New Britain herald., 1915-01-15

azines for the children.
 Religious meetings are held Sunday and Wednesday evenings The Young Peoples societies of the Baptist and Peoples churches. each assist one night a week. There are three nights open for volunteers.
 The committee desires someone to instruct in the use of carpenters tools, which were donated by friend.
 Summer gardens were conducted by ten boys last seasan.
 Respectfully submitted.
 JAMES M. RELY YEA
 Report of Clerk of the Church.
 The church has been represented during the year at Ecclesiastical cOun- cils at Bristol, Southington, Immanuel church, Hartford, at the spring and fall meetings of the Central AssOcia- tion of Connecticut, and at the Gen eral Conference of Connecticut.
 Howell StOWell Fox, assistant to the rastor, and director of religious edu- cation at the South church, was or dained to the Christian ministry on November 3rd. MT. Fox is a graduate of the University of Michigan and of the class of 1914 of Andover Semi IdIN. He ClluIC1leS IeDIeSenleu "el t for the most part of the Central As sOciatiOn of Connecticut. pr. J. W. Cooper acted as moderator and the scribe was Rev. Carleton Hazen of Kensington@ The evening service in cluded the following parts:
 The Prayer of InvOcation-ReV. F. l.. Grant of Plainville
 Reading of Lesson-ReV. D. B. Hubbard of Westtield.
 The sermon was by President Albert Parker Fitch, D. D. The preacher treated eloquently of the eternal value of spiritual forces in contrast with materialism, and brute fierce so terribly exhibited in the events of the war in Europe.
 The prayer of ordination was offered by Rev. s. A. Fiske of Berlin; President Fitch, Rev. H. w. Maier of the First church, New Britain; Rev. G. w. C. Hill, D. D., of the South church assisting in the laying on of hands.
 The address with the right hand of fellowship was given by Rev. Elmer Theodore Thienes, assistant to the pastor of the First church, New Britain, and a classmate of MT. Fox
 
 Erwin Home Report.
 At the annual meeting held Febru- ary 10, 1914, the committee on buildings and grounds submitted plans drawn by w. F. Crabt for an addi- tion to the home, and were instructed to obtain bids for it's construction. On March IS. 1914. the bids were opened and John W. Allen & Co.,, on tuilding and Parker & O'Connor, on heating, being the lowest bidders, it was voted by the managers: That w. l.. Hatch, H. D. Hump phrey, and k. B. Eddy be and are hereby author ized in behalf of the trustees of the Erwin Home to sign a contract not to exceed $14,OOO for the erection of an addition to the home" At a later m eeting of the trustees the contracts were approved and signed by the building committee, and the work was commenced on March 26, 1914.
 At a meeting held November 25th 1914, the Secretary of the building reported that the building was completed and accepted, the cost being as follows:
 Contract of John w. Allen
 & Son .............. ,, ,07O co Extras Il {. , Contract of Parker &,
 O'COnnor ........... 84O.0 % Spring &s company, electric.
 fixtures, etc. 19S. %
 Total Cost, ......... s13,225.75
 It is worthy of note that the build ing was constructed for less than the appropriation. ..t
 The new building is a substantial three story brick structure, there be- ing four apartments each on the first and second floors consisting of sitting room with, bedroom adjoin- ing and also small space for use as kitchen. There are bath and toilet rooms on each floor. On the third floor there are two suites of rooms consisting of a sitting room and two d-rooms-capable of accommodat- ing two persons each-making room in the entire new part for twelve per- sons.
 There being thirty applications pending, it was after very careful ;n vestigation that the twelve tenants were selected from this number. In addition to the erection of the build ing the grounds on the east side have been graded and seeded down, cir cular drive made to the inside court, and concrete walks laid to the east en- frances, also. a gfiNe-foot concrete walk of 400 feet laid the entire length of Warlock street. @.'' ~f~ IT
 There are at present thirtyIseven persons in the home, eleven having been admitted the past var, and there is room for three more, who are ex- pected to come in soon, thus making forty occupants when all rooms arc occupied.
 home during the past year.
 It is very much to be regretted that a larger building, capable of accom-