February 27, 1964

 Meditations by B. C. Money

As we have been housed in during these cold snowy days it has been a good time for reflections and “Meditation.” I found an old record book of the Union Cross Sunday School covering the period from 1901 to 1907. As I studied the contents it brought back memories of pleasant occasions and those I had associated with. It records the activities and management of the school. It lists the names of those that served as officers with a complete record of those attending. The roll was called every Sunday and those present and absent were marked. The following persons served as officers during this period: Superintendent, Gurney Hobson, three years, W. B. Money, Mrs. E. C. West and B. C. Money; secretary, Miss Collie Groce, Nannie Groce, Julius Williams and Miss Pearl Choplin; choir leader, B. C. Money and Charles Williams until he married and moved to Deep Creek Friends Community. There was no organ in our church at that time and the choir leader used a tuning fork to get the pitch of the song. The school operated several years prior to 1900 and Uncle Daniel Adams was Superintendent and Uncle Tommie Vestal led the singing. Some of the adults attending the Sunday School during this period were Uncle John Bovender, Uncle “Bake” Hobson, W. E. Bovender, James and Franklin Williams, Joel Bovender, Stephen Brown, Boyd Vestal and many others. Many of the “Ripple” family living in different parts of the country remember those days of long ago when they attended Sunday School at Union Cross.