Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19
TO BUILD.
SELL CHURCH STRUCTURE ON
THIRD STREET TO Y. W. c. A.
At Meeting Last Evening Members of
First Baptist Church Vote to Erect
New Structure--Association Pays
$1,000 for Property.

The members of the First Baptist
church at meeting held last evening
decided to build new $4,000 or
$4,000 church structure, and accepted
the offer of the Qttumwa Y. w. G. A.
of $1,000 for the present building on
West Third street. By this transac-
ton the Baptists will have a larger
and more adequate place of worship
and the association members will be
given a home which will be large
enough to accommodate it's ever in
creasing membership. There is no site |
as yet secured for the new Baptist
church edifice. This matter, however,
and the other arrangements have been
referred to the trustees and deacons
of the church. The Y. w. G. A. will
take possession of the building in June
I,or July and will at once commence re-
pairs to fit the building for it's needs.
The building project has been talk
ed of in the First Baptist church forI
some time and committees have been
quietly at work for weeks securing
subscriptions for the purpose of erect
/ ing new church building. Last eve
| ming special meeting was called and
/ the greater number of the members
of the church responded. When the
report of the. committee was read it
| showed that $4,000 had been secured.
The matter of building was at onca
put to vote and was carried almost
! unanimously. but three negative votes
hn tr,tc
deacons of the church were then au-
! thorized to proceed as committee to
! select and purchase site and arrange
for the erection Of the new church
home The committee named is as
follows: DR.. E. 7. Edgerly, w. H
! Cooper, DR.. H. w. Roberts, 3. A.
Chambers, John Peach, DR.. j. Miller,
j. E. Willis, Will Harrington, G. L. Fir.
I kins and Hugh jameson.
To Be Modernly Fitted.
The plans for the new building are
as yet in embryo as it was not known
. until last evening that the project
would carry as required by vote oi
81 the church mepahers.3 However, it is
l.stateds the church will be entirely
modern in its appointments and viii
be fitted with large auditorium ant
a Sunday school room adjoining, which
:. will be separated from the main room
by a folding partition. The seating
4 capacity will be between four ant
q five hundred and this can be greatly
increased by removing the partition
II and throwing the two rooms together
q The Y. w. c. A. will take possession
of the building in the summer ant
$ while it has not as yet been definitely
II decided, it is thought probable tina
the Baptists will worship in the Y. M
el C. A. auditorium until the completion
J. of the new church.
q Y. w. c. A. to Improve Building.
The officers of the Y. w. G. A. will
y make extensive improvements afte
W they secure possession of the Baptis
church building. One of the officer
~ announced this morning that anothe
story would be added to the buildin
and that it would be fitted up in tn
most complete manner, to include a
auditorium, gymnasium, readin
h rooms, parlors, game and dinin
:" rooms. The association officers ar
planning to have the Improvement
10 finished by September /.