SEPTEMBER 1953 PASSAIC COUNTY SHAKER SCREEN We have a 2 inch plank floor on the bottom of - the frame. The three sides of the frame are boxed in with seven-eighths boards. The board seen at the top of the screen is fitted on one side to keep the compost from dropping off when pushed from the truck onto the screen. Harold Loescher, Supt. of the Passaic County Golf Course, Preakness, N. J. has a home made shaker screen that he has found to be very effective and practical. He has been good enough to send the de- tails of this machine to ”Grass Clippings”, which is pictured and described below. Thanks a lot, Harold . . . . how about the rest of you fellows send- MEETING NOTICE . . . . ing an article now and then . . . . Encircle September 15th on your calender. That’s the big day for our next regular meeting. A big day is planned at the SPRING LAKE GOLF CLUB, - Al Rathjens your host. At 12 noon the Superintendent Golf Champion- ship gets underway followed by a Business meeting around 6 p.m. Dinner is planned for 7 p.m. and is bound to be good, done up as ody Spring Lake can do it. Dr. Watson of the Tom Corporation has an in- teresting talk prepared. So we’ll see all you chumps . . . . I mean champs at Spring Lake . . . Remember the 15th. . . . The frame is made of 1/4 inch by 2 inch angle iron, the base or floor measurements are 2 feet 7 . inches by 4 feet 11 inches, the back end is 4 feet Golf Championship high and the front end is 3 feet high, the screen frame September 15th is also made of 1/4 inch by 2 inch angle iron. This measures 2 feet 6 inches by 5 feet with heavy 1/4 inch mesh wire on it. There are four ”S” shaped springs made of one-eighth by one inch spring steel bolted between the frame and the screen. ‘ .,_ —-&"lo-‘ ~— .0 The shaft is mounted across the center of the screen with two counter weights (one mounted on each side of the screen) and one 3 inch pulley, the W' ‘ ' ' counter weights are one inch thick and four inches The Superintendent Championship is the big in diameter. They are mounted off center to make event of our September 15th meeting. . . ' We want i. ‘ screercli “brim fas thebshaft turrfis. Anothejr tshhaft everyone to participate, there’ll be plenty of prizes mounte on t e rame etween t e motor an e and good times. 1 screen shaft with a 3 inch and a 5 inch pulley. The . Andy Brown of the Glen Ridge Country Club motor mounts are bolted or welded to the back end of ' ‘ the frame. On the motor there is a 21/2 inch pulley ‘5 the defending Champ and possessor 0f the plac- which drives a 5 inch pulley on the counter shaft on que. the frame. A ”V” Belt connects the two pulleys. We have received word that a few Supt’s have Another belt connects the 3 inch pulley on the coun- been sharpening up their game, during this past ter shaft to the 3 inch pulley on the screen. month, with an eye cast on the Championship. L t 0 F F l C E R S President Ist Vice President Sherwood A. Moore Melvin B. Lucas 1 . Hollywood Golf Club Homestead Golf Club Secretary Albert Foster Aldecress Country Club Directors William Monahan Charles Storrier 2nd Vice President Joseph Flaherty Manasquan River Golf Club Treasurer H. T. Isleib Joseph Stemmle i "um‘rm Albert Foster, Secretary 25 Wainwright Avenue Closter, New Jersey 1 My; SP‘m'y‘o'e-i-Q: MObI‘E‘: