New Britain herald., 1927-01-14


 moval and rebuilding of the First church. This committee consisted of the following: Hubert s. Blake, Mrs. E. A. 1Iolstein, D. Clark Smith, \. H. Lockwood, Miss Annie l.. Ban croft, Louis P. Slade, Ava P. Leayitt, Herbert D. Litchfield, Mrs. Ralph c. Clapp, A. Tyson Hancock, Miss Minnie T. Rowland, Mrs. James H. Robinson, Miss Mary S. Whit tlesey, E. G, Bradley, Mrs. Marcus White.
 A. II. Scott. c. ]. Parker r. G. Platt. James s. North, E. l.. Warren, Maurice II Pease, Chares B. Par sons, Frederick S. Chamberlain. Will liam C. Hungertord, Joseph II. Latham, Philip B. Stanley, Clarence F. Bennett, Frank C. Nibberts, A. N. Abbe, w. E. Ingham.
 This committee met on No1em- Der 15 and conceived it's assignment of duty to be as follows: Determine ton of the best location for the new church. The character and arrange ment of the new building or build ings 10 best meet future require ments of the church. The proportion of the proceeds received from the sale of the Main and Church streets property that should be put into a church plant on the new site. Con- sidcration of the requirements of If n likely to be most affected by this change of location.
 "The first action of the committee was the appointment of sub-commit- tees to study and report back to the committee of thirty on various phases of the above assignment.
 "A survey was made of the geo. graphical location of the member ship of the church by the pastor, which resulted in the following find- | ings:
 "A section termed northeast, bounded on the south and east bv the railroad tracks Of the Y. Y, N. II. X II. R. F. from Main street to
  ington: on the west of Main street. Sexton street and McClintock street; included 19S members of the church, or 15 per cent of the membership, "A section termed northwest, bounded on the west and north by the N. 1., x. H, & H. R. R. tracks i from the depot to the town of Plain vile; on the west by Slater road: in- cluded fl members of the church or per cent of the total membership. "A section termed east. bounded ! on the west and north by the N. Y. \. II. & H. R. R. tracks from the depot to the Newington town line; on the west and south by the \. Y.. \. H. & H. k. R, tracks leading to the town of Berlin; included 143 members of the First church or 15 per cent
 "A section termed south. bounded on the east by the tracks of the x. T., \. II. X H. R. k. leading to Berlin and bounded on the west by Main and Arch streets and kensington avenue; and on the south by the Berlin town line, included 146 mem- hers, or 5 per cent of the present membership.
 "A section termed southwest. bounded on the north by the tracks of the \. Y. \. II. & H. k. R. lead ing to Plainrille, from Main street; on the east of Main and Arch streets and kensington avenue; on the south by the Berlin town line: on the west by the Plainyille and Southington town lines, included ACT members. or 90 per cent of the present member ship.
 "Recapitulating these figures, it is estimated that in the south and southwest sections combined, there live G13 out of 920 members Of the First church, or 65 per cent of the membership within the limits of the city.
 "A study of this survey would seem 10 indicate that q large part Of the First ChurCh parish can be equally well served from the loca- ton to be herein recommended by .his committee. and the following reasons are offered for removal from he present site:
 That the large sum of money represented by land value can better . pc reinvested in part in a new church md parish house; the balance to bc leld as a reserve fund: said reserve 'und 10 be used in part for the up- ! keep Of the new church plant and !, n part for tho promotion of religions { work in sections of the parish pos 'ibly adversely affected by this re- noyal.
 That the prohibitiye cost of per nanont repairs which were carefully | estimated by the previously mention d committee on permanent repairs, said repairs, including a new organ. lew stceple, rodecoration of the etc. does not appear war 'antcd, nor is the money available. l
 That the present chapel and par sh house, useful as it has proved since it's erection % years ago. is lot today considered adequate for q modern program of religious educa- 1 ion and community service.
 Furthermore, that the present | 'hurch parlors and basement are not l IS satisfactory for the social and re- ,reational activities of the ladies and ! -oung people of the parish as is de- 'irable.
 That the time has come when the | church people of this city can be | nore easily and effectively served by | he removal of ono or more of the |