NEWSLETTER
fiflfiL 1950
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It was a house warming at the Waltham Field
Station for the Green keepers Club of New England, April 3—or so it seemed. Much to the surprise and admiration of all who attended this
meeting they found a grand, new, spic and an span
$275,000.00 building just completed and ready for
occupancy. There was a brief inspection of the
building, then a pleasing lunch was served under
the supervision of Manuel Francis from the new,
handy kitchen. By the way, you members who
were absent, it was all for free—courtesy of the
G .C. of N. E. treasury department. Our jovial
treasurer okeyed it with hardly a frown.
The meeting was held in the spacious 40x60
auditorium and it was quite fitting that our
good friend and genial host, Ray Koon, was present to give us a warm welcome and some descriptive details of the new building.
The educational features of the meeting were
talks by some of our commercial friends. President Harold Mosher, introduced Orville Clapper,
Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Shiels of the Joseph Breck
and Son, and the SawteUe Brothers. Highlights
of the talks were: By Clapper—new effective
chemicals for seed treatment and crab grass control nearly ready for marketing—A new U. S.
Government Monthly Weather Forecast put out
by the U. S. Dept. of Commerce for a nominal
sum—Special publications by Dr. Noer on Better
Bent Greens and Better Fairways— Milorganite
to be scarce this year. Only 60 per cent or less,
of normal supply available. By Shiels—that grass
seed is likely to remain expensive for some years
to come. Blue Grass leading the parade with short
crop for past few years and influencing prices
on other grass seed. By SawteUe—An interesting
discourse and demonstration on Carlon "EF"
flexible pipe. Light weight aptly demonstrated
by ease of carrying 200 ft., 300 ft., and 400 ft.
of two inch, one inch, and three quarter inch pipe
respectively. Low installation cost, non freeze,
and toughness also clearly shown.
At the business meeting which followed, Guy

R. Tedesco was voted an associate member. Two
applications for associate membership—Henry
W. Genthner, Myopia Hunt Club, So. Hamilton,
Mass. and Harold Rethman, Pine Meadows Golf
Club, Lexington, Mass. were read and will be reported upon at the next meeting. A general and
rather lengthy discussion took place on ways and
means of raising a substantial sum for research
at Amherst. No favorable action was taken.
The following committees for 1950 are announced by President Mosher,.
COMMITTEES FOR 1950
Welfare: Howard Farrant, Ch., Arthur Cody,
Ted Swanson.
Turf Research: Homer Darling, Ch., Arthur
Anderson, William Mitchell.
Mass Inter Relations: Frank Wilson, Ch., William McBride, Elmer Fuller.
Publicity Committee: Samuel Mitchell, Ch.,
Mike G'Grady, Ed Murphy.
Employment: Tony Sperandio, Ch., George
Webster, John Dombek.
R. I. Inter Relations: Pat Tameo, Ch., Oscar
Chapman, Ed Phinney.
The next monthly meeting will be at the Blue
Hill Golf Club, Canton, Mass, on Monday, May 1,
1950. The Clapper Co. will demonstrate at 11:00
a.m. sharp with some new items featured by the
new self powered Aerifier, equipped with the
new Flexi-Press springs on the spoons, the most
talked about piece of equipment at the National
Turf Convention. At 12 Noon, Luncheon and business meeting followed by the first golf tournament of the season. Bigger and better prizes are
promised by our new Golf Committee Chairman
Mr. Allen.
The Blue Hill Golf Club is situated about one
mile North (on the left) on Route 128 from the
intersection of Routes one and 128.
H. DARLING, Editor