McPherson also drew criticism _ WOODSTOCK â€" Roberta Saltâ€" for her show business approach er, the daughter of Oxford Counâ€" to preaching and provoked quesâ€" ty‘s most famous native, rememâ€" tions about her lifestyle, which bers her mother as a dedicated included three marriages. One of evangelist. the biggest controversies was in "She would drop everything to 1926 when she explained a 32â€" \travel across the country to day disappearance by saying she preach without even asking the was kidnapped amid rumors it people for gas money," Salter was staged to cover up an affair. says of her mother, Aimee Semâ€" Roberta says when her mother pie McPherson. returned to Canada after her faâ€" She grew up in the shadow of ther‘s death, she married Harold her mother, who blazed her wWay _ McPherson. For a while, Harold along the sawdust trail in an era McPherson worked alongside his when most women remained at famous wife. When the couple arâ€" home. Salter was born in HO9¢ _ rived in a new town, it was Kong after the 1909 death of her | McPherson who would pitch the father, missionary Robert Semâ€" tent and build the seats. lple, and spent her youth travelâ€" mother preachea. °* 5®" _ QUEEN OF THE MAY: "And then |\_Sister Aimee, as she came to be MY mother would “f'a:]k t&the‘gfil& : known, was born on a farm near P‘t like the queen of the ay.l C MobL L Louth oL Ingsrentt, in _ iwhat was he? Poople used o lno (1890. She was found dead in a 4t him and say, ‘There‘s the | . \California hotel room of an acciâ€" Preacher‘s husband.‘ : & ; \dental overdose of sleeping pills _ After the couple divorced, Sisâ€" | © in 1944. .. ter Aimee took Roberta and Rolf, | Now 79 and living in New York, _ a son born when she was married > Salter was here toview the Woodâ€"‘ to McPherson, to California | : stock Little Theatre‘s production. where she became pastor of Anâ€" Oof a play about her mother by _ gelus Temple with a congregation r Woodstock playwright Bill Butt._ of 5,300. ‘ ‘She was a feminist and she had The disappearance of her an exciting personality," Butt mother in 1926 and frontâ€"page |. says of the evangelist. newspaper stories of the incident |> Salter, who attended a perforâ€" _ left a deep impression on Salter, | : mance Friday at Woodstock Muâ€" then 16. "In those days, the news seum, says she was gle‘ased with _ boys used to shout ‘extra, extra, ie play â€" which she edlled "a .read all about it‘ when the papers monumental task" â€" although it _ came out. We were always part of may have moved along too quickâ€" _ the extra. That‘s why I say I develâ€" | _ ly for her liking. oped ‘extra‘ phobia."