Q J f C^ourSe Superintendents ^Association OF President— JOSEPH BUTLER United Shoe Country Club 3 Ridgewood Terrace Beverly, Mass. Phone WA 2-12S3 First V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — LEON V. ST. P I E R R E Longmeadow Country Club 5 1 Fenwood Road Longmeadow 6, M a s s . Phone LO 7-5562 Second V i c e - P r e s i d e n t — ANTHONY D. CARANCI, JR. Ledgemont Country Club 22 Hiliview Drive North Providence 4, R.I. Phone PA 3-1688 Secretary— JOHN CALLAHAN Spring Valley Country Club 146 Edgehil! Road Sharon, M a s s . Phone S U 4-6370 Treasurer— ARTHUR L. CODY Wollaston Golf Ciub Phone Supt. Office at club GRanite 2-3535 Home GRanite 2-7S13 19 Ardeil Street North Quincy, M a s s . Trustee— ALBERT L. ALLEN Kernwood Country Club Phone Pi 4-7783 Kernwood Country Club Salem, M a s s . Trustee— HOWARD FARRANT Pinebrook Country Club Phone OL 3-5296 Wheeler Lane Natick, M a s s . Trustee— JOHN KEALTY The Country Club 2 0 9 W. Plain Street Cochituate, M a s s . Phone OL 3-1408 Finance Committee C h a i r m a n — P H I L I P i. C A S S I D Y Weston Golf Club Phone HI 4-4127 4 5 Grosvenor Road Needham 92, M a s s . Educational Committee C h a i r m a n — ROBERT GRANT Supernault National Country Club Phone EM 5-5538 Deershorn Road Lancaster, M a s s . Goif Committee C h a i r m a n — EDWARD J. MURPHY Lexington Country Club 194 Oxbow Road Wayland, M a s s . Newsletter Committee C h a i r m a n — RICHARD C. BLAKE Mt. Pleasant Country Club Phone 869-2737 2 1 1 Sewall Street Boylston, M a s s . Past P r e s i d e n t — N. J. S P E R A N D I O Concord Country Club Concord, M a s s . Phone EM 9-4723 NEW ENGLAND August, 1963 NEWSLETTER. The August meeting was held Aug. 5, 1963 at the Portsmouth Country Club, Portsmouth, N. H. Kenneth Cody, Wollaston Golf Club, was voted an associate member. Arthur Anderson was appointed delegate; Bob. Grant and Dick Blake appointed to the policy committee to represent the New England Association at the 35th National Turf Conference and Show Feb. 9-14, 1964 in Philadelphia. Of interest to all G.C.S.A. of A. members is the recent long awaited Pension Trust Plan, this plan has the full approval of the S.E.C. It is to be administered by the Bankers National Life Insurance Co. of Montclair, N. J., who will also provide the insurance portion. Prior tc the Philadelphia meeting, a personal contact will be made with each member in his own locality. This will enable all members to become personally acquainted with all facets of the pension plan. ^ & * John J. Realty, Supt. The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. was recently presented a citation of Performance Award by G.C.S.A.A., (U.S.G.A. Open Tournament). This award is presented to worthy S.upts. at the site of our six major tournaments across North America, including the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, P.G-.A., when the Supts. at the host courses are members of G.C.S.A .A, Our sympathy is extended to the family of Harold Mosher who died recently in Newton Harold was a past president of our Association and Supt. Leo Martin Golf Club for many years. The Research Institute of America recommends that you check the amount of money the government is crediting to your social security account. Postcard forms for your inquiries may be picked up at your local social security office. Golf Tournament Results at Portsmouth Low gross 81 Bill Carter 82 Phil Mitchell & Art Cody Low net 86 (18) 68 Bob Mucciarone 91 (23) 68 John Mileski Next MeetingSept. 9, 1963 - Longmeadow C. C., Longmeadow, Mass. Host Supt. - Leon St. Pierre Business meeting - 11:00 Lunch - 12:80 Golf after lunch - Club and Seniors Championship Tournament The editor Q)icJi- SSiaAe Either tine use of carts will have to be limited or golf courses must be redesigned. This is the opinion of Manuel Francis of Vesper Country Club and a veteran member of the New England Golf Course Superintendents' Association. Francis whose own course is in wonderful condition, blames the indiscriminate use of carts as a contributing factor for the poor conditions found at moat Clubs this Spring. He agrees that weather is the main culprit and he siays that only good weather conditions can bring courses back to their customary lushness. "But the use of carts toy players who don't need t h a n have not helped one little bit", Francis claim®. "I'll show you places on several carouses where the damage was done by the Wheels on these vehicles." He pointed out that every course — all the private Clubs at least, have signs directing the ciourse of the cart. He alslo showed damage on his own course made by drivers of cants who disregarded the signs. "Right around the greens and tees you ea,n see wheel tracks, deep tracks", he went on. "It's not oniliy one cart. The marks of several are there. Ruts aire deep and it will take a long time .to correct the damage." Francis admits carts have a place. The original idea of the machine was to aid older golfers and players who suffer physical handicaps. "They have a right to use them", he said. "The cart gives them the chance to play the game we all love. But the younger men and women with nothing wrong with them tell you they play for exercise. Still, they ride carts. Great exercise!" It's a rare course now that doesn't have some kind of a watering system for fairways and greens. A cart traveling through the soft turf digs deep ruts. Another cart follows the same piath. The ruts get deeper. Before long the fairway is damaged beyond repair. It's no|t good to travel in the rough, either" Manny claims. "The rough is there as a test of golf. Cants travel through it and wear it down. Soon the grass can't grow and all that's left is a dirt roadway. These things destroy the purpose of the game." The solution, as Francis sees it, is for more golfers to play the game as it was meant to be played — on foot; or else to have course designers take over and put in roads for carts. "Have them lay out areas for carts to travel and keep carts in those areas. Or else we'll have oar racing on these courses and not golf", he said.