Paddle so popular at FMTC that there now is a waiting list

Winter play at Fox Meadow in late 1930s
Winter play at Fox Meadow in late 1930s

By 1940, more than a dozen people were on the waiting list for membership. World War II, however, put most Club activities on hold. Because gas rationing made tournaments all but impossible, most were suspended for the duration of the war. By the dozens, members and their offspring left for the war. Dues for those on active duty were cut to $25.

Source: Diana Reische, Fox Meadow Tennis Club – The First Hundred Years, 1983