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AUGUST 1967

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Sponsors and administrators of the Lawrence S.
Dickenson Scholarship Fund — Awarded yearly
to deserving Turf Management Students.

President —
L E O N V. ST. P I E R R E
51 Fenwood R o a d
Longmeadow, Mass. 01 106
Phone 567-5562
Club Affiliation
Longmeadow Country C l u b
First Vice-President —
A N T H O N Y C A R A N C I JR.
22 Hillview Drive
No. Providence, R. I. 02900
Phone 723-1688
Club Affiliation
Ledgemont Country C l u b
Second Vice-President —
R I C H A R D C. BLAKE
21 I Sewall Street
Boylston, M a s s . 01505
Phone 869-2737
Club Affiliation
M t . Pleasant C o u n t r y C l u b

Secretary —

Trustee —

THOMAS CURRAN
37 Parker Street
Fitchburg, Mass. 01420
Phone 342-9198
Club Affiliation

ROBERT G R A N T
22 Patricia R o a d
Sudbury, Mass. 01776
Phone 443-2671
Club Affiliation
Brae Burn Country C l u b

NORMAN MUCCIARONE
101 A l b a n R o a d
W a b a n , Mass. 02168
Phone 332-3056
Club Affiliation
W o o d l a n d Country C l u b

Golf Committee Chairman

O a k Hill C o u n t r y C l u b
Treasurer —
LUCIEN DUVAL
9 Rose Lane
Framingham Center, Mass. 01701
Phone 872-0006
Club Affiliation

Finance Committee Chairman

Chestnut Hill Country C l u b

N.J. SPERANDIO
Concord, Mass. 01742
Phone 369-4723
Club Affiliation
C o n c o r d Country C l u b

Trustee —
PHILIP C A S S I D Y
45 Grosvenor R o a d
Needham, M a s s . 02192
PhoneAffiliation
444-4127
Club
Weston Golf Club

Past President

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J O S E P H BUTLER
3 Ridgewood Terrace
Beverly, Mass. 01915
Phone 922-1263
Club Affiliation
United Shoe Country Club

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Educational Committee Chairman

WILLIAM A S H
9 Patton Street
No. Dartmouth, M a s s . 02747
Phone 993-8767

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E D W A R D J. M U R P H Y
194 O x b o w Road
W a y l a n d , Mass. 0 1 7 7 8
Phone 358-7410
Club Affiliation
Lexington Country C l u b
Newsletter Committee Chairman
DEAN ROBERTSON
24 Riverview Drive
Newbury, Mass. 01950
Phone 462-4540
Club Affiliation
O u l d Newbury G o l f C l u b

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JULY MEETING
The July meeting of the G.C.S.A. ol N. E. was held
at the Marshfield Country Club. There was an excellent
turnout for this meeting and I am sure that those who
brought their chairmen were not disappointed. Congratulations to Mel O'Kelly for having the golf course in
such fine condition.
It was voted to send $50.00 to the Joseph Valentine
Memorial fund at the Penn State Turf Research Center.
The objective of this memorial fund is to honor the
memory of the late Joe Valentine and also to recognize
all Golf Course Superintendents.

please do so or you won't be able to get in on the Clam
Bake.
Directors' Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Regular Meeting
11:00 a.m.
Women's Gossip Hour
11:00 a.m.
Lunch
12:00 p.m.
Golf Tournament
1:00 p. m.
Clam Bake
5:00 p.m.
Directions to Easton Golf Club: Route 128 south to
Rt. 24. Then Rt. 123 towards Easton and take 138 south
to Purchase Street. Club is a half mile on right. See you
rain or shine.
FOR SALE

Welcome to new members:
William Brennan, John K. Parker and Joseph Rybka
New applications to be voted on at the next meeting:
Associate Membership
James Mac Donald
Anthony J. Kruckas
200 North St.
100 Airport Drive
Danvers, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Club Affiliation
Club Affiliation
The Country Club
Tatnuck Country Club
Results of the Golf Tournament at Marshfield:
Superintendent — Chairmen
1st low gross (tie)
M. Haskell — J. Roy
E. Murphy — C. Carota
1st low net
R. Kirkman — W. Winn
2nd low net
N. Mucciarone — E. White
3rd low net
M. Mierzua — Dr. E. Kraws

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SPECIAL PRIZE — HOLE IN ONE
Loren Mann (Congratulations!)
Superintendent Tournament
1st low gross
Guy Tedesco
1st low net
Arthur Anderson
2nd low net
Sam Mitchell

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NEXT M E E T I N G
The next meeting will be on August 7, 1967, at Sam
Mitchell's Easton Golf Club. Gentlemen, come and bring
your wife or girl friend. There will be a nine hole
mixed tournament for those who can stand the pressure
and aggravation, followed by an old fashion Clam Bake
at 5 p. m. for five dollars per person. If you have not
mailed the return reservation cards to Sam Mitchell,

German Shepherd pups from Registered black
Tel. MYrtle 695-9192
ELMER B. FULLER
62 Freeman Street
Attleboro Falls, Mass.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
A G O L F C O U R S E IS A L I V I N G ENTITY
A new philosophy among the golfing public and golf
course superintendents is desperately needed.
The Golf Course Superintendents Association of New
England is a member of the Massachusetts Roadside
Council, because we share in their beliefs and goals,
which are a more orderly placement of billboards along
our highways, anti-litter campaigns and general roadside
beauty.
Many of our New England golf courses are in plain
view along a highway and some are cut down the middle
of a street exposing their good and bad housekeeping.
The unkept and seedy look is no asset to ourselves or
clubs.
Oh—the other—side of the—eem—we have—the; golfing—
slobnik that can raise havoc in a normal round of golf.
A golf course is a living entity and not a race track
to be abused by thoughtless golfers, driving go-carts
that have become travelling cocktail lounges and snack
bars. Or, the golfer who neglects to put arch supporters
in his golf shoes and does a verti-cutting job around
the cup; or, the guy that does the cake-walk after sinking a fifteen foot putt; or, the madame that takes a short
cut up the face of a sand trap; or, the women's ninehole B-division golfers who pull their donkey carts on
the aprons and over the greens; or, the health addict
that has a hard boiled egg on the 7th and 13th tees
and leaves the egg shells on the rear of the tee.
The superintendent is guilty of neglect in the areas of
the maintenance yard and building. They have become
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down machinery, pipes, containers, etc., or, the shabby
sign at the clubhouse front entrance; or, the spilled gas
and fertilizer on the playing areas of the course which
become black eyes overnight.
Littering and careless use of public and private property have grown at an alarming rate and at this time,
there seems to be no solution in sight.
The only solution, if it is one, is for the Superintendent
to improve his housekeeping, and to arouse the social
conscience of his members to do likewise.
Leon V. St. Pierre
President
The following, written by
from the Springfield Union of
LOUD A N D
For Men

Gerry Finn is reprinted
Monday, July 3, 1967.
CLEAR
Only

The pitter-patter of rose-petal feet, in many cases an
arrangement of clobbering clods who keep golf traffic
at an incessant standstill, is the cause of new concern
among members of the male animal kingdom who are
being strangled in the invasion of their sanctuary by the
alleged better half of the marriage contract.
Woman of Clubhouse
The woman of the house is fast becoming the woman
of the clubhouse. No longer are her days spent in habitual pursuit of the homemaker's holy grail — the spotless
kitchen and meal — fit for his majesty. Instead, she
clutters her mind with such major problems as the chronic slice, the bobbing head and the dropped shoulder.
The only new recipe she explores is the formula for escaping a sand trap. The golf swing comes first.
Not only is she burying herself in the hardships of
seeking perfect execution on the course, the woman now
has moved ever onward to the higher echelon. She is not
satisfied with becoming part of the outdoor scenery. The
board of governors is the target for tonight. Before Bobby Jones can grasp the situation milady will be making
strides in the direction of complete takeover at Augusta
National. Even the Masters isn't safe.
The disease, if it be one, is international. Golfers are
being drawn into a situation in which they virtually are
compelled to make a choice. Either they suck in their
complaints, open up the first tee on weekends, become
engaged to the mixed Scotch foursome type of tournament, count to one hundred while playing behind the
turtles who bathe in Dot Fours rather than Chanel No. 5
or take to the hills in search of the ultimate solution
to his ills.
First Hideaway
One group of thinking man's male has come away

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from conference with a noble idea, one that puts a shine
in everyone's eyes. Four enterprising men of the fairway
and rough are staking out plays for an exclusive country
club in Hebron, Conn. Hebron is 25 miles out of Hartford's way. When the golf course and clubhouse are completed, the quartet will be in possession of New England's
first hideaway — a golf club for men only.
There's no backoffish reason for the unique venture.
The boys have had it. "We're sick and tired of women
not only filling the golf courses but taking them over in
such a manner that they control everything from the first
tee to the last beer tap in the 19th hole," an unidentified
member of the group offered. "As far as we are concerned, there is no place on the grounds for women,
other than the swimming pool or dance floor. But, on
the other hand, we don't want to fight 'em. We just want
to be by ourselves."
The undertaking is not a product of instant retaliation
to some particular source of irritation. And there are no
plans to follow the Playboy Club path. The outline for
the setup is strictly legitimate. There will be 250 memberships available at a kickofE price of $2,000. It will
be shut off at that figure and no new member will be
accepted other than to replace an outgoing one.
If everything goes according to the drawing board,
the club will be close to being as exclusive as the sauna
bath at Buckingham Palace. The 250 limit on membership assures golfers of avoiding the bulky fields which
often infest even the most expensive of country clubs.
The order of the day will be such that a member can
tee it up and be blessed with the peace of mind the
round won't run into the five-hour zone. The feeler for
multi-ownership also is being given firm consideration.
Under the law of supply and demand a departing member could sell his title for as much as the going price.
In this way everyone would have a special interest" in
the club. There wouldn't be any need for "replace divots"
signs or reminder to repair ball marks on the greens.
Somehow a man doesn't need special urging to take care
of his personal property.
No Social Affairs
The male-order club will make no concessions to the
opposite sex. No women will be allowed on the grounds
or in the clubhouse. There will be no social affairs, other
than the stag type. According to the leaders in the movement, the organization gives the game of golf back to
the man.
And what about the gals? One frequent visitor to the
scene of birdies and bogies claims her side of the world
isn't necessarily the chief culprit in the matter of slow
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she snarled when hearing of the reasons for the menonly hideaway in Hebron. "Some girls play a more
steady pace. We may not hit the ball as far but we hit it
straighter. And we don't take all day reading the greens!
The same fairway peach fuzzes at the suggestion the
woman is shirking her obligations at home. " I did my
ironing at 6 this morning, so I could get in nine holes,"
she fumed. "And I had a turkey in the oven at 9. My
house is always as clean as a whistle before I leave, for

the golf course. I don't think it fair to assume all women
rush out of the house every day without performing the
normal routine of duties. Oh, there may be a few who
cheat a little but not many."
Thus, the cold civil war rages. The golf course —
where man once was unchallenged ruler — is fast becoming territory torn between the two sexes. There seems
to be only one remedy for the icy relationship . . .
secession.
Golf courses for men only. They're the coming thing.

FRIENDS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Abbott Spray and Farm Equipment Co.
Waltham Street

Irrigation Consultants Inc.
251 Harvard Street
Brookline, Massaehusi

Sawtelle Brothers
J e t . Routes 128 and 62
Banvers, Massachusetts

Dr. Burton R. Anderson
Golf Course Architect
Turf and Golf Course Consultant
Route 5
Augusta, Maine

Tom Irwin Co.
Bennett Hill Road
Rowley, Massachusetts

Richey & Clapper, Inc.
28 Rutledge Road
Natick, Massachusetts

Karandrew Turf Farms, Inc.
Sam Mitchell, Sales Representative
18 Old Randolph Street
Canton, Massachusetts

The Clapper Co.
1121 Washington Street
West Newton, Massachusetts

Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
150 Causeway Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Geoffrey S. Cornish
Golf Course Architect
Fiddler's Green
Amherst, Massachusetts

Larchmont Irrigation Co.
Larchmont Lane
Lexington, Massachusetts
J . F . Aveni
Lu Soil — Soil Conditioner
Minerals & Chemicals Philipp Corp.
25 Concord Street
Belmont, Massachusetts

The Charles C. Hart Seed Co.
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Fuel Activator Chemical Corp.
C. F . Barbour — Regional Director
43000 Prudential Tower
Boston, Massachusetts

Magovern Company, Inc.
Lawn Acre Road
Windsor Lock, Connecticut

Gaffny Enterprises, Inc.
Irrigation Specialists
North Main Street
Middleton, Massachusetts

New England Engine & Parts Co. Inc.
The P a c e r Distributor
884 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Grounds Equipment Co., Inc.
383 Boylston Street
Newton Centre, Massachusetts

Stanley S. Philipkoski
Sales Representative
Stauffer Chemical Co.
380-Maxlis0in%v6nue~ New York, New Y o r k

Kerr McGee Chemical Corporation
F . 0 . F o x 790
Waterbury, Connecticut

Newsletter C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n

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Philip A. W o g t L . I
Golf Course Architect'
21 Budleigh Avenue
Beverly, Massachusetts

Wvandotte ChernicaL_Cd7
" ' - 7 0 9 Salada B S M H r ^
Boston, Massachusetts
D. L. Maher Co.
W a t e r Supply Contractors
Testwells — Gravel packed wells
Byron Jackson Pumps
P. O. B o x 274
Woburn, Massachusetts
Alfco Rokeby Co., Inc.
Fertilizers and Chemical
P . O. B o x 267-,
Marietta, Ohio

Specialties

Ken Minasian;
Scotts
6 Amelia Court
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N. Providence, R. I.
The '.Kenneth Barrie Company
375 Centre Street
J a m a i c a Plain, Massachusetts
A. C. Lawn, Inc.
P.-0.~Rox—436Wakefield, Mass.

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DEAN ROBERTSON
2 4 Riverview Drive
Newbury, Mass. 01950
Phone 462-4540
C!ub Affiliation

Ould Newbury Golf Club

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