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Greenkeepers

Club of New

England

NEWSLETTER
JANUARY, 1950
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The December meeting of the Greenkeepers Club of New England was held Monday, December
5th, at the Hotel Bradford in Boston. There were thirty-six present.
Chet Sawtelle of the Sawtelle Bros. Mower Mart showed a brief picture on a snow removing machine suitable for use on hockey rinks, drives and walks. Breck's and the Clapper Company were
also represented.
This last meeting of 1949 was a memorable one as we had as guests the President and Secretary
of the National Greenkeeping Superintendents Asso.
Carl Bretzlaff, President of the National, spoke briefly and extended the greetings of the National
Association.
Agar Brown, Secretary of the National, gave a detailed talk on the functions of the National Greenkeeping Superintendents Asso. and the National Turf Conference and answered innumerable questions
for the local committee chairmen in regard to the proper procedure to be taken by their committees in
mapping programs for the National Turf Conference in Boston, February 6 to 10, 1950.
Great interest was shown by those present in the qualifications for membership in the National
Asso. Quite a few members filled out applications and submitted them to the National Secretary during
the meeting.
Enclosed for your convenience is an application blank for membership in the National Greenkeeping Supts. Asso. If you wish to join, bring it to the next meeting and its advantages will be
explained to you.
The National Turf Conference committees have been working hard on the program to be carried
out in February and the advance details show that this is a program that no one interested in the
maintenance of turf can afford to miss. You should see to it that your Greens Chairman or Club
Manager or both are aware of the importance of this Conference and that they too are invited to attend
Here you will see the latest in equipment for turf maintenance as well as hearing the answers
in plain English to your technical turf problems. Here as well as Canada and several foreign countries.
you will meet greenkeepers from the 48 states Your problem might be theirs, you might, in talking,
find the answer to both your problems. One such incident might make the Conference a success
for everyone. One germ of an idea planted in an active greenkeepers mind might lead to the answer to
any one of a hundred problems applicable to the entire turf maintenance profession.
DON'T MISS IT!
The following slate of officers for the Greenkeepers Club of N. E. for 1950 was submitted by the nominating committee at the December meeting:
H. A. Mosher
President
A. Cody
.1st Vice President
G. Rommell
2nd Vice President
M. O'Grady
3rd Vice President
N. J. Sperandio
Secretary
John L. Counsell
Treasurer
John Latvis
Trustee, three years
Manuel Francis . . Entertainment Committee Chairman
Albert Allen
Golf Committee Chairman
Tony Sperandio
Auditing Commitee
Semi Braio
Auditing Committee
Philip I. Cassidy
Newsletter Editor
The following applications were read and will be voted on at the annual meeting:
For regular membership: Herbert E. Johnson, Greenkeeper, Potowomut Golf Club,
East Greenwich, R. I.
For associate membership: Sam Swayze, Greenkeeper, Sankaty Plead Golf Club, Siasconset, Mass., and Albert Sanders, Asst. Greenkeeper, Juniper Hill Golf Course,
Northboro, Mass:
The Annual Meeting of the Greenkeepers Club of New England will be held at the Hotel Bradford,
Monday, January 9th, 1950, at 1:30 P.M.
A get-together, with refreshments furnished, will be held after the meeting, so plan to stay late
and enjoy yourself.
PHILIP CASSIDY, Editor