04/28/1906
Ten Lots With Large House Are Purchased This Side of Washington Park – Club Will Be Opened June 1 – Plan of Building.
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The deal for the transfer of the grounds for which the El Paso Country Club had been negotiating was completed yesterday and the title to the property was formally transferred to the club. The consideration was $3,250. The property consists of ten lots.
Work on the grounds and clubhouse, located this side of Washington park, is progressing rapidly, and the directors plan to open the club with a mammoth entertainment June 1. A nine-hole golf course is being prepared, with the home green just in front of the clubhouse and the final T winding up at the house. Tennis courts and croquet grounds are also being prepared.
The ground surrounding the club will be turfed and will present a beautiful appearance when completed.
A porch 80 by 16 surrounds the clubhouse. A lounging room, 24x12, a ladies room of the same dimensions, a buffet 14x14, bathrooms, cloakrooms, etc., will make the little clubhouse modern in every respect.
The charter has been applied for.
R.J. Kerr of the Kerr-Cline company, with offices in the Buckler building, who spends much of his time in Mexico City and is a member of the golf club of that city, is one of the charter members of the Country Club.
06/08/1906
COUNTRY CLUB HAS A FORMAL OPENING__
Society Folks Out In Force at the Big Reception and the Event Was an Auspicious One.
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In a blaze of social splendor the new club house and grounds of the El Paso Country club were dedicated last evening. Society folks were out in force to attend the reception, which was the principal feature of the evening, and thus make the opening of the club an auspicious event.
The Fort Bliss Band, by courtesy of Major Partello, was present, and gave a concert, which was enjoyed to the utmost in the delightful night breeze.
The club house and grounds are situated just west of Washington park and only a short distance off the car line. In its appointments the club house is everything that quarters for a country club should be and will, no doubt, become a very popular resort this summer.
The golf links have been completed for some time and are said by experts to be as good as any in the country.
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