Section E Page 3 Missoulian Centennial Country Club In 44th Year
Country Club In 44th Year
The Missoula Country Club was organized in 1916 with Dr. E. W. Spottswood as president; Fred Schlick, vice president; J. P. Rowe, secretary, and W. L. Murphy, treasurer.
Members of the board of directors were Sid J. Coffee, Fred Schlick, Walter H. McLeod, Massey McCullough, George Weisel, J. M. Dixon, A. N. Whitlock, Hamilton Thatcher, O. W. Potter, Firman Gage, Dr. G. F. Turman, D. J. Donohue, George Newton, F. A. Roberts, Dean Ross, J. M. Price and J. M. Keith.
Membership fees were $75 for full membership and $10 for associate membership in the first year.
Announcement for letting of the contract for the first clubhouse located near Mt. Sentinel was made at a meeting of the directors May 1, 1917. The contract called for $5,300. Later $2,300 was appropriated for furnishings and lockers. Formal opening of the clubhouse was July 7, 1917. The club had leased 75 acres of land immediately south of the University campus from the South Missoula Land Company.
Golf Course Moved
In 1926 members voted to move their golf course from beneath Mt. Sentinel to the Ft. Missoula area. Later they voted to move their clubhouse there also. The first clubhouse was sold to John J. Anderson.
In 1927 a new $17,500 clubhouse was constructed. The clubhouse, which stood on a tract of six and a half acres purchased by the club, was a frame building, measuring 110 feet by 60 feet, was covered by cedar shingles and had a stuccoed foundation. The member of the Missoula Country Club Building Committee who supervised the construction was Roscoe C. Hugenin.
Nonresident members of the club in the ‘20s included W. A. Clark III, L. O. Evans, J. R. Hobbins, C. F. Kelley and J. C. Ryan, all of Butte. Membership fees in 1927 were $200 and dues were $50 per year.
In 1928 the golf course at the club grounds was completed with total of nine holes and 3,305 yards. Par for the course was 37, with three holes of five each.
Clubhouse Remodeled
In 1959 the clubhouse was remodeled. In the main room the bar was made to face the fireplace, with mahogany paneling around the walls. A new dining alcove was added. New louver type doors were added and a drop type irregular-shaped ceiling.
Officers elected for 1960 were Fred Turmell, president; Dr. William Barnett; immediate past president; George Phillips, vice president, and Bob Riefflin, secretary-manager. Board members are George Phillips, Lyman Lindsay and Turmell. The first women ever to serve on the board are Lucinda Hughes and Ann Pantzer. Annual memberships for the entire family cost $50 to encourage family golf.