Evening star., 1941-01-03
Links Improvement
Will Follow Full
Reorganization
Second Trust Troubles
Over, New Group Plans
To Direct Affairs
BY WALTER McCALLUM.


With apparently clear sailing
ahead for the organization, Congress
sional Country Club members, from
the president down, were jubilant
today over the latest legal step on
the road toward complete reorgan-
ization of the big club in Montgom-
cry County, Md, which has been one
of the leading links landmarks
around Washington since 1923.
Today in Maryland Circuit Court
in Rockville, attorneys for a new
corporate group which bought the
physical assets of the Congressional
Club at public auction September 4,
1910, were to report the sale, and
seek approval by the court. This
approval is expected in a few weeks.
If court approval is given, the club
will be turned over to a group in
corporated in Maryland as Congress
sional Country Club. Inc. This
group is headed by Gen. Frank T.
Hines, Veterans Administrator, for
merly president of the club.
Legal steps leading toward the
contemplated reorganization came
yesterday when Federal Judge w.
Calvin Chestnut in a Baltimore
court signed an order dissolVing an
injunction brought by second trust
kondholders. This injunction had
held up report and court approval
of the auction sale. The second
trust petitioners did not, according
to attorneys for the first trust
holders, comply with certain flnan-
cial provisions.
Club Sold Last September.
Physical property owned by the
club consists of 397l2 acres of land
IL Montgomery County, and an
elaborate clubhouse, all of which
brought at public auction last Sep
tember s27O,000. OF this amount
$4,000 was put up to cnnch the
deal. Involved also is 8012 acres of
land across River road from the
club, title to which is said to be
defective.
For four months the status of the
club has been indefinite, pending
court action, but the way seems clear
now. according to President Myron
w. Davy, for reorganization. 1T is
a fortunate event for the club that
these legal steps have been taken, "
Mr.. Davy said today. ut is fortu-
nate that a financially strong group
will take over. Everything envis-
ioned for the future of the club will
come true. I am sure While the
delay has been unfortunate we have
retained nucleus of loyal members
who will remain with the club"
Davy said the club at present has
about 600 dues-paying members on
its roster, including all classes of
membership.
New Group to Take Over.
Status of the club at present is
as it was prior to September. 1910.
But as soon as the court ratifies the
auction sale Of the property the club
will be taken over by a group con-
sisting of the following: Gen. Frank
T. Hines, w. M. Montgomery, Joseph
H Hines, F. G. Await, James A.
Councillor, G. K. Brobeck, H. P.
SomerviIe, B. T. Foley, DR.. R. A.
Keilty, Henry I. Quinn, Frank L.
Yates. Thomas J. Groom, L. P. Steu-
art, Howard w. Kacy and D. L.
Norman. These men are mem
bers of the board of Congressional
Country Club, Inc.
On the golf course one of the first
moves will be to install an addi-
tional nine holes, according to men
influential in the club. Another
proposed improvement will be in
stallation of a fairway watering
system. Witty Cox will remain as
the club golf professional.
Congressionals troubles, all of
which involved financing, now seem
over, according to many of the men
who have followed the financial and
legal moves in the recent history of
the club. And a note of optimism
prevails as Congressional faces 1941.