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Greenkeepers Club of ?S
NEWSLETTER
'0 1949
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The October meeting of the Greenkeepers Club
of New England was held at the Brae Burn C. C.,
Monday, Oct. 10th. This meeting was the Annual
John Shandran Memorial Tournament with the
Greenkeepers and Professionals teaming up in
a Scotch Tournament. There were 29 teams entered. The winners were: Samuel S. Mitchell of
Ponkapoag Golf Course and Ted Adams of the
Milton Hoosie Club. Their score: 81-12-69.
Four teams were tied for second low net: Joe
Oldfield and R. Lincoln, 81-9-72; Paul Hayden and
Tex McReynolds, 81-9-72; Ralph Thomas and
John Thoren, 79-7-72; Joe Dinandi and Phil Fried,
85-13-72. The best gross scores were turned in
by—Arthur Cody and Dan McNiece of Wollaston
—76. John Dombek and Art House of Ludlow—
77. The scoring was very close and practically
every team could easily recall the shots that kept
them out of the winning.
As usual, or rather, despite the adverse season just past, Brae Burn was in excellent condition and Arthur Anderson is to be congratulated
on the fine job of installing his fairway watering
system.
At a short business meeting Narry Sperandio,
our secretary, was given a rising vote of thanks
in promoting the raising of funds for our participation in the National Turf Conference.
Robert Capstick, Greenkeeper at Lexington Golf
Club was elected an associate member.
The application for membership of Lucien E.
Duval of Manchester C. C. was read and will be
voted on at the next meeting.
It was announced that the Greenkeepers would

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of his swing in the form of a lamp set on an onyx
base with a suitably inscribed plate set in the
onyx. Ted also received a substantial check and
was quite overcome by the sincere expression of
appreciation extended by over 150 members and
officers who attended.
Our next meeting will be held Monday, Oct. 31st
at the Winthrop Golf Club, Steve Hannon is our
host. There will be a golf tournament in the afternoon starting at 1 o'clock.
At 6:30 p.m. dinner will be held in the Clubhouse and after a short business meeting we will
be priviledged to see the famous pictures taken
by the Mascaro brothers showing the Airifier at
work—Don't miss this picture even if you can't
get away to play golf.
The Club is just off Main St. in Winthrop, heading towards the ocean.
Have any interesting pictures of your course?
Send them to Phil Cassidy, Weston Golf Club for
publicity for the National Turf Conference.
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Greenkeepers Club of New England
NEWSLETTER
0 1949
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The October meeting of the Greenkeepers Club
of New England was held at the Brae Burn C. C.,
Monday, Oct. 10th. This meeting was the Annual
John Shandran Memorial Tournament with the
Greenkeepers and Professionals teaming up in
a Scotch Tournament. There were 29 teams entered. The winners were: Samuel S. Mitchell of
Ponkapoag Golf Course and Ted Adams of the
Milton HooSic Club. Their score: 81-12-69.
Four teams were tied for second low net: Joe
Oldfield and R. Lincoln, 81-9-72; Paul Hayden and
Tex McReynolds, 81-9-72; Ralph Thomas and
John Thoren, 79-7-72; Joe Dinandi and Phil Fried,
85-13-72. The best gross scores were turned in
by—Arthur Cody and Dan McNiece of Wollaston
-—76. John Dombek and Art House of Ludlow—
77. The scoring was very close and practically
every team could easily recall the shots that kept
them out of the winning.
As usual, or rather, despite the adverse season just past, Brae Burn was in excellent condition and Arthur Anderson is to be congratulated
on the fine job of installing his fairway watering
system.
At a short business meeting Narry Sperandio,
our secretary, was given a rising vote of thanks
in promoting the raising of funds for our participation in the National Turf Conference.
Robert Capstiek, Greenkeeper at Lexington Golf
Club was elected an associate member.
The application for membership of Lucien E.
Duval of Manchester C. C. was read and will be
voted on at the next meeting.
It was announced that the Greenkeepers would

N. J. SPEEANDIO, Secretary
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meet Friday, Oct. 21st at the State University
to inspect and discuss the turf work being carried
on there under the guidance of Prof. Lawrence
S. Dickinson and Prof. J. Cornish.
It is with pride that we announce that Phil
Cassidy and Jack Counsell represented the New
England and National Greenkeepers Oct. 12th at
a testimonial dinner given by the Bear Hill Golf
Club to Ted Sw anson their Greenkeeper in celebration of Ted's 25th Anniversary with the Club.
A real "Field Day" was held with tournaments
being held during the day and the dinner and
dancing topping off the program. Ted was presented with a bronze figure of a golfer at the top
of his' swing in the form of a lamp set on an onyx
base with a suitably inscribed plate set in the
onyx. Ted also received a substantial check and
was quite overcome by the sincere expression of
appreciation extended by over 150 members and
officers who attended.
Our next meeting will be held Monday, Oct. 31st
at the Winthrop Golf Club, Steve Hannon is our
host. There will be a golf tournament in the afternoon starting at 1 o'clock.
At 6:30 p.m. dinner will be held in the Clubhouse and after a short business meeting we will
be priviledged to see the famous pictures taken
by the Mascaro brothers showing the Airifier at
work—-Don't miss this picture even if you can't
get away to play golf.
The Club is just off Main St. in Winthrop, heading towards the ocean.
Have any interesting pictures of your course?
Send them to Phil Cassidy, Weston Golf Club for
publicity for the National Turf Conference.
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