Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-26
PASADENA CONGREGATION OUT
OF DEBT
Friends Church soiemnly Dedicated
President TIbbetts of Whittier
College officIating-Member-
ship Pledge $1,000
Pasadena Agency.
IL North Raymond Avenue
Telephone Main 1l41.

Gated today when the newly remooeleo
home of the Society of Friends, at the
corner of Raymond avenue and Villa
street. was declared ready for occu-
nancy and the first meeting or that
fiourishing denomination held therein
Since the first of December the build
ing has been in the hands OF the con-
tractors and it has been altered and
enlarged until the present editice very
little resembles the one the congresa-
ton was wont to use.
over $1,000 has been expended in max
ing these changes, and today the beau
tiful building, practically new was
formally rededicated with every cent
of indebtedness removed. The three
formal exercises of the day We're
largely attended and of exceptional IN
terest.
AT II a. m. Rev. DR.. c. E, Tebbetts
president of Whittier college, was the
preacher. At p. m. the pastor OF the
church. Rev. Harry r. Keates, gave an
address and at his solicitation the con-
gregation raised the sum of S30OO
which was the amount needed to place
the church free Of debt. DR.. Tebbetts
then officiated in the formal rededlca-
ton of the building. quartet con-
sisting of DR.. Arthur Jessup, Mr. ana
Mrs. Allen Tomlinson and Miss Anna
TOmIinBOn or WnlLlleT dSSlSICb AAA S4iS
special music at this service.
At 7:30 %. m. the address was by Rev.
I,indley A. Wells, general superintea-
dent of the society. There was special
music at the three principal services.
In the afternoon Mrs. Walter Raymond
sang a solo which was greatly enjoyed
Al this service warm greetings We're
brought from the other churches of the
city. The church as now arranged ana
equipped is one of the prettiest ana
best planned of the citys smaller
churches. F.
The work of rebuilding was In the
hands of Mr.. Wooster. j. NJ. Kiehl, w.
T.. Taber, r. B. Newly, D. A curl
Aaron Roberts, Mrs, Mary f. Reynolds
and Mrs. Jennie f. Roberts. The
Friends congregation began holding
meetings for worship in this city IN
1882. building it's first church three
wears later and locating on the present
site in 1894.
Petition Not Ready
Petitions for the annexation of the
Fast Pasadena district will not be pre-
sented to the Pasadena city councll
TUESDAY night of this week as was eX-
pected but will certainly be ready for
such action one week later.
The petition of residents on the east
side is ready, having over 200 names on
it-practically a majority of the prop
er+v owners of the district-and will be
handed in as it stands. Chairman c, d.
Sargent of the committee in charge
saws that it has been physically lmpos-
sibIe in the short time allowed TO cover
the whole district, but that only ABOUT
10 per cent of those called upon nave
been found opposed to annexatlon: Ne
cent arrivals almost invariably desire
to come into the city, those opposing
being usually the older settlers VINO
own more or less acreage.
While this petition is ready the other
netition. the one which must bear one
flfth of the qualified voters of Pasadena
at the last election upon it Qn this case
about 900 namesl is not ready. CITY
surveyor Pearson and Assistant City
ATTORNEY Mcdonald have been delayed
in getting the boundary lines ana
correct description in this petition. But
it will be hurried to completion -thls
week and the two will go TO the clty
council together on Tuesday, April D.
Ready to Choose Site
An inportant meeting of the South
Pasadena. school board will be held to-
morrow evening. County Superlntend-
ent of Schools Keppel and the citizens
committee on choosing site Tor the
nT01ecIeQ
with the board and definite action VIII
he taken as to the location of this new
building.
Under the state law the board of edu-
cation and the county superintendent
have the power to choose the site un-
aided or unhampered by the electors
of the district. But in the interests of
harmony the school board agreed to
leave the choice in the present instance
nf nlnnlp
meeting an early date for this election
will be chosen and the call issued.
It is believed that the majority OF
the electors favor what is known as
the JeWett property, a siX-acre tract
between Fremont and Diamond streets,
the price of which is now $4,000, and
lust $1,000 higher than before the sec
ond election.
Contractors estimate that a suitable
high school building can be constructed
for s45, 900, which would leave $4,000 out
of the total of SCI, 900 authorized at the
recent bond election for equipment The
board is known to favor the Jewett
site and every effort will be made to
have it chosen.
Keystone Club Won
There was a battle royal this after
noon at the new Vernon avenue baseball
grounds between the Keystone club of
Los Angeles and the Myers Pasadena
team, but when it ended the scalps Of
the local players dangled from the Wis
itors' belts.
1t was hard fought game, the final
score standing 8 to in favor of the
Keystones. These two teams are old
rivals on the diamond.
When last they met an eleven Inning
game went to the Los Angeles men by
2 to / score, and the Pasadena crowd
fondly hoped that the score would be
reversed today. Whaling, who occupied
the box for the visitors, was found to
be a wonder and the other eight men
were with him all of the time.
Gray pitched and Rickard caught for
the locals, but the absence of the first
basemen, Roy Rafferty,, coupled with a
lot of bad luck, lost the game.
The Pasadena team has won five out
of eight games this season and can
afford to take the defeat philosophic-
ally. Next Sunday the team meets the
c. Leonards team from Los Angeles on
the Vernon avenue grounds.
Result Of. Inquest
Coroner Trout held an inquest at II