The Redwood gazette., 1936-04-30
Plan to Raise
$3OOO;P Parade
Opens Drive
TEAMS OF 9 WILL SELL
CERTIFICATES OF
MEMBERSHIP
COMPLETELY EQUIPPED
FIELD is AIM OF
SPONSORS

SPONSORS
Climaxing what has been des-
cribed as q "dizzy whirl' by men,
bers of the numerous committees
promoting the project, the drive
for subscriptions for membership
certificates in the newly-formed
Redwood Falls Recreational asso-
citation will begin this morning.
The association has been organic
ed to manage, develop, support
and control the proposed athletic
field, with the approval of the city
council.
Teams of two including Gottlieb
Kuenzli, Harry Hoffman, w. E..
Paffrath, E. H. Bollum, J. L. Par
sons, George A. Barnes, w. M.
Smith, o. G. Randgaard, T. F..
Reed Jr.,- D. w. Buckley, L. E.
Backer, A. j. White, Ted Ahrens,
K. w. Stockton, DR.. j. Gordon
Cole, Parker d. Sanders, R. H.
Whiting and D. w. Gold will So
licit subscriptions today in an eff
fort to raise $4,000 to match the
amount to be paid by the city for
the purchase of the field.
Wednesday afternoon 600 school
children marched through streets
in a booster parade led by the
high school bard. They carried
banners and posters marked elm
vest In Our Future and ''Thank
You," besides others which sug-
gested the benefits to be derived
from the field. Many f1ourished
baseball bats, tennis racquets and
other sports equipment.
Option Taken
Thursday the city council was
given a 80 day option on the
OConner land which was selected
as the field site by members Of the
Civic and Commerce association
ia their meeting Thursday night.
Committees had also considered
the purchase of the Clarence Hill
Ilig property at the south edge Of
town but estimates on, levelling
the land and bringing water and
sewer lines to it set the final cost
of the Hillig field at about $4,000.
Estimates are that the O'Conner
land, in its final improved stage
will cost $4,000.
Proposed plans for the field, to
be one of the most complete in
Minnesota, have been drawn up by
Rex Gales, Redwood Falls archit-
ect associated with the firm of
Larsen and McLaren in Minneapo-
lis and are on display in Lauter-
bach's window. They include
lighted football and kittenbal
fields, baseball diamond, II TEN
mis- courts, a skeet field, space for
an ice skating rink to be used for
basketball in the summertime, .
children's playground with wading
pool, space for the band shell and
fields for track events and prac-
tice kittenball. A new road to be
known as Memorial drive will be
built 20 feet wide to run along the
west side of the field and space
to accommodate 750 cars has been
set aside. A section of stadium
to include handba!l courts and
showers and a caretaker's office
combined with a warming house
are the two structures included in
the present plans. Three ticket
booths also are planned. A prac-
tice golf driving range and horse
shoe courts will be added to the
layout.
Articles of association and by
laws for the governing organiza-
ton were adopted by a citizens
committee Monday evening after
being drawn up by Leon H. Brown,
city attorney and committee in
cluding w. M. Smith, Parker D.
Sanders and j. l. Parsons.
Six to Direct
Providing Tor a BOARD of direc-
tors>of six members to be appoint
ed by the city council, the docu-
ment stipulates that it shall IN
clude the mayor and superinten-
dent of schools. The group win be
selected at joint meeting Of the
Civic and Commerce athletic field
committee and the council next
week and will Immediately set to
work.
Obtaining complete plans with
cost estimates, set-up for oper-
alton and plans for retiring the
debt to be incurred will be imme-
date problems for the directors
consideration. According to the
rules the board is given the right
to hire help for work on the field
and to accept plans and specifica-
ti0ns for the original and future
development of the project.
Members of the association will
pledge themselves to purchase
worcestershire membership certi-
ficates at so per share, and sub
|scriptions for the certificates will
be taken on the condition that the
debt shall be repaid at such times
and In such manner as authorized
by the board of directors and coun-
|cil.
|NENNO FILES FOR CONGRESS
r. + (Cap) Nenno Of Mankato,
deputy collector for the internal
Irevenue department in this section
for % years, filed for congress in
1.-THE second district Tuesday. He is
the fifth Republican candidate in
1.-THE district now served by Elmer
Il De- H.