Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-07
AMONG The COUNTRY CLUBS
south Omaha and New Happy Hollow
Occupy Center of the
stage.

stage.
The season opens at the South Omaha
Country club May 1. This is the second
season, and the last year has shown the
club TO be steadily growing in popularity.
The rates of admission and monthly dues
have been raised with the opening of this
year and the demand for membership has
not diminished. All Of the committees have
been active and the last week saw most
Of the plans for the current year completed.
The carpenters and painters finished their
work last night The additions to the
equipment include outside dining room
and Kitchen. This will accommodate TWEEN
ty-hve persons and the kitchen is large
enough to make prompt service sure
woman's locker room, neatly finished In
hard wood has been built over the recep-
tion room. II will contain thirty lockers
Thirty-fve new lockers for the men have
been added to the 1fty-three which were in
use last year. They have nearly all been
engaged in advance Of the season. The
cigar and confection stand has been re-
modelled for the coming year. new park.
an acre in extent Is being fitted ana laid
out north Of the pavilion and the larger
park Of four acres south and west of the
pavilion will be thoroughly grassed and
cleared early in the season. The tennis and
croquet grounds have been enlarged and
the committees expect to develop consider
able interest in these attractions.
A path OF macadamlzed stone will be
built from the electric line to the club
house and for the convenience of the guests
neat station will be built on the track
II will be Of gothic pattern. The path
across the ground will be lighted at night
by street lamps.
Golf tournaments and contests will be
the features OF the afternoons during the
summer and many such matches are al
ready discussed. More attention will he
given this season to challenges. for the
membership has developed several fine play
ers The links have been newly rolled and
the rs scraped. The greens have been
carefully dressed and the sodding OF last
season is much firner more adapted to
good sport than formerly.
On three different days since the fair
weather began large crowds have found
their way to the grounds to spend de-
lightful afternoon. The club house was
thronged with guests a week ago. The
| evening features are expected to take pre-
! cedence over any other society affairs dur
Ing the season. Every Friday evening there
will be a select dance at the pavilion for
the members and their friends Evening
parties and dinner parties will be of daily
occurrence
The membership at present is 217, with
the addition Of about twenty juniors. One
feature which has been the source OF great
qualification to the management and to the
members is the high class OF patronage en-
joyed, and the fact that there is no bar
IN connection with the club. II is felt that
this kind Of service has not been demanded.
. | IL In looked aa ~ Ahs orN,
nate acts that this was Incorporated in the
first bylaws OF the organization.
The decision Of the incorporators OF the
new Happy Hollow Coli club to have a
dry" club f. in line with the action on
the Omaha Rod and Gun club. While
there are plenty OF people in Omaha who
do not object to taking a stick in their
lemonade, there are still plenty who like
TO have It withVut the stick. and these will
be Accommodate at the new club.
Members ~ the two older clubs were
Fomewhat ought up over the remarks
reported - have been made by some OF
the members of the new club while dis
cussing tho wet or dry proposition at the
meeting last week. The Field club and
Country club are such large institutions
that many could find plenty OF recreation
and go to most any part OF the grounds
OF club house without knowing a buffet
was run in connection with the club house
This new club will carry out the ideas Of
those who do not believe In a bracer after
hard game OF golf.
e. A. Benson. president; Euclid Martin
vice president; H. W. Yates, ir., treasurer
and w. L. Selby, secretary, were elected
as officers OF the new Happy Hollow club
, last week. F. H. Gaines was made chair
man Of the golf committee and John r
) Webster chairman of the house commit
r tee. These committees intend to get bus!
, at once and to have the house and grounds
, ready for the use Of the members at tn,
' earliest possible moment With the leasing
OF ninety acres added TO the eleven acre.
$ which were bought, a splendid golf cours,
e will be laid out The original eleven acre
I. is mostly wooded, so most OF the gol
= course will be on the leased land.