Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-07-25
Bethany Parish House.

Bethany Parish house, built in eonnee-
tion with Chandler Musio hall, is now
completed at cost OF $4,000, Of which
%, 500 has been paid, leaving an indebt-
edness of $1,000 for the society TO cover.
In bringing the matter TO the attention
OF Bethany congregation last Sunday, the
pastor, Rev, Fraser Metzger, stated that
the expense incurred in constructing the
Parish house has been greater than the
church contemplated. An additional
outlay was required in order to make the
house harmonize with the Music hall,
which has cost its builder and donor,
Col. A. b. Chandler, more than double
the sum he expected to devote to il. The
debt OF y, 900 il Is hoped can be raised
before the next annual meeting OF the
church.
The Parish house, substantial struc-
ture OF cement brick, 25x90 feet, has two
stories and basement. II is finished In
hardwood, much OF whieh-doors and
wainseotting-came from the Christian
church edifice, which was torn down 10
furnish a site for the new building.
The lower floor is divided into three
sections by wide sliding doors that per-
NIT of the whole space being thrown into
one vast assembly room, The whole
building is electric lighted, steam heated
and has handsome metal ceilings and
softly tinted walls. The first apartment,
to be used for evening meetings, is 33X25
feet and opens into possible club or mis-
sionary room, 16y25 feet, with a third
room beyond, 14x25 feet, that may be de-
voted to boys club and have small
printing outfit to handle the work OF
church folders and announcements.
AT the right of the entrance hall is a
commodious office with a toilet room out
OF il, and from the hall, also, a stairway
leads 10 the second floor, which is occu-
pied by an elegant dining room capable
OF seating comfortably $50, with closer
accommodations for 175 or 200. II is
furnished with fourteen long polished
hardwood tables and four smaller ones,
all of them fashioned so that they can be
easily taken down and stored away when
so desired. At the end of the dining
room are drawers for table linen and sill
yer and china closets that open into both
dining room and kitchen. In the ceiling
are two rows OF new kind of electric fix
ture which about doubles the brilliancy
Vi en ~ GO"NA AANHh'
Two swinging doors, side by side, open
| into kitchen that ought to make glad
the hearts of the ladies having church
suppers to manage. A dumb waiter,
with removable shelf and big enough TO
carry an ice cream freezer, runs to the
basement. There are plenty of cupboards
and drawers, an iron sink and zinc
lined receptacle with drain pipe to car
ry off the water dripping from freezers or
whatever is stored in the wet closet.
| In the basement is furnace room with
the two big heaters for the Music hall
and Parish house and capacious coal bins.
II has metal ceiling, like the stories
above, and is to be cemented ON the bot
tom. In front of the furnace room is left
space as large as the dining room for a
gymnasium or any other purpose to
which it may be adapted.
Tomorrow evening the Parish house
will be opened by Red, White and Blue
bazar, for which great preparations have
been made.