JULY, 1966

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Association

E N G L A N D

F O R T Y - T W O Y E A R S O L D — and young enough
to reach for higher achievements in turf grass
management and professional stature.

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

Secretary—
THOMAS CURRAN
Oak Hill Country Club
37 Parker Street
Fitchburg, Mass.
Phone Dl 2-9198

Trustee—
JOSEPH BUTLER
United Shoe Country Club
3 Ridgewood Terrace
Beverly, Mass.
Phone WA 2-1263

Educational Committee ChairmanROBERT GRANT
Brae Burn Country Club
22 Patricia Road
Sudbury, Mass.
Phone 443-2671

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

Treasurer—

Trustee—
WILLIAM ASH
9 Patton Street
No. Dartmouth, Mass.
Phone WY 3-8767

Golf Committee Chairman—
EDWARD J. MURPHY
Lexington Country Club
194 Oxbow Road
Wayland, Mass.
Phone 358-7410

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

LUCIEN DUVAL
Chestnut Hill Country Club
9 Rose Lane
Framingham Center, Mass.
Phone 872-0006

Finance Committee ChairmanWILLIAM ASH
9 Patton Street
No. Dartmouth, Mass.
Phone WY 3-8767

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

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«July Meeting
The J u l y m e e t i n g was held a t t h e
L e x i n g t o n Golf Club. Host Superintendent
T e d M u r p h y h a d the c o u r s e in f i n e c o n d i t i o n .
TOURNAMENT R E S U L T S

1st Low G r o s s
Frank Murphy

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1 st Low Net
Dean Robertson

T H E BEST S E L L E R

A new s t a t u s s y m b o l a t c o u n t r y c l u b s
t o d a y i s t h e l a c k of golf c a r r o a d s on the golf
c o u r s e . A s the golf c a r f l e e t i n c r e a s e s , t h e
r i b b o n of a s p h a l t a r o u n d g r e e n s a n d t e e s b e comes a concourse surrounding the playing
area.
W h e n golf c a r s w e r e f i r s t i n t r o d u c e d ,
one of the f e a t u r e s w a s t o s p e e d up the g a m e
30 p e r c e n t . T h i s h a s h a d a r e v e r s e e f f e c t ,
" s l o w i n g Llie g a r n e r — d u e t o morr-e tirrre n e e d e d
f o r t h e s e a r c h of l o s t golf b a l l s , w h i c h p r e v i o u s l y w e r e f o u n d i m m e d i a t e l y by the c a d d y .
The best seller today i s a r e s e r v a t i o n
f o r a golf c a r on S a t u r d a y s o r S u n d a y s , o r a n y
o t h e r b u s y d a y . T h e c a d d y i s now s e c o n d
choice, in m o s t c a s e s .
M a i n t e n a n c e of g o l f c a r s a n d r o a ds
o c c u p y a good p o r t i o n of the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t ' s
t i m e . T h i s a d d e d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y m i g h t be
t a k e n in s t r i d e , if the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t w a s
given a p e r c e n t a g e of the p r o f i t s .
L e o n Y . St. P i e r r e
President
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2nd Low Net
Bill Ash

95-26-69

3 r d Low Net
Phil Cassidy

88-18-70

N E X T MEETING

T h e n e x t m e e t i n g w i l l be a joint m e e t ing w i t h t h e R h o d e I s l a n d A s s o c i a t i o n , August
lg*,-Jat t h e A l l e n d a l e C o u n t r y C l u b ,
Business meeting
— 11:00
12:00
Lunch
Golf a f t e r L u n c h
Supper — Possible for those interested.
The Annual GCSANE Club and S e n i o r s
Tournament will be held at this time, Bring
your best shorts with you and play.
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DIRECTIONS TO A L L E N D A L E COUNTRY C L U B

T a k e R t e 24 t o R t e 140 to New B e d f o r d
Center. Take Rte 6 to S t a n g H i g h School.
T u r n left a n d follow f o r 2 1 / 2 m i l e s to A l l e n
S t r e e t . T u r n r i g h t a n d follow t o C l u b .
Stpfember Meeting

T h e S e p t e m b e r M e e t i n g w i l l be h e l d a t
L a k e S u n a p e e G . C . , New L o n d o n , N . H . o n
September 12.

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TO T H E TV WEATHER MAN

Don't show m e a l l y o u r g r a p h s a n d c h a r t s ,
T h e h i g h s a n d lows and p r e s s u r e b e l t s ,
T h o s e m a r k s I s e e a r e G r e e k to m e ,
T h o u g h t h e y m a k e s e n s e to s o m e o n e e l s e .
Y o u r h i e r o g l y p h i c s , I'll c o n f e s s ,
Confuse and nettle m e a lot —
J u s t t e l l m e t h i s - n o m o r e , no l e s s :
It i s going t o r a i n o r n o t ?
- Stephen Schlitzer
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E N G L A N D

An Asset I n Golf Course Work

Education is a must in a n y business,
e s p e c i a l l y i n t u r f w o r k . Golf c o u r s e s t o d a y
are a s complex a s many large manufacturing
companies. Maintenance has increased triple
fold over t h e past t e n y e a r s . This is t h e
r e a s o n why cour ses in T u r f M a n a g e m e n t ,
b e i n g o f f e r e d a t u n i v e r s i t i e s , a r e so i m p o r t a n t .
But w i t h o u t p r a c t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e , one c a n n o t
g r a s p t h e h i d d e n i n t r i c a c i e s of golf c o u r s e
work.
I e n r o l l e d i n the two y e a r c o u r s e a t
S t o c k b r i d g e i n 195 8, a n d t o o k m y p l a c e m e n t a t
R u n a w a y B r o o k Golf & C o u n t r y C l u b , B o l t o n ,
M a s s . , u n d e r the s u p e r v i s i o n of B o b G r a n t ,
I never realized there was so m a n y things to
l e a r n i n the m a i n t e n a n c e of golf c o u r s e s .
S o m e of the p r o b l e m s s u c h a s w h e n to
w a t e r , w h e n and how m u c h to spray, a m I
f e e d i n g m y g r e e n s too m u c h a n d m a n y o t h e r
questions c a n be answered with o n e word,
experience.
How do y o u get e x p e r i e n c e ? G e n e r a l l y ,
by l e a r n i n g a s m u c h on p l a c e m e n t t r a i n i n g a s
you can. I learned a great deal because Bob
took t i m e and w a s interested in helping m e
l e a r n t h e m a n y f a c e t s of t u r f m a n a g e m e n t .
I f e e l if y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d y o u r s e l f , i t m a k e s
a lot e a s i e r l e a r n i n g . A l s o , w o r k i n g on a l a r g e
c o u r s e there were many jobs, other t h a n
r o u t i n e , t h a t e n a b l e d m e to b r o a d e n m y e d u c a tion. I learned t h e p r o p e r methods in t h e
a p p l i c a t i o n of w a t e r , f e r t i l i z e r a n d s p r a y
m a t e r i a l s . S i n c e I h a d n e v e r w o r k e d on a golf
c o u r s e b e f o r e , I h a d t o l e a r n how t o o p e r a t e
a n d m a i n t a i n v a r i o u s p i e c e s of e q u i p m e n t , how
to s p o t s o m e t h i n g t h a t w a s w r o n g a n d c o r r e c t
it, a l s o t h e r e w e r e m a n y o t h e r t h i n g s w h i c h 1
had a chance to do. All these things helped
make placement training very rewarding.
I also h a d a chance to w o r k on new
construction. They w e r e still constructing
v a r i o u s p a r t s of t h e c o u r s e , s u c h a s t e e s a n d
r o u g h . A g r e a t d e a l of w o r k g o e s into c o n s t r u c t i o n . You h a v e t o h a v e a w o r k i n g k n o w l e d g e of S u r v e y i n g , A g r o n o m y a n d L a n d s c a p i n g

a n d " c o m m o n s e n s e " . W h a t y o u do i n c o n struction will either help o r h u r t you five o r
ten y e a r s l a t e r . Another big job we w o r k e d
on w a s a c o m p l e t e i r r i g a t i o n s y s t e m .
This
w a s one thing that r e a l l y i m p r e s s e d m e .
S u r p r e n a n t M f g . C o . , w h i c h o w n e d the c o u r s e ,
m a d e the p l a s t i c p i p e f o r t h e c o u r s e . It
s t a r t e d out a s a n e x p e r i m e n t , but e n d e d up a s
one of t h e b e s t i r r i g a t i o n s y s t e m s a r o u n d .

I l e f t R u n a w a y t o d o m y h i t c h in t h e
s e r v i c e . After I was discharged, I went to
w o r k for Joe Zoppo a t Nashawtuc Country Club.
I h a d not f o r g o t t e n the m a n y t h i n g s l e a r n e d on
placement training. The p r o b l e m s h e r e w e r e
b a s i c a l l y t h e s a m e , but m y p a s t e x p e r i e n c e s
a n d t r a i n i n g h e l p e d m e s o l v e t h e m a lot f a s t e r .
Now m y t r a i n i n g w i l l h e l p m e show t h e c r e w
w h a t h a s t o b e done a n d how t o d o i t . Y o u
w o u l d not let a c h i l d p l a y w i t h a l o a d e d w e a p o n
- t h e s a m e t h i n g a p p l i e s on a golf c o u r s e . Y o u
d o n ' t s e n d a m a n o u t w i t h a c a n of s p r a y
m a t e r i a l to spray a green without f i r s t i n structing him a s to what has t o be done and
why.
I a m now l e a r n i n g h o w to h a n d l e a c r e w
a n d c h o o s i n g the r i g h t m a n f o r t h e j o b . T h i s
is a h a r d thing to do b e c a u s e s o m e t i m e s y o u
a r e said to be playing favorites. You don't
want s o m e incompetent fellow running a piece
of e q u i p m e n t w o r t h $ 5 , 0 0 0 - $ 7 , 0 0 0 . Not o n l y
will h e do damage to the equipment, b u t he
m a y s e r i o u s l y i n j u r e s o m e o n e . N o r do y o u
w a n t s o m e f e l l o w w h o m a y b e w a t e r i n g yoi.ir
g r e e n s a t night fall a s l e e p and forget to shut
off t h e w a t e r s y s t e m .
It t a k e s a l o n g t i m e t o l e a r n t h e s e a n d
o t h e r t h i n g s , but if y o u get the g r o u n d w o r k in
p l a c e m e n t t r a i n i n g , i t i s n ' t half a s h a r d l a t e r
on.
This is why I feel placement training
p l a y s a n i m p o r t a n t r o l e in the f u t u r e of a Golf
Course Superintendent.
David M a c o r a
Assistant Superintendent
N a s h a w t u c Golf & C o u n t r y C l u b

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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR FRIENDS

Abbott Spray and F a r m Equipment Co,
Waltham Street
Lexington, Massachusetts
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
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
Fuel Activator Chemical Corp.
C. F . Barbour - Regional Director
4300 Prudential Tower
Boston, Massachusetts
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
The H u b b a r d H a l l C h e m i c a l C o .
P . O . Box 790
Waterbury, Connecticut
The C h a r l e s C . H a r t Seed C o .
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Tom Irwin Co.
Bennet Hill Road
Rowley, Massachusetts
Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
150 C a u s e w a y S t r e e t
Boston, Massachusetts
K a r a n d r e w T u r f F a r m s , Inc
Sam Mitchell, Sales Repre
xtive
18 Old R a n d o l p h S t r e e t
Canton, Massachusetts
Larchmont Irrigation Co.
L a r c h m o n t Lane
Lexington, 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 Corp.
25 C o n c o r d A v e n u e
Belmont, Massachusetts
New E n g l a n d E n g i n e & P a r t s C o . I n c .
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
Lee Patten Seed Co.
20 B e c k R o a d
Arlington, Massachusetts
Sawtelle Brothers
J e t . R o u t e s 128 and 62
Danvers, Massachusetts
M r . F . J. Lukasik
Stauffer Chemical Co.
3 80 M a d i s o n A v e n u e
New Y o r k , New Y o r k 10017
S t a n l e y S. P h i l i p k o s k i
Sales Representative
Stauffer Chemical Co.
3 80 M a d i s o n A v e n u e
New Y o r k , New Y o r k 10017
Turf Equipment Co.
28 Rut ledge R o a d
Natick, 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
Wyandotte Chemical Corp.
709 S a l a d a B u i l d i n g
Boston, Massachusetts

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

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