Greenkeepers Club of Mew England
NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER, 1949

The September meeting was held Sept. 7th
and 8th at the Rhode Island State College in
conjunction with the Annual Field Day at the
Experimental turf plots .
There were over two hundred greenkeepers
and greens chairmen from seven different states
present.
The work being done by Dr. DeFrance and
his associates is indeed remarkable and it is
unfortunate that the winter meeting of the National Conference makes it impossible for greenkeepers from the entire country to see this work
under growing conditions.
We were sorry to hear that Prof. Dickinson
was ill and unable to attend the Field Day.
Prof. Cornish states that the turf plots at
the University of Massachusetts came through
the summer in good shape.
It is the desire of this Club that an informal
visitation to these plots be made sometime in
October by a large delegation of members. You
will be notified of the date.
On September 7th a short business meeting
was held and Lawrence R. Sperry, Greenkeeper'
at the Cedar Glen Golf Club, was elected a regular
member. The application of Robert Capstick,
Greenkeeper at the Lexington Golf Club, was read
and will be voted on at the next meeting.
In the evening at the Clam Bake the drawing
was held for the two television sets. The winning
tickets were held by Chester Myers of Lawrence
and Maurice Ryan, Greenkeeper at Merrimac
Valley C.C. Congratulations!
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N, J. SPERANDIO, Secretary
Concord Country Club, Concord, Mass.

We are indeed proud of Narry for the work
put into this venture and also proud of the support
given it by everyone contacted for contributions.
On the morning of September 8th a golf tournament was held at the Potowomut Golf Club in
East Greenwich, R. I. This is a public 9 hole
course with nine beautiful greens. Herb Johnson,
Greenkeeper at Potowomut, was a fine host and is
to be congratulated on the fine course he maintains. The winners of the tournament were:
1st Net—Howard Farrant
2nd Net—Michael O'Grady, Arthur Cody—tie
Blind Bogey—Philip I. Cassidy
The next regular meeting of the Greenkeepers
Club of New England will be held at the Brae Burn
C.C. MONDAY, OCTOBER 10TH.
This will be the Annual John Shanahan
Memorial tournament with Professional and
Greenkeeper teaming up in a Scotch tournament.
The teams must consist of a member of the
P.G.A. or Greenkeepers Club of N.E.; in other
words, one of the team must be a member of
either organization; and the team must in any
event consist of a professional and greenkeeper,
The match will be played with selected drives,
then alternate shots, with one-half the combined
handicap being allowed in the medal score. The
starting time will be as. near 10 o'clock in the
morning as possible.
Don't forget there will be a short business
meeting following the tournament.
Remember also the National Turf Conference
in Boston, February, 1950.
PHILIP CASSIDY