A Look Back: Forty-four Years Ago
by Ed Busch, Archives Committee
(I’ve been out of town a lot lately so I’m going to fill in the blog with some posts the Archives Committee did in the early 2000s. This first one was published in December 2009.)
In December 1980, when the newsletter was called The Liberal Express, it came out once a week, typed on a two-sided 8 1/2 by 16 sheet of paper. On December of that year Denise Tracy was the minister and Charles Haynes was president. Joey Latterman was RE director.
On Sunday December 14 the sermon title was “Is There Really a Moral Majority, a liberal response to the seemingly conservative tide.” A carol singing party was planned for the Assembly Hall on Saturday night and the women’s bag lunch was Thursday. Dr. John Schneider was going to discuss loneliness and the stresses and joys of the Christmas season on Thursday evening.
The children in the church school created tomtens [Swedish folklore character] on the previous Sunday morning. The Christmas offering would go to purchase the Schuman Baby Grand Piano.
Five Christmas open houses were scheduled with signup in the social hall. The church’s Free New Year’s Eve Party was scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; bring your own food and drinks.
The Membership Committee suggested that “each of us bring a signed Christmas card to hang on the Social Room Hall during December. This will serve to let us all relay season’s greeting to each other and to give a Christmas atmosphere to the social hall.”
…and Corey Erickson was looking for a home for his Gentle Guinea Pig for about 6 days during Christmas. He would pay 50 cents a day for good care.
(I hope to get back to my regular blogs in August. EB)
Images used:
Rev. Denise Tracy circa 1976, UUCGL Archives image 2008.0537.
Memorial Garden Dedication 1984 (Back Row: Sherwood Haynes, Pat Atkinson, Dan Talhelm, Terry Dennis. Front Row: Rev. Denise Tracy, Marion Lay), UUCGL Archives image 2007.0334 (cropped).
Joey Latterman date unknown, UUCGL Archives image 2008.0320
