The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-08
new CHURCH Will
OPEN TOMORROW
Capitol Hill Congregation Fin
iSheS $4,000 Building,

The new $4,000 brick church Of the
Methodist Episcopal congregation on
Avenue {, Capitol Hill will open for
its first service tomorrow morning
The building replaces the original
church, built in 1910, and which was
torn down to make way for the com
menccment of the building of the new
edifice in November.
Rev. J. Eugene Matlock, pastor of the
church, came here from the Methodist
church OF Frost, Texas, two years ago,
when the Capitol Hill church had a
membership of about Us This, has
since increased to 400, and there is a
Sunday school enrolment OF 800.
The new church, which will be in
stitutional, has large auditorium,
seating 500. a finely equipped gym
nasium with shower baths, a library
and provision for showing motion pic
lures and providing other entertainment
for people of the neighborhood.
Sunday school accommodation Is pro-
vded by ten separate alcove rooms and
it is expected t... with the increased
space devoted to it, the enrolment of
the school will he brought to 500.
A large stained glass window was
given by the Merry Methodist Maids,
members of Mrs Hugh Malcolm's
class and another was given by the
whole school in honor of Rev Matlock.
Red Cross Gets Place.
The Boy Scouts, troop l3, will really
have the honor of opening the new
church, for their meeting in the gym
nasium tonight will be the first to be
held there
A group of Camp Fire girls will
shortly be organized, about fifty girls
of the church having asked to have a
group started.
Previous to the sermon tomorrow
several babies will be baptized. Sun
day school will procede the church
service, but there will be no special
program.
A part Of the basement OF the build
ing has been fitted up for the use of
the women who work for the Red
Cross, five machines have been brought
in and the room will he open to all
women of the church or the neighbor-
hood who wish to come there and
sew
Some work is still to be done on the
gymnasium, but all of the equipment
will be in place in a few days.
Capitol Hill members of the order Of
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will at
tend the memorial service in the First
Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow
morning The Rev l. +. Roach will
preach the sermon and all of the lodges
of the city will meet in the Odd Eel
lows hall at 10 o'clock to go in body
to the service.
Mrs. r. A. Caldwell who has had
charge of the work of suffrage regis
tration in precinct seven, Capitol Hill,
said that about 100 women OF the dis
trict had signed as being in favor of
the amendment. Previous to the OPEN
ing of suffrage week last Monday, Mrs
Caldwell had canvasscd the precinct
and obtained about eighty names, and
about twenty more were added during
this weeks drive.
Many other women OF the district are
in favor OF the issue but had signed the
cards at the terminal station or at one
Of the many booths in the downtown
section.
Mrs Lotta Mosier. principal of
Lowell school, went to Tahlequah this
week TO the normal school there to give
instruction in junior Red Cross work
TO the teachers attending the summer
classes. Next week Mrs. Mosier will
60 TO Ada to give instruction in tbs
same work
West Capitol Hills Red Cross sew
ing totalled ia hospital garments this
week These were packed and taken
in TO headquarters this morning. Mrs
X !. Lingenielter. chairman reported
that the night classes had made twelve
garments, members Of the Church OF