Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-06
CHURCH IS BUILT
IN A SINGLE DAY
Presto! Christian Edifice Rises
on Long Beach Vacant Lot,
and Pastor breaches

LONG BEACH, Sept 5.-"sister
Jones, hand me another nail. There,
Brother Smith, that's just right.
Matilda, but that crack on my finger
did hurt!"
These and like remarks were over
heard today when the men of the
Christian churches of this city, as
sisted by real carpenters, completed a
church in less than eight hours on a
lot which this morning was vacant. At
o'clock this afternoon the Rev. F. M.
Rogers, pastor of the First Christian
church and the organizer of the East
Long Beach Christian church about
three months ago, opened the first SER
vice in the new edif1ce of the latter
church, which was declared finished at
1920 o'clock, complete even to the plas-
tering. '~
The building operations began at s
o'clock this morning, by which hour
sixty members of the local Carpen-
ters' union, No. 10, who gave their
services gratuitously, and about sixty
FIVE others, who were carpenters only
for the day, were on hand, all with
their overalls and what tools they had
The foundation for the building was
constructed during last week.
This morning 1000 square feet Of
flooring was put down In forty-five
minutes. At $50 the work of putting
up the frames Of four walls began.
Prestoi This was done in five min
utes. In another hour the trussod
rafters for the roof were in place. BY
noon the weather boarding had been
nailed on. Then the church was plas-
tered. Electric light wiring was in
stalled. By $3.50 the church was
finished.
And at that the willing workers took
time for their luncheon. This was
served in a vacant lot a short way
northwest of the new church. On this
lot, In the shade Of pine trees, the
workmen gathered around tables, and
after the Rev. Mr.. Rogers had invoked
Gods blessing and returned thanks
the hungry gentry did things to an
enormous array Of fried chicken, ham,
all kinds of meat and vegeta bles, salads,
pies, cakes and coffee which was
served by the women of the East Side
church, the East Side w. c. T. u. and
the Bellevue Needle Work club
WORK PROCEEDS SWIFTLY
The work of the day proceeded with
remarkable smoothness. despite the
fact that number of amateurs were
participating. Experienced foremen
kept groups of men working in such
way that they did not fall over each
other, and each group went about its
own particular business with dispatch.
The new church is of the bungalow
type, 30x60 feet In size, and a rustic
portico shelters the front entrance.
The Rev. j. Irwin West, who Is to
occupy the pulpit of the new church,
and the state secretary of the Christian
Missionary society were among those
who, with the Rev. f. M. Rogers, pas
tor of the First church, donned overalls
this morning and went to work.
Others who assisted were w. T. Bar
ton and c. j. Harris, who planned the
building; ]. w. Robinson, c. A. Buff
FUN, j. w. Greenleaf, John Hoffman,
Frank Hauk, w. F. Blandin, Joseph
Vickers, H. NJ. 'Zauft Frank Frame. w.
B. A. Landers. c. w. Chester, L. H.
Nelson, Rev. C. t. Radford, w. Ewing,
f. e. Young, S. p. Rankin, E. B.
WeigIe, w. r. Hall, M. T. Scott, o. w,
Prescott, w. B. Stroud, G. A. Thomp-
son, ]. B. Barber, G. e. Herman, e. A.
Bishop, I. M. Dillman, Ernest Ridenour,
G. e. Phelps, G. e. McCurdy, Samuel
Millay, Jacob Monia, N. w. Ward,
John w. Hinman, f. e. Peters. David
Deward, Rev. S. T. Martin, Lloyd
Wyatt, NJ N. Tharsing H. N. Capron,
]. A. Webb, w. D. Cason, e. T. Hol-
land, DR.. A. ]. Wallace, e. S. Finney
G. H. Laraway, L. G. Stone, w. j. Nor
rison, ]. I. Shively, p. r. Colburn, e.
w. Worthen and Samuel Glover.
Among these are carpenters. bankers,
real estate men and men of almost
every trade and profession.
The new church and lot together are
valued at $500.