President—
LEON V. ST. PIERRE
Longmeadow Country Club
51 Fenwood Road
Longmeadow 6, Mass.
Phone LO 7-5562

Secretary—
FLOYD N. WIGET
Bellevue Golf Club
23 Lynn Falls Parkway
Saugus, Mass.
233-1353

First Vice-President—
ANTHONY CARANCI JR.
Ledgemont Country Club
22 Hillview Drive
North Providence 4, R. I.
Phone PA 3-1688

Treasurer—
ARTHUR L. CODY
Wollaston Golf Club
Phone Supt. Office at Club
GR 2-3535
Home GR 2-7913
19 Ardell Street
No. Quincy, Mass.

Second Vice-President—
RICHARD C. BLAKE
Mt. Pleasant Country Club
211 Sewall Street
Boylston, Mass.
Phone 869-2737

Trustee—
N. J. SPERANDIO
Concord Country Club
Concord, Mass.
Phone EM 9-4723

Trustee—
ALBERT L. ALLEN
Kemwood Country Club
Salem, Mass.
Phone PI 4-7783
Trustee—
WILLIAM ASH
9 Patton Street
No. Dartmouth, Mass.
Phone WY 3-8767
Finance Committee Chairman—
WILLIAM ASH
9 Patton Street
No. Dartmouth, Mass.
Phone WY 3-8767
Educational Committee ChairmanTHOMAS CURRAN
Oak Hill Country Club
37 Parker Street
Fitchburg, Mass.
Phone D! 2-9198

Goif Committee ChairmanEdward J. Murphy
Lexington Country Club
194 Oxbow Road
Wayland, Mass.
Phone 358-7410
Newsletter Committee ChairmanMANUEL N. FRANCIS
Belmont Country Club
387 Davis Road
Bedford, Mass.
Phone 275-8830
Past President—
JOSEPH BUTLER
United Shoe Country Club
3 Ridgewood Terrace
Beverly, Mass.
Phone WA 2-1263

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JULY MEETING

NEXT MEETING

T h e J u l y m e e t i n g w a s h e l d at t h e M t .
Pleasant Golf Club, Lowell, M a s s .
Lunch
a n d golf w e r e e n j o y e d .

T h e next m e e t i n g w i l l be h e l d A u g u s t 2 n d
at the W o o d l a n d G o l f C l u b , W E S T N E W T O N ,
MASS.
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Business Meeting

BUSINESS MEETING

11:00

L u n c h a t 12:00

At the b u s i n e s s m e e t i n g four new
m e m b e r s w e r e voted i n . A d i s c u s s i o n on the
r a i s i n g of G . C . S . A . N . E . d u e s w a s t a b l e d to
t h e f i r s t i n d o o r m e e t i n g . T h e a p p o i n t m e n t of
M a n u e l F r a n c i s , J r . t o s e r v e on the N o m i n a -t-i-CR G
it-4-e-e- of ike—G-. C - R . A . i j . g a . s approved.

G o l f w i l l be p l a y e d a f t e r l u n c h . T h i s w i l l
be t h e a n n u a l G . C . S . A . N . E . C l u b c h a m p i o n ship and Senior t o u r n a m e n t . You m u s t sign
up before p l a y i n g .
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F r o m R t e . 128 t a k e R t e . 16 t o w a r d W e s t
N e w t o n . C l u b w i l l be o n the l e f t .

NEW MEMBERS VOTED IN
REGULAR MEMBERS
Herbert Farrer
Hopedale Country Club
Hopedale, M a s s .

Superinten clet i Ia

A S S O C I A T E MEMBERS
David Barber
Wayland Country Club
Wayland, M a s s ,
Frank Mikutajcis
Leo J . M a r t i n Course
Weston, M a s s .

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Robert Flannagan
Cochecho Country Club
Dover, N. H.

The 1965
Carting World
Golf Championship

Donald Wayne Reynolds
Millis Country Club
Millis, Mass.
James Diorio
Long Meadow Golf Club
Lowell, M a s s .

T O U R N A M E N T RESULTS

Low Net

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Bill Carter

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Tony

66

Carranci

Bill Ash

67

Norm

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WELCOMES

A P P L! GATIG N- FQR REGULA Tl MEMBER SHIP

Low G r o s s

NEW

PRESIDENT—
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT—
Leon V . St. Pierre
Richard C . Blake
Long Meadow Country Club Mt. Pleasant Country Club
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT—
SECRETARYAnthony D. Caranci, Jr.
Floyd N . Wiget
Ledgemont Country Club
Bellevue Golf Club
TREASURERArthur L. Cody
Wo I las ton Golf Club

T h i s N a m e p l a t e was p l a c e d in G O L F
M A G A Z I N E w h i c h w i l l be i s s u e d d u r i n g the
C a r l i n g ' s W o r l d of G o l f . C i r c u l a t i o n of t h i s
m a g a z i n e is around 140,000 c o p i e s .

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CARLING'S WORLD OF GOLF
C h o o s e y o u r b e s t d a y t o see the t o u r n a m e n t as your G . C . S. A . N . E . m e m b e r s h i p
c a r d i s good f o r o n l y o n e d a y . P a r k i n g w i l l
be one d o l l a r . R e m e m b e r i t ' s t h e P l e a s a n t
Valley Country Club, Sutton, M a s s . , August
19-22. T h e C a r l i n g ' s T o u r n a m e n t O f f i c e i s
located i n the P l e a s a n t V a l l e y M o t o r Lodge
o n R t e . 146 .

ENJOYMENT PLUS
T h e S e p t e m b e r 13th m e e t i n g at t h e J u g
E n d B a r n s h o u l d be a n e n j o y a b l e o c c a s i o n .
M a k e it a l o n g w e e k e n d a n d ©ring y o u r w i f e .
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T h o s e of y o u w h o w o u l d l i k e to r e c e i v e
c o p i e s of t h e N a t i o n a l A g r i c u l t u r a l C h e m i c a l s
A s s o c i a t i o n m a g a z i n e , m a y , by w r i t i n g to
1155 15th S t r e e t N . W . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . ,
a n d r e q u e s t i n g t h e y be s e n t to y o u .
The
F e b r u a r y i s s u e 1965 i s of i n t e r e s t p a r t i c u l a r l y a s it h a s t h e o f f i c i a l F D A T o l e r a n c e s
listed.

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Y o u r B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s have m a d e
a r r a n g e m e n t s w i t h a n a t i o n a l l y k n o w n insurance c o m p a n y to u n d e r w r i t e a n I n s u r a n c e
and P e n s i o n P l a n for the Golf Course Superi n t e n d e n t s of N e w E n g l a n d , t h a t w i l l be
f l e x i b l e a n d not c o m p l i c a t e d .
Y o u h a v e s h o w n , o v e r the y e a r s , a n inc r e a s i n g a m o u n t of i n t e r e s t i n t h i s s u b j e c t .
Industry and businesses have m a d e provis i o n s f o r r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s of v a r i o u s k i n d s
for t h e i r e m p l o y e e s . In our b u s i n e s s , howe v e r , we m u s t m a k e our own p r o v i s i o n s .
E a c h of
retirement
to d i s c u s s
w i l l be a
proposal.

you w i l l r e c e i v e a p r o p o s a l for
p r o g r a m . T h i s w i l l be t h e t i m e
this with your C h a i r m a n .
There
return card, enclosed, with this

K i n d l y f i l l the c a r d
the A g e n c y .

out a n d r e t u r n it to

Leon V . St.
President

Pierre

NEW

E N G L A N D

WHY OUR PRESENT DROUGHT?
W a y n e C . P a l m e r of t h e U . S . W e a t h e r
B u r e a u says that the drought is " s p r e a d i n g
a n d i n t e n s i f y i n g . " The r e a s o n f o r t h e
d r o u g h t i s a s the e x p e r t s s a y " a m e t e o r o l o g i c a l p h e n o m e n o n that b e g a n 4 y e a r s ago
a n d a s of yet h a s g i v e n n o s i g n s of a b a t i n g ;
a p r e d o m i n a n t l y dry a i r m a s s that has
locked i t s e l f over the A t l a n t i c " . T h i s h a s
m a d e u s on the d o w n h i l l
s i d e of t h e a i r
c y c l e . A i r flowing f r o m n o r t h w e s t to southe a s t m o v e s l o w e r a s it r e a c h e s the e a s t
coc.st. b e c o m e s w a r m e r a n d d r i e r a n d l o s e s
its r a i n m a k i n g p o t e n t i a l .

REASONS WHY SUPERINTENDENTS
SHOULD FLAY GOLF
T o k n o w y o u r golf c o u r s e i s to i m p r o v e
i t . Y o u w i l l be a b l e t o f i n d i m p e r f e c t i o n s
a n d a d j u s t t h e m b e f o r e the m e m b e r s b e c o m e
d i s s a t i s f i e d . I a m speaking m o s t l y about pin
placements, m a r k e r s , clean towels, properly kept b a l l w a s h e r s , t r a p s that
need
sanding, weeding, raking and edging, rough
that needs a t t e n t i o n , bottles, p a p e r s and
other d e b r i s w h i c h l i t t e r the c o u r s e , p l a c e s
t h a t n e e d r e s e e d i n g a n d the c o n d i t i o n of y o u r
g r e e n s . T h e s e a r e a f e w of t h e m a n y t h i n g s
w h i c h m a k e for a w e l l g r o o m e d golf c o u r s e .
I p l a y g o l f at l e a s t t w i c e a w e e k . S a t u r d a y
w i t h m y c h a i r m a n , u p o n c o m p l e t i o n of g o l f ,
we h a v e a n i n f o r m a l m e e t i n g t o d i s c u s s the
c o n d i t i o n of the c o u r s e a n d a n y i m p r o v e m e n t s
w h i c h we t h i n k s h o u l d be m a d e . S u n d a y s I
u s u a l l y p l a y golf w i t h d i f f e r e n t m e m b e r s .
By so d o i n g m a n y m e m b e r s d i s c u s s w i t h m e
i d e a s to i m p r o v e the c o u r s e a n d t h i s h e l p s
the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t to h a v e b e t t e r r a p p o r t
w i t h the m e m b e r s .
G o l f i s a g a m e f o r the o l d a n d t h e y o u n g
a l i k e . So let's a l l p l a y a l i t t l e golf a n d see
o u r h a n d y w o r k a s t h e m e m b e r s h i p of a c l u b
sees i t .
Malcolm M . Wendell
Wannamoisett C. C.

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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR FRIENDS

G e o f f r e y S. C o r n i s h
Golf Course Architect
Fiddler's Green
Amherst, Massachusetts

Grounds E q u i p m e n t Co. , Inc.
383 B o y l s t o n S t r e e t
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Turf E q u i p m e n t Co.
28 R u t l e d g e R o a d
Natick, Massachusetts

Sawtelle Brothers
J e t . R o u t e s 128 a n d 62
Danvers, Massachusetts

Abbott Spray and F a r m E q u i p m e n t Co.
W a l t h a m Street
Lexington, Massachusetts

Johns Manville Sales C o r p .
150 C a u s e w a y S t r e e t
Boston, Massachusetts

The H u b b a r d H a l l C h e m i c a l C o .
T m i -

Waterbury,

Singleton Irrigations Systems, Inc.
M a n c h e s t e r - By- T h e - S e a , M a s s a c h u s e t t s
The C l a p p e r C o .
1121 W a s h i n g t o n S t r e e t
West Newton, Massachusetts

The C h a r l e s C. H a r t Seed Co.
Wethersfield, Connecticut

L a r c h m o n t I r r i g a t i o n Co.
Larchmont Lane
Lexington, Massachusetts

The Kenneth B a r r i e Co.
4140 a n d 4 1 4 0 A W a s h i n g t o n S t r e e t
Roslindale, Massachusetts

Lee P a t t e n Seed C o .
20 B e c k R o a d
Arlington,
Massachusetts

Uf C^ourie ^uperintendenti
^y^Aiocialion
NEW

Philip A. Wogan
Golf Course Architect
21 B u d l e i g h A v e n u e
Beverly, Massachusetts
Wyandotte C h e m i c a l Corp.
709 S a l a d a B u i l d i n g
Boston, Massachusetts

Sil Paulini Inc.
L o a m Specialists
H o p k i n t o n - 435-4370

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Bennet H i l l Road
Rowley, Massachusetts

Connecticut

E N G L A N D
MANUEL N. FRANCIS
Belmont Country Club
387 Davis Road
Bedford, Mass.
Phone 275-8830