DECEMBER, 1966

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N E W

E N G L A N D

FORTY-TWO YEARS OLD — and young enough
to reach for higher achievements in turf grass
management and professional stature.

President—
LEON V. ST. P I E R R E
Longmeadow Country Club
51 Fenwood Road
Longmeadow 6, M a s s .
Phone LO 7 - 5 5 6 2
First Vice-President—
A N T H O N Y C A R A N C I JR.
Ledgemont Country Club
2 2 Hillview Drive
North Providence 4, R. I.
Phone PA 3 - 1 6 8 8
Second Vice-President—
R I C H A R D C. B L A K E
M t . Pleasant Country Club
2 1 1 Sewall Street
Boylston, M a s s .
Phone 8 6 9 - 2 7 3 7

Secretary—
THOMAS CURRAN
O a k Hill Country Club
3 7 Parker Street
Fitchburg, M a s s .
Phone D I 2 - 9 1 9 8
Treasurer—
LUCIEN DUVAL
Chestnut Hill Country Club
9 Rose Lane
F r a m i n g h a m Center, M a s s .
Phone 8 7 2 - 0 0 0 6
Trustee—
N. J. S P E R A N D I O
Concord Country Club
Concord, M a s s .
Phone E M 9 - 4 7 2 3

Trustee—
J O S E P H BUTLER
United Shoe Country Club
3 Ridgewood Terrace
Beverly, M a s s .
Phone W A 2 - 1 2 6 3
Trustee—
WILLIAM ASH
9 Patton Street
No. Dartmouth, M a s s .
Phone WY 3 - 8 7 6 7
Finance Committee C h a i r m a n W I L L I A M ASH
9 Patton Street
No. Dartmouth, M a s s .
Phone W Y 3 - 8 7 6 7

Educational Committee Chairman—
ROBERT G R A N T
Brae Burn Country Club
2 2 Patricia Road
Sudbury, M a s s .
Phone 4 4 3 - 2 6 7 1
Golf Committee Chairman—
E D W A R D J. M U R P H Y
Lexington Country Club
194 Oxbow Road
Wayland, Mass.
Phone 3 5 8 - 7 4 1 0
Newsletter Committee Chairman—
M A N U E L N. F R A N C I S
Belmont Country Club
3 8 7 Davis Road
Bedford, M a s s .
Phone 2 7 5 - 8 8 3 0

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DECEMBER M E E T I N G
NEXT

The annual meeting was held at the Holiday Inn,
Newton, Mass. , December 5th. The reports of all
the committees were given for fiscal year 1966.
Election of officers were held at this time. Phil
Cassidy received the Senior golf trophy and the Association trophy went to Milton Brown. Guy Tedesco
and Bill Eziniki won the playoff for the John Shanahan Memorial tournament.
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A proposed by-law amendment was submittedby
Dick Blake as required by Article XIII, By-Law
Amendments.

MEETING

The next meeting will be held January 4th (Wednesday) 1967 at the Holiday Inn, Grove St. , Newton,
Mass. (Exit 53 of Route 128)
Director's Meeting
Business Meeting
Dinner

10:00
11:00
12:00

The educational meeting after lunch will have as
speaker A1 Remington who is the Sales Manager and
director of Research for the Bowers Battery Co. ,
Reading, Pa.

Article IV - Membership
Section 1 - Members

ADD:
8. As of January 1, 1967, all persons
in addition to meeting the requirements
as set forth in Section 1, 1-7, shall be
required to be members of theG.C.S.A.A.
before being eligible for membership in
the G . C . S . A . N . E .
This amendment
does not effect present G . C . S . A . N . E .
members.

EDITORS NOTE
I want to take this opportunity to thank all those
who contributed articles to the association Newsletter. Some of the articles were considered good
enough to make other turf publications. I hope that
in the future continued support will be given to the
new editor and elected officers. Their purpose is to
make the G . C . S . A . N . E . a respected professional
turf association. Your support is their reward.

NEW OFFICERS
President
1st V . P .
2nd V . P .
Secretary
Treasurer
Trustee for 3 years
Finance Committee Chmn
Educational Committee Chmn
Golf Committee Chmn
Newsletter Committee Chmn

Manny Francis
Leon St. Pierre
Anthony Caranci Jr.
Richard C. Blake
Thomas Cur ran
Lucien Duval
Philip Cassiday
Nary J. Sperandio
Robert Grant
Edward Murphy
Dean Robertson

NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Malcolm Haskell Jr.
1 Baker Street
Norton, Mass.
A P P L I C A T I O N FOR A S S O C I A T E

MEMBERSHIP

Evangelos D. Angelos
Holden Country Club
Holden, Mass.

REGARDING NEW APPLICANTS
It has been decided by the Board of Directors that
a letter of recommendation and a picture will be accompanied with the application form of a person desiring to become a member of the N e w E n g l a n d
association.
In the past many complaints have come forth from
members at a latter date regarding the improper
screening of applicants. Inmost casesitis impossible
for the Directors to obtain all the information pertinent to the applicant. Now a member who recommends
an individual for membership will have to place information regarding places and longevity of employment
and the character of the individual concerned in letter
form and submit it to the Board. This requirement
should help to alleviate some of the signatures that
have been hastily affixed to an application form and
make it somewhat easier for a proper decision to be
reached by the Board of Directors.

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E N G L A N D

RECENT RESULTS ON THE CONTROL OF B L U E GRASS

PRESIDENT'S M E S S A G E
THE CHANGING SCENE
Our new meeting place for the coming winter indoor
meetings, will beheld, tentatively, at the convenient
Holiday Inn, in Newton.
The consensus of the membership was very favorable, towards the new site. It was an appropriate
scene for the awarding of the f i r st L a u r e n c e S .
Dickenson scholarship. These two moves were, undoubtedly, a step in the right direction. Our sincerest thanks to Manny Francis, Jr. , for magnificently
serving as Editor of the Newsletter. We are especially
f o r t u n a t e in h a v i n g Dean Robertson assume the
editorship.
Your Board of Directors have directed our treasurer Lou Duval, to have an accountant set up the Association's books to conform wi th t o d a y ' s g r e a t
society. This must be done for tax purposes.
Our grateful appreciation to members who were
hosts at their clubs, for our monthly golf meetings.
A special salute to all members of the Board of
Directors and members of the various committees.
Attend the coming winter meetings. The Educational Committee have made arrangements to have current
and informative films and speakers.
Do come, shake hands and say Hi!, to your fellow
"Keepers of the Green".
May the year of 1967 be kinder to you, than the
past golfing season.
Leon V. St. Pierre

GREETINGS
upon
we'd
you
both
year

W i t h the f e s t i v e a t m o s p h e r e
already
us and the t u r k e y j u s t b a r e l y d i g e s t e d ,
l i k e to t a k e t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y to
send
our w a r m e s t s e a s o n ' s g r e e t i n g s f o r
the u p c o m i n g h o l i d a y s and the new
following.

(POA ANNUA)

IN PUTTING GREEN TURF

J.F.Ahrens & R.J.Lukens
Experimental trials on C1-C19 bentgrass putting
greens turf over the past few years have shown great
promise for the control of Poa annua or annual bluegrass with a chemical called bensulide (S- (0,0- diisopropyl phosphorodithioate) of N-(2 mercaptoethyl) benzenesulfonamide, available as "Betasan" and "Presan".
Proper timing of application of bensulide and repeated annual applications seem required for good results.
Bensulide kills Poa annua as it germinates but does
not kill the established plants, some of which live in
putting greens for more than one year; hence the need
for repeated applications. According to our results,
August or early September applications can be expected to be the most effective on putting greens in Connecticut. Single applications of bensulide in early September have provided only about 50% control of Poa
the following May, but two annual applications of bensulide have provided an estimated 88% control.
Twenty pounds of active bensulide per acre per year
was more effective than fifteen pounds per acre in our
tests. C1-C19 was not injured by as much as 32 pounds
per acre of bensulide one September followed by 20
pounds per acre the next September, but such high initial rates do not seem necessary or desirable.
Uniformity of application of bensulide has been
shown to be highly important for good control of Poa.
Watering in following application also is desirable to
activate the herbicide and prevent its removal in the
clippings.
It is not wise to use bensulide on putting green turf
that has a high percentage of Poa, but little bentgrass.
The resultant effect often is thin turf as the Poa goes
out and cannot reestablish. Even Poa annua is better
than nothing on a putting green. Reseeding into greens
treated with bensulide is possible only if 300 to 500
pounds per acre of activated carbon is applied to inactivate the long residual bensulide. Re-sodding is less
of a problem where old, thin sod is removed, for bensulide residues are less injurious to established plants
than to seedlings.
Studies continue on the tolerance of putting green
turf to bensulide applied for a number of years. In the
meantime, golf course superintendents using bensulide
for Poa annua control would be wise to apply it accurately and uniformly and only on a trial basis the first
time it is used.

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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR

FRIENDS

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 Street
Lexington, Massachusetts

Larchmont Irrigation Co.
Larchmont Lane
Lexington, Massachusetts

The C l a p p e r C o .
112 1 W a s h i n g t o n S t r e e t
West Newton, Massachusetts

J. F . A v e n i
Lu S o i l - S o i l C o n d i t i o n e r
Minerals & Chemicals Philipp C o r p .
25 C o n c o r d A v e n u e
Belmont, Massachusetts

G e o f f r e y S . Cornish
Golf C o u r s e A r c h i t e c t
Fiddler's Green
A m h e r s t , Massachusetts

New England E n g i n e & P a r t s C o .
The P a c e r D i s t r i b u t o r
884 C o m m o n w e a l t h A v e n u e
B o s t o n , M a s s a c h u s e t t s 02215

Fue 1 A c t i v a t o r C h e m i c a l C o r p .
C. F . Barbour — Regional D i r e c t o r
4300 P r u d e n t i a l T o w e r
Boston, Massachusetts

Sawtelle Brothers
J e t . Routes- 128 and 62 '
. Danv e n g j _ M a s s achusetts -

Groun-ds-Equipment C o . , Ine .
383 B o y l s t o n S t r e e t
Newton Centre, Massachusetts

M r . F . J. Lukasik
S t a u f f e r C h e m i c a l Co .
380 M a d i s o n A v e n u e
New Y o r k , New Y o r k 10017

The Hubbard H a l l C h e m i c a l C o .
P . O . Box 790
W a t e r b u r y , Connecticut

Stanley S. P h i l i p k o s k i
Sales 'Repr e sentative
Stauffer Chemical Co.
380 M a d i s o n A v e n u e
New Y o r k , New Y o r k 10017

The C h a r l e s C . H a r t Seed C o .
W e t h e r s f i e l d , Connecticut
I r r i g a t i o n Consultants I n c .
25 1 H a r v a r d S t r e e t
Brookline, Massachusetts

T u r f 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

Tom Irwin Co.
Bennet H i l l Road
Rowley, 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

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

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Wyandotte Chemical C o r p .
709 Salada Buiiaiftg,
B o s t o n , Ma-s'sachusett's"f •

Karandrew Turf F a r m s , Inc.
Sam M i t c h e l l , S a l e s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e
18 Old Randolph S t r e e t
Canton, M a s s a c h u s e t t s

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G a f f n y Ente*kpriseif, Inc.
Irrigation Specialists
N o r t h Main Street
^d,dldtda$it«Mas sachusetts

M A N U E L N. FRANCIS
Belmont Country Club
387 Davis Road
Bedford, Mass.
Phone 275-8830

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