SEPTEMBER 1968

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COUNTRY CLUB OF NEW S E A B U R Y
Mashpee, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The Country Club of New Seabury is located between
Falmouth and Hyannis. It has two 18-hole courses, the Green
and the Blue.
Seven holes on the Blue course were built on filled swamp,
the rest of the holes on both the Red and Blue courses were
cut through scrub pine and oak.
The Blue course front nine is bordered by Nantucket
Sound. It is a demanding course with many water hazards.
Golfers Digest rated it as one of the ten toughest in the country. The Green course is of executive length, 5,300 yards, and
much less demanding.

Sponsors and administrators of the Lawrence S.
Dickinson Scholarship Fund — A w a r d e d yearly
to deserving Turf Management Students.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Now that we have encountered the worst portion of another
season, so drastically different from so many others, whereby
we had one of the driest springs, the wettest May and June,
and the driest July on record; with the many problems of
wilt, wet wilt, diseases, lack of water with some of the finest
irrigation installations; with the demands of the golfer, his
maintenance standards; and the rounds of golf tremendously
increasing, one problem continues to exist, the labor problem.
What type of a crew will you have come
September?
Of the many Superintendents I have spoken to, most of
them continue to have an acute labor problem. Many will not
be able to embark upon their fall programs, which are necessary in good turf management. Some Clubs are aerifying and
top-dressing before Labor Day, while the summer help is still
available.
Yes, we know the answer to this problem. There is the
occasional Green Chairman who will say, "Oh, the Superintendent will get by. He always manages somehow."
Superintendents always have too much pride and will always
make certain that the best is offered at all times. If the membership on a Saturday morning, after a torrential Thursday
and Friday rain, found the greens, tees and fairways not cut,
due to the lack of proper help, answers and money would be
found to attract a better permanent labor force.

G u y Tedesco, Supt. New Seabury.
The Blue course was opened for play July 20, 1964, the
Green a year later. Both of them are Bill Mitchell designs and
were constructed by Paulini & Vespa.
Greens are Penncrass, Fairways and tees are Merian and
fescue. Because of high winds, irrigation is a problem, so
most of it has to be done by hand sprinkling.
For the ones who are going to play the Blue course, hope
for a calm day and bring all your weapons.
Date:
September 9, 1968
Where: Country Club of New Seabury
Directors' Meeting
10:45 A . M .
Regular Meeting
11:15 A . M .
Buffet
12:30 P . M .
Golf
1:30 P . M .
DIRECTIONS —
Route 128 to Route 3 over the Sagamore Bridge to Route 6.
Four miles after Bridge go right on Route 130 and follow
signs to New Seabury.

GOLF AT NEW SEABURY

Superintendents' Championship Tournament on the Long
Course.
Seniors' Championship for 55 years (not handicap) and
over on the Short Course

The enjoyment derived from the country club, the total investment and tremendous value of the country club, is all
standing on a very poor foundation — THE I N A D E Q U A T E
GOLF COURSE CREW. This is the time of year, before budgets are formulated, for the superintendent to fully analyze and
explain his acute labor problems to his chairman. Mr. Green
Chairman, it's your duty and responsibility to present this
problem to the club officers and the membership.
Anthony B. Caranci, Jr.
President

KEMPER OPEN
1968 INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
S E P T E M B E R 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 1968
Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts
The Kemper Open Invitational Golf Tournament will be
glad to grant members of your Section a complimentary daily
ticket during tournament week, on presentation of their current membership card.
These tickets will be given out at the Pleasant Valley MOTOR
LODGE ONLY, so would you kindly so inform your members in
your next mailing. It is most important that they do not head
for the Country Club, nor the public parking areas until they
have obtained their tickets. The Lodge is prominently displayed on Route 146, a mile from the Club.

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A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
It was evident during the recent bread-breaking and bogeymaking of superintendent and greens chairman at The Country
Club, Brookline that a swing to efficiency in this sometimeshairy relationship at long last is underway and running a
smooth path.
Not too long ago it was common practice for country clubs
t o "stick" some unknowing and unwilling member with the
task of "keeping the course superintendent in line." More
often than not, the chosen chairman was in all respects a
loggerhead as far as job knowledge was concerned. It was a
very unhealthy situation. Usually, both parties suffered.
There have been written so-called "confessions of supers"
and "letters to mother" during which it was noted how much
co-operation and understanding was eliminated with the appointment of an uninspired greens chairman. In the end one
blamed the other for whatever faults were uncovered in the
condition of the grounds. It developed into a stalemate of
conflicting ideas, mostly because the chairman wasn't properly educated in the super's field.
For the most part, the problem of unlikely chairmen has
dwindled down to isolated occurrence. This may have come
about in the increasing state of sound judgment from the
board of governors and the superintendent's genuine attempt
to familiarize the entire membership with the intricacies of
his job. It probably is a combination of the two.
Anyway, the typical greens chairman of today is a far cry
from the pigheaded culprit of the past. Most are in constant
touch with the super, some make it a point to have contact
two or three times a week . . . even a short ride around the
course to get the feel of things.
The one glaring feature of this new relationship between
the two was on parade at The Country Club. It is simply a
feeling of respect for each other and respect for his part in
the exchange of ideas and words. There was none of the overpowering methods of yesteryear when chairmen looked down
on the super as an impersonal hired hand. And it was apparent that the super took special delight in this even-grounds
meeting of minds.
Probably the most beneficial aspect of The Country Club
affair was the tournament, itself. It afforded chairmen and
-supers -to stroll the fawway& together and—avail themselves of
the opportunity to discuss their problems under fire where a
first-hand look at a golf course facilitated the explanation on
either's part.
Country club presidents and board members should take
notice of the highly successful meeting of chairmen and
supers during The Country Club date. It is another way of
saying to them that the two important contributors to the
overall country club picture are working as a team and not as
one individual trying to outdo the other.
It also might be a sound suggestion for the future to have
the country club appoint an assistant greens chairman as a
sort of apprenticeship method of moving up to the bigger
task when the bi-laws call for replacements.
What it boils down to is a definite improvement in communication. With the more personal form of relationship, the
superintendent feels he can go to the chairman and hash out
ideas and problems without the threat of a retaliatory tonguelashing for overstepping his bounds.
This super-chairman thing certainly is a step in the right
direction for attaining the common goal of each . . . to make
his course a source of pride for everyone who is part of the
country club operation.
— Gerry Finn

Mike O ' G r a d y (left) handing gavel to outgoing president
Mark Azza of the Rhode Island Association.

LAST MEETING

The last meeting was held at the Rhode Island Country
Club and was a joint meeting with the Rhode Island Association. The meeting was a success with fifty-five supers attending in the 90 degree plus weather. John Dolan had his course
in fine condition. Many thanks to John and the Rhode Island
GOLF R E S U L T S AT RHODE ISLAND
1st Low Gross
Bob St. Thomas 74
1st Low Net, tie
Guy Tedesco 72
Len Blodgett 72
2nd Low Net
Tony Kruckas 73

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Left: John O'Connor, Supt. Salem C . C .
Right: Bill Brennan, Supt. Bear Hill Golf Club.

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L I S T OF DIRECTORS
President, Anthony Caranci
V. President, Richard Blake
V. President, Robert Grant
Secretary, Thomas Curran
Treasurer, Lucien Duval
Norman Mucciarone
Edward Murphy
Robert Mucciarone
Wayne Ripley
Philip Cassidy
Dean Robertson
Albert Allen
Leon St. Pierre

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Editor — Dr. Burton

NEXT M E E T I N G
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 10,
at the Sebasco Lodge Golf Club, where Frank Cutting is superintendent. The meeting will be at 11:30 followed by luncheon.
Golf will be available at the Lodge golf course. Take route 209
from Bath and turn right on route 217 to the course.
-5SOnce summer " b e g a n " on June 30, Maine has experienced
a near record season for tourists. Golfers have enjoyed the
good weather on courses that are in fine shape with few disease
problems. Unwatered fairways are holding up reasonably well
under the sustained dry weather, and we are, at this writing,
hoping for one good rainy day to tide us over. The busiest
member is undoubtedly John Davis at Riverside, which is the
busiest course in the state normally and, in addition, hosts the
Maine Open Tournament and has nine new holes under construction.

R. Anderson,

Route

5, Augusta,

Maine

The August meeting at the Thorndike Hotel in Rockland
was the best in a. couple of years, thanks to the hospitality and
planning of host Harvey LaMontagne. The main speaker was
Dick Blake, superintendent, Mount Pleasant Country Club,
Boylston, Massachusetts. The subject was winter injury, but
Dick used many slides and' went into the causes of winter
injury at his golf course, and it boiled down to improper construction that had to T5e~ done over for correction so that the
title might well have been "Why Do Things the Hard W a y ? "
During the day some members negotiated the Rockland Country Club in some sort of fashion, sometimes getting shots into
the abandoned limestone quarries there.

Conservation
should be the standard of every
community
in America. This does not mean — as some would have it •—
that development
should be stopped, or that every tree is to
be guarded. But it does mean that we develop in this country
a wise set of priorities for our
environment."
President Lyndon B. Johnson

MORE NOTES ON POTASSIUM
In northern country where winter injury is always a threat,
superintendents are making a fall application of potassium to
greens to "harden off" the grass plants to help ward off winter
injury. In support of "old-time lore" and the recommendations
of Dr. Beard of Michigan State University, the editor believes
that a late September application of one pound of potassium
per thousand square feet helps greatly to reduce winter injury caused by an ice layer. How this occurs, of course, is yet
to be-documented fully;
Having started his work in the greenhouse, the writer has
forsaken muriate of potash, potassium chloride, for potassium
nitrate or potassium sulfate. It is noted that there has not been
concern about the source of potassium in turf fertilizers by
superintendents and turf specialists. On the tobacco farm and
in the greenhouse there is much concern, for the accumulation
of chloride salt through sustained use of muriate of potash,
either by itself or blended into a complete fertilizer, is detrimental; chloride prevents cigar or cigarette ash from holding
during a smoke, and under the intense culture in a greenhouse accumulation of chloride can build up so much that
plants will not even live, let alone grow well.
It is conceded that for general turf management, use of
muriate of potash is fully acceptable, but it is suggested that
greens management approaches somewhat the intensity of
greenhouse culture and that it would be better to avoid use
of fertilizer materials containing much chloride. This is a bit
easier in the northeast with a market already established for
tobacco culture and supplies of potassium sulfate and potas-

sium nitrate available. The cost of these materials is higher
but the amounts used small enough to keep the absolute increase small.
Let it be clear that there are no documented reports showing
the dangers of chloride buildup in greens soils. There is merely an inference here that considering the danger of chloride
buildup in greenhouse culture, potential trouble in greens man-agement can be avoided by using^ potassium nitrate or potassium sulfate. There is a growing body of superintendents that
has switched to use of completely water-soluble, high-analysis
fertilizers on greens because they give better "results." These
fertilizers are without chloride, and it might be possible that
the good "results" are due to this chloride absence. Use of
potassium nitrate, of course, provides a small amount of nitrogen along with the potash, and there is no residue.. Use of
potassium sulfate is probably a very good procedure since
ordinary complete turf fertilizers no longer contain much
sulfur, and over a long time sulfur can become deficient in
soils.
Prof. Dickinson used to say that an incorrect management
procedure not showing up in adverse results right away would
show up if sufficient time should pass using this incorrect procedure. Former greens management was of lower intensity
than it is today, and it is possible that this matter of chloride
accumulation in greens soils might become troublesome in the
modern era. When a greenhouse man reaches the end of this
path, he must change soil or leach with steam and hot water
to correct matters. What could be done to rid a golf course
green of excessive chlorides?

New Hampshire Golf Course Superintendents Association, Inc.
Editor -

George Hauschel,

Supt. Rockingham

Country

Club, Newmarket,

N. H.

Kingswood Happenings
The August meeting of the New Hampshire Golf Course
Superintendents Association was held at Kingswood Country
Club, Wolfeboro, N. H. Hosts of the day were Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hale.
This was our annual Superintendents' Wives' Day, and the
weather was beautiful, giving everyone an enjoyable day. Golf
and antiques shopping were enjoyed by all, followed by a
delicious steak barbecue in the evening. After the barbecue,
music for dancing was furnished by a four-piece orchestra.
Winners of the golf tournaments were: Scotch foursome,
Fran and Ford Leach, first low gross; Men's tournament,
Lyle Cheney, first low net; and Mr. Frank Butler, first low
gross. Frank Butler was Pro-Superintendent at Kingswood for
50 years and he still can show the youngsters how to play
golf. Frank is 81 years of age and shot an 86 for 18 holes!
The Association extends a hearty thank you to the Club,
for the use of its facilities, and to the hosts, Bob and Anita
Hale.

Left to right: Hosts Robert Hale, Supt., Kingswood Country
Club, and Anita Hale; Ann Barrett, William Barrett, VicePres., N H G C S A ; Peggy Flanagan, and Robert Flanaqan, Pres.
NHGCSA.

Superintendents and wives exchanging ideas and discussing
course activities. Left to right: Agnes LaChance, Virginia Bye,
Don Bye, Supt. Province Lake C . C . , Wakefield, N. H „ and
Roland LaChance, Supt. Beaver Meadow C . C . , Concord, N. H .
Back row: J o A n n e Hauschel, Rockingham C . C . , Newmarket,
N. H., Mrs. Chet Sawtelle, Danvers, Mass., Mrs. Norman Pease,
Purpooduck C . C . , C a p e Elizabeth, Me., William and Ann
Barrett, Portsmouth Country Club, Portsmouth, N. H .

NEXT

MEETING

T U E S D A Y , SEPTEMBER 1 0 , 1 9 6 8

The September meeting of the NHGCSA will be held at Beaver Meadow Country Club, Concord, N. H., on Tuesday, Sept.
10, 1968. Host Superintendent will be Roland LaChance.
Directors' Meeting
10:00 a. m.
Regular Meeting
11:00 a. m.
Lunch
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12:15 p. m.
Educational Program:
1:00 p. m.
followed by nine-hole golf tournament.

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Left to right: Ray Pollini, Pres. Kingswood Country Club,
Kate Butler, Frank Butler, former Pro-Supt. at Kingswood, and
Robert Flanagan, Pres. N H G C S A .

Roland LaChance will give some interesting details and show
a few slides of construction of the second nine holes at
Beaver Meadow.
Directions to Beaver Meadow: Follow U. S. 3 and 4 in West
Concord and watch for signs on highway. Coming from the
south, enter by the Aranosian Oil Co.; coming from the north,
enter by the Coca-Cola warehouse. Meeting will be held in the
new clubhouse.

ENVIRONMENT AND DISEASE
Elsie A.
Webster's dictionary (1) states that a pathogen i s : " a specific cause of disease"; and disease i s : " a n impairment of
the normal state of the living animal or plant body that
affects the performance of the vital functions", or " a particular instance or kind of such impairment." In terms of disease,
host is described a s : " a living animal or plant affording subsistence or lodgment to a parasite" and a parasite as an organism which lives in or on a host from which benefits are
obtained and, in turn, usually causes injury to this host. The
pathogen, then, is the eternal "Guest Who Came to Dinner",
the cause of parasitic disease in a crop. This differs greatly
from non-parasitic disease which evolves from physiological
upsets and is the result of some unfavorable environmental
factor(s).
Parasitic disease involves inoculation
and subsequent infection by a specific pathogen: " T o communicate disease to
by introducing its causative agent into the tissues" is Webster's definition of the verb "inoculate", the act of "inoculation. Infection is "the establishment of a pathogen in a host
after invasion." For example: to cause disease a single spore
of a fungal plant pathogen resting on the surface of its host
must: 1) germinate (produce a germ tube), 2) the germ tube
must elongate and 3) penetrate the host plant's surface and
4 ) produce infectious hyphae which 5) must obtain nutrition from the host. Steps 1 through 3 complete the process
of inoculation while 4 and 5 establish infection.
Fungi, nematodes and parasitic seed plants are the principal plant pathogens which produce inoculum in the form of
reproductive bodies. Generally, nematodes have eggs; seedplants produce seed and the fungi form various types of
spores. However, bacteria (with the exception of
Streptomyces) and viruses produce nothing like these as far as we know
presently.
Fungal spores germinate by producing germ tubes. Germination of seed becomes apparent with the rupturing of the
seed coat by the radicle; the eggs of nematodes hatch. The
term "germination" also must be applied to: a ) bacterial
fission, the spontaneous division of one body into two parts,
each of which is capable of developing into a separate bacterium, and b) the increase in number of particles of viruses.
Inoculation is the intimate contact between the host and the
infectious body of a pathogen. Infection
begins when this
pathogen becomes established on the host as a parasite, receiving its nutrition from this host and usually causing an
unfavorable reaction within the plant: the appearance of
disease symptoms.
The rate of speed in which disease becomes established is
controlled by genetic factors in both host and parasite, combined with environmental conditions. The genes of the pathogen determine within what varied environmental conditions
the organism can develop: the limiting maximum and minimum conditions under which germination of the pathogen
can occur are pre-set by the genes of the specific organism.
Temperature, moisture, light, pH and nutrition are some of
the environmental factors which affect the germination rate
(how fast the inoculum germinates) and amount (how much
inoculum germinates) which, generally, determine the extent
and seriousness of parasitic disease within a crop.
The genes of the host determine its susceptibility or resistance to infection by a specific organism and may play a
strong role in the length of time a plant part can be receptive
or resistant to pathogenic invasion under given environmental
conditions. Disease resistance of plants range from complete
resistance (immunity) to complete susceptibility. The estab-

Cox
lishment of disease, first then, is dependent upon the genetic
make-ups of the infecting pathogen and the host plant; second, upon their environments. Thus, a strongly pathogenic
organism can infect an exceptionally susceptible host under
poor environmental conditions, but this same pathogen can
infect an exceptionally resistant host only when these conditions are very favorable.
Invasion
of the host plant's tissues by the germinating
pathogen may be through wounds, through natural
openings
or by direct penetration
of the plant's surface. Of all the
wounding agents the grower himself often is the culprit responsible for injuries and thus the spread of disease throughout his crop. He carelessly wounds and infects these braises
with inoculum during his planting, culturing, cutting and
harvesting. Insects, biting, sucking, burrowing and boring,
cause wounds; they may be inoculating and disseminating
agents as well. Plant parasitic nematodes are suspected of
aiding in the spread of soil-borne diseases through their
wounding of roots. Bacterial and fungal parasites make secondary infections by other pathogens possible through the
wounds created by their own entry into the host's tissues.
Man-caused wounding can be avoided; insects and nematodes,
bacteria and fungi can be controlled with good cultural practices, sanitation and spray programs.
Natural plant openings through which pathogens can enter
are stomates, water pores and lenticels, although the latter are
not true openings in that they are usually filled with loose
layers of thin-walled cells. Thus, an easy way for penetration
into the inner tissues has been provided by nature. However,
such openings are not employed by all pathogens. The bacterium Xanthomonas,
the agent of leaf spot, stem rot, and
cutting rot of geraniums, can enter the plant through such
openings. However, it also can be introduced through wounds
and is commonly spread by the grower when cuttings are
taken with a knife which is not dipped or sterilized between
cuts. The rust Puccinia gains entrance through the stomates
as do some species of Cercospora, some leaf spotters, and the
downy mildew fungus,
Peronospora.
Peronospora also invades the plant surface by direct penetration as do the blighter Botrytis, the powdery mildews, and
leaf spotters such as Alternaria and Colletotrichum.
Although
some pathogens are capable of entering the host only by direct penetration, some can enter only through wounds, others
only through natural openings and yet there are others which
can enter in any of several ways.
Although the genes of the pathogen preset the method of
entrance, the ability to enter often is determined by environmental conditions, particularly the presence of free water on
the plant surface. The activities of some pathogens are stimulated by light, and penetration of the plant by certain f u n g i
may be activated by contact with the host's surface, but, in
general, there is little actual understanding of what triggers
the processes of penetration and infection. However, germination, penetration and infection do occur, undoubtedly are influenced by multiple environmental factors, and disease is an
ever-present problem with which crop producers must wrestle
continuously.
The importance of disease in the economics of growing
cannot be overstressed. The importance of understanding
how
disease becomes established in a crop, and the
understanding
of what influences the establishment are the first steps the
grower must take if he is to understand why environmental
conditions must be controlled for the directly related control
of disease within his crop.
(1) Webster's Seventh, G. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass., 1961.

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Pieme
A. C. Lawn, Inc.
P. 0 . Box 436
Wakefield, Mass.
Alfeo Rokeby Co., Inc.
Fertilizers and Chemical Specialties
P. 0 . Box 267
Marietta, Ohio
Dr. Burton R. Anderson
Golf Course Architect
Turf and Golf Course Consultant
Route 5
Augusta, Maine
Astroturf Recreational Surfaces
Monsanto Company
R. Spencer Thompson
P. 0 . Box 2130
Springfield,, Massachusetts
Baker Tractor Corp.
Ford Tractors
Harley Davidson Golf Cars
Swansea, Mass.
Philp C. Beal Associates, Inc.
Consulting Engineers
Irrigation and Recreational Facilities
P. 0 . Box 102
Hanover, Mass.
Corenco Corporation
Springfield Rendering Company
P. O. Box 379
Springfield, Massachusetts 01101
Gene Fitzpatrick
Certified Laboratories
12 Paradise Road
Ipswich, Mass.

FRIENDS OF THE ASSOCIATION
George E. Cull
Terra-Green Soil Conditioner
Oil-Dri Corp. of America
112 Green Street
Abington, Mass.
C. S. Curran
T. R. C. Products, Oils and Greases
Finest Lubricants for Golf Course
Equipment
7 Linden Street
Framingham, Mass.
Gaffny Enterprises, Inc.
Irrigation Specialists
North Main Street
Middleton, Massachusetts
Gold Star Sod Farms, Inc.
181 South Avenue
Weston, Mass. 02197

J . F . Aveni
LuSoil Soil Conditioner
Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corp.
25 Concord Avenue
Belmont, Massachusetts
Magovern Company, Inc.
Lawn Acre Road
Windsor Lock, Connecticut
D. L. Maher Co.
Water Supply Contractors
Testwells — Gravel packed wells
Byron Jackson Pumps
P. O. Box 274
Woburn, Massachusetts
Melanson of Georgetown
Modern Steam and Pressure Cleaners
Modern Industrial Cleaning Chemicals
Georgetown, Massachusetts

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

Ken Minasian
Scotts
6 Amelia Court
N. Providence, R. I.

Tom Irwin Co.
Bennett Hill Road
Rowley, Massachusetts

Old Fox Agricultural Sales, Inc.
Jerry Spahr
44 Lexington Ave.
Magnolia, Mass.

Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
150 Causeway Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Karandrew Turf Farms, Inc.
Sam Mitchell, Sales Representative
18 Old Randolph Street
Canton, Massachusetts

Richey & Clapper, Inc.
28 Rutledge Road
Natick, Massachusetts
Sawtelle Brothers
Jet. Routes 128 and 62
Danvers, Massachusetts
Shepard Sod Company
Merion Blue Grass and Pencross Bent
200 Sullivan Avenue
South Windsor, Conn.

The Charles C. Hart Seed Co.
Wethersfield, Connecticut

The Kenneth Barrie Company
375 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

The Clapper Co.
1121 Washington Street
West Newton, Massachusetts

Kerr McGee Chemical Corporation
P. O. Box 790
Waterbury, Connecticut

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

Philip A. Wogan
Golf Course Architect
21 Budleigh Avenue
Beverly, Massachusetts

Larchmont Irrigation Co.
Larchmont Lane
Lexington, Massachusetts

Wyandotte Chemical Co.
709 Salada Building
Boston, Massachusetts

Fuel Activator Chemical Corp.
C. F. Barbour — Regional Director
43000 Prudential Tower
Boston, Massachusetts

Bob Lippman
Tuco Products Company
Division of the Upjohn Company
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Yerxa's, Inc.
Golf Course Equipment
740 Broadway
South Portland, Maine

FIRST C L A S S
Cjolf Course ^Superintendents _Association

GERRY FINN
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Editor

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