Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
NEW SIGNS POINT
GOLF CLUB ROADS

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roads to the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps Country Club" Mr.. Keneipp said,
we had to go before the board of super
visors of Arlington County with our re-
quest. Their answer was that we did
not need to get specific authority to
put up signs and direction posts in
the county: that we were to have what
amounted to blanket authority to do so
without making a specific request and
that we might 60 ahead and place our
signs as We saw flt. They told us they
are thoroughly behind us In our effort
to plainly mark the roadways and that
they will do everything possible to
aid US"
Clubs Usually OF Roads.
In the nature of things golf and
country clubs usually of the beaten
paths of automobile travel. The land
abutting on the main highways usually
is held at too high a figure for golf
course purposes, and the customary pro-
cedure when new golf course is to be
constructed is to pick up piece of
land out In the country. far from the
beaten path, but within striking dis
lance Of a main highway and build a
club roadway from the main highway to
1t. Because of this situation golf clubs
VIGOROUSLY are hard to find.
The American Automobile Association
found this out many years ago, and with
the passage of the years the inquiries
as to the way to the golf clubs about
the Capital became increasingly numer-
Gus. Washington's golf courses are
quite famous affairs. Not only that, but
golf clubs and golf equipment are an
almost inseparable part of the travelling
motorist Of today. They are taken as q
somewhere along the route of his travels
the driver may transform himself from
a speed demon into a par hound,
Six clubs about Washington have been
supplied with roadway signs at the prin-
ctpal highway turns in and near Wash
ington by the three AS. The associa-
ton today still stands ready and willing
should they desire it.
80 New Signs Erected.
Thirty-two signs Of pleasing design
have been erected so far, indicating the
best approaches to the Argyle, Kenwood,
Congressional, Washington Golf and
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
Clubs. All the work is done without
cost to the club. All that is required
OF them is that they secure permission
for the erection of signs If it Is neces-
sary TO place them on private property
Where the signs are placed on land
under control Of the District Of Column
bia or one Of the adjoining States the
District Of Columbia division Of the
American Automobile Association will
secure authority to place the signposts
without the aid Of the club.
The signs are of cast metal construc-
ton and bear on their faces the indi-
cation Of the particular country club,
an indication arrow and the American
Automobile Association emblem. Each
sign costs about $3.50, but this ex-
pense is borne by the three AS as part
Of its program for improving driving
conditions in Washington and vicinity.
There are today IL large private golf
clubs about Washington, scattered
throughout nearby Maryland and Viz
ginta, with most of them located in
Maryland northwest Of the city. Two
are over In Virginia and perhaps are
the hardest to find of any Of the other
clubs, for they are well of the beaten
path of travel. To both Of these-the
Washington Golf and Country Club and
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Club
-thte route Is well marked by A. A. A.
signposts. Six of the metal posts desig-
nate the route to the service club,
placed at strategic locations in Virginia,
where the motorist-golfer might lose
his way. Nine more In the District of
Columbia and Virginia point the way
to the rolling contours of the golf course
of the Washington Golf and Country
Club.
The Argyle Golf Club and the In
dian Spring Golf Club are directly OPP
posite each other, with the Colesville
pike separating them. The entrances to
both clubs have been marked by the
association. Two signs at the intersec-
ton of Wisconsin avenue and the River
road designate the cutoff route to Con-
gressional and Kenwood, but Congress
sionaPs spacious grounds need further
designation, so the three AS has placed
other signs along the roadway leading
to that popular home of golf and pos
sible venue OF the wonen's national