Greenkeepers Club of Islew England
NEWSLETTER
APRIL NEWSLETTER

The time is drawing near for the big gettogether that will be held at the Mansion Inn,
Cochituate, Mass., on route 126, on April 6th.
This is the day set for the Greenkeepers Club
of New England 25th Anniversary celebration.
Guests, charter, honorary members and former
members, along with their wives and friends,
will attend.
As a member you are allowed two guests.
Same applies to dealers at a cost of $5.50 per
person. Dress is informal. For reservations please
notify Howard Farrant, Worcester St., Natick,
Mass.
The ladies attending will be presented with
a lovely corsage.
The March meeting was held at the Hotel
Bradford, Boston, Mass. The meeting opened
with the showing of a new film that Worthington
Mower Co. has produced and brought east from
the National Convention at Los Angeles, California, by the Sawtelle Bros. Mower Mart, with
Mr. Ross Sawtelle narrating.
The shots were of their Rough Grass Blitzer
and Fairway units in action with their new
tractor that have the mowers ahead of the wheels.
This proved of great interest to all present.
The business meeting was called to order
by President P. I. Cassidy. He followed by giving
a brief summary of the National Greenkeepers
Convention, which he attended at Los Angeles,
California.
Committee chairmen of the 25th Anniversary
and Awards to Charter Members, have completed
their plans for the banquet to be held on April 6th.
The motion of whether or not to accept
dealers as associate club members, was reported

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by Chairman S. Mitchell. Their view is that the
club should continue on the present policy.
The application of George Webster, greenkeeper of the Needham Golf Club as associate
member, was read and is to be voted on at the
next regular meeting.
The Turf Conference at the University of
Massachusetts was well attended by greenkeepers
from New York, New Jersey and the New England area.
The program was well balanced. A few of
the noted turf men who spoke were, Doctors J. C.
Schread, F. V. Grau, 0. J. Noer, J. DeFranee,
and Professor L. S. Dickinson.
Samples of "Lawn Life", a new fertilizer,
were given to the members. It is manufactured
by the Agricultural Research Corp., Boston, Mass.
The committees appointed by President P. I.
Cassidy for 1949 are:
Welfare Committee — Samuel S. Mitchell,
Theodore Swanson, John Latvis,
Turf Research Committee—Homer Darling,
Arthur E. Anderson, Robert A. Mitchell.
Mass. Inter Relation Committee—Frank H.
Wilson, W. McBride, Elmer Fuller.
Publicity Committee—Paul F. Hayden, John
L. Counsell, Edward M. Murphy.
Employment Committee — Howard S. Farrant, Arthur C. Cody, John Dombek.
Rhode Island Inter Relations Committee —
Pat Tameo, Oscar Chapman, Edward Phinney.
President Cassidy is going to get together a
quorum, for a very short official business meeting,
at this party.
A. J. Sperandio, Editor