The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-02
TO Be CHANGED into STORES
Directors of the Association Call Meet
ing for Thursday Night at Which
Time Plans for the Erection of a New
Building Will be Formally Taken UP.

The directors of the Kenosha branch
of the Young Men Is Christian Associa'
ton paved the way for the building OF
new association building in Kenoaha
late Tuesday afternoon when deal
was closed for the sale of the present
building of the association at the cor
ner of Main and South streets to Fred
Larsen, the we'll known building con-
tractor. The papers for the closing of
the deal are being drawn today and
the building will be turned over to Mr..
Larsen at once. 1t will be used for
commercial purposes and within the
next few months it will be converted
into three stores, but as yet no provi-
sion has been made for the upper floors
of the building. The price paid for
tie building has not been made public,
but it is said to have been between
5000 and $25,000 Mr.. Larsen has al
ready prepared plans for the remodel
ing of the building so as to make it
suitable for commercial purposes The
purchase price includes a portion of the
equipment of the building, but all the
furnishings furnished by the Ladies
Auxiliary of the association will be re-
tanned and they will be used as an aid
in furnishing the new building which
is to be erected at the corner Of South
and Chicago streets
The sale of the building has been
hanging fire for many months and the
directors feel assured that with this
sale completed the work on the new and
larger building for the uses Of the as
ISOLATION will be started within the
next two or three months. The money
ing together with money that has al
ready been contributed has furnished
an excellent nest egg for the new
building fund. The work of the Y M.
c. A. will not be neglected pending the
erection of the new building and some
plan will be made to secure temporary
quarters in which the work will be car
ried on pending the completion Of new
building.
Frank E. Anderson of Milwaukee,
state secretary of the Y. NJ. G. A., will
be in Kenosha on Thursday to hold a
conference with the directors of the To-
cal branch at which time the plans for
the new building will be discussed.
The plans and specifications for the
building have been in the hands of the
directors for some time 1t is estimat-
ed that the new building when equipped
will cost in the neighborhood of $780,
600, and it will be necessary to raise
about $4,000 to complete the fund.
The building as planned will be mod
ern in every way and it will provide a
permanent home for the association in
Kenosha with every possible equipment
for the young men of the city. w. w.
Vincent, president of the association,
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will show willingness to aid the pro-
ject and it is thought that the fund for
the building and equipment can be Sc
cured before it is completed
In speaking of the matter this morn
ing President Vincent said: ''We are
hopeful that the work on the new build
ing can be started before the end Of
the present year. The Y M, G. A. has
already established its worth to the
city of Kenosha and l feel certain that
we will have hearty support of all the
people in the carrying out of the plans
for the new building. We shall vacate
the old building at once and the plans
for the temporary work of the associa-
ton will be announced later. The old
building has not been entirely suited to
the work of the association, but we are
convinced that with a new building
with modern equipment the Y. M. G. A.
will be one of the greatest factors in
the hpttnrmapt of Kapocbo