Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-09
OVERLOOK BIGGEST.
little GOLF CLUB.
Has Membership Of e22, With
Big Waiting List-Real
Community Club
BAL is ACTIVE
BY SANDY McNIBIrCK

EWR a little" club, Overbrook Is
4 one Of the biggest infant country
clubs on the records.
The annual meeting was held this
week. and you'd have thought IL was
the town mass. meeting. Automobiles
were parked along the narrow road in
front Of the clubhouse us far as you
could walk. The walls fairly bulged
with the attendance.
No count was taken, but the bcaming
officials assert there were nearly 400
present. It is safe to say the biggest
club anywhere seldom has an attend
ance like that at n meeting.
Overbrook has membership Of S22.
It also has a waiting list Of seventy
five hopeful souls. It's membership
must exceed a rather large percentage
Of the other country clubs in Philadel-
phia. Yet Overlook is usually re-
fcrred to rs one of the 'little" clubs.
One reason for this Is that up to a
season or so back the club had but
nine holes In its golf layout. The
course seems to be tucked away in
cup of territory out there. The road
way approach, rs stated, is narrow,
and the clubhouse also gives the ap-
renrance of being petit from the road.
The course, however. covers all of
the required yardage for eighteen holes
and the clubhouse space within entirely
bellies the impression Of smallness
gained from the exterior view. The
1922 membership list Of 500 is the final
argument. Overbrook is just about our
biggest ''little" club.
Here's Why
The reason? It's not hard to find.
Enthusiasm which will bring nearly
half Of the membership to an annual
meeting is one. The members whoop
up that club tirelessly. It's a real
community, club. 1t's the thing out
where the whole town gathers. those
fortunate enough to belong. They are
forever coming and going. in four
somes, in families and in tlocks.
They gossip there. they dine there,
they entertain there, they do their
knitting there; they play golf. tennis,
squash. bridge, skate and toboggap
there. There's always something do
ing. They're all for Overlook. which
is the main reason it is going big.
Things We're never in better shape
be set aside for the golf course this
year. 1t will be spent in improving
the links and not in changing any Of
the present holes.
A radical scheme is under con-
sideration relative to- the latter. The
pros berth vacated by Jimmie Thom-
son, who went to Appawamis. has not
vet been filled. There are more than
thirty applicants. and it is said on ex-
cellent authority that a man not
twenty miles from Philadelphia" will
get the job. This should please the
home -breds.
Following are the officers Mt Over
brook for another year:
Former Mayor John Weaver was elected
s'.r aE wsfSss was x'e s ss
Esssy T. RF '"s GSn "P?
sSasn to and III yssrs
William r. Bryan to serve two years. and
swoP. g. erS Sspsssr STs ysh y swops B.
%,'W Parker We're ~ elected to the Membership Com.
mtttec.
Bals Active
They are making things hum out ut
the Bala Golf Club, according to
George Hoffner, who described the
goings on from behind the smoke
screen of the inevitable cigar.
II was perfectly amazed at the
progress made" exclaimed Hoffner.
II seems you would hardly know the
clubhouse. It has been enlarged and
extended so that It will take care of
all kinds of social functions next sea-
son. A feature will be dance floor
which will take care Of more than COO
when the music starts again. Many
other additions and improvements will
make Bala's home n very attractive
place.
Work on building another nine holes
Is expected to be started this spring.
An enthusiastic meeting was held and
oil plans made.
The clubhouse will be opened with
appropriate ceremonies in May. It is
hoped. The affair will be Donation
Day, which was such success NJ
North Hills. Members have donated
233 prizes, which will be awarded at
that time.