The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-01-13
LUBBOCK COUNTRY CLUB PLANS
FOR PERMANENT PLAY GROUNDS
ORGANIZED IN SEPTEMBER WITH ONE HUNDRED MEM
BERs-HAs LAND WITH NATURAL ADVANTAGES
FUTURE PLANS DISCUSSED BY DIRECTORS
Present Said BE the Best of its Kind in the State
Club Members Entertain Ou'-of-Town Guests the
Grounds, Which VIII Attract Attention.

While talk Of what IN 20 be ae-
complished in Lubbock is occupying
about al the space Of the paper
these days, we feel that IL is alto
gcther appropriate that We say
fomethinR in behalf Of the accom-
plishmcnts Of the past few months,
and this article is written 20 can
your attention 10 the public spirited
men who have 80 completely carried
out their plans and made such splen-
did success with the Lubbock Coun-
try Club.
The club was organized last Sep
tembcr. capitalized for twenty i've
thousand dollars. With two hundred
and fifty dollar membership fee, and
right on the reel, one hundred per-
sons awaited Themselves OF the op-
portunity 90 join, and the member
ship has remained az that point untif
the present date.
The first big move ~ the board
o. directors was 20 purchase a hun
dred and sixty acre block of the
old Wolffarth tract northeast OF
town, three miles, where they have
most ideal advantages
A nine hole golf course was laid
out. which is said 20 be, when in
good condition, the best Of its kind
IN the State. large dam has
been built. retaining n large body
Of winter, where there Is ample room
for al the boating and fishing neces-
sary. and 10 is planned 20 have the
lake stocked with game fish In the
near future, and as there IN eight
20 twelve feet Of water nj the dam
II n believed that they will do ex-
ceedingly well there.
The club grounds have been the
scene Of many interesting and en-
joyablc entertainments, az there are
a good many Of the business meH
who relize that all work and no
play Is not altogether good, and
once on the links, imbucd with the
spirit Of the game, and enlightened
with the breeze which is altogether
a plains breeze, the average person
soon forgcts the drudgery Of his Of
flee, and spends enough time there
10 make Tor better health and kind
er disposition which ls sure 70 be
needed by every progressive town
bcncfactor when the elections for
community improvements are on.
Tho hoard Of directors meet each
month % discuss the problems and
plans Tor the development of the
club. and NJ the last meeting held
In Neil Wright's office Thursday
evening. the good 90 be derived for
future citizens Of the town through
the work they are now doing was
discussed, IN view % making their
future work as well planned for this
purnoae as Il n possible.
when men build their fairgrounds
with the view 81 making Il lasting,
and perform their business duties
in "A manner that Us liable 90 leave
perpetual monuments for their In
bors. the writer u Of the opinion that
that "a the proper plan Let's look
further into the future as we -
along, and we will see that the work
OF these men are doing II worthy
OF our highest esteem, and their un.
derta king deserves our klndeat con-
siderntions and cooperation.
Every resident minister OF the
town has been granted all the privi-
leges of the club, and special privi-
leges are given the members which
are designed 20 give the out OF
town visitors an opportunity 20 be-
come associated with the members
on their grounds which, as they 20
away. will leave with them n better
opinion Of Lubbock and It's people.
IL Ia 20 be remembered that there
are many men Of financial prestige
who will welcome the opportunity %
become associated with = town whose
people have provided adequate pleas.
urc resorts, whose love Of the golf
anort nlone would give them a bet
ter opinion Of Lubbock rs a p'ace
10 live. There are men in the lnrg-
or ueighborinq towns who look with
pride upon the Lubbock Country
Club and ~ entertainment features,
which reflect favorably unon the
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