OCTOBER , 1965

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President—
LEON V. ST. PIERRE
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Longmeadow Country^lub
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
Kernwood 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, Moss.
Phone Dl 2-9198

Golf Committee ChairmanEdward J. Murphy
Lexington Country Club
194 Oxbow Road
Wayland, Mass.
Phone 358-7410
Newsletter Committee ChairmonMANUEL 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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OCTOBER MEETING
The October m e e t i n g w a s held at the B r a e
B u r n C o u n t r y C l u b . It w a s a f i n e a u t u m n d a y
w i t h t h e c l a s s i c I n d i a n s u m m e r m a k i n g it a n
enjoyable day.

T h i s w a s the 29th a n n u a l John S h a n n a h a n
memorial tournament. Results are:
Bill Flynn - T h o m p s o n Club
Floyd Wiget - Bellevue

73-68

J o h r . O i e r i - B l u e IIill
Toni Oteri - Nehoiden

73-69

Wayne Otis - W h i t i n s v i l l e
Jim Wheeler "

87-71

Ole C l a r k - L o n g m e a d o w
Leon St. P i e r r e "

87-72

Tom Siblet - Hyannisport
Dave M c C a r t h y "

76-72

Jim Browning - Weston
Phil Cassidy -

82-73

Paul Yurie - Franklin
Bill Ash - E m e r a l d P a r k

86-73
Brook
88-73

NEXT MEETING
T h e next m e e t i n g w i l l be at O y s t e r H a r b o r s
Country Club, N o v e m b e r 1st. Chances a r e this
newsl_et_tejr_wi 11 n o t a r r i v e i n t i m e . I h o p e y o u
r e a d t h e l a s t n e w s l e t t e r a s it h a d t h e d a t e a n d
d i r e c t i o n s f o r t h e N o v e m b e r 1st m e e t i n g .

SPECIFICS FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY
P l a c e - F r a m i n g h a m Country Club
Date - D e c e m b e r

16th

Costs - $15.00 per

couple

Hour - Cocktail P a r t y
Dinner
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C r e m e de M i n t S u n d a e

Entertainment - orche stra and p r o f e s s i o n a l
talent.
Reservations - M u s t
meeting.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Don J o h n s o n - R u n n a w a y
"
Nick C a m m u s o -

Desert -

6:30 - 7:30
7:45

Menu - Fruit cup; Baked potatoe s ;Green beans;
T o s s e d s a l a d ; T e n d e r l o i n of B e e f ;
P e c a n rolls and coffee.

be

made

by D e c e m b e r

T i c k e t s - M a y be p u r c h a s ed f r o m D e a l e r s , D i c k
Blake, Lou Duval, Toni C a r a n c i ,
and
Leon St. P i e r r e .
Checks - Make payable to A s s o c i a t i o n and m a i l
with ticket request. There are r e s e r v a t i o n s f o r 200 only so d o n ' t d e l a y .

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 16th, w i l l m a r k f o r o u r
A s s o c i a t i o n "a f i r s t " i n t h e f o r m of a C h r i s t m a s
p a r t y for the m e m b e r s , t h e i r w i v e s a n d f r i e n d s .
T h i s s p e c i a l event w i l l t a k e p l a c e at the
F r a m i n g h a m Country Club. A r o a s t beef dinner
w i l l be p r e c e d e d by a c o c k t a i l h o u r . D a n c i n g t o
a w e l l - k n o w n o r c h e s t r a should bring e v e r y
m a n ' s best foot f o r w a r d .
J o e L a F l i p , m a s t e r c o m e d i a n of n o n s e n s e
and laughs, f r o m C h i c o u t i m i , will have you
howling.
— B e 'Sure- t o — l i n e - u p y o u r b a b y - - s i t t e r - s -e-arlyyas D e c e m b e r
i s a b u s y t i m e of t h e y e a r f o r
sitter s .
The total cost p e r couple is $ 1 5 , 0 0 ; this i n cluded tips, taxes, plus two cocktails.
T r e a t your wife or g i r l f r i e n d to a gala e v e n ing. D e a l e r s a r e a l s o w e l c o m e to join our
happy group.
R i c h a r d Blake and L o u D u v a l a r e c o - c h a i r m e n
for the a f f a i r . R e s e r v e your tickets now, b e f o r e
y o u s p e n d it a l l o n t h e k i d d i e s ,
Leon V, St,
P r e sident

Pierre

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" C R E E P I N G PARALYSIS" O N THE G O L F

F a l l t o m e i s o n e of t h e b e s t t i m e s of t h e
y e a r . It r e p r e s e n t s t h e f i n i s h i n g of t h e l o n g h o t
s u m m e r . The g r a s s t u r n s green again with the
f a l l r a i n a n d s h o w e r s . T h e n i g h t s get l o n g e r a n d
c o o l e r . The a i r t a k e s on a c r i s p n e s s ,
like
biting into a f r e s h apple or drinking f r e s h c i d e r .
W h e n y o u w a k e in the m o r n i n g , you f i n d the
g r o u n d c o v e r e d w i t h f r o s t , it a l m o s t l o o k s l i k e
new fallen snow c o v e r i n g e v e r y g r e e n and new
b l a d e of g r a s s .
Then u s u a l l y once or twice during the fall we
g e t a f e w d a y s of I n d i a n S u m m e r , w h e n i t r e a l l y
s e e m s g o o d t o f e e l t h e h e a t of t h e s u n b e a t i n g
d o w n u p o n y o u , e n t e r i n g t h e v e r y m a r r o w of
your bone.
T h i s i s t h e t i m e of y e a r t h a t l i f e b e g i n s t o
p r e p a r e itself f o r the r e s t f u l sleep and d o r m a n c y of w i n t e r . T h e l e a v e s t u r n r e d , g o l d , y e l l o w ,
and brown and begin to fall, leaving a beautiful
a r r a y of c o l o r s o n t h e g r o u n d a n d t r e e s . T h e
c r u n c h of n e w f a l l e n l e a v e s u n d e r y o u r f e e t a n d
t h e s m e l l of b u r n i n g l e a v e s i n t h e a i r m a k e y o u
f e e l like y o u ' r e r e a l l y a l i v e .
You c a n look back with p r i d e at a l l the w o r k
that w a s achieved over the past 6 - 7 m o n t h s .
How y o u a l m o s t lost t h a t #4 g r e e n due to w i l t ,
but you h a p p e n e d by in t i m e to c a t c h i t . How
y o u r g r e e n s h e l d up v e r y w e l l t h i s s e a s o n , u n d e r
y o u r c a r e , no t h a n k s to t h e hot h u m i d d i s e a s e
w e a t h e r t h a t n e v e r s e e m e d to e n d . But on t h e
other hand, you can look back and f e e l that the
g r e e n s , t e e s , and f a i r w a y s w e r e n e v e r in b e t t e r
s h a p e t h a n t h i s p a s t y e a r , a n d no one a c h i e v e d
this except you the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t . You s o m e t i m e s wonder how you survive at all.

COURSE

G o l f ' s m o s t a g g r e v a t i n g p r o b l e m today is to
s p e e d u p p l a y . It n o w t a k e s 4 t o 5 h o u r s t o p l a y
t h e e a s i e s t 18 h o l e c o u r s e , w h e r e a s o n c e t h e
a v e r a g e t i m e w a s 3 to 3 - 1 / 2 h o u r s .
The situation gets w o r s e despite the fact that m o s t g o l f e r s
use electric c a r t s and caddies.
E v e r y b o d y is
annoyed - except the slow p l a y e r h i m s e l f .
His
a n s w e r i s : "Who, m e ? You m u s t be m i s t a k e n . "
P r a c t i c a l l y e v r y golf a u t h o r i t y , t h e U . S . G . A . ,
e m i n e n t golf w r i t e r s ,
and Club O f f i c i a l s a r e up
in a r m s o v e r the e v e r g r o w i n g slow p l a y .
They
b l a m e i t m o s t l y o n l a c k of c o n s i d e r a t i o n .
Naturally we can't play any f a s t e r than the slowest
Well, here
players.
Who a r e they and why ?
are a few:
!• T h e " S u r v e y o r " . . . H e r e q u i r e s
surveying
i n s t r u m e n t s a n d t o p o g r a p h i c a l c h a r t s of e a c h
green before every putt.
Finally his analysis
becomes paralysis.
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- T h e "Hypnotized P l a y e r " . . . He goes into a
d e e p f r e e z e with e v e r y s h o t . He stands a b s o lutely m o t i o n l e s s , " c o n c e n t r a t i n g " on the type
of s w i n g h e w i l l e m p l o y .
3. The "Indecisive One" . . . He c a n ' t m a k e up
his m i n d what club to use even a f t e r a five
m i n u t e c o n s u l t a t i o n with his c a d d y . He is still
undecided a f t e r his f o u r s o m e h a s a l r e a d y hit its
shots and started f o r w a r d .
4. The "Day-In-The-Country P l a y e r " . . . Suns h i n e a n d f r e s h a i r a r e f o r h i m . H e i s f u l l of
r e l a x a t i o n , j o k e s and c a n a s t a p o s t - m o r t e m s . Itw o u l d b e O . K . if h e w o u l d t e l l h i s s t o r i e s w h i l e
WALKING.
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Looking ahead you can just see winter a r o u n d
the c o r n e r and p e r h a p s a little r e s t and v a c a t i o n
f r o m t h e t o i l of t h e y e a r . B u t y o u r e m e m b e r
that y o u s t i l l d i d n ' t get e v e r y t h i n g a c c o m p l i s h e d
t h a t y o u w o u l d h a v e l i k e d , s o t h a t c a n go i n t o
next y e a r ' s p l a n s .
P e r h a p s next year you'll
have a larger budget a n d m o r e labor.
Youmight
e v e n be l u c k y a n d h a v e m o r e r a i n , but t h a t ' s
wishful dreaming.
Richard C.Mitchell
T h o r n y L e a Golf C l u b
Brockton, Massachusetts

- The " T . V . Golfer" . . . He w a t c h e s the P r o s
on T . V . e v e r y Sunday, and f e e l s that he m u s t
i m p r e s s h i s o w n f o u r s o m e w i t h h i s golf k n o w ledge and showmanship.
He is now a f u l l fledged T . V . actor .
6. The " P r a c t i c e S w i n g e r " . . . B e f o r e and a f t e r
e a c h shot, he m u s t p r a c t i c e and even play one
or two " M U L L I G A N S " to the g r e e n .

(Continued Next Month)

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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR FRIENDS
Grounds Equipment Co., Inc.
383 B o y l s t o n S t r e e t
Newton Centre, M a s s a c h u s e t t s
Abbott Spray and F a r m Equipment
Waltham Street
Lexington, Massachusetts
The C h a r l e s C. Hart Seed Co.
Wether sfield, Connecticut
The Clapper Co.
1121 W a s h i n g t o n S t r e e t
West Newton, M a s s a c h u s e t t s
Si! PaTulmi iBC .
Loam Specialists
Hopkinton - 435-4370
G e o f f r e y S. C o r n i s h
Golf C o u r s e A r c h i t e c t
Fiddler's Green
Amherst,
Massachusetts
Larchmont Irrigation Co.
L a r c h m o n t Lane
Lexington, Massachusetts

Co.

Wyandotte Chemical Corp.
709 S a l a d a Building
Boston, Massachusetts

Turf Equipment Co.
28 R u t l e d g e R o a d
Natick, M a s s a c h u s e t t s

Lee Patten Seed Co.
20 B e c k R o a d
Arlington, Massachusetts

The Hubbard Hall C h e m i c a l
P . O. Box 790
Waterbury, Connecticut

Stanley S. Philipkoski
Sales Representative
Stauffer Chemical Co.
380 M a d i s o n A v e n u e
N e w Y o r k 17, N e w Y o r k

Singleton Irrigations Systems, Inc.
Manchester-By-The-Sea, Mas sachusett
Tom Irwin Co.
Bennet Hill Road
Rowley, Massachusetts

The Kenneth B a r r i e Co.
4140 ana 4140A Washington Street
Roslindale, Massachusetts
J . F . Aveni
Lu S o i l - S o i l C o n d i t i o n e r
Minerals & Chemicals Philipp
25 C o n c o r d A v e n u e
Belmont, Massachusetts

Corp.

Karandrew Turf F a r m s Inc.
Sam Mitchell, Sales Representative
18 Old R a n d o l p h S t r e e t
Canton, M a s s a c h u s e t t s

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MANUEL N. FRANCIS
Belmont Country Club
387 Davis Road
Bedford, Mass.
Phone 275-8830

Johns Matwille Sales-Corp^150 C a u s e w a y S t r e e t
Boston, Massachusetts
Philip A. Wogan
Golf C o u r s e A r c h i t e c t
21 B u d l e i g h A v e n u e
Beverly, Massachusetts
Sawtelle B r o t h e r s
J e t . R o u t e s 128 a n d 62
Danvers, Massachusetts

Co.