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COUNTRY CLUB IS LEASED BYI CITY FATHERSInitial Asreoment Will ; Run One Year; May Be RenewedI FUND FOR OPERATION.1, Secured By a Drive That Net* 162 Member*Bryan city commissioners at a , meeting held late Wednesday afternoon, voted unanimously in fa vor of leasing, for a term of one year with option to renew for one 01 a term of years, the property I of the Bryan Country Hub. The I purpose of the lease i« for the city I to operate the property as a place 'of amusement and recreation for | the entire citizenship, upon pay | merit of fees within the reach of ’ id! or by virtue of annual mem-her ship, the fee for which has heen fixed at $25, with at least ’ $15 paid in advance.. As a provision demanded by the , city, before it would enter into the lea e arrangement, members of the old country club organization and others who favored operation by the city, agreed to obtain not* less than 150 memberships, wtth r at least $15 paid in. A total of 162were obtained. This gives the city ! u fund with which to make soma 1 necessary repairs to the club house, swimming pool pavilion, andI other building!*, a- well as money to use in meet mg operating ex■ I penses if monthly income from , I other sources does not meet «- penditures.I It was understood, when the -1 agreement to lease was reached,, J that the city would accept no re-n* tponsibility for any indebtednessII against the property. Moreover,1.1 the annual rental, by agreement, r j will depend entirely upon whether* j there are any net earnings and a- maximum figure will be fixed in the formal lease agreement which. the city attorney was instructed il to prepare.Details for the operation of the 1. property, including fees for golf, M swimming pool, tennis, if courts t ate built, and for the use of the clubhouse for parties, dances, or other entertainment, will be fixed, subject to approval by the commission, by the operating committee. This includes ft. G Williams, George G. Chance and J. F. Carey.IIland regulations for the public at J the earliest possible date. t,' Tentative fees for the use of the , 1 various facilities of the club have .Jbeen fixed. They are: hVhmg, 5b [e cents per day; swimming, 10 j cents; locker fee, including towel, J 10 cents; boats, 10 cents per hour;golf, 18 holes, 50 cents, and nine jj hole, £5 cents, except on Sundays ,, and holidays when the minimum | fee will be 50 cent*, i The committee spent some l„ time Friday inspecting the proper-,r ty and planning repairs and ex-m• ported to have its plans completed tf by the first of the week, wkeu the , work may b« started. ri| The clubhouse and other buiid-(j ings can be put in repair for ap* proximately $1000, according to [t, estimates made some time ago. Tbe js 1 golf course is already in good ie I condition and is counted one of lyjthe sportiest nine-bole courses in this section of Texas, and one of lt, the few with all grass green*. y j According to the plan outlined 1 for the operation of the property it will be for the use of all the jj.Jeitiaenship and there will be noth-, 1 ing exclusive or clannish about it.J The meeting Wednest lay was at-H tended by all members of the city icommivion, the city manager, |tj and by Carl Cole, R. W. Howell, (p'and W, S. Howell of the coronnt-tf tee named by the Bryan Country , club to enter into the negotiations
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Bryan Weekly Eagle
Bryan, Texas, US
Wed, Apr 11, 1934
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Richard L.
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