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NEWSLETTER

JUNE, 1951
"The right way is always the kind way".
Nelson.

The American Agricultural Chemical Company did a
magnificent job in educating, entertaining', and dining the
Greenkeepers at their monthly meeting, June 4. The tour
of the North Weymouth fertilizer plant surely was educational and interesting. First, we were introduced to
Hell's Kitchen where the intense heat and burning sulphur
gave some of us a preview of our hereafter. This was the
first stage in the production of sulphuric acid. From this
sulphur dioxide furnace the gases pass through a large
flue to mix with air, to the famous Glover tower to acquire
oxides of nitrogen and then to the large lead chambers
where thorough mixing with steam causes sulphuric acid
droplets to fall to the floor. This spacious ail lead chamber
incidentally, is the largest lead chamber in New England.
Large quantities of this acid are required in treating
phosphate rock to produce superphosphate. Later as we
gazed on a huge bin of the finished superphosphate no
one who ventured a guess on the tonnage was even warm.
Nine thousand tons was the answer. 18 million pounds of
super duper. It was about this point in the tour that Tony
Caranci of Louisquisset began to worry about the smell
his new suit was acquiring and how he would explain it
to his family. We hope he will report at the next meeting.
At the end of the tour it was apparent that the visitors
were impressed with the vastness of a fertilizer plant. The
huge building, the large quantities of materials to be
handled, the electric shovels, cranes, and trucks working
under cover, the narrow gauge railroad over head, the
large docking space for steamships, and finally the movement of the finished goods in bags. There is somethnig
about a fertilizer plant that makes an appetite judging
from the way the boys took over that scrumptious meat
at the Red Coach Grille. It was Dee Licious. 68 sat down
to the meal, by the way. Mike O'Grady made the remark,
"It's going to be tough on us when we have to go back
to sandwiches on our -own spending money". T'he windup
of this very pleasant sojourn with the Double A. C. and
their officials from the North Weymouth and New York
offices, was a wire recording of a speech made by the
minister of Agriculture from Brazil. Did they say Brazil?
A nickle says he's a citizen of the U. S. A.
At the business meeting, Paul J. O'Leary was elected
an associate member. The following four applications for
membership were read and laid on the table to be voted
on at the July meeting: Roger Wallace, Cochecko C. C.,
Dover, N. H.; Y. Lewis Payson, Nehoiden G. C., Wellesley
College, Wellesley, Mass.; William D. Mahoney, Milton
Hoosic G. C., Canton, Mass.; Francis Meehan, Mt. Hood
G. C., Melrose, Mass.

The next move was to the Wollaston Golf Club for
the usual battle with slices and hooks. The following were
able to finish in good standing.
Low gross. G. Whiz Tedesco, 82-6-76— Special prize a
case of beer.
1st Net. See Whatlmean Capozzi, 95-30-65
2nd Net. Ho Down Farrant, 86-20-66
3rd Net. J. Notip Butler, 90-18-72
4th Net. D. Du Barry, 83-10-73
Tie N. Atlas Sperandio, 83-10-73
One or two members were not able to play in this
tournament but it is hoped that they found enough balls
to play at the next meeting.
WHO IS GUILTY? Treasurer Jack Counsell reports
that we still have some members who have not paid their
1951 dues. If you do not have your 1951 due card, mail
your dues to Jack, 9 Cliff Street, Beverly, Mass. This is
the last warning notice. A list of the members in good
standing will be published in the next issue of he Newsletter. We hope to see a complete list.
DON'T FORGET the new date for this year's Greenkeepers Field Day at Kingston, R. I. WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 AND 23. More details in next
months Newsletter .
The Mass. Section of the New England Turf Association held a meeting at Northboro, Mass. June 28. The
1950 officers were re-elected for 1951. Progress was reported. Enthusiasm and keen interest in the Association
was shown by the members who came from the Boston,
Springfield, Amherst, and the Connecticut areas.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE GREENKEEPERS
CLUB WILL BE HELD AT T'HE HAVERHILL COUNTRY CLUB, JULY 9th. This is a chairman meeting and
your chairman has already received a notice. If it has
not come to his attention explain it to him immediately.
There will be an equipment demonstration at 10:30 A.M.
and a turkey dinner at noon at a very reasonable price.
The Chairman-Greenkeeper tournament will follow. There
will also be a tournament for the Greenkeepers unaccompanied by the chairman. Take route 125 out of Andover and follow it through Haverhill towards Plaistow,
N. H. The Club is just before the N. H. line. We'll he
seeing you.
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H. DARLING, Editor