Forest Hills, Wild Wood?

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   Sam Ashworth stated that Wild Wood Golf Course is the oldest in town, built in 1922. 

I thought I had read in True Steel that George Verity started on Forest Hills Golf Course around 1912 though?

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TudorBrown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Aug 24 2009 Location: Highlands D. Status: Offline Points: 265	Post Options Post Reply Quote TudorBrown Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Forest Hills, Wild Wood? Posted: Aug 25 2009 at 9:48am
	Sam Ashworth stated that Wild Wood Golf Course is the oldest in town, built in 1922. I thought I had read in True Steel that George Verity started on Forest Hills Golf Course around 1912 though?

Merrell Wood Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Mar 27 2009 Status: Offline Points: 55	Post Options Post Reply Quote Merrell Wood Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 25 2009 at 6:58pm
	I just checked my copy of "True Steel" and Forest Hills was established first. Also, it is where it is because of who used it, Mr. Verity, his friends, clients and company executives.

TudorBrown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Aug 24 2009 Location: Highlands D. Status: Offline Points: 265	Post Options Post Reply Quote TudorBrown Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 25 2009 at 9:23pm
	Thank you for checking!

Mike_Presta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike_Presta Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 25 2009 at 9:53pm
	Sometimes it depends upon what the definition of "is" is, or, in this case, the definitions of "first" or "oldest". I believe that Forest Hills was indeed the FIRST golf course constructed in Middletown, and therefore the OLDEST. However, for many years this was the most "private" type of course that "private" can be. There were no memberships available to anyone for years, and in that early period, only those invited by Mr. Verity could play there, and only when he decided to allow them to play. Forest Hills was both figuratively AND literally in Mr. Verity's back yard. Then came Wildwood, another "private" golf club, but one to which "memberships" could be purchased. This would make Wildwood the "first" and "oldest" "country club" or quasi-private golf course in Middletown. To this day, it remains the ONLY eighteen hole golf course within the city limits. So I guess, depending upon definitions, either could correctly be called the "first" or the "oldest"! I hope that this helps to confuse the issue!!!
	“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012

TudorBrown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Aug 24 2009 Location: Highlands D. Status: Offline Points: 265	Post Options Post Reply Quote TudorBrown Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 30 2009 at 4:42am
	Thank you for the insight Mr. P. I have another question. What exactly makes Mr. Ashworth a Historian? Is it a title he's bestowed upon himself, does he hold some kind of degree in History?

Vivian Moon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187	Post Options Post Reply Quote Vivian Moon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 30 2009 at 5:36am
	Tudor Sam Ashworth is not a historian, nor does he have a degree in history. I believe that his degree is in graphic arts. He sits on all these City historic boards because he was the director of the Middletown Historical Society. I would consider Roger Miller to be our local historian.

Mike_Presta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike_Presta Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 30 2009 at 6:12am
	Follow the money.
	“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012

Impala SS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Jan 12 2009 Location: middletown Status: Offline Points: 136	Post Options Post Reply Quote Impala SS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 30 2009 at 10:15am
	Mike!! So he bought his title just like Ann Mort did. Boy thats some movers and shakers . I dont mix with those kind of people.