Show Churches Utilize Chartered Buses To Swell Crowd PHILADELPHIA PA As a n means of swelling attendance 15 Philadelphia churches are engaged in a novel experiment of providing providIng providing provid provid- ing pew to transportation services The program Involves buses chartered chartered char char- by churches to make scheduled scheduled sched sched- stops stop at pre-arranged pre street corners to pick up parishioners carrying them to church and then returning them home after ices The 15 churches hire from one to four buses regularly every Sunday Clergymen admit they are prepared to cater to members asa as-a means of maintaining and increasing at at- Attendance at Holmesburg Methodist Meth Moth odist church has been boosted 30 to 40 per cent in inthe the year the church has hag used chartered buses Historic Gloria Dei Old Swedes Protestant Episcopal church situated situ In a neighborhood formerly residential but now entirely commercial com corn mercial also has resorted to chartered chartered chartered char char- buses Old Swedes bus riders pay paya a minimum minimum mini mini- mum of 10 cents a ride with the I Isky sky the limit On a rainy Sunday one grateful parishioner slipped sUpped the driver a 10 bill bilI Church officials agree that the transportation problem Is more pressing now than ever and that it affects all denominations Many families have moved from the old neighborhood yet still sUB desire to attend their old church In other cases public transportation is not available to residents of outlying areas and new residential districts |