Edwin Skinner was overseeing the work of the India branch at that time. He had attended the eighth class of the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead in 1946 with many other faithful brothers, including Harold King and Stanley Jones, who were assigned to China.
सन्‌ 1946 में वे हैरल्ड किंग और स्टैन्ली जोन्स्‌ जैसे कई वफादार भाइयों के साथ वॉचटावर बाइबल स्कूल ऑफ गिलियड की आठवीं क्लास से ग्रैजुएट हुए ।