Scientology in Davis started at Martin Samuels' house, soon moved into a rented house on 1st st. (now a frat house), then into 1046 Olive Drive, where they stayed for around 18 years. During that time, they created enough culties to spin off missions in Sacramento, Portland, Sheridan OR, and San Francisco, started the Delphian schools, and indirectly brought the Sacramento Org into being. They're also the reason there's still an org in Portland. Thousands of people were introduced to the cult because of this mission, from RVY to Bruce Wiseman to Marty Rathbun. Davis was in the top 10 missions worldwide for most of its existence.
After the missions were forced into decline from '76-'82, and looted, the staff were, I gather, offered the choice of signing SO contracts or being assigned inappropriately large freeloader debts. By the late '80s, the mission was history.
(The building's currently available at $2500/mo. -- in historical context, this makes Ideal Morgues quite the joke.)
BUT, with so many upstat scilons in the area, it would naturally be resurrected. Steve Ferris, public from the old (COSMOD) mission, got things rolling again.
Now they've stopped rolling. A search for scientology in Davis yields nothing. The mission's last address, 231 G Street #25, is now occupied by a lawyer's office.
So long, cult. :dancer: :dancer:
After the missions were forced into decline from '76-'82, and looted, the staff were, I gather, offered the choice of signing SO contracts or being assigned inappropriately large freeloader debts. By the late '80s, the mission was history.
(The building's currently available at $2500/mo. -- in historical context, this makes Ideal Morgues quite the joke.)
BUT, with so many upstat scilons in the area, it would naturally be resurrected. Steve Ferris, public from the old (COSMOD) mission, got things rolling again.
Now they've stopped rolling. A search for scientology in Davis yields nothing. The mission's last address, 231 G Street #25, is now occupied by a lawyer's office.
So long, cult. :dancer: :dancer: