Show HOM TOWN HELPS V PLACE FOR THE RURAL CLUB comparatively new idea in comma naty life has proved its worth and movement Is spreading american rural ani village life la 19 it new era of neighbor lines it began a score of years ngo ago hut but received leechen its greatest impetus during find and since tile lie ar well housed rural clubs something almost unheard of a few years ago nie fire springing up tip nil 01 er tile country because they ikenn so much to their neighborhoods and nd because this neighborhood movement contains so much of promise fr for ille americans who lio live tit in tilt country or in villages of less than llian tile united stites states department of lins ills st ht t lives to 0 o lenin learn firsthand first hand the history of nearly nearh h W 00 of it these club clubhouses houses the re fulls f of tills this in vest igat loll 1011 have been in III n bulletin idill blural at coin coil buildings in the united states enn can be lind by addressing lit it a request to the united states de ani of agriculture wa washington the majority of the structures visit lilt ed cre ce erected by popular linn or by bv the sale of stock in a community in ili some cases the projects were reil rei L financed inan ced by local manufacturing concerns other build were vide the gifts of public spirited 31 on I 1 ta k entrance to social hall hyrum utah individuals A few were erected by funds raised through taxation OT or the sale of bonds in nil all cases tile lie structures tire are the centers of a great variety of wholesome activities su such ell us its communities without central meeting places carin t enjoy one evening n building may be used for a basketball game the next night for a neighborhood dance later inter in the week fo for r n gathering and on sund sunday a y for union church services or union sunday school any rural or berol district interested in erecting a club clubhouse bouse whether it Is to cost 2000 or ls is expected to flud find helpful suggestions in this aubil publication ca many of the simpler structures structure 1 located in the file open country contain an auditorium with movable seats which permit it to bo be transformed into a dining room tin an athletic room or a lance dance liall hall usually also there Is a stage tin and a well equipped kitchen these features make possible banquets find and entertainments which moan mean much in III tile the lire life or of rural communities in the clubhouses club houses ili III sin smaller filler towns in addition to the lie rooms mentioned there are often a a rending refilling 1 loom n rest room and a i neighborhood hall and post office amherst mass injecting place for various org tons tolls th alie clubhouse in III tile county spats and lar larger pr towns tons tire arc more pretentious pretentious 4 settle boine lialis special looms swit swimming timing pools billiard rooms and for the county fl flent ent an and for foi local commercial club the following follow in Is n pai partin partial list of tile lie varied uses to which tilt these go buildings tire nie put lectures night school plas klasges Inh sea hoilko entertainments tain ments dunces dances banquets so cialfi political meetings elections indoor athletic gallei welfare work hoa and girls club vork corli dome domestic tic science clisset clis sea and denion orations agricultural society ine meetings etIng 3 farmers ansti tiles hies and operative cooperative co purchasing nil and activities Iu iida for are secured through ono one or special several of tile the following dues rental fees receipts from entertainments from dances from moving pictures f from fa a pool and billiards and in the ell anso L or of publicly constructed bull buildings dIng 91 from roni r the public treasury |