New Britain herald., 1925-03-09
SERVICES IN NEW
 CATHOLIC CHURCH
St. JOseph'S ParishiOners WOr.
 ship in Modern Edifce
FIFTH DISTRICT MEETING
Mothers Angry at Babies Being Barred From Thcatres-Dr.S Sharpe Criticizcs Lack of Vocabulary Fire at Wade School.

Opening services in the new St Joseph's church yesterday marked the passing of the old structure which has served for about 70 years The basement of the new edifice wa, used yesterday for celebration of al Of the masses and the Sunday after. noon and evening services. The base. ment has been transformed into ( beautiful chapel, which easily ac. comodated all of tho parishioners yesterday. When the main church k opened after Easter, the basement chapel will be used for the chiIdrer of the parish.
 It was q proud moment for Rev Oliver T. Magnell, pastor of tho church. when he stepped upon the altar for the celebration of the first mass in the new church as he ha' worked untiringly. Since coming tc the. parish from Wethersfield, Fr Magnell has cleared away the parisl debt and has erected one of tho handsomest churches in New Eng land. The church will cost practical fly $300,0O0, when fully equipped.
 The old church will be used or March IT for an entertainment by Division No. i, A. 0. H., after whicl it will be removed from it's tempo rary site to make way for the i'm provement of the grounds about the new edific in anticipation Of tho ceremones Of dedication.
 In addition to the main church the basement chapel and the vestrl rooms of both places of worship, the new church contains q small parisf hall, a kitchen and q boiler room for the heating plant. In the parisf hall have been provided stage facl lities so that entertainments may pf given to a limited number and thf kitchen will allow of parish suppers the first of which will take place or March 1o. The boiler room is en- tirelv shut off from the rest Of the church, adding greatly to the mini' mization or the fire hazard. Every where about the new church IS em' nhasizcd it's protection against fire Stone and steel are employed uni vcrsallv so that there is practicali! nothing 10 burn.
 Fire escapes and commodlous en frances provide ample means of eNl in time of emergency Visitors t' the church yesterday marVeIled a the fine new structure, which ha' been added to the city's roster O handsome buildings.
 Company l. Wins
 Playing rings around the Nes' End five, the Company l. qulnte' took the second game of the city championship series on Saturday night at the high school court by a score of 29 10 22, making the series one all. The West End five was minus Carpenter while Merrick, re- puted to be the leading score maker in the Pennington Valley league, was absent from the National Guard lineup. AS a consequence Woodford played with the West Ends, while the high school five was called upon to supply the deficiencies in the Company l. lineup. The guards men displayed q flashing game, which worried the West Ends. Car rington and Sheehy, on whom the hopes of the West Ends were pinned, were completely bottled up through out the contest.
 School Meeting Tonight
 Construction of new school plant to meet the rapid expansion of the district will be considered at spe- cial meeting of the Fifth District tonight in the East Bristol school. The plans in prospect include the erection of an eight-room fire-proof structure with all modern facilities and the bonding of the district for nearly s100.000 10 pay for the build ing. At present. the school district has two wooden schools one on Pine street and the other in the King Terrace section.
 Ban Babies
 Children under three years old will he barred from moving pie ture houses, according to announce ments from the managers, who feel