(1) The Rolling Hills Country Club, located three miles northwest of Pocahontas,
is one of the newest members of Clay County Electric Cooperative. The Club is
an association of some 225 members who have joined together to provide recrea-
tional facilities to the people in the area who wish to become members. The cost
of membership is $100 entrance fee plus $10 per month fee. One membership
fee extends club privileges to the entire family. Raymond Reid, manager of
the club, says they hope to have 250 members by the end of the year. The mem-
bership has a meeting once each year to elect their board of directors, set
policies and procedures for the operation of the club. The present officers of
the association are E.C. Cox Sr., president; Mrs. Graydon Navy, vice-president;
Jim Baltz, secretary, and J.R. Jackson, treasurer. When completed, the total
project will cost a little over $185,000. The bulk of the project is financed by a
loan from the Farmers Home Administration, which will be paid through
entrance fees and monthly member dues. To serve the Randolph County Recrea-
tion Association with electric power, Clay County Electric built one mile of
2-phase line and re-phased two miles of single phase line. A transformer bank
of one 37 1/2 KVA and a 25 KVA was installed at the club house to serve the
installation. Several new homes have been built along the road leading to the
recreation center and the line improvement made to serve the center will also
provide better service to the new homes.

 
(2) Manager Raymond Reid is sitting on the balcony of the club with a view of
gentle rolling hills and a nine-hole golf course. Located on the course will be two lakes-
one containing about 6 1/4-million gallons of water and the other about 1-million gallons.
The larger lake will be stocked with bass, bluegill and catfish for the fishing enjoyment
of the membership. The larger lake will provide a watershed for some 300 acres.
A 3 h.p. electric pump will push water from the large lake to the small lake where two
10 h.p. motors will be utilized to push water throught an underground irrigation system to
water the golf course. The course will have a practice driving range and putting green.

 
(3) LEFT: The large club room, which will seat 200 people, has a large stone fireplace at one
end of the room. Glass has been used extensively in the side walls of the room to provide
a pretty view of the golf course, swimming pool, tennis courts and playground. A fully-equipped
kitchen in the club is used to prepare food for banquets and parties. There's an office for the manager,
plus shower and dressing facilities for men and women in the club house. FAR LEFT: Ann Winchester
and Danny Flagg, pool lifeguards, are awaiting the afternoon crowd to come and enjoy the pool.
They compete in a game of tennis on one of two courts provided for the membership.
RIGHT: Mr. Reid shows the three 3-ton electric air conditioners which keep the club house
comfortable in summer. Electric duct heaters provide heating for winter. This is the new all-electric home
for the manager of the association. The home is located at the entrance of the association property.
The home is comfort conditioned by a 3-ton heat pump. Sharing the home with Mr. Reid is his wife
Virginia and daughters Lynne and Jeanie.