The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-24
OCEAN CLUB
IS ORGANIZED
Takes Over Portion of Professor
Baron's Harbor Bathing
Resort.

Honolulu has another downtown
swimming and boating club. The Ocean
Club has Just been born and takes over
the upper portion of Prof. Pete Baron s
establishment on the harbor front with
the privilege of acquiring the entire
building should the swimming professor
ever vacate. The Ocean Club consists
of about fifty members of the Outrigger
and of the Trail and Mountain Clubs.
They wish to present to these two or
carnations, free of all expense to
| them, downtown swimming place. The
organizers sought a site near the Myrtle
boat house, but We're informed that the
federal government contemplated TAX
ing possession at an early date, so they
secured the last possible place avail
able, and in some respects the best.
The club viii have the upper lanai of
the building and two large rooms, be-
sides other space. Boats viii be ac-
| cumulated, and there the Outrigger
| boys may keep canoe or two. and
| those who wish, may keep their racing
| shells and barges, to say nothing of a
| the Outrigger Club and those of the
| Trail and Mountain are talking of
| cruises to come The Healani and Myr
| tie clubs Will .be invited to get up
| canoe crews for the regattas in the
| harbor, and the Outriggerites contem,
| plate boat crews in the downtown
| waters.
The lease on Pete Baron s upper quar-
| = ,oJ nd ba
! club, or clubs, will take possession
! June l. The members will have full
swimming privileges. Members from
the Outrigger and Trail and Mountain
| clubs will have no other dues to pay
than a nominal initiation fee of one
! dollar, and those not members of either
of these organizations will pay annual
| dues of five dollars.
The objects Of the Ocean Club are
set forth IN the document signed by
the charter members 1t reads III part
as follows:
1.-The object of the club is to af,
! fliate only an amateur membership and
provide a downtown swimming place
for such members of the Outrigger
Canoe Club and Of the Trail and Noun
tain Club who desire such facility. The
f
lanai and two large rooms of the bath
house conducted by Professor Baron,
adjoining Lyle wharf. -
The constitution Of the club 10 be
Identical with that Of the TRAN and
Mountain Club, and the directorate the
same. The house committee in charge
Of the club rooms to be taken from the
Outrigger Club, and the following mem
bers have been appointed: q. II, Tuttie
chairman; Curtis Hustace, Allan Her
bert. Edward Dekum and T. =. "
! Gray. Lorriu Andrews. captain.
1t is hoped that a complete consollda
ton with the Outrigger and the Ira
and Mountain Club will be brought
about.
Professor Baron mas been elected AZ
. honorary member of the house commit
tee with a request to handle scleh
tifcalIv any DbstrepeI0uS or disagree
able member Of the club The Ocean
VIII act with the Myrtle and HcaIan
in not accepting any member dropped
from another club for non-paTment OF
dues. or who is a troubIe-breeder. NJ
person holding Office IN another boat
inc club other than the Outrigger vii
be allowed to act on the house commit
tee of the Ocean Club.
At present every member of the
Ocean Club is working hard to make
the Outrigger affair at Waikiki OF
June IN a big success. but after tina
date the quarters down town VIII b'
taken in hand and there viii he some
> thing doing around the harbor.
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