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| "... And in
spite of being handicapped by owning a boat, they actually
called a
meeting at the Holman residence on May 25th 1929. 26
men from all
walks
of life showed up and this is where the arguments started
about how to run
the Club and they continue to this day!"
Source: Bob Wheeler's write-up | |
| Someone developed some clever
creative
financing and, voila, a clubhouse was contracted out and with
members helping, completed in February of 1938.
Source: Bob Wheeler's write-up | 
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As the Club grew in popularity, much discussion centered around a
clubhouse modernization program. This argument took many turns and
finally, in 1967 came to fruition as the clubhouse we have today but not
without a lot of work. An authorization to spend $150,000 was passed and
the firm of Gilman and Green was hired to draw up
the plans (photos). A book
could be written about what transpired over the next few months but boiled
down to this.
A plan was adopted whereby the members would come up with $40,000 cash for framing construction done by Bruce Construction Co. (secretly a member) using the aforementioned plans and sweat equity from the membership. The result is the clubhouse we have today and no mortgage! While the finished product doesn't match the artist's concept (below) exactly, it's pretty close. The effort by the membership and the leadership of the Club was truly amazing. [Source] | ||
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