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organization, workitig around the corporation as a nucleus, having 

 the same name and managed by the same ofTicials, but having also 

 a commissioner who looks after the comfort and welfare of the club 

 members, operates the motion pictures, and conducts the general 

 business of the club. There are 101 members, 42 being farmers. 



It is arranged that the members of the village board of trustees, 

 the pastors of the various churches, the superintendent of public 

 education, and the village marshal, provided they maintain member- 

 ship in the club, shall constitute an advisory board which may meet 

 from time to time with the board of directors, to consider the various 

 interests of the community. 



The building is of brick, 40 by 80 feet, with two stories and base- 

 ment. It is heated by steam, lighted by electricity, and has running 

 hot and cold water. 



On the fu'st floor is an auditorium and moving picture room, 40 

 by 40 feet, containing 240 opera chairs and 60 movable chairs. At 

 the front of the auditorium is a stage 15 by 40 feet, with a proscenium 

 opening 14 by 21 feet, a roller curtain, and eight flies. There is also 

 a women's rest room for members and all country women, furnished 

 with tables, chairs, cribs, lounges, and toilet and lavatory facilities; 

 a main lobby; the commissioner's office, which is also the box office; 

 and a moving-picture booth of fireproof construction. 



On the second floor are a reading and social room, a directors' 

 room, a banquet hall with orchestra stage, also used as a gymnasium; 

 a kitchen with complete equipment, a dining room and equipment, a 

 dressing room, a lavatory, and baths. In the banquet room are 60 

 chairs and 8 folding tables. 



In the basement are two bowling alleys, three billiard tables, a 

 toilet room, and a furnace room. 



The following organizations use the building: The Red Cross, the 

 Boy Scouts, the Home Guards, the war loan committee, the Chau- 

 tauqua company, the band, the Grand Army of the Republic, the 

 fire department, the village board, the board of education, the ladies' 

 club, the farmers' club, the farm bureau, private clubs, and the tovni 

 library. 



In addition to the activities connected with these organizations are 

 the following: Lecture courses; weekly community club banquets, fol- 

 lowed by business meetings; gymnasium work; recreation; games; 

 moving pictures and traveling theatricals, contracted for and cen- 

 sored by the directors; local plays, musical entertainments, and 

 recitals; a community Christmas tree; community celebrations of 

 July 4 and Memorial Day; festivals; school exercises; private and 

 club dances; conventions; receptions for visitors; and patriotic 

 meetings. 



