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OCTOBER 1978

Volume 11, No. 5

President’s Message

Nominations Announced

It is hard to believe that another season is
drawing to a close. A season that if
anything could happen, it did! Another
year of grumbling and cussing at the
weather, the workers, the equipment, the
members and thirty-five other things. We
grumble every year, but every year we seem
to survive, and by the time March comes,
we are eagerly awaiting the start of a new
season.
It is also hard to believe that my year as
President of CAGCS is drawing to a close.
A year that has been extremely gratifying to
me. A year working with dedicated board
members and a year of many new ac­
quaintances both in the association and
out.
The association has progressed this year.
I have tried to continue the direction Bob
Tosh set for the association. Our atten­
dance at our monthly meetings has increas­
ed by approximately thirty-three percent.
Adhering to a time schedule, better educa­
tional programs, more organized golf, the
outstanding clubs visited and the overall at­
titude of being more professional has con­
tributed to this increase.
Another area we have tried to improve on
is advance planning. While many of us
might not be on the board next year, we are
trying to make life easier for the new
members coming on the board, by planning
ahead.
For example, our Golf Chairman Dick
Cook is working on the Superintendent,
Pro, Greens Chairman, President Tourna­
ment for next year as well as 1980. Our
Education Chairman Bruce Cadenelli is
looking for clubs to host our monthly
meetings next year as well as speakers. All
officers, directors and committee chairmen
have been requested to submit budgets by
November 1st, to better forecast our finan­
cial conditions. It is my feeling that if you
take care of the tomorrows, the todays will
take care of themselves.
If any member of CAGCS has any ideas
on how to improve or add to our associa-

John Perry, CGCS, Chairman of this year’s nominating committee has announced the
following slate of officers to be voted on at the annual meeting:
President
Robert Osterman,
CGCS
Golf Club of Aspetuck
Vice-President
Stephen Cadenelli
Country Club of New Canaan
Secretary-T reasurer
David Stimson, CGCS
Tumble Brook Country Club
Director—2 years
Fred Bachand
Wethersfield Country Club
Director—2 years
Ken Kelliher
Manchester Country Club
Director—2 years
Bruce Cadenelli
Oak Hills Park
Director—1 year
Richard Cook
Black Hall Club
Director—1 year
Michael Wallace
Rockledge Country Club
Director—1 year
Charles York
Willimantic Country Club
Director—1 year
Douglas Stachura
Century Hills Country Club
Also serving on the nominating committee were Fred Bachand and A1 Hawkins.

IMPORTANT
SuperintendentAssistant Superintendent
Tournament

October 10
Race Brook Country Club
Jacket and tie required for dinner!
Return all cards or Call Bruce Cadenelli by
October 5, 1978
tion, now is the time to contact any member
of the board, so we could get it into the
works for next year.
One of the changes made in January was
the structure of the board. Elsewhere in this
newsletter is listed a slate of officers for
1979. At the present time, we have seven
voting members on the board. This will in­
crease to eleven. This slate will be voted on
at our annual meeting November 9th at the
Farms Country Club. Come to this
meeting. Use your privileges that you have
in the association and participate in this
election process.
CAGCS is a great organization. Your of­
ficers, directors and committee chairmen

CAGCS Education
CAGCS has two important educational
programs lined up which you’ll want to
mark on your calender!
The pesticide training session will be held
on Wednesday, December 6, 1978. The test
will be given on Monday, December 11,
1978. This is a change from the original
dates of October 24 and 26. Conflicts arose
with various speakers thus the change to
December. The review session will be from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 6th with the
tests being given at 10 a.m. on December
11th.
January 16, 1979 is the date for an educa­
tio n al session at the C onnecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station in New
Haven. The session will be from 1-4 p.m.
Station personnel will be explaining
research that is being done throughout the
state as well as answering all questions that
are on the minds of superintendents.
Bruce Cadenelli
have worked hard to make this year a suc­
cess and are now looking for 1979 for an
even better year.
I look forward to a smooth transition
from our current board to the incoming
board.
Robert Osterman, CGCS
President

Connecticut Association
Of Golf Course
Superintendents
O fficers

President........Robert Osterman, CGCS
The Golf Club
at Aspetuck
Office 203-261-2544
Home 203-261-0526
Vice-President Stephen Cadenelli
Country Club
of New Canaan
Office 203-966-2145
Home 203-966-0223
Sec-Treasurer. David Stimson, CGCS
Tumble Brook C.C.
Office 203-243-0150
Home 203-289-6979

Editorial
The changing of the leaves signals both
the winding down of one golfing season and
the birth of another. For it is at this time of
year that work is done to prepare the golf
course not only for the hard winter ahead
but for the season to follow. It is also the
time of year, for most courses and their
superintendents, when budgets are being
prepared for the following year. Budget
time is a period that requires considerable
thought not only by the superintendent but
by club officials as well.
For a superintendent to prepare an effec­

tive budget he must know the established
goals of the club. It is those goals that die- .
tate the priorities that will be established in
both operating and capital budgets. Once
the superintendent understands the feeling
of the membership as to what their expecta­
tions are, he can then proceed to tell them
what the cost will be to meet them.
Ultimately, the superintendent is respon­
sible for the condition of the golf course.
However, club officials must remember
that it is they, not the superintendent, who
determines where and why monies are
spent.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bob Phipps
Fred Bachand
Ken Kelliher
A1 Arison, Associate Director
Robert Tosh, Immediate Past President
The object o f this association is to en­
courage increased knowledge o f golf course
management and greater professionalism
through education, research, exchange o f
practical experience and the well being o f
each individual member.
The CONN. CLIPPINGS is an official
publication o f the Connecticut Association
o f Golf Course Superintendents, Inc.
Stephen G. Cadenelli, Editor
127 Country Club Road
New Canaan, C T 06840
THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN
VOTED IN AS NEW MEMBERS
OF OUR ASSOCIATION.
CONGRATULATIONS
AND WELCOME!

Kevin D’Amico
Superintendent — Class B
Highland Golf Club
Shelton, Connecticut
Stanley Dziewulski
Superintendent — Class A
Patterson Golf Club
Fairfield, Connecticut
Paul Grover
Superintendent — Class B
< New London Country Club
New London, Connecticut
Allen Semprebon
Superintendent — Class B
Blackledge Country Club
Hebron, Connecticut
Dewy Stanhope
Superintendent — Class A
Hopmeadow Country Club
Simsbury, Connecticut

Host Superintendent Bert Furgess (standing) and remainder o f head table at recent
CAGCS Meeting held at Mill River Country Club.

Grass Catcher
Be sure to note the change in dates for the
Pesticide Training Sessions and corres­
ponding test. Due to a conflict at the Exten­
sion center in Bethel the dates have been
changed from late October to December 6
for the training session and December 11
for the test. Required study material in­
cludes the Core Manual and the Category 3
Book. Both items can be purchased from
any Extension center for about $6.
★ ★ ★
Congratulations to Mike Wallace, Jeff
Roule, and Peter Rappaccio on becoming
members of GCSAA.
★ ★ ★
A word or two of thanks and apprecia­
tion to Sue and Fred Bachand for the extra
effort they put into the annual picnic. The
day was most enjoyable for everyone who
attended. Also, congratulations to Fred for
doing such an excellent job in preparing
Wethersfield for the Greater Hartford
Open.

★ ★ ★
Attendance at the monthly meeting con­
tinues to be excellent, always hovering
around sixty. Our hosts, Tim Michaud in
August and Bert Furgess in September,
provided for every detail to make for most
enjoyable days. Joe Maisano spoke at the
August meeting telling of the work of the
C ooperative Extension Service. The
September session featured a discussion on
sand topdressing by Charlie Baskin, of the
Country Club of Waterbury and Jerry
O’Donnell, the new regional manager for
Scott’s.
★ ★ ★
Being that a considerable amount of in­
terest is being shown for the GCSAA Tour­
nament to be held at Sea Island, Ga.,
February 1 and 2, 1979, the membership
determined that a qualifying round for all
Connecticut members present would be
held the day prior to the tournament at Sea
Island. All those interested should contact
Frank Lamphier for details.
Steve Cadenelli

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Future Happenings
October 10, 1978
Monthly Meeting

Race Brook Country Club,
Orange, Connecticut
Maurice Ryan — Host Superintendent
First Annual “ Superintendent-Assistant
Superintendent Tournament ’’
Everyone will be glad to learn that our
host fo r the October meeting, Maury Ryan,
is recuperating very well from his recent in­
jury and operation. A long time member o f
CAGCS, Maury has been at Race Brook
since 1956. He is credited with planting
nearly every tree that is on the golf course.
He obviously knows where each tree is in
that he maintains a 5 handicap. A 1932
graduate o f Stockbridge he worked at
Salem C.C. and Merrimack C.C. before
coming to Race Brook.
★★★

November 9, 1978
Annual Meeting

The Farms Country Club,
Wallingford, Connecticut
Stan Sablak — Host Superintendent
Stan is putting the finishing touches on
year number one at The Farms. Prior to his
arrival in Wallingford he served fo r eight
years as the superintendent at the
Edgewood C.C. in Cromwell. Stan has
been a member o f CAGCS since 1973 and
o f GCSAA since 1968. He notes that the
past year has gone along quite well and is
looking forward to hosting our group.
★ ★ ★

November 14-15, 1978
GCSAA Management II Seminar

Hyannis, Massachusetts
★ ★ ★
November 28-December 1, 1978
New Jersey Turfgrass Expo

Cherry Hill Hyatt House,
Cherry Hill, New Jersey★
★ ★ ★
December 2, 1978
CAGCS Annual Christmas Party

Wethersfield Country Club,
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Fred Bachand — Host Superintendent
Believe it or not, it's not too early to plan
fo r the annual Christmas Party. Once again
the beautiful Wethersfield C. C. has agreed
to host this fun-filled evening. Exciting
door prizes, an excellent dinner, and danc­
ing from 9-1 featuring the Paul Scalora
Band.
★ ★ ★

Turfgrass Research Project Initiated At UConn
A turfgrass research project has been
initiated at the University of Connecticut,
Storrs Agricultural Research Station under
the direction of Bill Dest. The purpose of
the research is to develop fertilizer and lim­
ing recommendations for the establishment
and maintenance of turfgrasses. The first
phase of the research is concerned with
developing fertilizer recommendations for
phosphorus and potassium for putting
green turf. A field experiment is already
started on the bentgrass nursery of the
Shorehaven Country Club through the
cooperation of Bob Phipps, Golf Course
Superintendent, approved by the Shorehaven Country Club. Several greenhouse
studies are started for evaluating four soil
nutrient-extracting procedures to turfgrass
response on the same soil type as used in the
nursery.
There is presently an absence of formal
studies relating turfgrass response to soil
test levels of P, K, calcium and magnesium
for developing fertilizer and liming recom­
mendations. Present recommendations are
extrapolated largely from calibration data
obtained with forage crops with yield as the
primary means of measuring growth
response to soil test levels. However with
turfgrasses, yield is not always the best in­
dication of optimum growth and generally
high grass yeld is more often than not
something to be avoided by the golf course
superintendent and others responsible for
December 6, 1978
Pesticide Training Session
December 11, 1978
Test date for licensing of golf club
superintendents for appropriate license

Both the training session and the testing
will be held at the Fairfield County Exten­
sion Center, Route 6, Stony Hill, Bethel,
Connecticut.
★ ★ ★
February 4-9, 1979
GCSAA 50th International Turfgrass
C onference & Show
A tla n ta , G eorgia

managing turfgrasses. Also lower levels of
nutrients in the soil used for growing
turfgrasses may be found to be sufficient
than those nutrient levels needed to give ac­
ceptable yield response of forage species.
Therefore, growth parameters other than
yield need to be correlated with soil
nutrient test levels for better interpretation
of soil test results. Fertilizer recommenda­
tions not based on good calibration data
can result in too much or too little fertilizer
being applied. A major concern is that the
right nutrient balance be achieved by cor­
rectly interpreting soil test results for
recommending and applying the right
amount of fertilizer.
More grass on golf greens is being
cultured on sands and other coarse textured
soils because these soils furnish the right
kinds of physical properties. However they
are inherently infertile. It is often difficult
to establish turfgrasses rapidly on these
soils in the early stages of development and
to maintain adequate nutrient levels and
balance after a good stand of grass is
achieved. It is the purpose of this research
to improve upon this condition.
Research of this nature takes many years
to accumulate the amount of data necessary
to provide reliable estimates of plant
response to soil test levels and nutrient ad­
ditions. Research must be conducted at dif­
ferent sites with the same soil types, with
different soil types and with different
species of grasses. The research being con­
ducted at Shorehaven Country Club is the
beginning of a larger effort to provide such
data so we may refine our fertilizer recom­
mendations for the level of growth required
for turfgrasses.
William Dest

Correction
In the August issue o f “Conn Clippings"
two articles entitled A Green Completed
and Guest Lectures Among CAGCS were
submitted by Bill Dest o f the University o f
Connecticut in appreciation fo r those mentioned in those articles.

T o u r n a m e n t R e s u lts
September
Handicap 0-15
Low Gross
P. P ie rso n ................ .............. 77
Low Net
R. P arso n s................ .............. 71
Handicap 16-40
Low Gross
L. D ellaB ianca........ .............. 92
Low Net
R. T o s h .................... .............. 65
(Winner of McLaghlin Trophy)
Seniors
Leo DellaBianca........ . 86-12—74
Associates
R. Kennedy.............. .............. 86
Kickers
73—A. Hawkins
74—T. Michaud
T. Rainey
L. DellaBianca
P. Pierson

E d ito r

October
F. L am p h ier.............. ............ 74
A. LeSage .................. ............ 80
E. Jo h n s o n ................ ............ 87
R. Osterman................ 91-22—69
D. C o o k ...................... ............ 78
R. H o sk in g ................ ............ 83
T. Michaud
R. Cook
R. Sibley
Dave R o u le ................ . 77-8—69
(Winner of Conn. State Golf
Association Widdy Neal Trophy)

The Following Companies Are Contributing To The Support Of The Conn. Clippings:
ALPINE TREE CARE, INC.
P.O. Box 1034
New Canaan, Ct. 06840
Thomas Porter, CAGCS member
(203) 323-7245

GOLF CAR RENTAL SERVICE
Route 85 (West Road)
Bolton, CT 06040
Nick Carlo
(203) 647-9371

ANDERSON-WARNER
ENGINEERING CO., INC.
Turf Irrigation
164 Nod Road
Avon, CT 06001
Jesse Anderson, CAGCS member
(203) 677-0225

I & E SUPPLY INC.
66 Erna Ave., P.O. Box 9
Milford, CT 06460
Richard W. Smith, CAGCS member
Richard W. Hosking,
CAGCS member
(203) 878-0658
IMPERIAL NURSERY
808 Bloomfield Avenue
Windsor, CT 06095
John Perrotti, CAGCS member
(203) 688-0598
LAKESHORE EQUIPMENT
& SUPPLY CO.
300 South Able Road
Elyria, Ohio 44035
1-800-321-5951
LARCHMONT ENGINEERING
& IRRIGATION, INC.
Larchmont Lane
Lexington, MA 02173
Stephen P. Butler, CAGCS member
(617) 862-2550
THE MAGOVERN CO.
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Curtis Stimson, CAGCS member
Carl Wallace, CAGCS member
(203) 623-2508

ANDREW WILSON, INC.
1170 Route 22
Mountainside, N.J. 07092
Brian Makar
(201) 654-5800
JAMES CARRIERE
6 SONS, INC.
USGA Sand & Topsoil
7 Cottage St.
Port Chester, N.Y. 10573
(914) 937-5479
CHAS. C. HART COMPANY
304 Main St.
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Robert Kennedy, CAGCS member
Roy Sibley, CAGCS member
(203) 529-2537
CLORO-SPRAY
Div. of Henry E. Sanson
& Sons, Inc.
475 Beaver Street
Bristol, PA 19007
E.J. Sanson, CAGCS member
Frank Paladino
(212) 338-2153
FERN CLO GOLF CAR CO.
5 Shelter Rock Road
Danbury, CT 06810
John Ferenchak
(203) 744-7757

METRO MILORGRANITE, INC.
P.O. Box 267
Hawthorne, NY 10532
John Wistrand, CAGCS member
(914) 769-7600
OLD FOX CHEMICAL CO.
Hazardville, CT 06082
John Grant, CAGCS member
P.O. Box 62
Pleasant Valley, CT 06063
(203) 379-3579

O . M. SCOTT & SONS
Proturf Division
Marysville, OH 43040
A l Arison, CAGCS member
(203) 336-9890
OTTAWA SILICA COMPANY
CONN. DIVISION
Mystic White Trap Sand
154 Lantern Hill Rd.
Ledyard, CT 06339
Jim Sinkowski
(203) 536-2618

TURF PRODUCTS
CORPORATION
1496 John Fitch Blvd.
South Windsor, CT 06074
Mark Loper, CAGCS member
Gary Bryant, C4G C 5 member
Ed Lane
(203) 289-3471
Rober Morhardt
Jim Smith
(203) 838-3790

PURPLE KINGS FARM
Custom Greens Dressing
Northwest Hill Road
Williamstown, MA 01267
Ralph Mason, CAGCS member
(413) 458-4646

TUCO DIVISION
OF UPJOHN CO.
David J. Sylvester,
CAGCS member
47 Main St.
East Berlin, CT 06023
(203) 828-3790

THE REICHERT COMPANY
Oilzum Motor Oils & Lubricants
P . O. Box 273
Riverside, CT 06878
Frank Reichert
(203) 661-1816

VALLEY FARMS NURSERY
& SUPPLY, INC.
133 Hopmeadow St. (Route 10)
Simsbury, CT 06070
Joe Bidwell, CAGCS member
(203) 651-8555

SOMERS TURF SUPPLIES
P.O. Box 294
Devon, CT 06460
Bill Somers, CAGCS member
(203) 878-2108
TOM IRWIN, INC.
11B A Street
Burlington, MA 01803
John Callahan, CAGCS member
(203) 677-7054
(617) 273-0143
EMANUEL SHEMIN —
HORTICULTURIST
1081 King St.
P.O. Box #64 Glenville Station
Greenwich, CT 06830
Mark Sosnowitz
(203) 531-7352

WESTCHESTER TURF
SUPPLY, INC.
P.O. Box 198
Lincolndale, NY 10540
Bob Lippman, CAGCS member
(914) 937-6523, office
(914) 248-5790, home
WHITE TURF, INC.
5 Summer Drive
Winchendon, MA 01475
Norman F. Bartlett
(617) 297-0941
ALBERT ZIKORUS
Golf Course Architect
Member ASGCA
Do Little Drive
Bethany, CT 06525
(203) 393-2635

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