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THE IDEAS - OR CONCEPTS - THAT BECAME GRAND

VIEW STARTED WITH A DISCUSSION AROUND A CARD

TABLE IN BILL MORRISSEY'S BASEMENT, AND THE

FIRST WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE  WAS A LETTER

FROM GENE REIDL DATED OCTOBER 28, 1965 TO THEN

SENATOR GAYLORD NELSON INQUIRING ABOUT THE

AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO USE IN

DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY GOLF COURSE.  SENATOR

NELSON'S  PROMPT RESPONSE REFERRED GENE TO THE

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE

FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION.  THE  FHA CAME

THROUGH, ANDTHE DEVELOPMENT GOT UNDER WAY.

DECEMBER 11, 1967, WAS GRAND VIEW'S FIRST

ANNUAL  MEETING, AND THERE WERE 39 MEMBERS

IN ATTENDANCE.  (WE STILL HOLD THE ANNUAL

MEETING DURING THE FIRST 15 DAYS OF DECEMBER

AND WHILE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS HAS GROWN

WE'RE STILL HAPPY TO HAVE THAT MANY MEMBERS IN

ATTENDANCE).

MAY 20, 1968, (MAY BE THE DATE THE COURSE

OPENED FOR THE SEASON)  THE COST OF A FAMILY

PASS WAS $50.00 AND A SINGLE PASS WAS $35.00.

GREENS FEES WERE $1.50 FOR NINE HOLES, AND $2.50

FOR 18 HOLES.

TEN YEARS LATER, A FAMILY PASS WAS $165.00

AND A SINGLE PASS WAS 95.00.

AUGUST 5, 1969 SAW THE START OF MATCH PLAY

CHAMPIONSHIPS.  CHAMPIONS WERE CROWNED IN

BOTH A GRAND VIEW TOURNAMENT  (JOHN AMBURGY

WAS THE FIRST) AND A HORTONVILLE OPEN

TOURNAMENT (JIM MC DANIEL OF NEW LONDON WAS

THE FIRST).

JANUARY 20, 1971  JIM O'HERN WAS RETAINED AS

CLUBHOUSE MANAGER AT A SALARY OF $10.00/WEEK

MAY 11, 1971  REFERENCES ARE FOUND WITH

RESPECT TO THE EARLY BIRD, CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS,

A COUPLES TOURNAMENT, AND THE WEB COLLAR

TOURNAMENT.  THE HORTONVILLE OPEN

TOURNAMENT WAS RE-NAMED THE WEB COLLAR

TOURNAMENT AS A RESULT OF SPONSORSHIP BY

THE WIRE PRODUCTS COMPANY.

MARCH 15, 1972  THE CENTRAL WISCONSIN GOLF

ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED, AND JIM O'HERN WAS

ELECTED PRESIDENT.  THERE WERE SIX MEMBER

COURSES AT THAT TIME (GRAND VIEW  IS STILL A

CWGA MEMBER COURSE AS ARE A MAJORITY OF THE

ORIGINAL COURSE MEMBERS, AND THERE ARE NOW

A TOTAL OF 11 MEMBER COURSES).

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