Gunnison news-champion., 1921-02-18

room opened up and full Of people, and
the fact that the pastor was 50 far
back on the rostrom and naturally
h.oked togz ard the pictures on the
scrusu he was lecturIng about, q part
Of the C1nEry CATION IN the lecture room
Wa- unable 20 hear some Of the ser
ngI-I-etErr last Sunday evening. This
dr.e-t ElA Be guarded against on the
OCCASION Of the next Sunday evening
lecture and all illustrated lectures.
Much imperative work j. now COM
pl.ied in the basement Il was found
n.oss sary. 10 do quite q little excayat-
iHg 10 allow free access 20 the fur
mace and find room FOR coal storage
Tig furnace whose crate had become
-run est have been fitted with new
ones The furnaces have been given
coat Of asbestos plaster 10 hold in
the heat from being dIssipated in the
b. arH mt. Eiecrric fans have been
placed in the two cold air shafts to
k p the air circulating. The organ
blower, which is an electric contrap-
t.r. had 4 blowout the other even
ing and like human beings who do the
same thing, was unfit for service. The
q r-. Tclan has repaired the damage.
In dirt from the basement has been
G. ted away. In the auditorium many
improvements, all essential. are mani
fr5. The platform has been extended
b. accommodate the augmented choir
and larger music facilities. A railing
and curtain have been made and erect
eli around the entire rostTum- The
; initiation has been gone over and
"r.vanped." The illumination has
been improved. 4 picture screen has
ben made and stretched on n stand
that is portable. A new door-made
Necessary by the vandalism of the
upHalloweeners-has been made and
put up. The church custodian has
ben remunerated. The tho in charge
OF the music have been paid small
nominal sum, tnot anything like the
worth Of their ssrviccs.D The past
or salary has been paid and a par
image has been rented and furnished.
No, a penny has been expended un-
y ely, unnecessarily or eStravagently.
The executive committee of 10 Will
y1uch for this.
More remains TO be done. The
cElrh roof leaks like jitney radiator
and the ceilings and walls are thus
. aIfrescoed-making patterns sugges-
TIE Of the river Mississippi when il is
muddy. A new carpet Is needed for
tho enlarged rostrum. The church .
should be decorated and tinted and a
lawn is needed around the church .
grounds. The church must connect .
" th the sewer and lavatories must be .
placed in the church building. A new \
crate must replace the old one in the \
fresbyterian church. which is being
I ed by the Community Church for
Sunday School purposes. All these
things have caused tremendous eN-
p"nse and are quite apart from the .
running expenses of the
church plant, as for instance: coal,
] Lighting, kindling, janitor supplies,
in the press and printing
and publishing, and host of other
incidental expenses "too numerous to
say
4 lot OF people have few erroneous
ideas that we may as well correct
n ght now. Some have thought that
the large congregations must have
brought much dough" into the church
treasury thru the medium of the Sun
day offerings. Here's the fact: the
avcrag. per head given in the collec-
I.bIl~ NplIlt~ 20 AbtIA y ttlAE pr Jun
day. Another notion is that the church
IL securing much revenue from money
paid by different organizations in the
town that hire the church for various
meeting Here's the fact: When
no charge is made for admission to
the function, the church does not make .
any charge. The church is heated,
lighted, busted and presented free Of
charge II tickets are sold or aduis
sion charged, the church makes a nom
inal charge of s. to the organization
using the building. The S5 does not
pay for the use of the building No
charge Is made, of course, for funeral
services and the church accommoda- .
ions therefor.
This is part of the church's minis
try to the town and county. Owing to
the lamentably large number of deaths
his past two months constant call .
las been made on a few whose custom .
Il Is to provide the music for the T
church services. There having been
no less than fourteen funeral ser
vices since the latter part of Deeem-
Der has caused an unusual demand for
.hese people who Were compelled to
give their services during their work
ing hours. The executive committee
has announced that arrangements
have been made. so that in future the
music for funerals will, on request, be
furn;sbaJ hy, the church without cost I