Celebrating Our Heritage, Preserving Our Future
Celebrating Our Heritage, Preserving Our Future RCC Heritage Tournament July 11, 2020 Start Spreading the News Reading Times, November 4, 1922 olf was new to Berks County in the 1920s. Berkshire Country G Club built the county’s first golf course in 1898 near Carsonia Park and the Galen Hall resort hotel opened nine holes designed by Alexander Findlay in 1911. The game caught on quickly to the point that Reading Country Club was chartered in 1922. The announce- ment was greeted with great interest in the Berks community. RCC held its first membership din- ner on March 15, 1923, at The Berkshire Hotel in Reading. Alexander Findlay, the golf course designer, spoke to the mem- bers as did former Governor William Sproul and Mayor John Stauffer. These articles are just a few of the stories about RCC that appeared in the Times and the Eagle. Reading Times, May 24, 1923 Reading Eagle, May 28, 1924 Reading Times, September 5, 1922 Home Looted, Ball Missing n August 7, 1929, the Reading Times reported a theft at the home of John O Rader, a professor at Reading High School, who said his home was entered while he was away. Although the home was ransacked, Rader told police only one item was missing: a golf ball. But not just any golf ball. Rader had the ball mounted on a plaque after he used it to make a hole-in-one at RCC. Rader was club champion in 1931 and ‘32. The Galtere Family • Be Awesome, Exeter! Copyright © 2020 by Thomas R. Walker Published in July 2020 by the Exeter-Reading Country Club Partnership, a not-for-profit organization that is independent of the ownership and management of Reading Country Club.
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