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Chapel of Roses to Be Dedicated This Sunday

  Chapel of Roses, newly completed unique and attractive chapel building
at Oak Hill Memorial park, will be dedicated at brief exercises Sunday
afternoon, following which the new building will be open for public
inspection.
  Constructed and furnished by A. J. Hocking at a cost of $30,000, the
chapel has been designed and arranged to provide a beautiful and
suitable setting for weddings, christenings and funerals.  At the rear
of the building is a modern, new crematory which has been in operation
two and one-half months.
  The dedication program will start at 2:30 p.m.  The opening prayer
will be given by the Rev. M. M. Kilpatrick of Gilroy, former pastor of
Westminster Presbyterian church.  Short addresses will be given by Dr.
James Whitaker, former pastor of Centella Methodist Church, and R. W. E.
Crouser, pastor of Grace Lutheran church.
  Vocal numbers will be sung by a male quartet.
  The building itself is an English type structure, the interior design
is unique, combining the stone, plaster and exposed timbering of English
architecture, a heavy turned roof simulating thatch.  Hocking, while in
Europe and in the east, visited similar chapels to obtain suggestions
for use in designing the Chapel of Roses and providing it with comforts
and services desired by the public.
  The building has a private entrance through landscaped grounds from
Stone avenue, making it unnecessary to drive through the cemetery to
reach the chapel.