The September meeting of the Greenkeepers
Club of New England was held Monday, September 8 at the Ludlow Country Club in Ludlow,
Mass. It was a perfect day in every respect.
Superintendent John Dombek and Chef Rube
White, together 'with Pro. Art House, were true
to their word and entertained us royally.
There was an informal equipment display
and keen interest was given in the construction
of several new greens.
It certainly shows that the Ludlow Country
Club is up to date and is going all out to keep
its reputation for a top-notch golf course by
rebuilding several greens to overcome any possible source of trouble from adverse weather conditions. These greens are being planted to C-l
stolons. It was really a thrill to see those
old greens pushed up in one huge pile. The new
greens already in play vouch for this aggressive
program.
A buffet snack was ready at 10:30 a.m. The
golfers present teed off at approximately 12 noon.
"Dark Horse" Clapper conceded the tournament
after 9 holes. All 31 entrants received prizes of
merchandise; many of these iwere through the
generosity of the Ludlow Country Club members.
John Dombek, our host, retained the championship with a gross of 72.
Winners were: Bob White, official scorer-—
special prize; John Dombek. 1st gross; Bus
Brown, 2nd gross; Guy Tedesco, 3rd gross;
Narry Sperandio, 4th gross, Phil Cassidy, 1st net;
Charlie Dukelow, 2nd net; Joe Butler, 3rd net;
R. Blair, 4th net; Mike O'Grady, Semie Braio,
Tony Sperandio, Nick Bruno, 5th net tie; Rube
White, Cos Piantedosi, 6th net; W. Kenney, 7th
net; F. Winterberger, M. Mucciarone, Ralph
Thomas, W. Mitchell, 8th net; A. Blitz, 9th net;
Nick Cameretta, Bob Mucciarone, John Latvis,
10th net; Art Campbell, 11th net; Bill Ash, Leon
St. Pierre, 12th net; Art Anderson, High net,
Howard Farrant, 1st even 100, Pat Pasqualucci,
high gross; Art Cody, last birdie.
These awards were made after a fine dinner
and each participant was greeted appropriately.
(Ye pro-tem editor neglected to record the door
prize winners, but does recall Rube White and
Nick Brunno as two of the winners.)
It was nice to see Nick Brunno at the meeting.
President Cody introduced Richard Foley of
the Niagara Chemical Co., who spoke on their
endothal product "Clover Kill".
Others present were : D. PI. Clapper, John McGovern, Mr. Fisher of Ross Bros., Pat of Agrico
and Henry Pickering of Sawtell Bros.
The business meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
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with a rousing vote of appreciation for the hospitality extended by our hosts.
We are glad to report that Sam Mitchell
has licked his virus attack and is as good as new
—well, almost.
Monday, September 15th, was a cool overcast
day ideal for a Stolon Party. That's right! It
was held at Juniper Hill Country Club on that
date, and although I think some of the boys
over-estimated their capacities, especially ai:
lunch, Homer thought they did pretty good!
Many availed themselves of a liberal education
in the planting of stolon greens, from the nursery
right up until the sprinklers were turned: on the
finished greens. Four greens in all were planted.
A real representative group turned up for the
occasion, and once everyone got going, the operation progressed quite smoothly. The Commercial men were ably represented by Pat Pasqualucci, who took part in all the steps of preparing
and planting the stolons: a stout fella!
Plere is an important notice concerning the
John Shanahan Memorial Tournament:
THE DATE OF THIS TOURNAMENT,
OUR NEXT MEETING, HAS BEEN
CHANGED TO MONDAY OCTOBER 20TH.
A conflict in dates has made this change necessary. | Remember this is a Pro-Greenkeeper
Tournament.
One member of each team must be a member
of either the P.G.A. or the Greenkeepers Club
of N. E.
The place is the Brae Burn Country Club
and the starting time is 10 to 12 a.m.
Make sure your Golf Professional has been
notified of the date change.
Plans are now underway for a meeting on
the Cape in November. Remember last year at
Wianno Country Club?
John Dombek hopes to duplicate this type
of get-to-gether for our last outdoor meeting
of the season.
Your regular editor will return next month
after a well deserved rest.
It's been fun!
Phil Cassidy
Homer Darling wishes to express his thanks
and appreciation to the men who participated
in the Stolon planting at his place. This was a
fine example of kindness and cooperation given
generously in spirit and in action. The real
value of this help was more fully realized later
with two men continuing the job.
Thanks a million.
"Homer"