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Show ST. PAUL'S CHURCH READY FOR WRECKER j ) I Interior Furnishings of Parish Par-ish Home Removed by Congregation. i Divested of all sacred emblems, the masonry pile which during more than three decades has served as a church structure for St. Paul's Episcopal parish, Is now ready for dismantling. The structure is to be razed and the ground upon which it stands prepared for more secular uses. The process of tearing apart is expected to begin immediately. Tho work of removing- consecrated fittings fit-tings and furnishings of the church began be-gan Monday morning and was concluded yesterday, when the last remnant of the big pipe organ was taken out for packing, preparatory to storing for an indefinite period. The communion vessels, sacrament sacra-ment table, baptismal font, chancel drap- , ings, pulpit, reading desk, pews and benches were conveyed from the building Monday to the new parish house at the corner of Third South and Ninth East streets, where they will be used until such time as the new church edifice is completed. The great bell, which for more than thirty years has called the parishioners of St. Paul's to worship, or tolled the minute-knell for the dead, was removed from the belfry late Monday and will be set up at the new parish house for temporary use. The crosses, too, which have adorned the north and south gables, have been taken down, and will serve their purposes in the new location. Furnishings and furniture of the rectory, rec-tory, too, have been moved to the Third and Ninth street location, and from this time forth the Rev. J. H. Dennis, rector, will be found in the new church home. Beginning next Sunday, and continuing until the new. church structure is completed, com-pleted, all services of religious worship of St. Paul's will be conducted in the new parish house. William H. Swanson,.new owner of the property, expects to dismantle the church and rectory without delay. "When the razing is completed a series of one-story store buildings will be erected on the former for-mer church site. |