(Gourde Superintendents ~^5Socicition O F N E W E N G L A N D President — N. J. SPERANDIO Concord Country Club Concord, Mass. Phone EM 9-4723 First Vice-President — JOSEPH BUTLER United Shoe Country Club 3 Ridgewood Terrace Beverly, Mass. Phone WA 2-1263 Second Vice-President — RAYMOND BRIGHAM Rhode Island Country Club Phone CHerry 5-8255 52 North Lake Drive Barrington, R. I. Secretary — WILLIAM A. ASH Allendale Country Club Phone WYman 3-8767 9 Patton Street North Dartmouth, Mass. Treasurer — ARTHUR L. CODY Wollaston Golf Club Phone Supt. office at club GRanite 2-3535 Home GRanite 2-7913 19 Ardell Street North Quincy, Mass. Trustee — GEORGE WEBSTER Needham Country Club Phone HI 4-1927 25 Green Street Needham, Mass. Trustee — MARION FINIZIA Wanamoisett Country Club Phone GEneva 8-4045 50 Holleck Avenue Riverside, R. I. Trustee — MICHAEL O'GRADY Country Club of New Bedford Phone WYman 2-9885 135 Hathaway Road North Dartmouth, Mass. Finance Committee Chairman — PHILIP I. CASSIDY Weston Golf Club Phone HI 4-4127 45 Grosvenor Road Needham 92, Mass. Educational Committee Chairman — ROBERT GRANT Supernault National Country Club Phone EM 5-5538 Deershorn Road Lancaster, Mass. Golf Committee Chairman — EDWARD J. MURPHY Lexington Country Club Phone WE 3-0286 25 Flagg Street Woburn, Mass. NEWSLETTER July 1961 The July meeting was held July 10 at the Framingham Country Clubs Framingham, Massachusetts. The Larchmont Engineering Co. displayed a new type bird nest automatic irrigation system which proved very interesting. John Sperandio the host Supt. on short notice provided an excellent lunch of tenderloin of beef and all who played golf enjoyed the golf, especially the new nine. The hospitality provided by the club, Larchmont Engineering and Tony Sperandio was very much appreciated. Several guests were present at our meeting, Joe Trapeano and Bob Anderson from Larchmont Engineering. Ron Kirby and Red Smiley from Toro in Miami, Florida. Herb Johnson from Fort Launderdale, Florida. John and Dick Singleton - Singleton Irrigation, Manchester, Massachusetts. Joe Oldfield's son Peter, a Senior at West Point. Joe Troll, University of Massachusetts - Joe would appreciate any Supt. who has disease to send a plug to him at the University. Send a plug with disease and a plug without disease from the same green. A.E, Grutzmacher - Vereeniging, South Africa, representing Buckner Irrigation. Mr. Grutzmacher described golf courses in South Africa, of interest to all was the dues structure. Newsletter Committee Chairman — RICHARD C. BLAKE Mt. Pleasant Country Club Phone CEdar 4-2209 138 Fletcher Street Whitinsvllle, Mass. Dues for a golfer at private club " » Bowling Entrance or Initiation Fee Past President — ALBERT L. ALLEN Kernwood Country Club Phone PI 4-7783 Kernwood Country Club Salem, Mass. Caddy Fees Labor Supts. average $2l.00/year $15.00 -$16.00/year $15.00 $1.00 / 18 holes tip included $9.00 - $15.00 per week $180 per month However the cost of living is below half in comparison to the U. S. South Africa in Johannesburg area enjoys the highest standard of living in Africa. July and August in the Winter season the average temperature is 68°. time temperature often 125°, but very cool nights due to high elevation. - Golf Winners at Framingham Low Gross Mel Wandel Art Cody Leo Brown Low Net John Callahan Sil Paulini Paul 0*Leary Day- - 75 Next Meeting TU . M B r\ n n The N.E.G.C.S.A. Championship Tournament and Seniors Tournament (age 55 and over) will be held at Oak Hill Country Club, August 7, 1961. The place Oak Hill C. C.t Fitchburg, Mass. Host Supt. Tom Curran The date August 7, 1961 Business meeting - 11 - 12:00 - All members are urged to attend the business meeting, this is the time and place to make suggestions for the good of the Association. Lunch - 12s30 Charlie Wilson Agronomist, Milwaukee Sewerage commission will be present. Golf after lunch. * * * Sime Braio and John O'Connor are now fine after a round in the hospital. * * * Arthur Anderson ha3 C1-C19-C27 stolons for sale on a first come first served basis. * * it The September meeting will be held September 11, 1961 at United Shoe Country Club, Beverly, Massachusetts. The editor - Dick Blake WIND GLOSSARY Winds and air currents effect every one from day to day and the golf course is no exception. AIR DRAINAGE The flow of air down a slope or channel. Air tends to flow downhill, due to gravity, when its density is greater than that of the adjacent air at the same level. "During clear nights when there is but little or no general wind, there usually is a flow of the surface air, commonly most pronounced in ravines, down the sides and along the basin of every valley. At most places this movement is gentle to very slow, but in those exceptional cases where the valley is long and rather steep, especially if covered with snow and free from forest, and still better if fed by a gently sloping plateau, the down*flowing air current may attain the velocity of a gale and become a veritable aerial torrent. This drainage flow is known indifferently as the mountain breeze, or mountain wind; also canyon wind and gravity wind," PREVAILING WIND The direction from which the time. It is sometimes defined as greatest frequency} but since the which indicate the direction once ponds to the "greatest length of wind blows during the greatest proportion of the that direction from which the wind flows with frequency is usually taken from automatic records every minute, the "greatest frequency" correstime", SHIFT As applied to the wind, to change in direction. The wind is said to "veer" when it changes direction clockwise} to "back" when it changes direction anticlockwise; and to "shift" regardless of direction of the change. TIDAL WIND A light breeze caused by the tide at places where the tidal rises and falls are very large; in rising, the tide displaces considerable air which flows away, and in falling leads to a return of the air. Similarly, landslide and avalanche winds are caused by the displacement of masses of earth or snow. VALLEY BREEZE A gentle wind blowing up a valley or mountain slope in the absence of cyclonic or anticyclonic winds; it is caused by the warming of the mountainside and valley floor by the sun. WAILER A fallen tree lying in the fork of another tree and causing a howl or wail, produced by friction, when the wind produces movement of the two trees. Leon V, St.Pierre