Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-06-10
Has an Elegantly Furnished
Club House on West
Main Street.
Annual Outing Will FAKE Place
at Fern Grove Next
Tuesday.
PLEASURE AND COMFORT ASSURED

Mack:n Council, No. 205, Young Mems
Institute, now perhaps the strongest and
most popular society in the West End,
was organized September 10, 1898, and
from membership of thirty or forty has
grown until it now numbers over 300.
During the past year it was found nee
essary to provide larger quarters, when
the Council was incorporated and pur-
chased a building at Twenty-sixth and
Main streets, which has been transformed
into club house. This has been most
elegantly furnished, and during the win
ter months weekly euchres took place,
which were source of much enjoyment
and were largely attended. There are
very few people in the West End who
have not had the pleasure of being enter
tanned at one or more of their social func-
tons. Other features to attract young
men to spend their leisure time at the
club house are the billiard and pool
tables, the gymnasium, with gloves,
punching bags. Indian clubs, ETC., and a
well stocked library, where books of a
standard character, magazines and papers
can always be found.
Mackin Council also protects its men,
bers when sick or disabled, paving a
weekly benefit of s. and 500 for the
burial of deceased members. There are
other ways of assisting those who belong
to the order, and many young men have
been benefited thereby.
Among those who have directed the
course and contributed largely to the
success of Mackin are Messrs. Charles S.
Raidy, V. B. Smith, Tom Burkholder,
William Kerberg, John Sage, John Har-
low, Oscar Bronnert, George Lantz.
Louis Straub, George Semonis, Theodore
Weber and others, each of whom are la
boring ia make the annual outing grand
success.
The annual outing of Mackin Council,
referred to above, will take place at Fern
Grove next Tuesday, June l3. These
outings have always been attended by
large crowds in the past, and there is nc
doubt but that the capacity of the excur-
sion steamers Columbia and Sunshine
will be tested to carry the members and
their friends on that day.
The committee having this outing in
charge have neglected no details in max
ing arrangements for the pleasure and
comfort of their patrons. First-class
meals will be served on the grounds fol-
twenty-five cents for adults and fifteen
cents for children, thereby obviating the
expense and bother of carrying baskets.
The boats will leave at $50 in the
morning, and one at l 80 for the accom-
mediation of those who can devote only
the afternoon to pleasure. Arrangements
have also been made that the first boat
may leave Fern Grove at o'clock, sc
that those accompanied by children may
arrive home at an early hour.
A first-class orchestra and band viii
furnish music on the boats and at the
grove, and an efficient corps of managers
will provide various forms of amusement
and see that everything is conducted in
first-class order.
All the members of the council will be
on hand and will see to it that nothing is
overlooked. If any of our readers have
never attended these outings we would
suggest that they procure a ticket and
attend this one, as they will certainly
spend a pleasant day. Children under
nine years of age will be taken free Of
charge.