J A N U A R Y & F E B R U A R Y 1966

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Superintendents
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F O R T Y - T W O Y E A R S 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 , Mass.
Phone LO 7 - 5 5 6 2
First Vice-President—
ANTHONY CARANC1 J R .
Ledgemont Country Club
2 2 H i l l v i e w Drive
North Providence 4 , R. t.
Phone PA 3 - 1 6 8 8
Second Vice-President—
RICHARD C. B L A K E
M t . P l e a s a n t Country Club
211 S e w a l l Street
Boylston, Mass.
Phone 8 6 9 - 2 7 3 7

Secretary—
THOMAS CURRAN
Oak Hill Country Club
3 7 Parker Street
Fitchburg, Mass.
Phone Dl 2 - 9 1 9 8
Treasurer—
LUC I EN DUVAL
Cheslnut Hill Country Club
9 Rose Lane
F r a m i n g h a m Center, M a s s .
Phone 872-0006
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—
JOSEPH BUTLER
United Shoe Country Club
3 Ridgewood T e r r a c e
Beverly, Mass.
Phone WA 2 - 1 2 6 3
Trustee—
W I L L I A M ASH
9 Patton Street
No. Dartmouth, M a s s .
Phone WY 3 - 8 7 6 7

Educational Committee Chairman—
ROBERT GRANT
Brae Burn Country Club
2 2 P a t r i c i a Road
Sudbury, M a s s .
Phone 443-2671
Golf Committee Chairman—
EDWARD J . MURPHY
Lexington Country Club
194 Oxbow Road
Wayland, Mass.
Phone 3 5 8 - 7 4 1 0

Finance Committee ChairmanW I L L I A M ASH
9 Patton Street
No. Dartmouth, M a s s .
Phone WY 3 - 8 7 6 7

Newsletter Committee C h a i r m a n 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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J A N U A R Y MEETING
The
J a n u a r y m e e t i n g w a s h e l d at the
W a l t h a m F i e l d Station. The p r o p o s e d budget
f o r f i s c a l y e a r 1966 w a s r e a d by the F i n a n cial chairman, Bill Ash.
P r e s i d e n t L e o n St.
P i e r r e r e a d o f f the f o l l o w i n g c o m m i t t e e a p pointments :
Membership Committee
Anthony C a r r a n c i , C h a i r m a n
Richard Blake
Thomas Curran
Finance Committee
William Ash, Chairman
N a r y Sperandio
Philip Cassidy
Golf

Committee
Edward Murphy, Chairman
William Ripley
Ronald Kirkman

Education C o m m i t t e e
R o b e r t Grant, Chairman
Joe Z o p p o
Dave M c C a r t h y
Publicity Committee
Dean R o b e r t s o n , C h a i r m a n
Norman Mucciarone
Don R e y n o l d s
Employment Committee
John C a l l a h a n , C h a i r m a n
Robert Mucciarone
Turf Research Committee
Lucien Duval, Chairman
Norman Mucciarone
John C a l l a h a n

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIPS
Associate
Frank Merchel
H i l l v i e w Country Club
3 Elm St., North Reading,

Mass.

Associate
Allen Roy Mackintosh
T w i n H i l l s Country Club
195 C h i l s o n D r i v e , W e s t S p r i n g f i e l d ,
Mass .
Re gular
John E s p e y , S r .
W o l f e r t s R o o s t Country Club
20 J a m e s D r i v e , L o u d o n v i - l l e ,

N.Y.

Associate
John O ' C o n n e l
Blue R o c k Country Club
7 Archie Road, West Yarmouth,
Associate
Bernard Keohane
F r a m i n g h a m Country Club
46 P r a t t S t . , F r a m i n g h a m ,

Mass

Mass.

NEW TREASURER APPOINTED
L u c i e n Duval w a s appointed T r e a s u r e r by
a v ote of the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s .

UNIVERSITY OF MASS. TURF CONFERENCE
D o n ' t f o r g e t the a n n u a l t u r f c o n f e r e n c e
b e i n g h e l d at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of
Massachus e t t s , M a r c h 3 r d and 4 t h . T h e y h a v e a m o s t
inte r e s t i n g pr o g r a m p l a n n e d .

Scholarship Committee
Philip Cassidy, Chairman
Newsletter Committee
Manuel F r a n c i s , Chairman
Richard Mitchell
Joe Silk
Don R e y n o l d s
James Reidy
Robert Flannagan
Dean R o b e r t s o n
Welfare Committee
N a r y Sperandio, Chairman
Robert Mucciarone
Roger Hines
Charles Gardner
Arthur Anderson
Parliamentarian
Philip Cassidy

NEXT M E E T I N G
T h e n e x t m e e t i n g w i l l b e h e l d at the
Waltham
Field
Station
F e b r u a r y 23rd, a
W E D N E S D A Y , w i t h f i s h b e i n g s e r v e d f o r the
meal.
Schedule:
Directors Meeting
Business Meeting
Lunch
Speaker

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10:30 a . m .
11:30 a . m .
12:30 p . m .

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1:30 p . m .

T h e s p e a k e r w i l l be the P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s
O f f i c e r f r o m the M a s s a c h u s e t t s State P o l i c e .
I n c l u d e d in h i s t a l k w i l l be v a r i o u s a s p e c t s
r e l a t i n g to golf c o u r s e v a n d a l i s m .

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PRESIDENT'S M E S S A G E
A S u p e r i n t e n d e n t is an i n d i v i d u a l i s t .
He
thinks and a c t s on h i s o w n .
H i s kind of l i f e
is the good l i f e . He is a m e m b e r of
the
G C S A of N e w E n g l a n d and G C S A of A m e r i c a .
We're
h i s k i n d of A s s o c i a t i o n . An
individualist !
February
a n d March are conference
months.
W e w i l l s o o n be s a d d l i n g up and
l e a v i n g f o r the p l a i n s of M i s s o u r i ,
to our
y e a r l y C o n f e r e n c e , w h i c h is the h i g h spot of
the y e a r , and then b a c k h o m e a g a i n to the
U n i v e r s i t y of M a s s a c h u s e t t s F i n e T u r f C o n ference .
T h i s is a p l a c e w h e r e i n d i v i d u a l i s t s m e e t
and e x c h a n g e s o m e of the 1 e s s o n s l e a r n e d
t h r o u g h the s c h o o l of h a r d k n o c k s and f r o m
the a p p l i e d r e s e a r c h p e r f o r m e d by our u n i v e r s i t i e s and p r i v a t e r e s e a r c h o r g a n i z a t i o n s .
H o w about y o u ? A r e y o u an i n d i v i d u a l i s t ?
Join 2500 o t h e r s in K a n s a s C i t y .
Y o u ' l l be
in g o o d c o m p a n y . W e ' r e y o u r kind of A s s o c iation .
Leon V . S t . P i e r r e
Longmeadow C . C .

FIRE!
T h i s p a s t s e a s o n one of f o u r e q u i p m e n t
d e a l e r s sent out a l e t t e r to a l l golf c o u r s e s
in the a r e a s e r v i c e d by h i m , on what a f i r e
can me an to y o u at y o u r golf c o u r s e . I w o n der if y o u h a v e e v e r r e a l l y thought about that
point.
Some Superintendents
would
probably
w e l c o m e a f i r e , j u s t to get r i d of the c o l d ,
b r e e z y , o u t - o f - d a t e shack r e f e r r e d to as a
m a i n t e n a n c e b u i l d i n g . A c t u a l l y a lot of t h e s e
shops a r e nothing but a f i r e t r a p . T h e n the
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t w o u l d p r o b a b l y get a new
m a i n t e n a n c e b u i l d i n g . But w h a t if t h i s f i r e
h a p p e n e d d u r i n g the busy s e a s o n , t a k i n g a l l
the v i t a l e q u i p m e n t n e e d e d t o k e e p the c o u r s e
in s h a p e .
S o m e e q u i p m e n t can be o b t a i n e d the next
day f r o m the d e a l e r s , but s o m e has to be o r d e r e d and it m i g h t be a w e e k o r m o r e b e f o r e
it can be p u r c h a s e d .
I n s u r a n c e w i l l buy a
new b u i l d i n g and e q u i p m e n t , but is the i n s u r a n c e up to date ? If the e q u i p m e n t i s n ' t
n e w , you u s u a l l y get a d e p r e c i a t i o n p r i c e

NEW

E N G L A N D

m e a n i n g the c l u b has to m a k e up the d i f f e r e n c e in c o s t .
It m i g h t be w e l l to c a l l the
c l u b s I n s u r a n c e A g e n t and c h e c k on the c o v e r a g e and s e e if the c o v e r a g e i s up to d a t e .
W h a t p r e c a u t i o n s can be t a k e n to a v o i d
the c o s t l y d a m a g e of a f i r e ? I b e l i e v e that a
shop should be kept in r e a s o n a b l y neat o r d e r
at a l l t i m e s . I t ' s h a r d to k e e p a shop p i c k e d
up d u r i n g the b u s y s e a s o n , but if e v e r y t h i n g
has a c e r t a i n p l a c e to be k e p t , it h e l p s the
m e n to know w h e r e to put it and then f i n d it
again.
Gas and o i l a r e the b i g g e s t s o u r c e s of
fire.
T h e s e should be kept a w a y f r o m old
r a g s and s o u r c e s of s p a r k s such as w e l d i n g
equipment, etc.
T h e m e n w o r k i n g on the
c o u r s e should be i n s t r u c t e d that no s m o k i n g
i s a l l o w e d on o r n e a r gas and f u e l s u p p l i e s .
E v e r y c o u r s e m a i n t e n a n c e b u i l d i n g should
h a v e a f i r e e x t i n g u i s h e r in s o m e e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e s p o t . So that w h e n n e e d e d , a p e r son n e e d not k i l l h i m s e l f o b t a i n i n g i t .
I found a 10 l b . d r y f o a m t y p e e x t i n g u i s h e r w o r k s v e r y w e l l on m o s t a l l t y p e s of f i r e .
W e had s o m e t r a c t o r w i r i n g s t a r t to burn
this y e a r and the f o a m did a v e r y q u i c k j o b
of putting out the f i r e . T h i s t y p e of e x t i n g u i s h e r l e a v e s a w h i t e dust on e v e r y t h i n g it
t o u c h e s , but t h i s can be e a s i l y b r u s h e d off
w i t h no d a m a g e to the e q u i p m e n t . T h e e x t i n g u i s h e r d o e s h a v e to be r e c h a r g e d a f t e r each
use .
If the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t t a k e s 5 m i n u t e s , a
c o u p l e of t i m e s a y e a r , i n s t r u c t i n g the p e r s o n n e l in how t o use the f i r e e x t i n g u i s h e r , it
c o u l d w e l l s a v e a shop, e q u i p m e n t , and p o s s i b l y a l i f e . H o w e v e r , a f i r e e x t i n g u i s h e r is
r e a l l y o n l y a t e m p o r a r y h e l p , in m o s t c a s e s
the f i r e d e p a r t m e n t should be c a l l e d .
A r e y o u r r e c o r d s up to date on e v e r y and
a l l i t e m s of e q u i p m e n t , s u p p l i e s , t o o l s , e t c . ?
A l l t h e s e things r e p r e s e n t thousands of d o l l a r s . Its h a r d to t r y to think back and r e m e m b e r a l l the l i t t l e things y o u had b e f o r e
the f i r e .
Y o u o w e it to y o u r s e l f and y o u r c l u b to
take a f e w p r e c a u t i o n s b e f o r e a f i r e s t a r t s .
Richard C. Mitchell
Golf C o u r s e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t
T h o r n y L e a G o l f Club

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C O N T R I B U T I O N S F R O M OUR FRIENDS
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
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
Waltham Street
Lexington, Massachusetts

Turf Equipment Co.
28 R u t l e d g e R o a d
Natick, Massachusetts
Co,

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

The Charles C . Hart Seed Co.
W e t h e r s f i e l d , Connecticut

Singleton I r r i g a t i o n s S y s t e m s , Inc.
Manchester-By-The-Sea, Mass.

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

Tom Irwin Co.
Bennet H i l l R o a d
Rowley, Massachusetts

Sil P a u l i n i Inc .
Loam Specialists
Hopkinton - 435-4370

Johns M a n v i ' l l e .Sales C o r p .
15 0 C a u s e w a y S t r e e t
Boston, 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

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

Larchmont Irrigation Co.
Larchmont Lane
Lexington, Massachusetts

Sawtelle Brothers
J e t . R o u t e s 128 and 62
Danvers, Massachusetts

Wyandotte Chemical C o r p .
709 Salada B u i l d i n g
Boston, Massachusetts

T h e Kenneth B a r r i e C o .
4140 and 4140A W a s h i n g t o n S t r e e t
Roslindale, Massachusetts

L e e P a t t e n Seed C o .
20 B e c k R o a d
Arlington, 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 Corp.
25 C o n c o r d A v e n u e
Belmont, Massachusetts

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 O l d 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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' M r . F . J. Lukasik
S t a u f f e r C ' B m f i c a l s®RJ
380 M a d i s o n Ayfenue
Y o r k , N e w ' Y o r k 1,0017

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Stanley 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.
380 M a d i s o n A v e n u e
New York, New Y o r k

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

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