The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-18
FORMAL OPENING
Of METHODIST
CHURCH
Special Services to Be Held in
the Chapel Sunday.
PRESIDING ELDER PRESENT
Description Of the Beautiful Structure
Now Nearing completiou-The
Window Donors.

oPooiui oorVlCcS Will % u6lQ on tho
occasion OF the opening OF the chapel
or Sunday school rooms of the New
Methodist Episcopal church next Sun.
day, December %. A splendid pro-
gram has been arranged for all day.
n the morning Rev. Purcell L. Dow
OF Rutland, presiding elder OF the Bur
lington District, will preach the ser.
mon and at p. m. Rev. Fred L. Deck
er OF Saratoga, presiding elder of the
Saratoga district will preach. The
large chorus choir will render q full
program of Christmas music. The Sun
day school will meet for the first time
in the new rooms and each teacher
should see that all scholars are pres
ent. The new Sunday school rooms
are almost completed, and are indeed
very beautiful and so arranged as to
accommodate advanced modern
methods of Sunday school work most
perfectly. The ceiling is made of Cyp-
rus and consists of heavy circles with
large brackets very artistically con.
structed Between these the work is
beam panneling; the wainscoating and
doors are also of cyprus. the latter set
with heavy brass fixtures. The large
rolling doors. separating this room
from the auditorium, enclose an open.
ing OF fifty feet and are of southern
pine. A the wood work is stained
brown, which, with the light blue tint
on the walls makes a very pleasing
combination. AT the south end of the
building there are two large parlors,
one above the other, which open into
the main room, as does also the large
upper and lower vestibules. There Is
above these large room which is
nearly the fourth story.
The stairs, OF which there are three
flights are made OF oak treads and
cyprus ratings. In the north end
there are the PASTORS and choir rooms
over which is an open balcony. When
all the rooms are opened between
three and four hundred people can see
the platform and when the doors en-
tering the auditorium are opened near.
ly all these can see the pulpit of that
room. The room will be seated with
high back oak chairs.
The large window in the north end
will be given by W. Il. Bradford in
memory OF his father and mother Mr..
and Mrs II. Z. Bradford. It will be
beautiful window and is nearing com.
pletion; but will not be ready for next
Sunday, but will be unveiled to the
audience few Sundays later. The
side windows are those of the old
church. The front window over the
east vestibule is given by Miss Mae
Carney in memory Of her grandfather,
Judge John V. Carney and will soon
be in place. The smaller front win
dows will bear the names Of Mrs Fred
l.. Houghton, Oliver Perry Gokay and
Elizabeth Potter Cottrell. The fourth
smaller window Is not yet taken.
The east entrance leads also to the
basement where are the library and
reading room, Brotherhood room,
dining room, kitchen, toilet rooms,
etc.
Though the auditorium is not COM
pleted all the church work can ue
carried on and as the church is able
they can finish the work SO grandly
begun. The delay OF material makes
it impossible to have everything com
pleted for Sunday, but it is possible
to hold services. The large front
window of the auditorium will be given
by VIM r. Morgan and others of the
family in memory of their parents,
who we're among the first members of
the old church.
The public is invited to attend all
the services. a full program OF music
will be published later In the week.
WEATHER FORECAST