The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-09
AN INTERESTING BATCH
OF MOODY NEWS


morning and lasted about twenty
four hours.
Despite the cold wave Sunday
School was well attended Sunday
as usual A few were absent but
four new members were present.
, Mrs. Claud Ravens and little
brother, Dean, have been visiting
relatives the past week at Lubbock.
Mr.. Tharp's son, George who IS
working at Wilson, Texas, visited
4 his parents Of Moody. the latter
part Of the week.
Whsle league is spending the
week with Mrs. Ulis King, as Mrs.
/ Kings husband is away.
Mesdames Frazier and Murray
made a business trip 10 Lubbock
Tuesday in the interest Of our box
supper.
Rev. Gum. a Baptist preacher, Of
I / eveland has promised to preach
at Moody next Sunday afternoon
I al 3 o'clock. We earnestly in
vite the people from other commu-
mites 20 come and be with as and
hear Brother Gum preach.
Prof leagues family moved in
I % our community Friday Their
home is on one Of the blocks adj
joining the school grounds
Mr. Tharp took another bale Of
cotton to the gin today. Tie says he
will have one more bale of cotton
and then s. bale from pulling the
boiIes.
Since our farmers are about up
with their work and there b. "a time
Tor amusement. several OF the
younger men have decided upon
trapping ns their mode or sport.
As result they spent part Of last
week around the Boyd ranch. They
caught "a number OF cats and coy
otcs The sport goes well until
some vicious coyote refuses % give
un his hide without an attempt at
self ureservation and reiahates by
biting through h's captOr's wrist
Then the sportsmon hike for home
and The women fo'ksto get doc
t0red up and be- assured that some
dredfll hydrophobn germ is not
lurking in their system
You don't know the grit o. the
people unless you had seen the
. number no our box supper saturday
night who had come through an
that cold 20 get there Some came
sixteen miles.
TIE box supper which was given
% provide funds FOR our Christmas
I tree nctted nearly $1,000.
/ Mrs John Swof'0rd was voted
q the most popular lady ~ Moody
Land IN the cake contest The cake
brought Sli3a.
M. Green. Of the Slaughter
ranch and Miss simmons, teacher
Of the Boyd school attended t'e
box supper and helped out by bring
ing q box Miss simmons is bring
ing her pupils o. our program
and Christmas tree. We certainly
shall be glad 90 have them. Come
be- with as.
Great strides are already being
made toward Christmas tree.
Funds sufficient 90 finance the an
dertaknr are already in the hands
% the finance committee, and, n
the business session presided over
by Prof league, in his usual en-
thusiastic manner, all present, neces-
sarv committees were elected. Mrs.
league was made chairman Of the
finance committee, Mrs. Harry Pal
mer OF the program committee and
John Swofford was made chairman
Of the tree committee.
Everybody who is looking for a
good time and plenty Of excitement
come 70 Moody Christmas Eve.
There viii be plenty Of fun for al.
The contests VIII begin at loo
o'clock D. m. There viii be horse
racing. foot racing. bronx riding goa,
roping contest ard a basket bal
game. Possibly more events wiiI
be added later
Quite an interesting basket ball
game was played last Friday even.
Ing between Moody ard Leveland
There was quite a jolly crowd of
Moody thirty two In all
who went with the lram 10 Level
and where the game was played
The wind was SO high that botf
teams were at n great disadvantage
From the first Moody took The
lead with four scores 90 her credit
But Icveland finally rallied anC
won the first half by ! point. But
in the last half. after a desperate
struggle on both sides, the game
ended with an even score OF and
One Of Leveland's good player
was unable 20 play in the game OF
account OF an injured hand and tvs
Of Moody's first team were prevent
ed from playing. One with an In
jured hand and one with an injured
foot.
Moody was treated royalty b,
Leveland people. SO they say the,
would enjoy another trip TO th'