Ontario Golf Superintendents Association OGSA 31 DIANA DRIVE DOWNSVIEW, ONTARIO PHONE 416-633-1591 NEWSLETTER JANUARY 1972 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT: W. Hynd Res. Phone CH. 7-2795 Business BE. 1-3393 VICE-PRES.: J. Wyllie " " 451 - 5428 " 767 - 2175 SECRETARY: R. Haines " " 233 - 6105 " 459 - 5050 TREASURER: R. Heron " " 459 - 3299 " 625 - 2062 DIRECTORS: R. Lamb " " 884 - 7873 " 884- 8189 R. Allan " " 445 - 7791 " 447-5575 R. French " " 627 - 3394 " 628- 2285 P. Dermott " " 231 - 0925 " 231 - 1114 H. Kopp " " 889 - 3291 E. Charman " " 889 - 3303 " 889-3531 PAST PRESIDENT J. Arends " " 277 - 4061 "277-0848 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: W. Hynd R. Haines J. Arends H. Kopp FUTURE MEETINGS: Information Re: ANNUAL BANQUET and other monthly meetings will be available soon. REMINDERS: Pesticides License renewal by January 15th, 1972! PESTICIDES SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME - JANUARY 12 - 13th, 1972 at Parliament Buildings, Toronto - MacDonald Building, Ontario Room, (S.W. Corner of Bay and Wellesley St., 2nd Floor) Sponsored by: Department of the Environment in co-operation with Ontario Garden Maintenance and Landscaping Association. NEW MEMBERS ARTICLES FOR SALE The following names are hereby posted for 150 WOODEN SAND TRAP RAKES Membership. Any objections must be (Apply to Bill Hynd, received in writing by the Secretary St. George's Golf Club) within 30 days: NOTE: Advertising is free in this PAUL WHITE - Kanawaki Golf Club JACOB HALLMAN Chesley Lake Camp Assoc. column to Superintendent Members of O.G.S. A. C. P. SMITH - Brooklea Golf Club C. MILLER - C. A. Miller Construction ***** Ltd. On Bulletin Board in Ladies Locker Room: B. ROBINSON - Bill Robinson Turf Supplies " A Great Golf Course is like a Good ***** Woman - Beautiful... and a little Bitchy. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ONTARIO TURFGRASS SYMPOSIUM I take this opportunity to say how THEME: Maintenance Programs on honoured I am in being your President of Golf Courses. the O.G.S.A. for the year 1972. The elected Board of Directors for the LOCATION: NORTHWOOD GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB year 1972 must be the youngest on record (North of Sheppard Ave., and we look forward with enthusiasm to the between Jane St. & Keele St., coming year. in Downsview). The past year was a good one for the DATE: MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1972 O.G.S.A. Attendance at all our meetings was good and we are particularly impressed REGISTRATION: 9 A. M. to 9:40 A. M. with the Golf Superintendents who (and coffee) travelled from far afield to attend Registration Fee $10.00 meetings. (includes lunch and dinner) Upon analysis, we also find excellent teamwork amongst the Board of Directors, HOST SUPERINTENDENT: Gordon Witteveen and the help received from members at Gord, is past president of the C.G.S.A. large contributed to a successful year. who has worked unceasingly to promote the Our aim then, must be to consolidate status of Golf Superintendents and their and strengthen our position. organizations. Through his efforts we have the Greenmaster, our national publication, The next meeting coming up on which Gord started as a Newsletter for the JANUARY 10th, 1972 Ontario Golf Superintendents Association. He was a co-founder of the Turf Management is the O.G.S.A. Conference at Northwood Short Course at the University of Guelph Country Club. This meeting promises to and will be a speaker on the program of be one of the highlights of the year. this Symposium. Gord has been Superinten­ Be sure to attend! dent at Northwood Golf & Country Club for 13 years and has been working on his game W. Hynd lately getting it up to scratch. He has been nominated for the position of Director of the Golf Course Superinten­ dents Association of America and will be up for election at the forthcoming Conference in Cincinatti in February. We wish Gord much luck in his endeavours and hope he receives the full support from our members which he so richly deserves.