Evening star., 1926-02-20
HISTORIC PARISH
TO RAISE FUNDS
St. Columbia Starts $15O,OOO
Building Campaign Next
Monday.

The historic ST. COLUMBIA $ ttiplSco-
paD parish. which dates its mission
days back - years. is starting next
Monday a months campaign t" raise
$50, 900 for erection of u group of
three buildings church. parish hall
and reCtorv- Alhermarle street
at the intersection Of t'orty-second
street. TenIcvtown. These building
plans have been made necessary by
the fact that the District of Column
hia highway plan. in providing Tor
the strengthening of old Murdoch
Mill road will extend Forty-second
street directly through the present
church property, cutting on / portion
of the existing church building.
The S150.000 campaign was gwen
enthusia site Endorsement at a bust
ness meeting of the parish last Mon
day night. when $1,000 was Nolun-
tarily contributed. 1t has been N
coura ged by messages OF Inspiration
from many friends of the parish
throughout the District and suburbs,
including Right Rev. James =. Free
man. Bishop of Washington; Lev. e.
c. f. Bratenahl. dean of the Nash-
ington Cathedral. and Rev. {. T.
Warner. rector Of 81. Alhan parish
Of which st. tolumoa was Il HIS
sion in 1874.
The romsrkahle growth Of st. Co
Iunha < parish in the last 10 years
was emnha sized At the parish meet
ing. which showed that under the
budget system the parish has IN
croa sod its budget allOtments from
So,4S7 in 1920 to S9.l24 in 1876. IN"
last diocesan report showed thai TINS
parish has So baptized members.
ps5 confirmed and 100 enrolled in IN"
SUNDAY school while the total re-
r.. -; 100, o-ere sI3 nq9 and its
offering to missions. Sl.215.
stone for the buildings In the new
parish group has been contributed
from, a quarry in the Shenandoah Val
lev and samples of the style OF con
structfon have been set up by the con
tractors in the church yard, so lhat
the parishioners have had VISUAL eNi'
dence Of the quality of the WORK con
templatod. The architects are f.ooiei
4 kundzin.
The design for the church and par
ish hall follows A study of the Engilsh
rarish churches of the early ana per
ncndiCuIar Gothic styles, ana are pr,
marilv and predominantly 'chutchiN'
All the elements of tradluonal All
celican church building are incofpo-
rated The CruCifOrm outline, Win
nave. transepts. sanctuary, tower ana
buttress construction. is lncludeo.
The exterior walls are TO be OF roush
stone, backed up with hollow TIE.
The interior of the new cnurch VIII
ba lofty in character. with plaln
rough PLASTER walls, and little adorn-
nent except in the Chancel, Whlch is
n he made IS beautiful and rich as
funds will permit. The congregation
has heen extremely fortunate In Sc
curing the gift of complete sanctuary
Fittings, consisting of a very heautlih.
carved wooden reredos, altar. font ana
chairs, from the old st. Matlhe"
Chapel. ,.
seats In the nave and transcept
,,-,u accommodate about 500 persons.
The parish hall Is to be connecten
with the church by an arched ciolstef
descending about 10 feet from the
level of the church. 1t Will seat ABOUT
425 persons and have large stage,
This also will be used as the school
assembly hall. for gymnasium pur
nose. and as a large dining hali LOT
church suppers. Space IN the nase
nent will he used for kitchen, Class
roon,s for the Sunday school and com
mittee rooms. .-oo ooo
The financial plans for the s15o,ooo
ran,naicn call for the simplest ana
most direct system of voluntary
pledees by members and friends OF the
narish. Between February Y ana
March 90 the finance committee
through selected canvassers VIII IN
teryiew every member of the conGre-
cation. It Is hoped to start the actual
construction work Immediately after
tho close Of the campaign.
The general building committee
chairman IS A. r. +. Horn. 1896 Mill
tarv road. The building plans com
mittee consists of W. r. RentleN,
chairman: 4. l.. Flint. vice chairman
Rev. W. W. Shrearer. George ).
Fletcher. Mrs. II. f. Riley and A. +,
+. Horn Finance committee, X. =.
LOCKER. chairman: NJ. 3. Lane, vice
chairman: Miss Esther Barr, NJ }.
Gleason. j. s. English and Rev W. ".
Shearer Real estate committee, Dr-
A. NJ Ray. chairman: II. F. Riley.
vice chairman: W. J. Kirby and Jul
liam Smith. Memorials and furnish
ings. William Tyler Page. chairman.
Mrs. Dora Hesterberg. vice chairman:
{. H. Howard and J. J. Cherry. And
publicity. \. G.. Seller. chairman; VIII
liam Tyler Page and Mrs. Francis
Williams.