Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1926 — Page 6

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The Decatur Country Club Is J_ — —r ’ Swimming Pool WW| Ml Golfing Tenn,s I ~ B Giving Decatur A Community Center- Lg u The Decatur Country Club It’s here! The Dream has come true! a desire has been site; ,H -O fulfilled and now Decatur is going to have a ( • Golf Course and Country Club House I® Jj j: wr - , I THE wonderful response and cooperation shown by local citizens in the membership campaign assuics thi u.ilil> and <on i. —.. tion of this new community center. I SENSING the fine community spirit prevalent in Decatur and feeling that support would be giMti to th< piojtt., <i< n hesitate to invest here and plan a fine country club—with all its enjoyment and social activities tor you. THE membership so far obtained is sufficient to guarantee the success of this venture and we have red «“^ d <>ur Ol complete the place for your enjoyment and entertainment. We are greateful to the committees who assisted in |||sW membership and for their broad attitude in presenting the project as a progressive community undertaking. t L. * J WE appreciate the confidence placed in us by those who have joined as charter members and through the entertainment, i< - W’ U creation and privileges offered you at the club, we hope that you’ll enjoy the place to your heart’s content. F ’ f y WE have a right to feel proud of this splen did group of people and it is a pleasure for us to build a place which we know you will enjoy. K A local organization will be perfected next week and the membership roster closed to charter members, so if you have hesitated j°’ n ’ we ’ nv^e y° u t° take advantage of this offer now— —--r q'he advent of golf in recent years, its enormous popularity, its hold upon its devotees, young or old. all ' '' fall to the seductive attractions of this beautiful and health-giving game. The boy of eight or the man i T of eighty can find equal enjoyment with the expert, and meet a friend of equal caliber (who plays the ; < game) recognizing the obligation and ettiquette, the niceties and demands, as stringent as the laws of ■ Medes and Persians. ® Oh what hast thou done to mortal man n H '*yTo lead him on, his soul possessed with great ideas to excel, \ ' To beat his fellowmen by exquisite play, if' — leave his home and business to the dogs, ■ ' H' S W^e 3 W *^° W ’ a mar f vr 1° game? H. << 'WB Ihe Decatur Country Club is being constructed to fill the ideas of the game in the I"""" — m-j— — ~. ‘J ■Mr highest form. Taking advantage of tlie 'splfciHiid situation, the undulatorv landslide. Fill 1— l: Y» « ■ i ’ SmESt -.oraS the hit's, woods, river ana creek, & combination of nature needing only fne taci ~i iTiaif ; ■ to make it a “thing of beauty and a joy forever.” M»>mh«»rshin "t r .l- w 8 Jt® j - memoership tees, including dues for this year, are as follows: beautiful, well-kept golf course is on? of the finest pictures to look upon, and to ( I , ad'es l "sin<>h' ,,l,, ' t SIOO.OO ' a "' UP ° n '* ie Bpringy swar< l °‘ ‘he fairways, or tred the wonderful herbage of the M iin a j l( | w ife KHIOO ’ « M I’Httirg greens, therein lies some of the delight to the followers of golf. Dues, per year, after first year, are as follows(>entlemen, single $35 00 This, however, will not be the only sport. A bathing pool will be constructed, fifty Ladies, single 25.00 : ' yards long and twenty-five yards wide—large enough for competitions and tourna- ... . ‘ <in d,l< J "*' e 50.00 KySlZr ments at which prizes will be offered. The pool will adjoin the locker .ooms so that on 11,11 ” ( l .' ( ll,n ’*! | K> ' S i,n *j "‘'ls. age II to 20, will be accepted. completion of a golf game the pleasure of a cooling plunge will be available to players. '*’ l ,s " l’ , P lne nt may be arranged. Sjp A splendid bowling green will be made on the west lawn. This game calls for con- Tear off a, o r 'g this'iine' ” — F • siderable skill and may be played as a single, double or foursome. I l ' - Application for Membership in Decatur Country Club ' I A/ifet L The clubhouse will be very commodious. A large ball room, ladies boudoir, a gen- Decatur Country ciub„ B £ s tiemen’s lounging room, screened in balconies for dining and afternoon teas, bridge Decatur, Indiana S® fe J and the like. Gentlemen:1 hereby mal<e application for membership in the D r ‘ ‘ ,e mann vr in which the people of this community have responded to the member- ountry ciub. campaign has been most encouraging. The civic spirit of Decatur is of such enthus- state which Name > as ‘ic character that lends and assures success, so that everything that the owners started out to do will be completed to make the Decatur Country Club a mecca of whole- Single ( } street Isome sport within a one hundred mile radius. Married ( ) City • I *|x Again we wish to thank you. || IJ DECATUR COU N T RYCLUB A ; ' PAUL SCHULTE q, 7, TELFORD LJ D f . DOUGLAS HANEY S* L Bowl,ng Creen Boat,ng Excellenl I. .1 ■

DECATUR DATL"? DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, JULY 3. 1926