JANUARY 1960
The Association's Annual Meeting took place December 7, at the Waltham Field
Station, This was one month earlier than any previous ANNUAL in order to conform
with the new By-Laws. The Association's fiscal year ending November 30, and the
annual meeting fixed as the first Monday in December was agreed upon because it
appeared to be a more logical arrangement. Reason
-It's the first indoor meeting of the winter season making it a good period of the year to close the books and
start a new year and a new season with newly appointed officers. It was also felt
that the weather conditions at this time were usually more favorable for full
attendance.
This annual meeting was an all day affair, starting at 10:00 A.M. with a
Directors meeting, business meeting at 11:00, Luncheon at 12530
Election of
Officers at 1:30 followed by a round table discussion of ways and means of improving our Association and our selves,
Your newly elected officers are:
President
1st Vice Pres.
2nd Vice Pres.
Secretary
Treasurer
Finance Comm. Chr.
Educational Comm. Ghr^
Golf Comm. Chr.
Newsletter Chr.
Trustee (3 yrs.)

Albert Allen
Narry Sperandio
Joe Butler
William Ash
Arthur Cody
Philip Cassidy
John Sperandio
Guy Tedesco
Homer Darling
Raymond Brigham

The other two trustees and their term of office are, Mike 0'Grady (2 yrs.)s
and Ted Swanson (1 yr,). Past President, Manuel Francis.
The first five names are the officers of our Association and they, together
with the remaining names above, make up the Board of Directors of the Association.
These, and the committee men they appoint, are the ones who will be diligently
working to make our Association a bigger and better one for the benefit of all its
members and our profession.
_You have elected these men, now please give them your whole hearted support.
Help yourself and your Association by helping them. You get out of any Association
just about what you put in to it, so be ready to serve on any committee or do any
job willingly and with enthusiasm,
"You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest
desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways,
improve yourself."
Ruskin.

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS
ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND

And another one to think about

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"The best thing to do behind a person's back is pat it".

You Should Know,
1, That a committee, appointed by President *\llen, was asked to investigate
and report back at our next meeting the cost of issuing to our members a small loose
leaf book containing the names, addresses, phone numbers, and clubs of our members.
Later a printed copy of the By-Laws might be added and other useful additions if
warranted.
2, That John Sperandio has been appointed by the Directors to fill the unexpired term of office as our Educational Committee Chairman. (Dick Silvar we
regretfully announce, for our sake, but happily for his sake, has moved to New Jersey
for a bigger and better Superintendent's position.) Normally the new chairman is
appointed at the annual meeting but his duties do not start until April 1. John has
kindly agreed to take over at a moments notice and proceed to arrange the best
possible educational program under the conditions,
3, That Dick Blake is going to take over the duties of writing the Newsletter,
all or part, if arrangements can be made. This old, worn out editor knows that
Dick will appreciate your moral support and hearty cooperation.
There are many ways the Newsletter can be improved and made more valuable to
its readers. Here's just one example; Every member of our Association must have
some pet idea or hobby, a gadget, a short cut in daily maintenance, or some thought
your associates would like to know about. If each of you would put in writing, one
or two paragraphs only, and send it to either the old or new editor, the contributions could be used from time to time throughout the year and would be appreciated
by all.
Good luck Dick take it from here,
NEXT MEETING - WALTHAM FIELD STATION Directors Meeting:
Business Meeting!
Luncheons
Educational Program:
1,
2,

9:30
10:30
12:00
1;00

JANUARY 4, 1960

Roast Beef Dinner

Movies of new nine hole construction Framingham C,C,, by
John Sperandio,
Speaker on Public Relations,

The National Conference will be held January 31 through February 5, 1960 at
Shamrock Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, Those National members not attending should
bring proxy votes to the January meeting and give them to Arthur Anderson.
Seasons Greetings and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all.,,,,,, Dick Blake