The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-13

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not political organization in the generally |
accepted SENSE The initiation fee is $40 and |
each member pays into the treasury 25 cents /.
per month as dues. No provision is made for
sick benefits, but in case of the death of a
member the club donates to his parents, or
family 800 Meetings are held twice
month"; on the Mondays following the P. & /.
X. c. & I. Go. pay days. During the meet /.
ings the routine order Of business is inter /
spersed with debates and talks on political
and general topics Of the day for the en-
lightenmcnt of the members on the reigning
issues, and in this particular the club partal,es
of a pronounced literary character. 1t is also
an athletic organization. When the club
was first organized it occupied a room in the
Centre street extension of the Beddall build
ing, but it made such rapid strides in popu-
larity and membership that more commo-
dious quarters were required and the club
leased a room ON the third floor of the Main
building. Continued prosperity increased
the necessity for more rooms and the club
has occupied the entire floor for more than
year past. One of these rooms is
25x3O feet in size fitted up as a gymnasium
and is equipped in No 1 order for the pur-
pose. 1t contains a rowing machine pulling
machine, Buffalo home trainer, quarter
circle, parallel bars, horizontal bars, punch
ing bag boxing gloves, dumb bells, numer-
Gus pairs of acrobatic shoes, Indian clubs, a
head machine and other apparatus found in
first-class gymnasiums. The parlor is hand
somely furnished and, among other valuable
things, contains two frames valued at $50
each which contain the photographs of
all the members The sitting room
is also handsomely furnished and dec
grated and among the features of wall
, decorations are striking photographs of every
notable battle fought in the United States an
evidence of the patriotic sentiment of the
organization The club is in excellent fnan-
cial condition. 1t has 500 in cash and this,
with the estimated value of its gymnasium
outfit and other property, makes its total
valuation about $4,000 Its officers are ::
President, James McAtee Vice President,
p. J. McCarty Recording Secretary, Joseph
Coughlin; Financial Secretary Thomas
Scanlan; Assistant Secretary, Peter Mona
CHAN; Treasurer, Patrick J Devers; Trustees,
NJ. j. Ward, Thomas Brennan, Hugh Dough-
erty, Janitor, Thomas McGever; Board of
Control J. w, Burke, William J. scanlan
Anthony Flaherty, J. J. NIaley.
THE GYMNASIUM CLUB.
The other organization referred to is the
Gymnasium Club, which was organized in
1888 and has 11O members in good standing.
1t occupies room of great size ON the top
door of the Rynl.aWicZ building at the
southeast corner of Main and Oak streets.
This club differs from the other in that it has
no recognized political tendencies Its object
is, as the other, principally social advance
ment and to keep the members interested. Its
internal arrangement embraces musical and
an athletic club. The musical part OF
the organization includes an orches
ira of ten pieces, which boasts Of
the ownership of two flutes four violns
one bass violin, one kettle drum, one bas,
drum, one cornet, baritone and two
clarionets-a and b. The gymnasium is alsC
admirably equipped, notably embracing two
mattresses valued at SIPS, a net 3Ox7O feet il
/ size anu NdluCN III g4D, II uOuDlc lIdpSLt. clS
pair of dumb bells, four pair of Indian club
and 45 acrobatic suits The main room oc
J cupied by the club is divided into eight com
partments, seven being assigned for specia
purposes, namely orchestral room, secretary
office, costume room, ianitor's storage
! smoking, reading and instructors room
, The club has $500 ON deposit in the Firs
{ National Bank and its gymnasium an,
5 other property is estimated at 81 800 maxim
a total valuation of 81 O5O. The club also ma
T mutual aid as one of its objects and ON tn
death of a member donates 500. In case {
= sickness the unfortunate members is given tn
a proceeds Of an entertainments or ball. Th
initiation fee is 81 and the monthly dues Z
cents, The officers are; President Thorn;
% Lambert Vice President, M. F. Durlin
Recording Secretary, George Dallas; Fnanci'
Secretary, p. J, ,Scanlan Assistant Secretar!
p. J. Maher; Treasurer, William DurSm
y Trustees Felix Geiger, John Graham, J.
-, jenkins; Janitor, Anthony Carl.
Is shares For Sale.
4. The Safe Deposit Building and Saving Al
l- sociatiou will open another series Septembc
Y sth. This fund is especially successful.
Y large number of the principal business me
IL Il, AIIra.