The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-07

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season for the year in Holly came
off last Monday evening ut the Ar
mory, when the Holly Golf Club
held its annual meeting and gave
an elaborate banquet. 1t was the
crOwning event of the most pros.
porous year in the seven years his
tory of the Club and marks new
milestone in her remarkable prog.
ress. Not only in Holly. but
throughout the Arkansas Valley,
the Holly Golf Club has an enviable
fame The recent tournament of
| Valley clubs in which Holly carried
off the hOnOrs and trophies bears
witness to her unrivalled prOwess.
| 1t was magnificent gala scene
that greeted the club members and
their guests as they stetpped
through the portals of the spacious
armory and beheld the claborately
prepared tables of the banquet
hall. Tables had been arranged
down the sides and across the front
! of the great room so as to form
hollow space within which was the
stage for musicians and singers, the
table with the display of trophies
and prizes. and in the foreground
the beautiful radio to be given
away to the lucky winner. Early
| in the evening the company began
to arrive and at about seven nearly
one hundred banqueteers sat down
at the tables. At each place were
toy lavOrs, a tuftcd fairy wand and
an elastic serpent coil. to keep the
guests In merry mood. The ban
quet was served in three courses
by the ladies of the Baptist church.
The menu was as follows: Fruit
/ cocktail. roast chicken, with dress.
ing and gravy. mashed potatoes,
scalloped corn, French rolls. For
dessert. apple pie, n la mode. Tt
was a happy harmonious company
that repOsed at the tables. all
friends and ncighbOrs-and bound
together in their enthusiasm over a
sport they loved in common Save
for few guests all were avOwed
addicts of golf and spoke the com
mon language of the game.
After the feast came brief bus
ipesS session of the club with w.
s. Partridge, the popular president
in the chair and near him the no
less popular Secretary N0rthrup.
The president spoke briefly of the
seven years progress of the Club,
cOngratulating the members and
then called for the secretary's re,
port. This revealed that about
$1,000 had been taken in during the
year: S25f in dues and assessments,
$35 in entrance fees for the A. v.
Tournament. Sl39 from the play Civ,
en- last summer and S710.5O in col
lections from the Club and their
fritnds. The recent rattle of the
radio was held to clear off the last
indebtedness.
The greatest expenditure of the
year was for the dam site and the
erection of a dam to make swim.
ming pool. Today the rirpling
sheet of water stretching back 10"
Il quarter mile from the Ian, form
ing beautiful lake, with hOthing
artificial looking" about it. as one
OF the speakers said gives to the
golf links charming appearance
and new sport or rather ywo-.
swimming and hunting. to the club
grounds
AT the election, the esteem in
which the present officers is held
was certified by their reelection
as n whole The Club felt that the
success of the year was largely due
to the initiative and activity of the
Officers OF the club. Later, at the
suggestion of one of the Club mem.
bers, an ovation was given Prcsi.
dent Partridge and Secretary
MOrthrup with the members stand