Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . ent, Wm. S. Culhane; Recording- Secretary,Albert J. Crawford; Financial Secretar;^-, Michael J. Nolan; Treasurer, Bernard Doherty. Trustees: John C, Schappett, Rev. F. J. Markee. Dr JohnA. McKenna, Bernard Doherty, John J. Manley, Jr. ST. PHILOMENAS R. C. CHURCH St. Philomenas Roman Catholic Church wa,s organized January 29,1898; the cornerstone was laid November 29, 1898, and the church was dedi-cated May 27, 1900, 44 LAXBDOWXE PAST AND PRE.^ENT CLUBS AND SOCIAL ASSOCIATIONS. Unlike New York City, the first clubs formed in Lansdowne were nottaverns, nor
Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . ent, Wm. S. Culhane; Recording- Secretary,Albert J. Crawford; Financial Secretar;^-, Michael J. Nolan; Treasurer, Bernard Doherty. Trustees: John C, Schappett, Rev. F. J. Markee. Dr JohnA. McKenna, Bernard Doherty, John J. Manley, Jr. ST. PHILOMENAS R. C. CHURCH St. Philomenas Roman Catholic Church wa,s organized January 29,1898; the cornerstone was laid November 29, 1898, and the church was dedi-cated May 27, 1900, 44 LAXBDOWXE PAST AND PRE.^ENT CLUBS AND SOCIAL ASSOCIATIONS. Unlike New York City, the first clubs formed in Lansdowne were nottaverns, nor have taverns ever secured a foothold in the beautiful BoroughClub life in the Borough has been very similar to that common to thecareer of other communities of like size; tnat is, many have been organizedand started and many have been dissolved and passed away. Those re-maining are, for the most part, substantially inaugurated and representdistinct factors in municipal advancement in all important directions: Country Club of Lansdowne. ;^)\VNE cui-s-niY cia:u liuisi-:. The Country Club of Lansdowne Was incorporated in 1902, and wasgrounded upon substantial support energetically extended by a group of theolder residents, who recognized that Lansdowne needed somfe manner ofconcentering point of local sociability to which would be incident theadvantages and benefits of a country club promotive of out-door sports andexercise. The moving spirit in the Clubs foundation was VV^illiam F. Read;the first President and incumbent of that office until th? present occupant,George W. Statzell, assumed the reins in 1907. Mr. Read contributed liber-ally toward the maintenance of the club until it reached the point at Whichits membership placed its finances in a stable condition. Associated withhim in the oundation of the Club, and upon whom largely rested the labor LANSDOWNE PAST AND PRESENT 45 of inaug-uration, were William F, Read, Jr., N. B. Kelly and Joel BaileyDavis. These men, with
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