Improvements At M. E. Church

Many Changes Will Be Made During the Summer

NEW VENTILATING SYSTEM

Will be Installed, Lavatories Put In And other Improvements Made

For some time the official board of the Methodist church has been contemplating making some much needed repairs. At the last board meeting it was definitely decided what must be done. A new ventilating system will be put in. When six hundred people are gathered in the lower audience room of the church the air gets exceedingly bad. The board has made no mistake in taking up this matter. The fan ventilation system, which is the one the board adopted, is a very extensive undertaking. By its use the air in the room will be changed entirely every twelve minutes. Then, too, the air will be free from dust, as it will be taken from above the roof. It is also a perfectly safe system. As the cold air comes in it is forced by a fan over the heated coils, the heated air then is sent in blasts through the rooms to be warmed. Another good point is that the system will work equally as well in the summer time for keeping the building cool and free from dust. The system is one of the best and most modern for heating and ventilating public buildings, and when completed the church will have the best there is.

Besides the new ventilating system, lavatories will be provided for the church, and the roof including the steeple will be painted. The contract for this work has been let to C. H. Major and work will begin at once.

The board also, at the meeting this week, discussed the feasibility of replacing the pipe organ, which has given rather unsatisfactory service for the past year or two. After many arguments pro and con it was decided that it would be utterly impossible to do anything in the matter this year and it was postponed indefinitely.