The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-10-24
FARM BUREAU LEASES
DODSON BUILDING ON
EAST SECOND STREET
Red Triangle Club Rooms and Gym
nasium May Also BE Located on
the Third and Fourth Floors
Second Floor to Be As
sembly Hall For Pub
lie Use.

County Agent George Kirk, acting
for the Directors of the Mason County
Farm Bureau, this morning closed
lease with Mr.. George Dodson for the
property in Second street, between
Market and Limestone, and now occu-
pied by Mr. Larry Langfelse, as head
quarters for the Mason County Farm
Bureau.
The Farm Bureau will take posses
sion of the Western portion of this
building Immediately but Mr.. Lang
felse will occupy the Eastern half of
the first floor until he gets another
location for his business giving up
that portion of the building about the
first of the year.
The Bureau will establish their Of
fees and a public rest room in the
building as soon as possible. The sec
ond floor of the building will be used
as an assembly room and will be open
ed for all public gatherings of local
interest.
The third and fourth floors of the
building have been spoken for by the
Red Triangle Committee Of Mason
county and those who are behind a
movement to establish in this city a
club for the young men and boys OF
, Maysville and Mason county. They
propose to establish on the third floor,
reading and game rooms and shower
baths and lockers. The entire fourth
floor will be used as a gymnasium.
This floor was at one time used by the
Knights of st. John as a drill room.
1t has a Is foot ceiling and has no
posts or other distractions and Is
therefore the best possible room In the
city for a~gymnasium being Just large
enough for a basket ball floor.
1t is the purpose of the Red Triangle
Committee, If they are given the prop
er support by the public, to equip
these club rooms and this gymnasium
in first class style and have 1t for the
use of the young men and boys of
Maysville and Mason county furnish
ing them a place to spend the time OF
afternoons and evenings and furnish
ing them with the best of reading mat
ter at all times.
Contrary to the opinion of some, the
Mason County Farm Bureau is vitality
interested In the welfare Of Maysvtlle
Mason county farmers have realized
that Maysville In their town and they
are taking keen interest In its
welfare and development. The Bureau
has offered these two top floors OF
their building to the Red Triangle
Committee for this purpose at a very
reasonable rental and those interested
in such a club room for boys are very
|appreciative Of their interest.
The Bureau expects to equip In the
immediate future a first class res
room for the use of the wives ant
children OF the farmers when they
come to Maysyille to shop. Every
thing to make this rest room usefu
land attractive will be installed ant
1.-THE public wilk be welcome to use i
at all times and under all circum
stances.
This building is an ideal Location
for the headquarters Of this Farmers
organization. 1t is centrally located
and handy to all parts of the city. Th'
building Is so divided as to serve thu
exact purposes of the bureau, the frs
floor being divided into two separate
rooms. One of these rooms will b.
used as offices for the bureau and thu
other as the rest room for men, womeI
and children and as waiting station
for all automobile bus lines. The 9th
er floors of the building are In larg'
rooms and can be nicely used for th'
purposes as outlined above.
Just when the new organization cal
get their headquarters established II
their new building Is not known bu
It will be but few weeks until the!