Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-14
Willimantic, DanieIson and Putnam

d to the purposes for which it Will be
 ns ann o eses ds s and isa head aTss % fcotlights, The lighting system Of the room is semi indirect The furnish ings include pulpit given by George tB. Carpenter In memory of MT. and Mrs. Austin Holt; chairs given by Mrs. Prank Webb in memory of Mir. and Mrs Allan Lincoln; draperies given by Mrs B. q. Barrows; desk and chair
 s,ysn by \ Mr ss and Mrs ,n P dorfsn fs,,,s in a rug by Mrs. John Randall; shades here and in the entire building by Mrs. H. C.. Murray; an Estey piano given by Mrs Ellen s. Wilkins. Miss pulpit lamp given by Robert o. Branch in memory of his wife, for five years organist of the church. The room will be used for the. purposes of Sunday purposes of the church and its socie- ties.
 Like the other rooms on the first floor, the assembly room is finished in oak. stained. The rooms upon the second floor are finished in gumwood with the exception of the ladies' par Tor, which is in oak.
 A well appointed and we'll lighted Kitchen completes the equipment upon the first floor. The walls are lined
  ware, and there are two ranges in the room, one the gift of the Wiliimantic Gas and Electric company, as well as a gas heater and coffee urn, the gift of the Ladies' Aid society.
 On the Second Floor. On the second floor are rooms given over to the use of various organiZa- tions of the church life, including the Boy Scouts room, the table for which !, .~sfk -f Itrr ax,6 the other furnishings were bought by the organization; the Grex club room. 1 furnished by themselves at an ex- pense of about s100; the room of the Girl Pioneers, furnished in rattan by | themselves at an expense of $40; the rooms of the Sodalitas and the ladies' parlor, so arranged that they can be | thrown together upon occasions, and l furnished by themselyes: and the two kindergarten rooms, the draperies in which were furnished by the mothers | of the children. the rug by Mrs Helen Boss Cummings, the screens by Miss I Fannie Bishop and the desk and chairs I by five ladies who used to teach in the department, Miss Louise Holt, Mrs. May F.. Gates Mrs. Kate H. Arnold.
 Mrs. Kate H. Taylor and Miss Bertha. Johnson. These two rooms are also ] equipped with folding doors so that | they may be thrown into one.
 | The room devoted to the ladies has | d SpdGlpQS- hIcRldNC dii0 d oOJl AAoAA | the room leads on to an outdoor porch. The rug in the Sodalitas room was the | gift of Miss Laura Young. All the i rooms on this floor are well equipped with closets, and all the closets are | lighted by electricity.
 In the Basement.
 In the basement is a small room for the use of the Boy Scouts. small kitchenette for the young people. the l coat room and the gymnasium. already l in use by the women and girls Of the city. irrespective of creed or race, upon ! payment of the small sum required for l the courses given. The shower baths, | dressing room and lockers are yet to | be installed, but $3So of the $1 1000 con- sidered necessary to finish the equip
 ment of this branch of the work has l been raised.
 oifts Made.
 In addition to the gifts enumerated. | mention should be made of some oth- | CTS. The first s10 given toward the | church house was presented by the K. l K club. and with that money a pie ture of the Sistine Madonna has been purchased to hang upon the walls. i>There is also a picture of Murillo, The ] Children of the Shell, given by Court l Sorosis, Queens of Avilion; picture
 and Bible by Samuel Chesbro; two i steel engravings by C. P Croft; a book of reproductions of paintings giv- | en by Mrs. Henry Lincoln, and sums 1 of money for furnishing the house by
 Mrs. c. B. Pomeroy, Mrs. Frank Larra- | bee and Messrs. w. H. Smith, George
 E. Clifford, A. w. Turner and R. B. 1 Truscott.
 Out of the s17. .O0o subscribed toward i building the church house, less than | per cent is at present uncollected. and ! there is on hand now enough to grade the sidewalks in front of the building so that the work will be begun soon
 The Largest Contributor.
 The largest contributors from out o1 | town have been Mrs. Jane Holland of
 Boston, whose gift of s5.000 was a greai | factor in bringing about the success oi the undertaking, and Col. Eugene At wood of Stonington and Austin C Durham of Hartford, both of whom | gave substantial amounts.
 The architect of the building was F C. Sharpe, who gave his services gratiC to the society. Doyle & Murphy were the general contractors. A. B. Holmes did the painting, Moriarty & Rafferty the plumbing, and H. H. Lyman the steam heating. electric work by Ash
 ton and the foundation work by Charles Larrabee.