Putnam patriot., 1923-10-26
CHURCH LAYS PLANS
FOR MOVIE SERVICE
To Show THE Stream of Life"
on Next Sunday Eve
ming
Congregational Church Equipment
Cost About 81, 5oo.-Being Installed

Something new under the sun. so
far as Putnam Is concerned az least.
will be the use Of motion pictures for
q Sunday evening service al the Sec
ond Congregational church. Plans
which have been going forward quiet
lv for several weeks are now complet-
e. and the church announces its first
nrorram for next Sunday evening.
The committee in equipping the
church for this type of service has
had in mind only one thought
everything must be of the best. The
equipment is exactly the same as that
used in the best motion picture thea
tres. The machine is a Type IS"
motor driven Simplex Of the latest
make and with the most recent i'm
provements Nothing better could be
purchased The booth is Of heavy
asbestos and meets every requirement
Of the law. The screen is "Daylites
screen and is silver surfaced
Booth In Balcony
The booth containing the machine
will be placed in the balcony of the
church. Ii will be on heavy casters
so that il can be moved to one side
ed in the arched alcove at the front of
the church. IL is mounted on a roller
like a window shade and can be rolled
up out of sight at will The entire
arch is filled with a green velour cur
tain. This NAV be drawn aside to
reveal the screen, or when the screen
Is rolled up, draped back TO show the
beautiful Barber Memorial Window.
The entire installation costs in the
neighborhood of 81 500
Services Every Sunday
Motion pictures will be shown
every Sunday evening. During the
next few weeks it is planned to screen
such pictures as, The Little Shepherd
of Kingdom Come, The Embodiment.
The Man Who Played God, The Power
Within, The Passing of the Third Floor
Back, and. The Sky Pilot Every
thing about this Sunday evening ser
vice will be unique. Hymns, scripture
and prayers will be thrown upon the
screen The best community and pat
riotie songs will be used for eongrega-
tional singing as we'll as the hymns
One feature will be a brief talk by
the minister IN which the salient truths
Of the picture will be brought out
First Service Sunday
The first motion picture service will
he held Sunday evening. The Stream
If Life, is the picture To be shown. t
This is a picture which is shown for
the first time in Putnam. Il is one
# two masterpieces produced by
James X. Shields. 1t is a picture Of
real life with humor and pathos mingl
I'd just rs we lind it every day Il has +
been shown with marked approval in f
hundreds of churches and theatres F
throughout the country In many
places it has been called back for T
second showing At Caldwell. \. j., /
on severe, rainy, night, with auto
mobiles blocking the streets about the +
church, one thousand people-all that T
the church would hold-witnessed the +
play, and FIVE hundred other people I
stood with umbrellas in the drenchng
rain, waiting for the second showing /
II is play which is spoken Of in most F
glowing terms by those who have wit
messed il.
Open Doors at Gas O'Clock
The service will begin at IT'S o.
clock sharp. The doors Of the church 4
viii be opened at 6.45 o'clock. MOI
admission will be charged but free !
viii offering will be taken. Children |
under sixteen must be accompanied |
by at least one of their parents or /
by some older person who will act as
guardian.
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