The Washington herald., 1922-12-15
Remarkable Progress Reported
at First Annual Meeting
of Members.
ALL OFFICERS REELECTED
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover
Again Chosen to Act as Pres
ident for Next Term.

Hoover as president, were unani-
mously reelected at the first an
nual meeting of the members held
at the Washington Hotel last night,
following reports of the splendid
financial condition. the progress Of
the new $450.000 clubhouse and the
rapidly growing membership.
Representative o. r. Luhring,
chairman of the board of gov.
ernors. presided. and reports were
made by George o. Watson, secre-
tary and treasurer: Col. E. Lester
Jones, chairman Of the finance
committee, and G. Logan Payne,
! chairman Of the building committee.
Phillip Julien, architect. also ex.
planned details of the clubhouse,
and Lieut.. Col. c. o. Sheriff.,
vice president, outlined the various
features and facilities. including the
golf links.
CLUB PROSPEROUS.
The financial report. dated No
vember 90. 1922, showed receipts
of the club amounted to $480,447.70
and the disbursements to S429.-
790.10. leaving a cash balance Of
$59.s37.s0. in addition to invest.
ments in United States Treasury
notes and bonds to the amount Of
s125.5S6.77 and other sound assets
aside from the club site.
Mr.. Walson's report. which was
set forth in pamphlet form to the
members. says:
Previous to the Incorporation OF
the club. an option had been Sc
| cured on a tract of land splendidly
adapted to the purposes Of a notable
Country Club. located in the extern
sion Of Massachusetts, avenue at
distance of approximately IL miles
from the White House. This tract
OF land consists Of 406 acres
During the past year there has
been constructed a first class 49,
hole golf course, which Is now COM
/ pleted and will be opened for play
next spring about Decoration Day.
This course was designed by Mr.
| Devereux Emmet, the well-known
! golf architect. and was built by
| Lewis and Valentine, the landscape
contractors of Philadelphia. Many
| experts have examined the course
| during construction and have unan-
! irnously pronounced that il will be
one Of the best in the United
| States
WATER FROM SPRINGS.
"A thoroughly modern irrigation
system has been designed for the
course and is now under construc.
ton. SO that it will be possible TO
have all greens sprinkled properly
in the early spring when water is
SO vitality important to the develop
| - rr.E-
draw water from an artificial lake
! OF about three acres, for which the
dam has been constructed. This
lake draws water from nine peren-
nial springs on the club property.
so that it will not only furnish a
liberal supply of water for the golf
course but will also provide a beau.
tiful outdoor swimming beach of
fine clear water within about 100
yards from the front terrace OF
the clubhouse.
"On October rs, a contract was
let for the construction of the main
clubhouse according to the plans
prepared by Phillip Julien. archi.
tect. Of Washington. This contract
was let to NJ. Seretto, of Boston.
for s450,00o, for the building com.
plete except for the equipment uf
the swimming pool and the club
equipment and furnishings.
THE clubhouse as designed and
contracted for will have fifty guest
rooms. each with its private bath,
feature rarely found in country
clubs. 1t has every necessary or
desirable indoor athletic facility and
social room required to make this
the real center of social and ath-
letic life of official Washington and
thus Of the United States"
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Officers and members of the
board of governors unanimously re-
elected are as follows:
| Herbert c. Hoover. president: o.
car w. Underwood. of Alabama
first vice president; Representative
Oscar E. Bland, Of Indiana, second
vice president: Lieut.. Col. Clarence
o. Sheriff.. military aide to Pres.
ident Harding. third vice presi
Of Indiana, chairman of the board
chairman of the membership com.
lident Of the Liberty National Bank,
secretary and treasurer.
Other members Of the board: Sen.
ator Coleman du Pont, Of Della.
ware: Senator Davis Ellsins, of West
Virginia: Senator Pat Harrison, of
Mississippi: Senator George H.
Moses. OF New Hampshire; Senator
Morris Sheppard, of Texas; Senator
F. M. Simmons, of North Carolina:
Senator James E. Watson, Of In.
diana; Representative Guy z. Camp.
bell. of Pennsylvania; Representa-.
tive r. Clint Cole, of Ohio; Renre-
sentative Harry B. Hawes. of Mis-.
souri,; Representative Joseph H.
Hines, Of Ohio; Representative Har.
old Kuntson. Of Minnesota: Repre-.
sentative John w. Langley. of
Kentucky: Col. e. Lester Jones,
director of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey; Albert D. Lasker. chair,
man Of the United States Ship.
ping Board; George T. Bishop
president of the Washington, Bal
timore and Annapolis Electric Rail
way; e. Brooke Lee. comptroller
of Maryland; George Livingston
capitalist; G. Logan Payne, pub
Usher OF The Washington Times
and The Washington Herald; Charles
C. Glover, chairman of the board
Of the Riggs National Bank: vii
ton J. Lambert, attorney: Thomas
p. Littlepage. attorney: Robert H