In January 1962 the club moved the meeting place to a small building that Roy Yerger had constructed on his property, north of Kreamer. There the members constructed a rifle range and a blue rock trap range. At that time the first free fish fry was held for the members. The fish were supplied by a few members who went to Canada for Northern Pike. Some of the first members to donate their fish for this project were: Roy Yerger, Clarence Laudenslager, George K. Bilger, Ray A. Yerger, and some of the other members. This fish fry has been held by the club since that time, with around 100 members attending the last few.

A variety of programs were started at this time. A predator trapping program was started, with 198 predators turned in, for which the club paid $173.00 to those members participating. Turkey shoots, rifle matches, and a few other projects were held to raise money to purchase some land.

In August, 1962, with $436.00 in the treasury, the club made a $100.00 deposit on 90 acres of land then owned by Henry Reich, with the balance to be paid in April 1963. Before April the club had raised enough money to pay the balance of the $1100.00 owed on the land, with a few hundred dollars left in the treasury.

A few months later the members decided to build a club house of their own. An agreement to buy a few acres of land from Roy Yerger was started. In September 1963 work was started on the club house at the site on which it now stands. The building was completed in the spring of 1964.

With the suggestion of the president, Storres C. Winter, a corporation charter was applied for, and as of March 1964, the club name was chartered as The Kreamer, Snyder County, Sportsmen’s Association, Incorporated. At the end of 1969 there were 630 paid up members.

In March 1966, some of the wives of the members and others organized the ladies auxiliary of the club. The purpose of this organization is to assist the club members in different projects and money raising activities of the club, along with their own activities. The club holds several chicken bar-be-ques every year, with between 500 and 700 halves being sold, to which the ladies auxiliary contributes their time and efforts to a great extent. The first officers of the auxiliary were: president, Alverta Yerger; vice president, Gladys Yerger; recording secretary, Betty Wagner; assistant secretary, Vertie Straub; treasurer, Bertha Boyer; assistant treasurer, Ella Yerger; re¬porter, Betty Beaver; trustees, Bessie Winter and Mabel Drumheller. At the end of 1969 the membership was about 80 paid up members.

Some of this information may seem incidental, but shows what progress the club has made since it was organized in 1959, with eight members who each paid one dollar to start the club. With the initial eight dollars to the present time, with the club owning ninety some acres of land, with about fifty acres planted in wild life food and cover, and pine trees, a rifle range, pistol range, blue rock trap range, an inside 22 caliber rifle and archery range, and a large modern club house with a modern kitchen. In addition, the club sponsors a ladies bowling team, a men’s dart team, and two blue rock trap teams, with one of the teams winning the Snyder County League championship for 1968 and 1969.

With an outlay of many thousands of dollars, and no debts, it shows what can be done if people work together. The Kreamer, Snyder County, Sportsmen’s Association, Inc. has demonstrated that “from a small seed a forest can grow“.