SEPTEMBER, 1965 (Gourde Super in ten den Id hdociation OF 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 NEW ENGLAND 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, Mass. Phone Dl 2-9198 Golf Committee C h a i r m a n Edward J . Murphy Lexington Country Club 194 Oxbow Road Wayland, Mass. Phone 358-7410 Newsletter Committee ChairmenMANUEL 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 Qotf (Gourde Superintendents ~s$55ociation SEPTEMBER MEETING NEXT MEETING The September meeting was held at the Jug End Barn, South Egremont, M a s s . This was a combined e f f o r t of the New England, Connecticut, and Northeast Association. The presentation of M a n u e l F r a n c i s J r . as nominee of the three associations for a directorship on the Nat'l G . C . S . A . A . was made. A fine m e a l was enjoyed by many Superintendents and their w i v e s . No golf was played because a steady downpour during the afternoon helped ease the dilemna f r o m the absence of rain. The next meeting will be held October 18th at the Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton, M a s s . This will be the annual P r o Superintendent tournament. ADVISORY COMMITTEE The following advisory committee was appointed f o r the Nat'l G . C . S . A . A . ; Bob Grant, Phil Cassidy, and Dick Blake as the alternate. NOMINATING COMMITTEE The G . C . S . A . N . E . mittee is comprised o f : nominating com- The November meeting will be held at Oy s t e r H a r b o r s C o u n t r y Club, Oyster Harbors, M a s s . , November 1st. This w i l l be the only notice before the meeting so remember it. DIRECTIONS Take the M i d C a p e highway to the Osterville exit. Follow signs to Oyster Harbors. L O O K I N G DOWN MEMORY LANE NEW MEMBER Voted in as Associate Member was Wayne Zoppo, Assistant Supt. Mt. Pleasant C . C . , Boylston, M a s s . APPLICATIONS FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP Leon Patterson Suffield Country Club Suffield, Connecticut Dave Mank Clausons Golf Club North Falmouth, Massachusetts Mark A z z a Highland Country Club Attleboro, Massachusetts CHRISTMAS PARTY NOVEMBER MEETING PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Lucien Duval Arthur Cody Ted Murphy Bill Barrett Mike O'Grady Alternates: Max M i e r z w a Roger Hines • DIRECTIONS F r o m Route 128 take Route 16 toward Boston until you come to Commonwealth A v e . Turn right on Commonwealth A v e . Club will be on right. • A Christmas party is being planned to be held at the Framingham Country Club on December 16th. When a bird f e r t i l i z e r manufactured by the white-breasted black cormorant was p r o ducing Peruvian guano, one colony of these birds consumed nearly 1,000 tons of fish daily. When the "New Overgreen Scout" was the last word f o r mowing tees and g r e e n s - a 6,000 sq. f t . green could be cut in ten minute s. Jhere_was no equal to the Ideal Bull Dog f a i r w a y mower with seven bladed r e e l s . Naturally, a Fordson tractor with big iron wheels and spuds in the wheels for traction, was used. Leading Greenkeepers kept their turf healthy, the easy way, by using Semasan and Nu-Green grass disinfectant for the control of Brown Patch, When charcoal was used to replace sand to improve drainage in g r e e n s . When your greens were covered with ant hills, the standard control was a squirt of liquid f r o m the Buckeye ant tube into each ant colony. When the S i l v e r K i n g and Dunlop E n g l i s h were the latest balls on the golf c o u r s e . The Acushnet Pinacle sold three for a dollar. Schulte cigar stores had their own brand at four for a dollar. OF The Spalding steel-shafter "Dynamiter" Niblic was a big s e l l e r - - i t retailed at $ 7 . 5 0 . When A l e x the Scottish P r o ordered some of the idle caddies to wipe off his maroon 1936 Ford touring car, they would accidentally drop their wiping cloths in the sand, and then continue wiping the car with this gritty material in the cloth, producing some imperfections in the finish. When f i f t y golfers on a week day was a big day, and one hundred golfers on Saturdays was bombastic. Yes, these were memorable years in the lives of people associated with golf courses, but the next f i v e years will be the fastest moving years of the century. If we are not capable of grasping the leadership on the many new innovations about to take place on golf courses, we will be as obsolete as these fond m e m o r i e s , Leon Y . St. P i e r r e President WATER - ssTO BE OR NOT TO BE" Water is one of the resources that most people in this part of the United States give little or no thought to in either its conservation or development. Until recently only the people of rural or small urban towns had known the shortage or restriction of use of water, and then only in the hottest months, July and August. Now suddenly, and in some cases, dramatically, the people of our large cities have felt the pinch of the so-called water shortage. Perhaps we may, in a remote sort of way, say that the current water shortage is a blessing in disguise. Why may we say that this drought could be a blessing? Because it has opened our eyes to the fact that, during the past 50 years or so in general, nothing has been done to improve or p r e s e r v e our most valuable resource, water. Let us, for example, take some of our metropolitan areas, not necessarily the larger ones, but the average medium towns. When the water systems were f i r s t designed, the requirements were a lot different than they are today. Say the average home had a sink, a toilet, and perhaps a bath tub. Not so today! The f i r s t big water user came along, the shower, 15-20 G . P . M . , the automatic washer, 50 gallons per wash load, the lawn sprinkler, the air conditioner, a big user in most c o m m e r c i a l buildings, only a few have recirculating systems. If you doubt NEW E N G L A N D this ask some of your members who work in air-conditioned buildings since the water r e strictions were imposed. And, finally, what's a home in suburbia without a swimming pool? Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing the uses of water. We should all enjoy and use water, after all we live in one of the areas of the United States where water is the most plentiful. Well then you ask, why is there a water shortage? Why can't I water my lawn, wash my car ? Why can't some of our courses depending on municipal water irrigate their fairways, etc? The answer may well be poor planning of our local towns or cities. The M . D . G . , f o r example, is not short of water, they just can't pump enough to supply all the demands, but they are building new pipe lines now. Think, what if they had not built the Quabbin a few years ago. The most unfortunate part of the matter is that we loose billions of gallons of water each year down the various r i v e r s to the sea. With some co-operative planning by groups of towns, much of this water could be stored for use during the peak periods during the summer months. One may take time to study some of the methods us£d by the regions of the dry southwest of storing water. Many western regions have less than half of our annual rainfall, yet they survive and in many cases support industry. Also, many of our streams and r i v e r s are so dirty f r o m waste that they are useless for domestic purposes. Been swimming in the Charles R i v e r lately? What is all this story leading up to? We all know we are in bad shape water w i s e . I am sure that most of us in the turf field realize the value of water irrigation, and long range planning, also we are members of the community in which we l i v e . Well let's get behind our c o m m u n i t y planning boards, attend some of our town meetings and public hearings. As far as water conservation and pollution control are concerned we are in a position to r e a l i z e just what a severe problem this i s . It is our duty as members of the c o m munity in which we live to jump in there with the rest of the interested members and lick this problem before industry goes the way of our lawns and gardens. Then e v e r y body will l o s e ! Joe Silk, Superintendent Pine Meadows Country Club Lexington, Massachusetts MLOia CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR FRIENDS Grounds Equipment C o . , Inc. 383 B o y l s t o n S t r e e t Newton Centre, Massachusetts Wyandotte C h e m i c a l C o r p . 709 Salada Building Boston, Massachusetts Turf Equipment Co. 28 R u t l e d g e R o a d Natick, Massachusetts A b b o t t S p r a y and F a r m E q u i p m e n t C o . "Waltham S t r e e t Lexington, Massachusetts L e e P a t t e n Seed C o . 20 B e c k R o a d Arlington, Massachusetts The Hubbard H a l l C h e m i c a l C o . P . O. B o x 790 W a t e r b u r y , Connecticut T h e C h a r l e s C . H a r t Seed C o . Wether s f i e l d , Connecticut S t a n l e y S. P h i l i p k o s k i Sales R e p r e s e n t a t i v e Stauffer Chemical Co. 3 80 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 S y s t e m s , Inc. M a n c h e s t e r - B y - T h e - S e a , M a s sachusetts The Clapper C o . 1121 W a s h i n g t o n S t r e e t West Newton, Massachusetts Si! Paul if li I n c . Loam Specialists Hopkinton - 435-4370 G e o f f r e y S . Cornish Golf Course A r c h i t e c t Fiddler's Green Amherst, Massachusetts Larchmont Irrigation Co. Larchmont Lane Lexington, Massachusetts T h e Kenneth B a r r i e C o . — 4 4 4 0 an