The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-20
Directors Decide at Meeting to
Start at Once on New
Permanent Club
House.
TEMPORARY QUARTERS
Carpenters to Start Work To-
morrow on Temporary
Quarters for Use This
Summer.

There Will De no DELAY III iop"ii"
Ing Keokuk's Country club house
which was completely destroyed ts
fire Tuesday night. The club directors
met yesterday afternoon and decided
to go ahead with the work OF rebuild
Ing as soon as possible. While the
new club house Is being constructed,
temporary quarters VIII be erected
for the use OF members during the
present summer. These quarters Will
be ready for use within couple OF
weeks or less.
While contracts have not been let
or plans drawn for the permanent
building, it probably will be a less eS-
pensive building than the one which
was destroyed. The old building cost
$4,000. The insurance On this
amounted to $4,000.
While the cost of the new building
will not be so large as that OF the
as large and will be somewhat better
Committees Are Appointed.
At the meeting of the directors OF
the Keokuk Country Club Realty COM
pany and the Keokuk Country club.
held yesterday afternoon, committees
were appointed to attend to the i'm
mediate erection Of temporary quar-
tiers, and also joint committee Of
three from the realty company and FIVE
from the Country club to prepare plans
and contract for building permanent
club house.
The committee on temporary quar-
tiers, composed of J. W. Collier, Myrtle
F. Baker. N. H. Pyle, C. F. Mcfarland,
held meeting at the Country club
grounds this morning and have made
plans for a dancing and dining plat
form, a kitchen. ladies' dressing room,
and shower bath for the men. The
platform will be covered with good
roof, and the floor will be finished mp
for dancing. This building will be
located Just west of the old club house
and viii run east and west, the kitch-
en- and dressing room being On the
west end. It will be arranged so that
It VIII get the south and the west
breezes and will be high enough so
that there will be full sweep of view
up the river and over all the game
grounds. By placing the house in this
way, none of the games will be inter
fered with in the least, and the old
sights will be left for the uuinterrupt-
ed work OF building permanent
house.
Start Work Tomorrow.
Work on the temporary building will
tomorrow morning. and II
the weather is favorable, 1t is expect
ed that there will be a party held
week from Saturday night. Meals viii
be served at the club house as usual,
and there is no reason why there
should be any interruption Of the
usual Country club gayeties.
The building committee for the per-
house will be announced prob
ably tomorrow The old club house
was a very handsome building. and It
lis hoped that the new one w1l
she as beautiful and substantial
ia building this time. Experience
mas shown that there were some
things about the position OF the
house and the interior arrangements
which could be improved upon, and
this experience will be taken full ad-
vantage Of in rebuilding. The house
tcommittee with Miss Agnes Trimble
as chairman. are already making ar
for a new equipment TO-
dining room service and details are
being worked out SO that It will not be
long before Country club activies viii
commence again
Appeal to Members.
The directors of the club today IS
sued an appeal to the members to
give them their undivided support IL
the work that stands before them. The
directors believe that the members can
have more pleasure at the club this
summer than they have ever had be-
fore If they will enter into the spirit
of the time and make the best OF con-
ditions that confront them.
Their address to the members fol-
lows:
To members OF Keokuk Country
Club:
The directors of the Country