Evening journal., 1920-05-06
country CLUB
Men
Old Trapshooting Grounds
at Rising Sun Chosen
as Site
TO PLAY ALL
OUTDOOR SPORTS

A country club for the use OF du-
Pont employees. to be controlled and
managed by the employees themselves
exclusively. has been organized. and
will be in full operation within a
short time. The organization is TO De
known as the dupont Country Club
and its home will be located on the
grounds of the old trap shooting club
on the north side Of the Brandywine
opposite Rising sun. The tract OF
land available there consists OF about
thirty acres and through arrangement
with the dupont Company, the en-
plOyes have been able to take this over
for The use of the club. Already
new grand stand for the athletic iield
has been erected and in all about
$4,000 has been expended in putting
the grounds in condition.
Two meetings for organization nave
been held by representatives. from ali
departments Of the company ana az
the last meeting arrangements Were
made for the election Of board OF
governors. each department electlng
representatives to this board. These
elections are now being cOmpleteu
and the result will be forwarded 70
Major Frank o. Whitlock, organizing
chairman, tomorrow. h,id
AT the organization meeting, help n
last Friday. a committee OF Wiilon II n
ID. Chickering was chalruieh, ~
sented a set OF bylaws when W. ~
adonted These bylaws state that the
aStdrte of mis- club shall be to ad-
',s5ca the nhysical welfare OF VII
n,ington emplOyes of h. l. DUPONT ue
Nensours Il Company, TO promote so-
ciai intercourse among the meIhpeI,s
~ tbe cl,th and TO maintain cltD cl
So,,se anj grounds for their use. ing ne
,io netis,o noembership shall conslst ol
49, sactions one OF which snan DC
w., W. ,osed of male employees OF +. i, /
S,panf de NemOurs & Company, anu dl'l
~ other Of women employees, ana aii
'ic an o'h members shall be empiiofeu
,,,iti,in a radius Of 40 miles Ol sle
cl,th rrouads. NONRESIDENT lnelslD,h ls 49,
slim shall consist or eilploS09n IT, ~, IN
company wherever employtsdi;o in 0 the
inaiion fee was fxed at Sl 4, ~ osse
case OF male employees anu ~ -
of women employees. -. ths grounds
Tho location chosen Tor tle eIou'os et1 ~
tno tae,orSed as especially fortunate az
H. Iav~out Is ideal for q country
I'm ana Is near the city. IL Is "
one3od that arrangements can pc Illdue
~ hsve bus line operate Del'NSen
~ ,So ia ofice building and the elun
Wy ,,,,Ja in order TO take employees
direct to the cluD. ,...o hos beer
rreat Stimulus TO the interest "
All emnloves In the club and depart
ment baseball teams are Dslhs VI
eanized for future games. IL II IN
5ected that in this line OF sport 1.,, uier,
will be an inter-deparmen1 looeu'
organized for the suIhiner. i.oa or.
I The club has been organized Gu
,ireiv through the efforts OF the, en-
Moves themselves Captain w.
eiWonion. head OF the traiilc depart,
mont with a group or otller Wsl
, i'noxvn dupont men. was actlNe il
making preliminary arrangements
irhe organizing meetings were ldree'
! " attended and the project Vas re-
ceived with great interest on lhe POI
- 9ganizaiion was adopted by the or
ganizing members on their own initla'
1 five and the club itself VIII be dDsO
iuetlv under the jurisdiction oi du
= pont emplOyes. members OF each ut
nariment electing the board OF gov
/; ernors. who in their turn VIII elec
, officers. I'll %
I movement TO form an athleIlc @ @asso
wears ago by members OF tne en-
\ nlovees' committee The project wa
< In abevance during the war, but sine
: Inc armistice has received good Dl
of attentiin. Recently a questionnair
was sent 10 all departments IN 0rde
Ia discover the sentiment OF the em
i ployes generally in regard TO i an
he reply showed that more than Z
ner cent. Of the male employees re
sponded favorably, while somethln
more than % per cent. OF tne Womel
7 emDlOyes also responded taNoraDly
ont of % departments, divisions an
subsidiary companies, tS were NOR
Than 30 per cent. in favor OF tn
club. More than 400 employees eX
: pressed a wish to join the organiza
= In replying to the questionable, tn
n employees were asked 10 state thei
!. preference in sports, and 1t was dis
4 covered that swimming lead all tn
q rest having a total Of ti09 votes
n Tennis was second, with i2i5 votes
s while bowling was third, and canoe
ing fourth. Trapshooting was fiftf
r. with S2i votes, while baseball wa
) sixth In the preferential list, havin
a total OF 800 votes.
e. AS soon as the elections for N
Y. board of governors are finished, OH
GERS will be named and committees
will be formed for the active worl
Of managing the organization.
Is As fast as 10 is practicable, arrangt
s. ments will be made 10 install facill
., ties for new games. IL Is eXpecta
that as the club grows, more an