Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-12-02

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| idly forward to the point
where the sponsors of the
recently organized Harper Country
| Club can see year of sport activities
stretching ahead Of them within less
than IL months after formation OF the
| club. Nine of the projected 27-hole
| layout are complete, including laying
| of water pipes, and four holes OF the
second nine are now ready for seeding.
The remodeling of the present dwelling,
to become a temporary clubhouse Just
across the club drive from the first tee,
is we'll under way, and the house Is ex-
pected to be ready for occupancy by
Christmas
AS a golf proposition the Harper
Country Club appears to offer attrac-
tive possibilities. It is located on a
rolling piece of land of 1875 acres,
IL miles from the Capital grounds
on the Rockville Pike, about midway
between Bethesda and Rockville. The
property was formerly known as the
Flack farm and adjoins the Ccrby eS-
tate. 1t lies opposite the Georgetown
Preparatory School, in the corner
| formed by the Rockville Pike and the
road to Garrett Park and KenSington.
| The entire 18-hole course is expected
| to be in use early next season, and later
9-hole course for the exclusive use
of women and junior players will be
made available.
The golf end of the project will be
handled by A. L. Houghton, formerly
| a. member of the Manor Club, who was
runner-up for the District amateur
golf championship last September and
| has won several amateur events about
the Capital Houghton IS enthusiastic
about the newest golf venture and pre-
diets a bright future for the club.
Stream Helps Course.
All the contours of the rolling terrain
have been used in building the courses,
which were laid out by Peter Jackson
green keeper at Congressional. Much
use has been made of a stream which
wanders through the property, and OF
the trees which parallel and cut across
some of the fairways.
A small lake lies south of the tenn
porary clubhouse, while swimming
pool will be one of the features of the
club as it is to be developed later.
Particular attention has been given In
the course construction plans to bring
the ninth and eighteenth greens close
to the clubhouse.
A modest membership fee is charged
annually, while each member will be
assessed a charge of so cents round
for golf. The club is in no sense to
offer public golf, although a daily fee
will be charged
Robert N Harper, president of the
District National Bank, is chairman of
the board of governors, whose other
members are E. G. Brandenburg, Karl
| Slaughter, Merle Thorpe, George P.
Sacks Charles M. Baker and John F
Maury. Part of the membership list
follows:
Charles w. Darr, A. M. Nevius, r. P
Andrews, Ford Cuniberti, Leonard
Nicholson, George M. Hunter, Eugene
Smith, George M. Sacks, Atwood M
Fisher, Charles r. Allen.
Col. Wallace M. Craigie, Capt. George
D. Crosby, Capt. /. S. Springer. Judge
E. o. Patterson, Robert Peters, Irving
S. PAUL., Thomas r. Shipp, T. w. Sid
we'll, DR.. j. Franklin Meyer, DR.. Frank
A. Wolff
M. P. Shoemaker, Joseph Stewart, w
W. Spaid. DR.. E. S. Barber, Dr. r. B
Miller, DR.. F. j. Broschardt, DR.. H. A
Wood, Dr. w. H. jenkins, DR.. j. Cole
Warfield, Mrs. Charles I. Corby.
| Mrs. Laura Burkhardt, Mrs. Mary l.
Lewis, Mrs. Roberta Hodgkins, Miss
Mary r. Mellinger, Charles F. Abel
! Philip S. Turner, S. Peter Wagner, L. >
Bradenburg, John E. Oxley, Henry F
Woodland.
Charles M Nash, Bates Warren
Charles S. Baker, Carey Quinn, Seton
Darr, Somerville Dawson, Thomas l.
Dawson, Thomas G. Wall, Raymond
Schreiner, William LOCKER.
Willard Robbins, r. I. Shaffer, Walter
E. Turner, Raymond Wise, William E
Zepp, Clarendon Smith, P. j. O'Hanlon
A. Byrnes Cole, John j. Miller, l.. E
Vinal, Ralph Wayland.
j. Blaise de Sibour. Carroll B. Wiley
r. w. White, Fred M. Leitheiser, Michae
Hester, r. S. Tower A. T. Stewart, DR.
H. P. John, Burdette Stryker, j. E. Allen
L. T. Bussler, E. v. Ofutt, H. o
Plugge, F. H. Cachell, w. H. Waters
| Vernon Orrison, l.. H. Charles, Harry
Carroll, E. c. Morse, Ernest Smith.
w. E. Offutt, Walter NJ Brown, S. r
Lust, Charles s. Heyle, Willis S. Bowers
George B. Castro, Ira E. Keller, Irving
Newcomb, w. E. Teubner, D. M. Bland
ford.
A. r. Peters, L. Slaughter. M. Terrell
F.. D. Watts, A. S. Wright, Richard
| Akers, E. S. Batchelder, Maj George d
| Crosby, Theodore M. Knappen, Ernest
| Knabel, DR.. George E. Lewis.
M. Manning Marcus, D. l.. Myers
| Charles P Neill, DR.. William E. Phillips
| H. L. Parkinson, William G. Sullivan
Otha c. Trundle, Philip w. Turner, w
| E. Welt, Fred Swan. Mahlon Groo
Capt. w. E. Parker, Richard E. Dyer
Maj. w. E. Cunningham.
More than the usual amount of in
terest in friendly golf match is sched-
uled to be in evidence when Nathaniel
| Mountford of Columbia attempts to win
a bet he has made with DR.. W. V. Con-
| nors of Manor in a game next WedneS-
| dav at the Manor Club. 1t appears
| that Mountford played Manor the other
| day and went around in reported
| score of a. Thereupon he made the
assertion that Manor was fairly easy
course and that he should break 100
| on 1t.
His conversation aroused the interest
| land perhaps the ire) of DR.. Connors,
| who Immediately spoke up in defense
of Manors many difficulties, and a
| fair sized wager was made that Mount
| ford could not brake 100 at Manor.
The tale of the bet has spread until
| it now seems that many members OF
! Manor, Columbia and Indian Spring
| have made small wagers for and against
| the cnance of Mountford breaking lOO.
| 1t is also certain that the game next
Wednesday will have an appreclatiVe
| gallery.
Mountford breaks 100 occasionally at
Columbia, although he is by no means
certain to score below the century mark
That golf match last Wednesday at
| the Kenwood Golf Club in which Wal
I, ter w CUNNINGHAM of Burning Tree
| and AL Treder of Manor downed Lee
McNerhany of Kenwood and Arthur B.
Thorn of Town and Country proved at
least one thing to the satisfaction OF
the professionals. That is that Ken
| ,I,ood L. full cizn calf course and that