A Forgotten Utility, Rediscovered
With the introduction of modern air conditioning, these simple fans have become primarily obsolete. The cutouts that once provided utility have faded from memory. Now, many people look at these pew slots and wonder what they were for. But anyone who sat fanning themselves through a sticky hot July sermon will easily recognize these little symbols of church life of yesteryear.
Even with new technology changing how we meet, gather, worship, and stay comfortable, little pieces like this remind us of a time when people made do with less. People were at least trying to be graceful about it, while fanning themselves with a sheet of cardboard that had started out as a business card.
The Charm Lives On
You don’t see them often, but every now and then you might see one behind glass on a wall somewhere, or in a vintage store for sale. You may still see an old pew in a historical church with a notch cut out of the front. Now you will know what it was used for. You may just be a little cooler with the memory.
Because sometimes a cardboard fan and a notched cut out evokes the best memories of the good old days.
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