Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-06
COUNTRY CLUB FOR
DU pONT EMPLOYEES
1t is to Occupy the Site of the Old
Trap Shooting Grounds,
Near Rising Sum

4 country club .or the use o. du Pont
employees. 10 be controlled and manage,
by The employees themselves exclusively
has been organized. and Will bc III tnti
operation within short time. nc new
organization is to he known as the du
Pont Country Club and its home Will be
located on the grounds of the old Trap
shooting Club on the north side oil he
Brandvwine opposite Rising sun hc
tract Of land available there consists at
about so acres and through arrangement
with the du Punt Co. the employees have
been able 10 take this over for the Use OF
the club. Already 4 ncw grand stand
for the athletic field has been erected ana
in all about Sl5,000 has been expended
in putting the grounds IN condition.
Two meetings for organization have
been held bv representatives from an
departments of the company and AT the
last meeting arrangements were made Tor
thu, election OF board Of governors each
dcpaumcnt clccting representa- tlves 70
this board. These elections are now being
completed and the results will be Tor
wardcd to Major Frank @. " Nmtiock'
organizing chairman, tomorrow.
At the organization meeting, held last
Friday, n committee, ot which Ii. ID. mex
cring was chairman. presented set OF ny
laws which were adopted. These bylaws
state that the objects Of tins club shali pc
10 advance the physical welfare OF " II
nington employees OF l.. /. du Font de
Ncmours Il Co. TO promote socrI ihter
course among the members OF the eiup
and to maintain clubhouse and ground
for their use The active membership
shall consist of two sections, one OF which
shall be composed Of male employees ~
f. / du Pont de Nemours y Co, ana the
other of women employees and NIL such
members shall be employed within a
radius of 10 miles of the club grounds.
Nonresident membership shall consist
of cnplovCs Of the company wherever
ernDIovcd. The initiation fee Was fixed at
$40 in the case OF male employees and 80
in cas-, Of women employees.
The location chosen for the grounds is
regarded IS especially fortunate rs the
In. cut is ideal for a country club and IS
near the city. 1t is expected that arrange
mcnts can be made to have bus lne
operate between the building and the club
grounds in order to take employees direct
to the club.
81 the present time there has been
great stimulus Is the interest If all em-
ploves in the club and department base
bah teams are being organized for iuturc
games. II is expected that N this line OF
snort there viii be m inter department
league organized for tho summer
The club has been organized entirely
through the efforts oi the employees them
selves. Captain W 4. Simonton, head 81
the Traffic Department, with group 81
other we'll known du Pont men, was active
III making preliminary arrangements
The organizing meetings were largely ai-
tended and the project was received with
great interest on the part Of emnloyes.
The form If organization was adopted ~
the organizing members on their own IN
tiative and the club itself will he absolutely
under the jurisdiction Of du Pont employees
members Of each department clectlng
the board Of governors who IN their turn
Will elect officers.
The club is the outgrowth Of i move
ment ID form an Athletic Association
which was started several years ago hy
members Of the Employees COMMITTEES.
The project was IN abevancc during the
war but since the armlstIce has received
good blt Of attention Recently a qucs-
tionnaire was sent to all departments in
order 10 discover the sentiment OF the
employees generally In regard to Il and
the reply showed that more tflan =
percent Of the male employees responded
favorablv. while something more than 81
responded favorably Out of . depart
mentS divisions and Sut siciary companies.
Is were more than 80 per cent IN favor q
the club More than LOO employees eX-
pressed a wish 10 join the organization.
IT. replying to tie questionnalre the
emplove~ were asked to state their pref
erencc IN sports. and i was discovered
that swimming led all the rest. having
a total Of 400 votes. Tennis was second,
with l.245 votes, while bowling was third
ard canoeing fourth. Trapshooting was
fifth, with 921 votes, while baseball was
sixth in the preferential list, having q
total OF 500 votes
As soon as the elections for the board
OF eoyernoTs are finished officers will
re named ana committees viii be formed
for the active work of managing the
organization.
As fast as Is practicable arrangements
will Ic made To install facilities for new
games II Is expected that as the CLUB
grows. more and more facilities will be
installed until the new organization be-
comes one OF the finest Institutions Of its
kind il TIN, part OF tho country.