The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-04-23
Community Club
Opens Saturday
REDWOOD FALLS SOCIAL CEN
IRE NOW READY FOR OCCU-
FANCY. PUBLIC INVITED
EVERYTHING IN PLACE
COMFORTABLE REST ROOM AND
BIG GYMNASIUM ARE BEST
FEATURES.

The long looked for day of the OPEN
ing OF Redwood Falls Community Club
is almost here and will get itself en-
tirely here by Saturday of this week,
April rs, when the Club house will be
opened to the public. The rooms will
be open for inspection throughout the
day and reception committee will
welcome the visitors. This commit.
tee consists of Mrs. III. NJ Hitchcock
and Mrs. d. L. Crimmins who will be
assisted by Mesdames Hubbard, Coun-
tryman,, Nash and Shaw and Misses
Bunten, Watson and Wood. There
will be special music and light re-
freshments will be served through put
the day and evening.
The equipment, fixtures and fur
nishings are practically all in place
and the remainder of them will be In
stalled by Saturday. The first room
in the building has been fitted up as a
rest room, comfortable chairs and a
pleasant, homelike room in which the
visitors to the city will be made very
welcome, a lady in charge from early
in the morning until six in the even
ing. The room will also be open and
under supervision until eleven at
night.
A part of the rest room has been
partioned off into a retiring room
which will have as comfortable part
of its furnishings couple of touches
which may be used by ladies or chill
dren. Adjacent to his room are lava
tory and toilet. This rest room with
it's comforts and conveniences is alone
e. Is
and to the community and women COM
ing to Redwood Falls will be most
heartily glad to have such place at
their disposal
Back of the rest room is the gymna-
SUM, twenty seven feet by sixty feet
quite large enough for all sorts of
delightful exercises, games and sports.
The room is already equipped for vol
ley ball, basket ball indoor baseball,
medicine ball and shuttle board and
boxing gloves and dumb bells form
part of the equipment. Windows
have Eeen well screened, the room is
light and airy and altogether most
admirable place in which to have good
times.
Downstairs are to be found the two
shower baths which form such a neg
essary part of gymnasium. A spe-
cial water heater has been provided
SO that the showers may be supplied
with both hot and cold water at all
times. There is also lavatory on
the basement floor, and sixty-three
steel lockers have been provided for
the convenience of the regular visitors
to the gymnasium.
A small room at the foot of the base
ment stair is equipped with weight AMI
the large room on the west side of the
floor is devoted to two bowling alleys
which are proving very great attrac-
lion to the boys and men of the city.
The alleys are of the genuine Bruins
wick Bake type and offer a splendid
opportunity for bowling which is both
an interesting recreation and mos
beneficial one. At present the Boy
Scouts are voluntarily setting up the
pins and the room is already attract
ing the boys, large number of them
under the direction of c.. A. Nash try
ed on. the alleys Monday afternoon.
Seats will be arranged at the side and
rear of the alleys and it is expected
that arrangements will be made
whereby ladies will also be given the
use of the alleys if they desire to form
teams.
The Community Club is the culmina-
ton of desire of several of the men
of the city for place of amusement
where parents may allow their child
rem to go freely and where older peo-
pie Will also be given an opportunity
to enjoy freedom and exercise under
ideal conditions. While the movement
is fathered by the members of the
Methodist Church, the use of the room
is not restricted to any sect or de-
nomination; it is freely offered to the
public and if the public fails to make
use OF it that is the fault Of the public
and not the fault of the originators
of the plan. There will be no opening
of the gymnasium to young people not
in charge of some competent person
and there will at all times be a woman
or man in general supervision over TIE
rooms, as well as a competent janitor
who will have the building and its care
in his charge.
The plan of such Club House is the
joint idea of DR.. E. c. Horn and w. Il.
Gold, who have long felt the need of
such 4 place of recreation and rest ~
Redwood Falls. With these men many
other people, both men and women. of
the church, have co-operated gladly
and willingly and the result speaks
well for their efforts. With DR.. Horn
and MIR. Gold on the executive commit
tee are associated F. g. Hubbard, G..
Countryman, A. C. Burmeister and L.
&C.. Backer, every member of the COM
mittee having devoted time and energy
to making the plan great success.
The Cub is supported entirely by sub
scriptions and public spirited citizens
may well show their interest in the
plan and their belief in the future sue
cess Of the club by contributions to-
ward its upkeep. L G. Backer is the