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GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND

A long time ago, when this editor was a
youngster, he was by chance invited into the
home of a rich family. There was a momentary
thrill at being ushered into such an elegant
mansion, but when this bashful, barefoot, farmer
boy was left alone in the spacious and luxurious
living room, the huge paintings on the wall, the
solid mahogany furniture, and the lush Persian
rug all seemed to take on a frigid appearance,
as much as to say, "what is that scalawag doing in
here?" T h e boy looked down at his feet and saw
the dirt unnoticed before, and the tear in his
trousers previously of little importance. He
didn't dare to sit in those chairs and the dirty
feet seemed quite out of place on the clean soft
rug. He felt very uncomfortable and wished he
was back on familiar ground.
Of course this story doesn't parallel our visit
to Vespers C.C. June 3 but there may be some
similarities. Some of the boys may have cringed
when taking a divot from the lush tees or a
gouge out of the Persian rug fairways. There was
no question about the superior quality of all
greens, tees, and fairways at Vespers, and the
credit due Manny Francis for this showing.
Sometimes we get a superiority complex about
our own course until we see what someone else
has done. It does us good to have our pride
jolted once in awhile. What Manny has accomplished in improving his fairways we all can
do if we lay out a program and set out to do it.
"A right judgment
all things we see."

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This chairman meeting at Vespers was very
well attended reaching a figure of over 130. T h e
commercial men deserve much credit for the
part of the program they presented with the
equipment show. It seemed to this writer, however, that they were deserving of better attention
than they received at this type of meeting.
T h e tournament winners forwarded for publication seemed somewhat vague to the editor

but here they are just as received, John Dombek,
Walter Greus, D. Rawlinson, Mel O'Kelly, R.
Sawyer, E. Perry, F. Moran, F. Bornham, W.
Coolidge, W. Carter, D. Gilly, R. Martin, W.
Ash, Sam Mitchell, Jr., J . Nies, and G. Coxe.
T h e door prize winners were numerous. Sam
Clapper, Milt Brown, Douglas Carr (Whitinsville C.C.), W. F. Burnham (Pres. Meadow C.C.),
John Connors, Joe Vetorino, J i m Brown, A1
Allen (Fertilizer) and John Latvis, (Ball Washer).
At the business meeting the following applications for membership were read, Sam Mitchell,
Jr., Sharon C.C. and William Dest, Cohasse C.C.
NEXT MEETING
The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.
July 1st
Short tour of course
Luncheon
Tournament

11:00 A.M.
12:30
1:30

Perhaps some of you saw the write-up about
T h e Country Club in the last U.S.G.A. Journal
quoted in part as follows:
A BREAK W I T H TRADITION
" T h e Country Club, Brookline, Mass. which
this year celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary,
has broken with tradition surrounding its famous old championship course in order to provide
a longer test and better facilities for the Amateur
Championship.''
Our Club has not had the pleasure of meeting at this club for many years. You will want to
attend this meeting and see this famous course
being prepared for the Championship.
"General
obseniations
drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge,
comprehending
great store in a little
room."
Locke.
H. DARLING,

Editor