^ j o f f - Course
Superintendents
Association
OF
President—
JOSEPH BUTLER
United Shoe Country Club
3 Ridgewood Terrace
Beverly, Mass.
Phone WA 2-1263
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 Edgehill Road
Sharon, M a s s .
Phone S U 4-6370
Treasurer—
ARTHUR L. CODY
Wollaston Golf Club
Phone Supt. Office at club
GRanite 2-3535
Home GRanite 2-7913
19 Ardell 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
45 Grosvenor Road
Needham 92, M a s s .
Educational Committee C h a i r m a n —
ROBERT GRANT
Supernault National Country Ciub
Phone EM 5-5538
Deershorn Road
Lancaster, M a s s .
Golf 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. B L A K E
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, Mass.
Phone EM 9-4723

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ENGLAND

NEWSLETTER.

September, 1963

The September meeting was held September 9, 1963 at the Longmeadow C. C., Longmeadow, Mass.
At the brief business meeting the growing problem of vandalism was
discussed. The state legislature recently turned down bill 261; however,
if each Supt. would write his representative and urge his club members to
do the same it is possible that favorable action would result later when
this bill is again presented.
After a delicious buffet luncheon the golfers took to the course and
the other Supts. went on their usual inspection tour. Leon St. Pierre host
Supt. had much to show, of special interest is the enclosed article on Silt
Basins or Sedement Pools.
Results of the golf tournament
Seniors Championship
Club Championship
1 Phil Cassidy
86-18-68
75
1 Guy Tedesco
2 Mike O'Grady
97-24-73
2 John Sperandio
78 tie
Bill Carter
78 tie
NEXT MEETING
Bra Burn Country Club, Newton, Mass., October 14, 1963
Pro-Supt. Golf Tournament. Only PGA pros and members of
N.E.G.C.S.A. are eligible to participate in this tournament.
This will be the last outdoor meeting of the year.
CLUB OPERATING COST UP 43% IN 10 YEARS
The impact of inflation and its resultant decrease in the purchasing
power of the dollar has been the major contributing factor in increasing
the costs of operating a golf club by 43% during the past decade. The
figure and conclusion is offered by the New York accounting firm of Harris,
Kerr, Forster & Company.
The current year's total gross revenue and dues income of 26 million
dollars for the country club group exceed last year by $153,000 but this
gain was more than absorbed by an increase of $662,000 in total operating
costs and expenses.
Ninety-nine cents of each dollar of total revenue and dues had to be
set aside during the current year to meet payroll and other operating costs
and expenses.
The firm's survey shows the 1961-62 maintenance cost to be $3,307
per hole, up $125 over that for the preceding year. During the past 10
years there has been an uninterrupted increase in golf course maintenance
costs, and the 1961-62 average of $3,307 per hole exceeded by 45 per cent
the 1952-53 cost of $2,278.
In the last 10 years, the club member's expenditures have increased by
about 50 percent for his dues and 37 percent for his various purchases.
The greatest increase in expense has been for payroll and related costs, up
54 percent. All other operating costs have advanced by 34 percnt.
The editor

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