New Britain herald., 1916-07-19
A. ". STANLEY WANTS
 TOBUY GOLF COURSE
.OfGrS to Purchase Grounds Of Club at Maple Hill

Preliminary steps toward the dis posal of the property of the New M Britain Golf club, consisting princi- pally of land and buildings at Maple @ Hll Where an eighteen hole golf M course is located, will be taken at Ma special meeting of that organiza- Flon to be held next Monday evening. M 1he sale of the club holdings will a#mark the beginning of the effort MSo make the new Shuttle Meadow #1ountry club a reality although plans witI pc made to continue the Maple
 llllI links in operation until such a #time as the new course is playable. MSeVeral purchasers of the old links #are on the market, prominent among MIhem being A. w. Stanley, who has #oHered to take over the holdings, #pay1ng enough to meet all obliga- #tlons of the club, which includes bond #issues and capitol stock sold to the |#n1embers as an initiation fec
 @ MT. Stanley has made the offer %provtding that the Maple Hill club &does not dispose of it's property to #pther parties before October G. 1916. NfIe will guarantee all obligations and # #further,. will lease the property to @ he club until the new one is ready
 or five per cent. per year, the latter
 EoH pay taxes, insurance, tc. In the &event that other purchasers are # Forthcoming the Maple Hill club has Hecomm that at @ special meet &ng to be held Monday evening reso- # ut1ons be adopted that F. A. Searle,
 S. T. Kimball, l.. B. Mallory, C. F. SSm1th, G. F. Hart, A. w. Stanley, P. #B. Stanley, P. Corbin and C. w. &Nicho1s be appointed a special com $nittee with power to transfer the
 plub property They will if the reso- % %utton is adopted, be empowered to
 Transfer to MT, Stanley upon the final
 aate of his offer. Whoever buys, the
 a aeaI will be so oonsummated that local 2Bolfers will be assured of links upon zavhich to play until the Shuttle
 aMeadow course is ready.
 Financial Requirements.
 # The Shuttle Meadow club has of
 iciaIly informed the Maple Hill club
 hat it has an eighteen hole course &lnder construction and that members zbf the present organization will be ! accorded the privileges of the Shuttle XE1eadow club at a cost not to exceed
 40 per year for individual member hip of $50 for man and wife. The
 matter of dues is not final. The
 Shuttle Meadow club will require an
 &nihation fee of $25 which will apply lpon the purchase of shares of the 8apitol stock of the corporation (par "a 50) providing the subscription list is 8 ot complete. & The Maple Hill Golf club has been # Conducted on a plan of annual dues # nd initiation fee of $25 for which S ne share of stock was given the 8nember If the plan under consider # ton works out it is probable this #api;tol stock will be redeemed at $ ar, returning to the members of the &lub their initiation fee. "a The Shuttle MedoW club promises
 become the best known course in #ais part of the country and no 1egiti- &nate expense has been spared in do- Eng the work already under way, nor Bill in further work. An, expert from
 broad Is in charge of large num- l ' CT of Workmen at this time, laying # hut the course according to the most N Approved methods, getting the fair
 a avs into shape and preparing for the #reens, which naturally will be com #Ieted last. The clubhouse, it is fig Erred, will be ready in less than a Fear and full allowances will be made
 sor the sports incident to the we'll Equipped club. It will take some time
 go complete all that has been Tanned but sport and diversion of Every variety is promised to all with #he completion of the house and 5 &rounds. The fees will be reasonable $ $rhen the offerings are considered. No me is being wasted in putting Through the work.