The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-22
WOMAN'S CLUB
CLOSES DEAL
LAPHAM HOME
Secures Large, Centrally Located
Property As Its Site For
Future Home


The special finance committee of
the Lakeland Woman's Club met at
the home of the chairman, Mrs.
George Wright, this morning and
closed the deal between the club and
the Lapham brothers for the property
known as the Lapham home on the
corner of Orange street and Tennes-
see avenue.
The property consists of a lot 100
feet on Tennessee avenue by 1872 on
Orange street, and a ten room house
with furnace and a garage. The con-
sideration is $4,000.
The club will reserve such rooms
on the first floor as will be needed for
assembly, library and kitchen pur-
poses and will rent out the rest of the
house and the garage until such time
as the club can erect a suitable club
house. 1t is probable that at that
time, the present house will be moved
TO the back of the lot facing Orange
street to make room for the new
building. Necessary changes and re-
pairs will be made at once.
The W6man's Club has but a small
fund on hand with which to make
payment on the property, but arrange
ments have been madei which will al
low the organization plenty of time
to provide for financing the purchase
The committee has decided on the
Baby Bond" method, which is grow
ing in popularity with clubs through
out the state and country. The Gaines
Vile Clubs new home is an exposi-
ton of the success 1of this method
BY this plan, the Gainesville women
were able to build their new home
and rush it to completion for the re-
cent meeting of the State Federation
of Women's Clubs.
The method is simple Instead of
soliciting subscriptions from the gen
eral public for the house fund, the
club will issue bonds in $50 and 500
denominations bearing interest and
these will be offered for sale to the
people of Lakeland. The club mem
bers are making pledges to the build
ing fund, which will bring in an in
come over a period of five years, and
the finance committee plans to retire
the bonds as rapidly as possible.
The matter of this particular loca-
tion came up at the last regular meet
ing, and was voted on favorably Mon
day morning by the special meeting
Of the executive board. The action of
the finance committee closes the deal
and, even before the bonds are issued,
the club members will be earnestly at
work raising funds with which to pay
off the bonds
The Lakeland Woman's Club has
been ambitious to own its own home
ever since it's organization about ten
years ago, and propositions looking
to this end have come up from time
to time, but the club has always
lacked the courage to embark on the !
undertaking, although many smaller
clubs in neighboring towns have Sc
cured attractive homes. In the mean
time property values have gone up
and up. The building at present oc-
cupied by the club was donated to
them by NJ. G. Mum and the lot on
which it stands is the property of
the Elks' Lodge. The club is in
thrifty condition at present. New
members are constantly being re-
ceived and the spirit of the orgam-
cation is splendid 1t is believed
that with its own home to work for.
the club will be still more interested
and active.
By the purchase just made, the
club comes into a home of its own
almost at once, and will be deriving
an income from the rest of the build /!
ing that will help toward financing
the project.
The Woman's Club is one of Lake
lands civic organizations and has |
done much excellent work in the past. !
and the members feel that Lakeland
citizens will give them recognition
when the time comes to place the
bonds on the market To help the
Woman's Club buy home by lend
ing money at s per cent is the plan
in few words. -.