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NEWSLETTER — FEBRUARY, 1948

The annual meeting was held in the Oak Room, of the Hotel Bradford, Boston, Mass.,
January 5, 1948.
Guest speaker was Mr. Allen H. Wood, Soil-Agronomist. Mr. Wood is in charge of the
experimental and testing work for the Hytius Co. His talk, "Other Elements in Turf," was well
presented and accepted.
Mr. J. A. Morrison, manager of the Convention Bureau, of the Boston Chamber of Commerce,
presented an outline of the possibilities in having the next annual G.S.A. National Turf Conference and show here in Boston, Mass.
The meeting was called to order by President Homer Barling.
acted upon.

Routine business was

The Treasurer's and Auditing committee reports were read and accepted.
The committee for the recognition of the oldest greenskeeper, headed by H. Farrant,
reported. The report was referred back to the committee for minor changes that were discussed.
The Fund committee headed by Homer Darling reported on his progress, in regards to establishing funds to aid the turf experiments to be conducted at the University of Mass.
The annual election of officers was held, with the following elected to serve for 1948:
President
Philip I. Cassidy
1st Vice President
Harold G. Mosher
2nd Vice President
Arthur C. Cody
3rd Vice President
George J. Rommel
Secretary
N. J. Sperandio
Treasurer
John L. Counsell
Trustee — 3 years
Edward M. Murphy
Entertainment Comm. Chm.
Manuel Francis
Golf Comm. Chm.
Michael J. O'Grady
Auditing Comm. (two)
Ted Swanson, Paul Hayden
The newly elected president, Philip I. Cassidy, presented Homer Darling, outgoing president, a gavel, which is the custom of the club to retiring presidents.
A reminder that the Greenkeeper National Convention is going to be held at the Hotel
Book-Cadillac, Detroit, Michigan, February 9 through 13, 1948.
The next meeting will be held at the Hotel Bradford, Monday, February 2, 1948, at 1 P.M.
Dr. DeFrance will speak on the results of his experimental plots this past summer, and Dr. Frank
L. Howard will speak on Fungicides and turf diseases. Both our speakers are in charge of the
turf experimental gardens at the Rhode Island State College which, as you probably know,
are second to none in the country.
Editor—A. J. Sperandio
The following dealers are invited to the next three meetings: The Clapper Co., C. M. Sawtelle,
Breck's, Bayer Semesan Co., Inc.