The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-01-28
Constitution and Bylaws of
New Organization
Accepted.
WANT THE FARMERS
"Hang-out" For Men and Boys
to Promote Physical, Moral
and Mental Development.

The board of directors elected by
the Commercial club to govern the
proposed Community club to be opened
In the old school building, met last
Tuesday evening In the lobby of the
Imperial Hotel for their second meet
ing. President Staley occupied the
chair and called the board to order at
8:15. The first business taken up was
the report OF the committee on consti-
tuition and bylaws, which report with
a few alterations was accepted as read.
While the organic law of this club Is
exceedingly short as 1t should be, 1t
Is too long to be quoted here In
FULL. However its substance is as fol-
lows: The club Is to be known as the
Community Club Of Grangevilbe. Its
object Is to promote the mental, moral.
and physical development of it's MEM
bers. 1t is to be governed by
, Governing Board elected annually by
the Commercial club and representatives
OF the commercial. professional educa-
tional, and religious life OF the commu-
nifty. This board meets semi-annually
and at such other times as called by
the president. The active management
Is vested In an executive committee
consisting of the officers OF the board
and two other board members. Chosen
by the executive committee and work.
| ing in harmony with 1t Is to be
manager The manager is In actual
charge OF the club house and he, to-
gether with The committee, form the
active control OF this institution.
Those who are familiar with the man
agement of such institutions will i'm
mediately discover that the Community
Club has Incorporated the best ideas
of management as found in Y. M. c.
AS and private clubs. 1t is the Sim
plest and most effective form of organi-
zation that could be devised. The COM
mittee on finance and membership made
a partial report but that was suffici-
ent to show that this enterprise is
sure go.
BY the adoption of the report Of the
committee on organization, the club be-
comes thoroughly organized; the decks
are now cleared for action. The visi-
BILE sigIfs of the Community Club will
soon be seen by everyone who comes by
the old school building. But the most
important thing done at this meeting
was the adoption of the name Com
munity Club" The community OF
Grangeville is not bounded by the poll
Z tical limits of the city. The farmers
who make GnangeV1Me tmelr center Oh
trade are a part of this community as
much as any dweller within the limits
of the city.
This 'hang- OUT belongs to the farm
er just as much as to the city dweller
and the farmer win derive as much
benefit from Ii as any other class OF
community dweller What the Ladies'
Rest Room is to the farmerw wives, this
club will be to the farmers themselves.
When the farmer comes into town and
wants to talk over business with ano-
ther farmer or have a friendly chat
with another man, here is the place
to come and enjoy a friendly game or
occupy the cosy chairs before the fire
and talk. Especially does this apply
to the young men of the farm home.
The management will think they have
failed somewhat If this club does not
become the farmers stopping place
when he is in town At the start, the
club aims to minister to the social
needs of the men, the young men, and
the boys. The old school building af-
fords abundant room SO that in the
future as other community needs arise,
the club is hoping to be able to meet
those needs. Remember the member
ship is put at the low sum of five
dollars per annum, which is within the
reach OF every man.