This photograph of Choctawhatchee Bay was taken Jamuxry 27, 1919,

by QeoTge M. Kirk, of Waterloo, loua

Ciuh
 CopvriKhtcd 1919
by the
lowa-Grayton Beach Cluh
Gravton Beach. Florida
Genera! Otf.ces:
•vos FiKt National B.mh BuMmg.
Waterloo. Iowa

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SEP i3l9lb
 FOREWORD
Tk S one of the Founder Members and Trustees
of the
/-\ Iow.\-Grayton Beach Club, / consider it a privi-
*• le^e and an honor in being instrumental
in organizing,
planning and developing what I consider to be one
of the
greatest Country Clubs in America. Naturally, I have vis-
ited and made a rigid investigation of the property, and I
have no hesitancy in giving it my warmest endorsement and
in recommending it to my best friends as well as the people
of Iowa.

The plans contain many features of an especially attrac-

tive nature. It is a Club. It is not a corporation — it is an
association, a Club, just as its name
membership
implies. Its
IS limited. It provides an ideal vacation spot where hunting,
fishing, golfing, boating and bathing are open to members
without cost, where there is real value back of every dollar
invested in a membership, where with ordinary management
members will be enabled to spend several weeks each year
with less expense than it would cost to live at home, and
at
the same time realize a handsome dividend
from their in-
creased health and energy.

Unique? — yes, yet practical.

In the following pages we have attempted to describe

The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club, yet words
are but
feeble instruments when it comes to conveying to the mind
the possibilities of the Club operations or the beauty
of the
grounds and bathing beach which is ours. These must be
seen in order to fully appreciate them.

I ask you to read this book carefully and with the

assurance that every statement made in these pages is con-
servative rather than e.xtravagant, that every statement is to
me a demonstrated possibility and that I frankly, earnestly
and honestly believe in The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club
from the inception of its plans to the roster of its members
and it is with that faith that I invite you to become a member.

Cordially yours,

Vice-President and Treasurer

Page T<w(
 Club Officers
President E. S. Johnson, Webster City, Iowa
Vice-President and Treasurer John
.
J. Carleton, Iowa Falls, Iowa
Secretary
J. E. Hauskins, Waterloo, Iowa

Board of Trustees
E. S. Johnson, Webster Cm% Iowa. Emil G. Schmidt, Des Moines, Iowa.
President Monarch Co., Inc. President of the Des Moines Street
Dr. Carl Stutsman, Des Moines, Railways and President of First
Iowa. Eminent physician and Medi- Trust & Savings Bank.
Director for the Merchant's Life
cal
George S. Tracy, Burlington, Iowa.
Insurance Co.
Attorney and Vice-President Mer-
Charles A. Helsell, Fort Dodge,
chants National Bank.
Iowa. Of Helsell & Helsell, Attor-
Dr. J. S. Henderson, Oskaloosa,
neys for Illinois Central Railroad.
John Carleton, Iowa Iowa. Well known physician.
J. Falls, Iowa.
Investment Banker and Vice-Presi- H. J. McChesnev, Algona, Iowa.
dent First National Bank. Prominent citizen and former Coun-
V. P. McManus, Manson, Iowa. Well ty Treasurer of Kossuth County.

known attorney. Former Countj' J. U. Sammis, Sioux City, Iowa. Prom-

Attorney of Calhoun County. inent attorney and Past Grand E.x-
George E. Frost, Mason Cit>', Iowa. alted Ruler of the B. P. O. E.
Former County Auditor and a large H. O. Bernbrock, Waterloo, Iowa.
land owner. President Chamber of Commerce and
B. J. Price, Fort Dodge, Iowa. Lead- Waterloo Club, and successful busi-
ing attorney. ness man.

Executive Committee
E. S. Johnson, Webster City, Iowa. John Carleton, Iowa
J. Falls, Iowa.
Charles A. Helsell, Ft. Dodge, Iowa. B. j. Price, Ft. Dodge, Iowa.
J. E. Hauskins, Waterloo, Iowa. H. O. Bernbrock, Waterloo, Iowa.

Address A// CoTTimunicanons to the

lowA^QRAvroN Beach Club

505 First National Bank Building Waterloo, Iowa

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1 — Salt water trout caught in Choctawhatchee Bay. 2 — Hundreds of wild ducks on Choctawhatchee
The finest fishingon the Continent is found on Bay. (Club's property borders on Choctaw-
this Bav and tributary waters. hatchee Bay on north.) See map, last page.

Page Four
 Qrayton Beach
"As ive journey llirounh life let ui live by the ivay."
—Tom Moore.

There comes a time in the life of every man when he wants to get away
from the everlasting grind — when he wants to be a —
boy again when he
wants to play.
To one, play means to shoulder a gun and, with a dog at his heels,
tramp through the woods and fields, returning at night tired but happy, with
vigor renewed through intimate contact with nature. To another, it means a
day with rod and reel in pursuit of the gamy bass or the elusive gravling. To
the golf enthusiast it means a "double" or a "foursome," with his pals, fol-
lowed by a soothing pipe with perhaps a "glass of Scotch" over which the
game is replayed in all its details. The lover of the water looks forward to
spending hours in the surf; lolling in the sands of the beach, or in rowing,
sailing, or motor-boating; and those not so actively inclined find their hap-
piest hours of play on spacious, shady verandas —
a book to read, or a favor-
ite game of cards —
and the "song of the sea."

An Ideal Recreation Qround

The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club was organized especially for the
accommodation and benefit of a limited number of
and responsible reliable
citizens of the State of Iowa. It is for those who
they would like feel that
to have a comfortable, respectable, and exclusive place where they could
take their families for two or three months each year and get away from
either the extreme cold of the winter months or the excessive heat of sum-
mer; where, instead of being burdened with the so-called service and exor-
bitant charges of resort hotels and beaches, they can enjoy themselves as
best suits their own desires in a modern family club house with spacious
grounds, an expansive beach, with bathing, boating, fishing, hunting, golf,
shooting, and other forms of recreation at their own disposal at will and
under their own supervision —
the expense of which, instead of being from
ten to twenty-five dollars per day, will be just sufficient to cover the actual
operating expenses, possibly and probably not more than two dollars per day.
Then, too, there is another side to the matter a phase of our plan —
—
which we will develop later on which makes it possible yes, more than —
probable, that the Club income from its properties will be sufficient not only
to greatly reduce the expenses of each member's annual vacation, but also to
pay him a handsome money dividend in addition to his dividend of increased
health and energy.

The Management
The Club is not a corporation. It is an Association. Its Founder
Membership is limited and will be made up of Iowa people as nearly as
possible. Its affairs will be managed by a Board of Trustees selected from

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ff r Five
 x

1 — Deer killed by Senator Lindsay, of Florida, on 2 — Wild turkeys bagged by this same sportsman
land close to Club property. on land adjacent to Club property.

Page S I
 and by its members. The first Board of Trustees— the men now in charge
—men whom you know — are men of integrity and ability. (For complete
list see page three.)
And we should add here that applications for membership must be
passed upon by the Board of Trustees before a Certificate
of Membership
will be issued.
I he Board of Trustees select the officers from among their own num-
ber — a proceeding which is customary.

A Cliih of High Character

I-rom what we ha\-e already said it must ha\c occurrctl to you that
your
\acations would be spent with your friends— possibly not
your next door
neighbors, but with well-to-do families from yarious parts
of your own state
—with ladies and gentlemen \yhose aims, ambitions and interests are in
harmony with your own. Your \acation would be an enjoyable outing with
substantial home folks— not with a motley crowd of strangers from all
pomts of compass— and such a vacation Is, after all, the kind of vacation
the
that counts, that refreshes you, that sends you home with a renewed
energy.

Who Are Eligible to Join

Whilethe Club will always be kept high-class, yet do not
get the im-
pression that it is a millionaire's Club or a Club exclusively
for one class of
people. On the other hand, it is going to be the most
democratic Club in
America.
^
The members are going to rule it at all times. They are going to
select their own trustees and officers. "J'hey are going to make their own
rules and regulations and they are going to run things to suit their own
pleasure, taste and convenience.
It is not a bankers" Club, a business men's
Club, a physicians' Club, a
lawyers' Club or a farmers' Club but it is a Club for every
reliable man and
woman of good, moral character and who stands well in his or her own
community. The farmer, the grocerman, the druggist, the shoe merchant,
the baker, the newspaper publisher and those in the many other walks of life
are just as welcome as any other class —
they will find their surroundings and
the Club atmosphere all that could be desired, for good fellowship
and com-
panionship will always reign supreme at the Iowa-Grayton Beach Club.

Property and Location

So much for the organization, plans, purposes and possibilities of
the
Club. Let us now consider the property in all its phases, and
in considering
the property and location, refer to the maps in the back
part of this book.
By referring to those maps you can get a very clear and intelligent idea
of
the exact location which is exceptionally well adapted to our
purposes.
The property of The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club will embrace in
addition to superb beach frontage of eleven miles on the Gulf of Mexico,
its

a great ^iiwe preserve —

a veritable hunting and fishing paradise a large —

Page Seven
1 — A morning's catch Choctawhatchee Bay, with
in -Pleasure launches on Cedar Creek. This creek
ordinary pole and line. empties into Choctawhatchee Bay, a short dis-
2 —These pompano were caught Choctawhatchee
in tance from Club property.
Bay. They are plentiful. -Grayton Beach on Gulf of Mexico. Club
3 — Choctawhatchee Bay, that wonderful body of property includes 11 miles of this grand, snow-
salt water on which Chih properti,- borders. white, hard, sandy beach.

P a (J e Eight
 tract of fertile land on which will be raised, every month in
the year, the
vegetables, the fruits and the meats with which to satiate the ravenous appe-
tites of Club members who love good things to eat.
This valuable property is about seventy miles east of Pensacola, and at
the eastern end of Choctawhatchee Bay— in Walton County, Florida.
The
eleven mile frontage on the Gulf of Mexico is known as (irayton Beach,
from
which the Club derives its name.

Grayton Beach is without doubt one of the finest bathing beaches in

America. The sand is very fine and white, the granules and color being
almost an exact duplicate of granulated sugar. The beach is free from
undertow, and slopes into the sea so gradually that a person can walk out
mto the water for a distance of one hundred yards without getting beyond
one's depth. It is ideal for bathing —
clean' and white. This fine sand
beach, wet down by the ocean wa\es, makes a beautiful auto drive for
many
miles. It is facing this wonderful beach that the Club House for the
accom-
modation of Club Members will be erected.
This excellent health-giving salt-water bathing, the sunshine, the sands
m which to dig, gorgeous flowers of many species, the sweet magnolias and
the birds will make Grayton Beach a place of intense interest and pleasure
to
the women folks and for the youngsters who are privileged to spend
their
vacations in this land of health, sunshine and flowers.

A Wonderful Playground
Grayton Beach and Choctawhatchee Bay, together with the adjacent
lands, comprise one of the most wonderful playgrounds
it is possible to
miagine. Choctawhatchee Bay is four miles In the rear of Grayton
Beach.
This bay is about thirty miles long, averages ten miles in width, and
abounds with almost all kinds of fresh water and salt water fish, as do all
the rivers and creeks flowing into the bay. During the latter part of May
and the early part of June the tarpon fishing in that portion of the Gulf of
Mexico is unsurpassed.
Ihere is, without doubt, the hcsi ftsh'nuj on ihe Cdiiliiioil in the waters
adjacent to Grayton Beach.
For the hunter there is an abundance of wild game turkey, duck,
geese, quail, deer,
—
and fox. During the winter months the waters of Choc-
tawhatchee Bay are covered with thousands of wild fowl. On the north
of
the bay is the Government Forest Reserve of nearly a quarter of
a million
acres, and one can have quail, wild turkey, and venison on
the table every
day during the season if he so desires. In fact this country is truly a para-
dise for sportsmen.
For the yachting enthusiast, Choctawhatchee Bay and Santa Rosa
Sound afford an inland, land-locked waterway seventy miles in length,
which for this sport is the equal of any place in the world.
At Grayton Beach the golfer will have a course that will be "a joy to

Page Nine
1 — Members of Board of Trustees inspecting prop- -I — A drive along Choctawhatchee Bay on Club
erty. Photo taken at Point Washington. property.
2 — Same members enjoying a strollover Club prop- 5 — Picking flowers on November14th, on land ad-
erty. joining Club property.
3 — A beautiful, wooded scene Point Washington.
at 6 — A beautiful, inexpensive home on Choctaw-
hatchee Bay.

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his heart," and the tennis player and trapshooter will not be forgotten.
Nothing will be left undone to make the Club one of the most attracti\-e and
at the same time one of the most restful places on the Gulf Coast.

Point Washington — A Historic Town

Aside from the manifold attractions to the hunter and fisherman, the
golfer, the yachtsman, the horseman and the devotee of the wonderful surf,
there will be incorporated a very practical feature in the Club's benefits in
connection with the old settlement of Point Washington. This historic old
place forms a portion of the Club's property.
Point Washington is one of the oldest settlements in the United States.
It wasfirst settled about the time that St. Augustine was founded. It is a
quaint old place, very interesting, and situated at the most beautiful spot on
Choctawhatchee Bay. It is here that it is intended to establish the Club's
golf course and some of the tennis courts.
Docks and boat-houses also will be erected at Point Washington for
the accommodation of Club members, who may rest assured that their boats,
cottages, and other property will be properly looked after during their ab-
sence, by the Club's attendants.

Valuable Building Lot Free

The Board of Trustees has decided to survey and plat a townsite at
Point Washington to encourage the members to build their own cottages.
The Club will, therefore, give a beautiful lot, 50x150 feet, to each Founder
Member who will agree to build a cottage thereon.
Being right in the heart of a vast lumber district and with sawmills in
the immediate vicinit)', a cottage can be built at a much lower cost than for
the same building erected here in the north.
No one but a Club member can acquire one of these lots. If for any
reason you cannot build on your lot, it can be disposed of to another member
who desires more ground or who wants to get in another location. These
lots, conservatively speaking, should be worth in the near future more than
the present cost of membership.

Climate and Rainfall

This particular part of Florida has a climate that is remarkably equable
and is unequalled anywhere in the entire state for an all-the-year-roiind
resort. The winters are mild and the summers are exceptionally cool. You
can sleep under a cover at Grayton Beach the hottest nights we have in July
and August.
Referring to the even temperature, note the following record which
shows the average temperature per month for the past eleven years, as re-

Pag e Eleven
 4—1 hi- 1- ilu- luiriif i.t lusc \\ atenneloii
2 — Ponderosa lemons, weighing 3j pounds. 5 — Two-year-old glove. fig
will make a bucketful of lemonade. 6 — Young grape arbor.
3 — Two-year-old pear tree.

(Note: This fruit was raised and photographed at Santa Rosa, Florida, only six miles due
Club property. — —
Same soil same climate conditions identically the same.)

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corded by the ^^'eather Bureau at St. Andrews, uhich is just a few miles
east of Grayton Beach:
Temperature Temperatur
Months Degrees Fahrenheit Months Degrees Fahrei
January 51.4 July 81.3
February 52.4 August 81.6
March '

62.9 September 77.7

April 65.2 October 69.0
.Vlay 74.5 November 59.5
June 80.2 December 52.4
he same Weather Bureau is also authority for the statement, taken
I

from its records for a period of eleven years, that the average rainfall is
sixty-four inches per year. This rainfall and the long even-tempered grow-
ing season accounts for the marvelous productiveness of the soil. Also, as
our property is high and dry, ive are not bothered zvitli flies or mosquitoes,
which is certainly a redeeming feature.

How Property Is Reached

he most direct route to the Club grounds from Iowa points is by way
I

of Pensacola, Floricia, from St. Louis or Chicago. From Pensacola the

transportation to and from Grayton Beach will be principally by boat —
most delightful trip of seventy miles through Santa Rosa Sound and Choc-
tawhatchee Bay —
a land-locked water route which is one of the attractive
features of the \acation trip.
There is a good boat now making this run, but later on the Club will

\ have its own fast passenger boat for this trip between Pensacola and the
Club grounds, carrying Club members without charge. Through operation
of our own daily boat between Point Washington and Pensacola, we will
have, of course, a daily mail service.

The Club House

The House and the landscaping of the grounds
building of the Club
will be let under contract. The Club House itself is being designed for
economical construction, rustic style, and of spacious dimensions. ex- We
pect to have our Club House ready for use sometime during 1920. It will

be so designed as to be built in units as the business or patronage may make

it necessary, each unit to be a part of the harmonious whole, so that when

completed it will be strictly modern in every respect; a large, roomy, com-

fortable, convenient home for members; a place where a vacation can be
enjoyed to the utmost.
Weshould add that a plentiful supply of splendid water can be had
anywhere in this section by sinking a well to a depth of twenty to thirty feet,
and an artesian well which will throw out a continuous stream of clear, cool,
sparkling water can be had by driving to a depth of from two hundred to
three hundred feet.

1' a y e T li i r t e e n
1— A typical FIcirlda .luail hunting; Mine. Quail -I— I'w,, kiniU of pi-aclu's. I'hcv both thrive in
plentiful on the Club and adjoining property.
2 — are
Horseback riding a favorite pastime and a
is 5
thispart of Florida.
— Magnolia Farm, near Pensacola, Florida, 70
healthy recreation for the ladies. miles due west of Club property. A farm that
3 — Artesian well onlv short distance from Club will surprise our northern farmers.
property.

F ag e Fourteen
 Qood Things to Eat
One of
the foremost thoughts of the Club will be to set a
good table.
With a Club House of this character, with fresh vegetables, luscious
fruits
and meats, supplied from our own gardens, groves, orchards and
farm, there
IS no reason or excuse for not being
able to set a table at a very moderate
cost "fit for a king."
Special attention will always be given to the home comforts provided
m the Club House rooms.
Clean, sanitary, soft beds, which is a part of the
Club plans, will always insure a sound, refreshing night's rest.

Development Program
The Club Trustees and Officers have made very definite and practical
plans for the development and profitable operation of this
great property,
which will make a Founder Membership a thing of profit as well
as pleasure!
No attempt, of course, will be made to develop the entire tract immedi-
ately. It is the intention of the Club management, however,
to clear pos-
sibly several thousand acres of the property most available
and conveniently
located and put it into a high state of cultivation. Besides providing the
Club with the choicest of food there will be a large surplus which can
be
marketed at a handsome profit, the proceeds of which will be applied
to the
operation of the Club which will reduce the cost to guest
members to a
minimum.

A
Profitable Prospect
For the purchase of stock and the clearing and development of land,
the Club will have a fund of several hundred thousand
dollars over and
above all requirements for the erection of the Club House, laying out
of
grounds and golf course, building of roads, wharves and boat-houses,
and
nnprovement of the Point Washington townsite.
Accustomed as Iowa people are to farming operations, it is hardly
necessary to go into details as to the possibilities for profit from
virgin soil
on a farm of a thousand or five thousand acres, particularly when
two crops
of marketable product can be raised each year with so little danger
of loss
as is possible in the Grayton Beach district.

Schools
Many members and prospective members with children of
of our
school age have made inquiry about school facilities. The Board of Trus-
tees have provided in their plans for a modern school system
whereby chil-
dren of Club members will be able to pursue their studies without interrup-
tion while their parents are guests of the Club.

Soil and Products

Our soil is a rich,sandy loam, with a clay sub-soil. Most of it is very
black. It requires practically no draining except what can be done by surface

)' a ij e F i j I f e n
1 — Field uf velvet beans. 4— Field of sugar cane.
2 — Second cutting of Rhodes 5 — Field corn and cucumbers.
3 — Navy beans 6 — Sweet potatoes, November 14th.

(Note: These crops were raised and photographed at Santa Rosa, Florida, si.x miles due west of our
Club property, on identically the same soil, in the same climate and under the same conditions
as prevail at (jrayton Beach.)

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 ditches. The
land has been cut over and the lumber taken off, and there are
about forty to fifty stumps to the acre. The surface rises to as much as fifty
feet above sea level, and it is free from ponds, marshes, lowlands or
gullies.
There is no better soil in the south for the successful growing of
oranges, grape fruit, figs, peaches, pears, plums, kumquats, Japanese per-
simmons, all varieties of grapes, watermelons, cataloupe, asparagus, straw-
berries, blackberries, raspberries, dewberries, Kudzu hay, velvet beans, corn,
cow peas, millet, Irish and sweet potatoes, peanuts, sugar cane, tomatoes
and many varieties of root crops, fruits, tame hay, etc.

Organization and Management

As
stated by Mr. Carleton in the "Foreword," the Club is not a cor-
poration. It is an association of limited memberships, and its affairs will
be managed by a Board of Trustees selected each year from the Founder
iVIembers of the Club. They serve the Club absolutely without compensa-
tion other than their actual expenses when engaged on business for the Club.
The only salaried officials of the organization will be a resident Club
Manager, whose duties will be such as are necessitated by any large hotel;
and a Farm Manager, who will have charge of all the farming and develop-
ment operations under the direction of the Board of Trustees.

A Limited Membership
Now, you might development program is an extensive one
say, our
and will bevery expensive, but when you realize that the development fund
derived from the sale of memberships will yield after the land and the cost
of selling is deducted practically $720,000.00 net you will readily see that all
this work is possible and we feel assured that after very conservative esti-
mates were made we found that all these developments are possible with
the funds derived from memberships and that a substantial cash balance will
remain in the treasury.

Terms
Founder Memberships in The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club are
being offered to substantial citizens of Iowa today at $600.00 each, payable
$200.00 when application is made; the balance payable in notes, $200.00 in
three months, and $200.00 in six months from date of application. The
Founder Membership is limited. These are life memberships — subject to
sale or transfer in case the member necessary to dispose of his mem-
finds it

bership, but, of course, the person to whom such membership is offered for
sale must be voted upon as a member by the Board of Trustees; it being
the purpose of the organization to maintain a high standard of membership.
Of the $600.00 paid in as a membership fee, 40"^ is actually set aside
as a development fund to be used in clearing the land, building Club House,
providing boats, building roads, establishing a truck garden, stocking the
farm, etc., as already outlined, while the balance of the fee applies to organi-

Paa e Seventeen
zation expenses and the purchase price of this wonderful tract of land which
is deeded to the President of the Club, in trust, for use and benefit of all

Club members. Make all remittances payable to the lowa-Grayton Beach

Club, 505 First National Bank Bldg., Waterloo, Iowa.

No Dues or Assessments
Oneof the remarkable features about this Club is that the members
will never be required to pay any dues or assessments. Six hundred dollars
covers a life membership and that is the total cost.
How can this be done? The sale of memberships covers the purchase
price of the property, the construction of the Club House, the building of
roads, beautifying grounds, laying out of parks, building a fast passenger
boat, laying out of golf course, the development of a large farm and stock-
ing it, planting of fruit trees and leaves a surplus of something over
$200,000.00.
All farm products will be used first to supply the Club needs and the
surplus will be marketed and the proceeds used in paying the operating ex-
penses of the Club. If the income from the $200,000.00 and the farm will
equal the Club expenditures, board and room will not cost the visiting mem-
bers a dollar. If the sale of the surplus farm products and the income from
the $200,000.00 does not meet the entire operating expenses then the visiting
members will be required to meet this deficit, in proportion to the length of
time they spend at the Club. This would be the only cost to them, for board,
room and all Club privileges and at the most, should not exceed $2.00
per day.

Membership a Valuable Asset

When the application for membership is signed and the fee paid, the
Board of Trustees pass upon same, and, it being acceptable, they issue a
Certificate of Membership as shown in this booklet, conferring upon each
member all the rights and privileges of the Club and Club grounds, the Club
beach, boats, golf course, the right to fish, hunt, ride horseback, do trap-
shooting, play tennis, or enjoy any or all of the Club's free advantages and
the Club House accommodations at a cost which is just sufficient to cover the
actual cost of maintenance.

Recapitulation
In conclusion we want to reiterate that at Grayton Beach we have one
of the finest playgrounds on the American continent, with an ideal climate
both summer and winter.
This playground is within easy distance of the middle west. Under
our plan of operation Club members may enjoy their annual vacation at a
cost so small as to be almost negligible.

Founder Memberships are free of all dues or assessments; are trans-

ferable, and pass by heritage. Every Founder Membership in The Iowa-

P as ' Eighteen
Grayton Beach Club should, in less than five years, be worth at a mini-
mum from $1,500 to $2,000.
estimate,
Any Founder Member who will agree to build, will be given free of
choice building lot at beautiful Point Washington, in itself worth
all cost, a

nearly the entire price of membership.

Full value will be received by every member for every dollar put into
the Association. Messrs. Baker, Vawter & Wolf, nationally known certified
public accountants, with offices in Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Des Moines
and other large cities, have been employed to keep the Club's books, render
regular statements to every member, and audit all the funds of the organi-
zation.
The Club is organized
such a manner that there will be no regrets
In
either to the Trustees or to the members as members. The Trustees are
bankers, lawyers, farmers, professional and business men of the highest
type and integrity in the State of Iowa. The management of the Club is
in their hands. We invite investigation.
That, then, is the story of The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club. Most
of the Trustees have visited the grounds and surrounding country; inspected
and investigated the whole proposition carefully and conservatively, and are
honest and frank in their statement that it has their heartiest and unqualified
approval and support. It is on that basis that they ask you to become a
member of The Iowa-Graytox Beach Club.

P a y e Nineteen
 Ninety Days to
Investigate

At a regular meeting of the Board of

Trustees, held at its offices, Wednesday,
July 16, 1919, the following resolution
was adopted:

"Whereas, the subscriber having pur-

chased a founder membership in the Iowa-
Grayton Beach Club without first inspect-
ing the location and plans of the club, said
club hereby expressly agrees that if the
subscriber shall personally inspect the loca-
tion and plans within ninety days of date
of application and is not satisfied with the
said location and plans, may, if he so elects
within seven days after completing such
inspection, notify the said club in writing
at its office, 505 First National Bank Build-
ing, Waterloo, Iowa, that he is not satisfied
with said location and plans and desires to
have his money back, the said club will,
within ninety days after receipt of such
written notice, return to the said subscriber
the full purchase price of $600.00 paid to it
for said founder membership."

Iowa-Grayton Beach Club

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 SriRSTNATIOrJAL t

M^terfoo. (^<Mzmy

TO OUR FHIEirDS AH) YOUR FRIENDS:

For years, thousands of good, northern people, seeking

to get away from the loe and snow, bllziarda and zero weather,
bare Journeyed to Florida In search of a healthy, congenial
ollmate and a plaoe where they oould take a real vacation and
pursue their favorite out-door sports. Prota'bly you Ijelong to
this olass.

During the past several seasons, it has been next to

impossible to find hotel accomodations even at the exhorbltant
prices oharged. Almost Invariably a person was thrown among
strangers, and this robbed the vacation of nine-tenths of its
Joy and pleasure.

Desiring to correct this evlL, a number of us represent-

ative lowans got together and organized a modern Club to be com-
posed of people from our own section of the Country, The founding
of the lOWA-OlATTOH BEACH CLUB has been the outcome of our
determination.

We firmly believe that our idea of raising almost every-

thing that goes on the tables of our Club is a good one, and that
well cooked food, real cream, fresh butter and eggs, spring chicken,
and all kinds of fresh vegetables, fruits and berries grown on
our farm and in o\ir gardens will appeal to everyone who loves the
good things of life, JUst imagine having all these luxuries, a
modern club house or a private bungalow with all modem conveniences
and the privacy of your own home, located in the heart of one of
America's greatest playgounds.

The ordinary family vacation trip to either a summer or

winter resort is far more expensive each year than the entire cost
of a life membership in the lOWA-GRAYTON BEACH CLUB, which, under
Its unique plan of organization, offers an exclusive Club member-
ship, backed by real value In good productive land.

The location Is, for such a project, ideal. It will make

a strong appeal to the hunter, bather, golfer, fisherman, motorist,
and boatman. The groxinds and beach are beautiful and, believing
a Buooessful future for the Club is assured, we take pleasure in
oommendlng the Club and In Inviting you to take a membership— to
oome and be one with us.

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BOARS OF TRirSTEES

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AMENDED ARTICLES
GRAYTON BEACH CLUB,
I.— NAME.
and such other persons who may
We, the undersigned,
become associated with us, as founder members of this
Club, hereby associate ourselves together for
THE
poses hereinafter designated, under the name
lOWAGRAYTON HEACU CLUB OF GRAYTON
BEACH. FLORIDA.
II.— MEMBERSHIP.
The founder membersliip of this Club shall be limited
to three thousand (3,000) numbers; the (ee for each
founder member shall be $600, On, payable in advance.
Such founder membersliips shall be fully paid and non-
assessable. Associate Memberships shall be limited to
five hundred members. Associate members shall be en-
titled to all Club privileges for life, but shall own no
interest in the property of the Club, and shall not be
transferable or heritable. The Associate Membership
fee shall be Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars; and such
membership may be converted into a Founder Member-
ship any time within six months from date of issue by
payment of an additional Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars.
III.— PURPOSES AND OBJECTS.
The purposes and objects of this Club shall be to
construct and operate a Club House at Grayton Beach,
Walton County, Florida, and in connection therewith to
erect such other buildings and construct such fences,
roads, boulevards, parks, golf links, docks,
serves etc. as may be necessary to advance the pleasure
and enjoyment of the Club members to acquire such
;
real estate and to engage in such development and im-
provement operations in connection therewith as may be
deemed for the best interests of the Club, and in general
to do any and all things that the Board of Trustees may
deem best for the general welfare of tlie Club and its
members.
IV.— MANAGEMENT.
The management and control of the business and the
affairs of this Club from and after the first day of
March, 1919, is vested in a Board of Trustees consisting
of not less than seven (7) nor more than fifteen (15)
founder members, the names and addresses of the fourider
members who are to serve until the first annual meeting,
or until their successors shall be elected, are as follows:
E. S. Johnson. Webster City. Iowa.
Dr. Carl Stutsman. Des Momes, Iowa.
Charles A. Helsell. Fort Dodge, Iowa.
John J. Carleton, Iowa Falls. Iowa.
V. P. McManus, Manson, Iowa.
George E. Frost. Mason City, Iowa.
B. J. Price, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Emil G. Schmidt, Des Moines, Iowa.
George S. Tracy, Burlington, Iowa.
Dr. J. S. Henderson, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
H. J. McChesney, Algona, Iowa.
J. U. Sammis. Sioux City, Iowa.
H. O. Bernbrock, Waterloo. Iowa.
After the year 1919 the annual meeting of members
shall be held on the First Tuesday in February of each
year, at Grayton Beach, Walton County, Florida.
At the first annual meeting of founder members held
as above specified, there shall be elected a Board of
Trustees, one-third of whose members shall be elected
to serve for a period of one year, one-third to serve a
period of two years and one-third to serve a period^ of
three years and at each succeeding annual meeting
members of the Board of Trustees shall be elected for a
period of three years to succeed those^ members of the
Board whose terms of service are expiring.
Should a vacancy occur by death or resignation in the
Board of Trustees, it shall be filled by the remaining
members of the Board. All Trustees shall hold office
until their successors have been elected by the founder
members of the Club. A President, Vice-President,
Secretary and Treasurer shall be the officers of the
Club. The said Board of Trustees shall have the power
and authority to employ such persons as may be neces-
sary to the conduct of the business of the Club and_ to
fix the compensation thereof. The Trustees in accepting
this trust, assume no personal obligations to the mem-
ALL
bers of the Club, except that at times, they will
GOOD
act in FAITH and exercise their BEST JUDG-
MENT in the management of its affairs. They shall
RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION for their services,
except such actual expenses as they may incur in at-
tending to the affairs of the Club. They shall require
that the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees shall exe-
cute sufficient and adequate bond to be approved by the
Board of Trustees, for the use and benefit of the mem-
bers of the Club.
The Board of Trustees shall at no time incumber the
property of the Club without authority from the founder
members, expressed by an affirmative vote of not less
than two-thirds of the members at any annual meeting or
of ASSOCIATION of the lOWA^
of GRAYTON BEACH, FLORIDA
at a special meeting of the members called for the pur-
pose of acting upon this question,
v.— PROPERTY AND RIGHTS.
the pur-
The Founder Membership fee in this Club shall be the
of
sum of $600.00. All payments for membership shall be
made payable to the President of the Board of Trustees,
and shall be by him deposited in a thoroughly reliable
bank. Upon the receipt of said membership fee, the
President of the Board of Trustees shall pay to the Board
of Trustees, or the officer designated by them, 40 per
cent of the purcliase price, or $240.00, which shall be
used by the said Board of Trustees for the erection of a
Club House and the improving of the Club property.
The remainder, 60 per cent, or $360.00, shall be applied
in payment of the real estate which is now or may here-
after be acquired, cost of selling, overhead expenses, etc.
The title to all real estate shall be held by the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees during the life and exist-
ence of this Club for the use and benefit of the Founder
Members of the Club.
VI.— CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP.
To each founder member of this Club there shall be
issued by the Board of Trustees, a Certificate of Founder
Membership. Such Certificate of Founder Membership
may be assigned and transferred by tlie owner and hold«r
thereof, and the assignee thereof siiall succeed to all of
game pre- the rights and interests of the assignor thereof, in and to
the Club, its privileges, and its property, provided,
however that such rights shall inure to the assignee
only after he has surrendered to the Secretary of the
Club, the Certificate so assigned to him and has re-
ceived in lieu thereof a new Certificate issued from the
Club direct to him.
VII.— ACCOUNTING RECORDS.
The said Board of Trustees shall cause to be kept at
the Club house or at such other place as may be desig-
nated, a list of the founder members of tliis (Jlub and of
the owners and holders of the memberships issued to its
members. The said Board of Trustees shall also cause
to be kept, an accurate record of each tract of land con-
veyed to the President of the Board of Trustees, for the
use and benefit of the Club, as the same shall be ac-
quired by the Club upon the sale of memberships as
hereinbefore sot forth. The said Board of Trustees
shall also cause to be kept, an accurate and complete
record of all moneys received, both from the member-
shi[) fees and from the conduct and management of the
business of this Club, and shall cause to be sent to the
owner and holder of each founder membership, an an-
nual statement as to the business affairs and financial
condition of the Club.
VIII.— DISSOLUTION.
At the tenth annual meeting of founder members and
concurrent therewith, on the date and at the place here-
inbefore specified, there shall be called by the Board of
Trustees a special business meeting of the founder mem-
bers of this Club for the purpose of electing members of
the Board of Trustees and for the transaction of such
other business as may regularly and properly come before
the founder members at such meeting; and such special
business meetings shall be called at the end of each ten-
year period and at any such decennial meeting of the
members, if a majority of the then members of this Club
as shown by the records of the Club, shall desire to
terminate the existence of the said Club and to liquidate
its affairs, then and in that event, the said Board of
Trustees shall upon the direction of the said founder
members, proceed to liquidate the affairs of the Club by
selling, all of the property, real, personal and mixed, be-
longing to the Club and after paying the indebtedness
outstanding against the Club shall distribute the net
proceeds arising from such sale among the then founder
members of tiie (ilub. share and share alike.
IX.— BY-LAWS.
The Board of Trustees shall from time to time adopt
such by-laws and such rules as may be reasonably neces-
sary to carry out the purposes and objects of this Club.
X.— QUORUM, PROXIES, VOTES, ETC.
At each annual meeting a majority of the founder
membership present in person or by proxy shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, each
founder member being entitled to one vote.
XI.— NOTIFICATION.
The Secretary shall mail a notice in writing of all
annual meetings to the last known address of each
founder member at least ten days before the date of such
annual meeting.
XII.
These Articles of Association may be amended at any
annual meeting of the founder members, by a maionty
vote.
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