2023 Warwick Country Club Cocktail Party and Banquet

by Dick Shappy

September 2, 2023
 
Club President Michael Harrington and Dick Shappy pose with Dick's 1917 Model 48 Locomobile.
Club President Michael Harrington and Dick Shappy pose with Dick's 1917 Model 48 Locomobile.
 

On Saturday, Sep­tem­ber 2nd 2023, The War­wick Country Club located on Narragansett Bay in War­wick Neck, Rhode Island celebrated the club's one hundred year anniversary. One hundred and seventeen guests attended a late afternoon cocktail party on the east lawn followed by an evening banquet in the banquet hall. Many of the guests posed with Dick Shappy's period correct 1917 Locomobile. This vehicle was owned by Louis Liggett, a prominent Rhode Islander, and it may have visited the country club in its early days.



 
Bay View High School Seniors pose with the 1917 Locomobile.
Bay View High School Seniors pose with the 1917 Locomobile.
 

On De­cem­ber 15, 1924, a group of fifty prominent Rhode Islanders purchased the estate of George L. Shepley which became the War­wick Country Club. The following decades saw additions to the clubhouse and the construction of a swimming pool and paddle tennis courts which added to the club's recreational activities. In 1997, under the direction of golf course architect Ron Prichard, the club undertook a project to restore its 18 hole golf course to its Orig­inal Donald Ross design. This beautiful facility is a landmark in the War­wick Neck area with a history dating back 100 years.