Greenkeepers Club of New England
N E W S L E T T ER
NOVEMBER,

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Note—Date of meeting, October 30, 1944. This Newsletter will serve as notice.
"The Lord gave us two ends; one to sit on and one to think with. Success is determined by
which end we use the most—heads you win, tails you lose."—Anon.
The divot diggers department of the Greenkeepers Club assembled at the Salem Country
Club October 2nd to compete for the 1944 club championship. The customary elbow bending
(with Java) was followed by a short business meeting. It was voted to send a Christmas package
to each of our members serving in the armed forces. Mail has been returned from Albert Zikorus
and we have been informed that he is a prisoner of war in Germany.
There was a fine turnout at the meeting, nineteen members making the long trip to Salem.
An unbiased opinion of the golf course cannot be given because it was your correspondent's home
pasture.
Arthur "Champ" Cody won the Club Championship with a very respectable 80, which included a 2 stroke penalty, i.e., a newspaper 78.
Gene Mauro copped the first net prize with a 71.
Ralph Thomas and Bud Hayden tied for 2nd net and Ralph won the toss for 2nd place
with Bud taking 3rd net.
Howard Farrant and Steve Hannon finished neck and neck for the 4th net and Howard
called the toss correctly to snare the last prize.
The scores:
Out
In
Gross
Hdcp.
Net
Arthur Cody
39
41
80
7
73
Gene Mauro
47
53
100
29
71
Ralph Thomas
44
45
89
14
75
Bud Hayden
45
50
95
20
75
Howard Farrant
96
49
47
20
76
Steve Hannon
47
51
98
22
76
Phil Cassidy
46
44
90
13
77
Ted Murphy
47
58
105
28
77
John Latvis
51
56
107
28
79
Harry Sperandio
44
49
93
12
81
Sinci Braio
50
53
103
20
83
Earl Polhamus
58
53
111
28
83
Ed Hanson
50
54
104
20
84
Sam Mitchell
50
59
109
25
84
Nick Bruno
47
47
94
7
87
Bill Margerson
56
55
111
23
88
Manuel Francis
51
47
98
8
90
Robert Mitchell
NO
TIME
DID
NOT
PLAY
Jack Counsell
NO
BALL
COULD
NOT
PLAY
Eight Years Ago At Salem
The Club Championship was won by Emil Masciocchi at the meeting held at Salem Country Club, September 14, 1936. Emil had very little trouble winning the crown, as nearly everyone had trouble with the testing layout.
Emil Masciocchi
35—39—74
Howard Farrant
94—21—73
John Fitzpatrick
90—16—74
Harold Mosher
98—24—74
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, Harry Sperandio has received his medical discharge from Uncle Sam and intends to get a
civilian job in the near future.
The November meeting will be held at the Belmont Country Club, Oct. 30th Lunch at
noon, consisting of sandwiches and drinks. Meeting will be held, followed by 18 hole tournament
Try and come as this will be the last outdoor meeting.