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Show WORK STARTED ON NEW ARMORY Work of remodeling the old opera house building into an armory for ! the new National Guard unit was commenced Wednesday. The plans and specifications call for the removal of the stage and a partition to be built across the room about where the front of the stage is now located. Another partition will divide the rear compartment. The east side will have a concrete floor and a ten-foot doorway in the rear. This room will be used for the tractors, trac-tors, trucks, etc. The apartment on the west side will be used for a storage stor-age room for equipment. The front of the building will also be remodeled. Two of the front doors will be replaced by. large windows, win-dows, the old wooden post at the entrance en-trance will be made into concrete supports. In the interior the lobby upstairs will be made into a locker room and office. The front part of the building will be divided into two rooms, one for shower-baths and the other as an entrance lobby. The center cen-ter of the large building will be maintained for a drill floor. Beaver Press. |