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NEW COUNTRY CLUB: NEEDS $30,000 MORE. ’ , . • •, * % ••: * * * *;■• * : “ • 'Continued frfihvTn^t Onr'•...;k • r ■ . * f • . r■t-he/archUe.c-t.. whose. clans'were ex'-. ’hlbitedi -'wvill /be':53-2/500; / For sn'oh -k prjce, the -house will, contajti- furhishT in'ffs-..and. equipment coin pit? to.- - withlights. ..running /iyater;'and: bashs./hu-t'•no• heat... With the .additional 'expense.•' • the i btal. estimated cost-'of. the -.proper-'wili: be s31 ;ppo, V:: ; t:v..■/Capital'.' ,ia . ihe Oak Hill Cminiry club:inc.' is -set at $70p;o00. Of. that amount. .541,0® 'have T bee n • - pa id.1 in - t o dat e ‘by ■ 13;' su.bsci’l.ber.lt; • •. i’Fiv.e others/. have; phonxlsed ^tO'.OOO.--: in; order, to.'complete’ 'the' worjc.i t ’ will be tieefessary ..to miseS30,000 ,'frcnv'otbcrs... Ti is . planned to.sell';shares' tor .550. eaehv^tnlt;1 the ,stocli holders will, then ' lease /the property, to; the-club at. a nominal, a.mbitht,• Duos .will .he charged .f£dm.'hii; members, and the1--receipts., wJJ.Fbe/used -townrrl-the rhkinf-ennce of -ihe . house./and. the 'grounds, '• '•/■' ... •' /, .. •-V;/ ’ The ' Plan of tb 6 cl ub . H ouse, as: pre seated, to the men present- Wednesday eyenlhcrv-.is .that' it '.will lie -a. cne-st'ory Structure^ of approximately 5187- square/ .feet, . consisting- 'of/a. rriain- asscmbly-b^ll.- In the/center;- with locker/rooms; andvdlning ''.facilities on 'each of; the;j two-, wings. • It'-is intended' t'o equip/the house, for. ■summer- /use- ofilyv at/dhe, startl'ait boh r3i; there will he- three'Tir.e-plaefis 'to ' furnish . heat In': the spring and fall.- - The/ hObse-: may ... later: - hecom’pleted'sb' that/it may.he used-for parties' the year around. 'Two; .temi is cbiiirl's. wiilh be Parted next , spring-/ /-At the start of. the '.meeting, 'Alyalf Crocker, donor, of Crocker-Fl^d, made-acharacteristic • speech; rW-h’cn; he,'said that such; a golf course, .will / give .Fitchburg a/ wond erftil -stimulus ..-and that it. is one; of the things- the -cityJXPC05. . •- . • v. ‘l/We-do-not-'wdnt a; course for. afew., but one . winch will be dpert:fb everyone In: town; said /Mr.- Crocker.He. explained, that If sorrte. pe.ople cannot afford: ftiil 'memberships, they -, may., he able to.. afford''. partial.' '.■memberships, and-thus. :'be; allowed to ptay occasion-ally. • 'A public' course and ndt a. place .for the favored Tew, touamuse; .them--selves is needed.-be said. -..j.■ - The' Idea of/Mr; Crocker’s talk.;was taken- up -hy./Mr; :Slrri.ondfl.' who said that remarks -had reached - his. ears that. it. would be ah- exclusive club;That.Is not the idea at all,’/ he said, ‘/We want to have golf,; .tennis, - teas and'dancing..thepe.' and wd wapt to ;mike- it a,-democratic place, -more so than any other-place-in Fitchburg. -In' order' fq/do/that. -we m-ust have ab-.ac-; ■tty® interest. ;pn'. ever yon els; part,-.. .not’ bnlv financially but- morally as well/ -/•Francis L. Ball, manager ;of the.Fitchburg Gah- Sectric Co.,/started: a: discussion: :lt;m: dues / when he asked how /nmeb.money. and’ 'how- -many' meraberships-wjll he needed to main-; tain/the course. It- was. explained '.that about- 57OD0 will be .-needed annually, and that 200 memberships- at;540-..each will pay:tho bills. ./•;/ ; ' lt;■ . ' /Mt- .SittiDiiids .explained fn.a,t . ^or .. a'time;' only the/ expenses .of '^he - .club/ can be.pa id'.ana that the -inv.estors. ex-/pecrt' no .lrnmediate returns, from. their investimeht He.;said .the., olnb sh.ouldhave at least-20.0 realdent andT50.: nonresident. - members / at . the start, Everett T?; fWllfaar ^idHha.t. th,?re yrere 225 members ;.lh . the old Alpine/Coir. elubaBd he- was of ...the-.opinion, that the in'ter^ati will; r.eawakep whenthe '■hew/’- cd'urae - Is opened, ,/ -.. /Motions.were .made by: Robert llarcy that'-- a: committee be selected -to. ar. range lor. the: building: ot, a ,suiUble clubhoirise, by /ETnerson W.: Baker . that Fred N. Dillon./Alvan- T.-Si.mq.nds and Alvah Crocker be elec'ted /a cbTrunitteeto have charge of the cliib’s.interests and by Dr. James. Rosi that tbeipresr ent. committee of .'Ttve 'dcf .-as .a. aom-Inating, coramittee/ to have, hye',other riieit elected to/serve with them. -Action' :was/taken-/.on DrFRoBS'jmotion after it was ..aknendedby Douglas Crocker.', to , reatF “at. least five : addi-. tibnal mten” rather than Just five.-Folr lowing, thp electlop of. the committee, the men looked over. thle.blueprints of the- clubhouse drid discussed-.'the plaria:informglJy. '/ -'!•
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Fitchburg Daily Sentinel

Fitchburg, Massachusetts, US

Thu, Dec 18, 1919

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