The Springdale news., 1915-10-08
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH NOW
 REMODELED

been under way since fore part O1 last June, will be pract' cally com pIeted this week, and the first ser vices in the new additions will be held Sunday morning.
 The new additions are primarily for the benefit of the Sunday School. as most all the new rooms, in fact all of them will be used for various classes Of Sunday School work. There is single exception, and that is the pastors study, located on the ground floor, in the southeast part of the building.
 An addition of 20x6S, with base ment has been erected on the east side of the building, this allowing room for ten feet addition to the main auditorium, and for ten rooms to be used for Sunday School work, five of which are on the ground floor, and five above.
 An addition of 20x24 feet has been built on the front entrance, this providing for a larger lobby, and d room above for Sunday School use.
 Coming into the building from the main entrance, a stairway on the right leads to large, airy, well light ed room above, which is to be used by the Berean Class, large class of young men.
 On entering the main auditorium q stairway to the left, with balcony, leads to the five upstairs Sunday School rooms. The first room is for the Amoma= Class. or the oldest young ladies, next comes the class room oc the Kings Daughters, next Class No 10, for boys, next comes No II. class room for younger girls. next com ,s the large room for the Ffdeis Class.
 Downstairs on the left, is an en- trance hall, which can be thrown op- en by three swinging doors into the main auditorium; then comes a room for two classes of smaller girls, then another room to accommodate two classes in the primary grade; then an other room to accommodate the small boys class. and then the pastor $ study. All of these rooms are amply large to accommodate their respec- tive classes, and the furnishings for each room are to be furnished by the members Of the classes 10 which they have been assigned.
 New carpets have been purchased for the pulpit, the choir stand, which is on the south side of the building ground floor, and for the aisles Each room is wired with electric lights
 The large basement under the new addition will not be completed for the present, but will be ceiled, and a concrete floor put in, in the early spring. The entire church is heated by a furnace.
 The new change gives much more room to accommodate the Sunday School, which has grown to be one of the largest in this section Of the state, and gives ten more feet on the main auditorium.
 The carpenter work was in charge of C. A. Jones, the brick and mason- " and concrete work in charge of J w Garter. and the stone and mar bl trimmings and fittings were fur nished by A A. BaclIus, all local men.
 This new addition gives the First Baptist Church the largest Church building in Springdale, and the new lobby gives the appearance of an en- trely new building. The building committee having charge of the work are: Rev. w I. Elledge. chair man, Dr. D. Christian, E. 5. Cum mings, Lee Sanders, W. F. Broedon, J. F. Harris, j. T. Cover. E. $. Thompson.
 The entire interior of the church has been gone over and re-papered and painted, and the remodeling will cost in the neighborhood of $4,000 One item alone, that of carpets, amounted to $200.
 This gives Springdale handsome church, and one in which all Spring dale should be proud. It is church any community would be pleased to have in their midst, and the ar rangement for the aceommola- ton cf the congregation, as we'll as the Sunday School is almost per feet.
 The opening of the new Sunday School department will occur Sun day morning, and a special program for both the Sunday School hour, and