, 1905-02-11
IN
NEW HOME
METHODIST CONGREGATION PRE-
PAIRING TO OCCUPY CHURCH
BASEMENT TOMORROW.
Sunday School Rooms Near Enough
Completed to Accommodate All
Services Of Church on That Day
Hoped to Complete Structure in
Time for Meeting of Conference.

Committees from the congregation
and Ladies' Aid society of the Metho-
dist church spent the day in getting
the basement of the new church at
the corner of Fifth n Thornburgh
streets ready for occupancy tomorrow,
when all the Sunday services of the
church will be held in the new build
ing. There vas much to do and much
that will have to be left undone, but
whel the workers leave off this after
noon the rooms will be in comfortable
shape and the worshipers will be en-
tirely comfortable tomorrow, no mat
ter what the weather may be.
The basement of the church was de
signed to accommodate the Sunday
school, and ample provision is made
for its comfort. There a little in
the design of the story for the reg
ular church services, but they can
adapt themselves to the surroundings,
and Rev. Bross will find his flock well
housed.
The basement story consists of the
Sunday school room in the forward
half of the building, a large, well light
ed room, seated with benches and
chairs, with a platform running along
the northern wall, Upon which will be
seated the choir and upon which will
stand the organ and the pulpit. The
primary room is in the shape OF an
l. in the western half of the building,
SO arranged that it may be entered
from the north entrance to the base
ment and not interfere with the Sun
day school DOM. In this room will be
the chairs used by the primary depart
ment in the old church. Off of this
commodious boiler and coal room for
room are the kitchen and toilet rooms,
well fitted up for the convenience of
the Ladies Aid society. There is a
the heating plant to be installed later,
but now the basement will be heated
with stoves.
The interior Of the basement has
been finished in hard pine with ma
tural finish, and makes a very pretty
room or rooms. There is an easy
stairway from the north side of the
church, from a porch built on purpose,
the entrance to the Sunday school
room being separate from the main
entrance to the auditorium on the
et,No H-r, ,1t1r,,r1 t1- InttAr aa, he
entered from the Sunday school en-
trance. The stairway furnishes an
entrance to the primary rooms sep
arate from that to the Sunday school
rooms so that the little mes may
come and go without disturbing the
main body.
The tomorrow will include
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m, with DR..
Aven Nelson as the superintendent.
The opening exercises in the new
room will include singing by the
young peoples double quartette in two
numbers, an address by Prof. C. B.
Ridgaway and the regular Sunday
school singing and other exercises, the
latter being somewhat curtaiIed to
give way to the quasi-inaugural exer-
cises.
The preaching service will begin at
II o'clock, as usual. with Chaplain
Stull in the pulpit. The choir of the
church will render the music at the
morning service and will be assisted
at the evening service by the young
folks double quartettee. The platform
will accommodate both the choir and
the double quartette.
A little room has been fitted up in
the ecess under the tower in the
northeast corner of the building for
the use of the secretary Of the Sun
day school. This will be separated
from the Sunday school room with cur
tains, and here the secretary and treas
urer of the school will prepare theil
reports without ~interrupting the exer
| cises in the larger rooms.
The Sunday school oom will be
lighted with electric lights at the cell
ing ana heated for the present will
stoves, two of which were going toda!
at red heat. drying the ant
warming it for tomorrow's exercises
The congregation and Sunday schoo
are to be congratulated upon thus earl!
getting the use of the basement. !
is The intention of the building CON
mittee to proceed with all speed t,