The Washington herald., 1922-11-05
new COUNTRY CLUB
EXPECTED OOPEN
BY FIRST OF JUNE
Rapid Progress Made on
Quarters at Congress
sional Links.
FINEST IN WORLD
Noted Capital Residents Com
prise List of Life
Members.
FINEST IN WORLD

with work progressing rapidly.
the new Congressional Country Club,
located about nine miles northwest
Of the city. is expected to be opened
on May 80, according to announce
ments made last night by Michael
Seretto, the contracting builder, and
members of the clubs board of di-
rectors.
The clubhouse. which follows the
general Northern italian villa style.
embodying all the features Of city
club as well as those of a country
club. was designed by Phillip NJ.
Jullien,of this city,who has designed
a number of famous structures.
Benson A. Applegard. for many
years engineer for United States
Treasury bIilding projects, will be
the resident engineer during the
construction of the clubhouse.
One of, Finest I'm World.
when completed the clubhouse
will be one of the finest in the world.
and will include a full-sized gym
nasium, exercise rooms, a swimming
pool. four bowling alleys, a billiard
and pool room. card rooms, locker
rooms separate for men and women.
a diningroom which will accommo-
date 400 persons, a grill which will
seat 300 persons and a banquet hall
large enough for a gathering of $50
persons.
The main clubroom will include
an inclosed porch and promenade.
with a balcony commanding a per-
feet view of the golf course, the
lake and the surrounding country.
The club will be large enough to
take care of 1000 persons for en-
tertainment.
There will be fifty bedrooms with
bath. a women's lounge. the Presi-
Dental suite. as well as complete
servant quarters, a laundry and
servants lockers.
Over the beautiful rolling coun-
try surrounding the clubhouse, De-
vereux Emmett. of st. James. L. l..
famous golf architect, has laid out
two lS-hole courses. covering ap-
proximately 300 acres. Assisting
in the laying out of the courses
was Lieut. Col. C. o. Sheriff., per-
sonal aid to President Harding.
who is in charge of public grounds
and buildings. The construction of
the courses is in charge of Lewis
and Valentine. OF Ardmore. Pa.
Famous Life Members.
No club in the world boasts a
life-me list of as famous
men in world affairs as the new
Congressional Country Club. Head
ed by Herbert Hoover. IS president,
the list of officers includes Senator
oscar Underwood. first vice prcsi-
dent; Representative Oscar e
Bland, second vice president: Lieut..
Clarence o. Sheriff.. third vice pres
ident: Representative O. T.. luhr-
ing. chairman of the Doard; Rear
Admiral Cary T. t:rayson. chairman
membership committee: George 0.
watson. secretary and treasurer.
and as members of the bead. SEN
ators Coleman Du Pont. Davis Ell
kins. Pat Harrison. GeorGe H. Moses
Morris Sheppard. F. NJ. Simmons.
and James Z. Watson; Representa-
tives Guy E. Campbell. r. Cline Cole,
Harry B. Halves. Joseph II. Hines,
Harold knutson aid John W. Lang
ley; Col. T. Lester Jones, Albert ID.
Lasker. George T. Bishop, E. Brooke
Lee, George Livingston, G. Logan
Payne. Charles c. Glover, Wilton j.
Lambert. Thomas p. Littlepage,
Robert H. McNeill, and Walter r.
Tuckerman.
The club is a development re-
spending to national expression for
broader sympathy between mem
bers Of the different branches of the
government and between them and
their friends of the country and
world at large. Influential and
public-spirited men from different
parts of the country have respond
ed The magnitude of the project
was visualized as a permanent in
stitution of national and interna-
tlonal Importance by 300 founder
lie members. and includes the great
representative men of the nation.