South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-26
STOCK IN COUNTRY
CLUB IN DEMAND
$4,000 Has
Been Raised, According to
Announcement of Workers.

Approximately $4,000 worth of
stock was reported subscribed for
South Bend first country club at a
meeting of the committee of 100 on
membership and subscription, held IN
the Red room of the oliver hotel
Thursday noon. This amount Will in
dictate that enough money has been
pledged so that work on the new
country club and grounds west of the
city can be started the first of next
month.
The present membership of the club
totals approximately 1876, and this
number will be increased to 400 with
in the next week OF two 1t is expected.
a large number of prominent mer-
chants and citizens are out of the city
on vacations. but ii is believed that
the committee of 100 will ave little
difficulty in increasing the member
ship TO his number when they re-
turn.
Little trouble has been experienced
in securing memberships SO far. the
captains of the 10 teams who are
making the campaign for membership
reported at the luncheon today. As
was expected a small proportion of
business men approached have not
been willing as yet to take stock, but
with the club started on such a strong
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tains reported, there would be a
strong chance of nonsubscribers recon-
sidering.
Following is the list of subscriptions
secured in the first few days of the
campaign by the committees Judge O..
A. F~arabaugh, two, with many pros
poets; Ward l.. Mack, IS; NJ. j..
O'Brien. %: Carl Hibberd, nine; DR..
II. G. Shanklin, 10, with one SUBJ
~Cnrinfinn inpraaG nn- q u En- T.
c. c. Hanch, nine; Gustave Grieger,
six; NJ. p. Reed, eight.
1t was reported that A. r. Erskine,
president of the S~tudebaker corpora
ton, had been approached and had
signided his willingness to take stock
IN the new country club the amount be-
ing from one to 80 shares. according
to what was needed. j. c. Ellsworth
IL described for five shares of stock.
The teams entered in the campaign
are striving hard to get the most SUD-
%scriptiOns, as the winning team viii be
given a banquet at the Oliver. \
majority of the committee members
with their captains were present at
the meeting today.
Fl. w. Eldredge. chairman of the or
ganizatiOn committee, created much
enthusiasm at the meeting with an an
nouncement hat enough money had
been pledged to begin active opera
tons on the construction Of the golf
course and the club house the first of
next month. He declared, however,
that the committee workers should not
cease their efforts to raise the mem
bership at any time, as the size and
strength of the organization depend
ed largely on the size of the club ros-
ter.
The site of South Bends first country
club will be the Milliken farm west of
the city. accessible by three railroads.
and conveniently located for South
Bend motorists as well. 1t is so stu
ated hat natural hazards for the con-
structiOn of an ideal 1S-hole golf
course are located there. which will
reduce the expense Of laying out the
course materially.
Il is the intention of the organizS-
ton to raise between $50, 600 and $75,-
600 by stock subscription which will
be utilized in building the country club
house and LAYING out the golf course.
with the usual additional features of
tennis courts, etc.
The meeting Thursday noon brought
the entire matter 10 a focus and the
country club of South Bend is now
definitely assured. Enthusiasm ran
high at the meeting, and the reports of
the teams have given the proposition
a fresh impetus. Practically all of
the leading business Il professional
men of South Bend have taken stock
in the club and the membership will
easily equal the 400 mark or better
the first season.
A committee on publicity vas APP
pointed with +. +. Herring chairman.