DECEMBER 1973

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ENGLAND,

THAT HAUNTING RECURRENCE

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Every year, at that point when the frost begins to visit the
pumpkin, a haunting recurrence pops up to make uneasy the
golf course superintendent's life when things should be leveling
off.
^JThfi- drag on the scene, of course, is the usual hair-raised
reaction by certain golfers to the use of temporary greens.
While the super is trying to use the foresight of a technician
in protecting the regular putting surfaces, often times his efforts
are thwarted.
Thwarted by w h o m ? Sometimes, they are referred to as the
"dirty dozen", that hard-core insignificant percentage of the
golfing membership who believe that the course is their playground and that the playground's open all year.
The case for temporary greens already has been established.
No less an authority on the subject of regulating turf condition
than Dr. Fred Grau has made the temporary green and playing
restriction problems one of his special projects and has issued
the following advice to those superintendents who are harried
by the situation:
" I would propose that this sign be displayed at the country
club at that time of year when playing conditions are unpredictable :
'In the interests of all the members and in an attempt to
preserve the high quality of our greens, the course is closed to
play until conditions warrant resumption of traffic.
'Foot and wheel traffic on frozen grass causes the grass to
turn brown and die. Ice crystals within the grass blades are
distorted and rupture living cells, causing death.
'When the frost is thawed by the sun, the greens remain
overly wet for a short time. In this condition foot traffic can
cause severe damage by breaking roots, creating compaction,
and footprinting so badly that pleasurable putting is not possible.
'Every effort is made to keep the course continuously playable, but when Nature fails to cooperate and brings frost or
floods we have no choice but to limit play. The understanding
and consideration of the members are greatly appreciated.' "
Dr. Grau's suggestion seems highly practical at this time and
an offshoot of that is an overall realignment of the calendar
boundaries which cover the length of the season.
Although the membership probably would revolt at such a
proposal, it isn't all that alarming to look upon the future of
golf as having a regulated season with definite dates for opening and closing, the latter coming no matter what the weather
conditions might be.
Just as long as the "dirty dozen" are allowed to dictate the
policy of course conditioning, the act becomes discriminatory
since it endangers the future playing conditions of the 400 or
so other members who chose to view the length of the season
with common sense and foresight.
Temporary or alternate greens. This is only half of the problem. Members, though, continue to be the victims of attempts
to curb the use of them. Here is one instance where the majority should not be silent and should be heard . . . . and it should
rule.
—Gerry Finn

S p o n s o r s a n d administrators of the Lawrence S.
Dickinson Scholarship Fund — A w a r d e d yearly
to deserving Turf M a n a g e m e n t Students.

THE BIG KNIFE

Never has it been so evident that the coming golf season
(that's the one scheduled just as soon as the overzealous players decide that last season < has concluded) poses a definite
challenge to the fiscal discipline of those in charge of regulating and fixing budgets.
Will the big knife fall on the golf course superintendent who
usually is the first guy club members seek out when it has been
determined that the old money belt must be tightened?
This is a good question and, with the national economy
chugging along with a sputtering motor, it would seem in order
to analyze the areas where a thousand or so might be lopped
off the top.
First of all, it would mean less services f o r the members.
If, for instance, the labor stockpile were whittled, the superintendent would have to make certain changes which might
result in the shrubbery around the clubhouse growing ragged
and the flowers wilting under the heat of a cutdown in personnel.
Equipment would be affected. Any form of new equipment
would be purchased under the pretext of saving manpower. The
regular apparatus would have to undergo refurbishing of a
nature which might squeeze another year or two out of its hide.
This, in itself, might be costly. Regular breakdowns of said
equipment would have to be taken under consideration
tracking down parts, use of labor to effect extensive overhauling and an operate-on-a-prayer outlook . . . all of these could
backfire on the cutback.
The possibility of such a second look at the overall operation
of the conditioning process of the course brings up the age-old
argument of what is the most important aspect of the country
club family . . . course, clubhouse and pro shop. Maybe it
would be more feasible to make due with that old set of drapes
in the dining room or perhaps put off the remodeling of the
pro .shop for another year. These are testy items the club membership, or those designated to regulate the spending of club
revenue, must meet when it comes time to set the financial outlay.
One of the perplexing asides to the dangers of cutting corners, whether they be in the clubhouse or on the coursa, is the
service and goods expectancy of the typical country club member. Whether the budget is sliced or not, the member is going to
expect the same standards of country club life. And he might
be in for a rude awakening.
A s far as the conditioning task of the superintendent is concerned, that budget figure could make or break his effort. The
greener grasses of last season were the result of a combination
of superintendent knowhow and budget means to put that knowhow in good working order. Both will suffer under a budget
slash, one almost dependent on the other.
So, country club boards of governors, directors or whatever
the title is which throws them into the budget battle must put
serious thought and study into the job of fixiing a budget. Some
of the consequences could make or break the morale of the membership . . . . not to mention the golf professional, club manager and course superintendent.
—Gerry Finn

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NEXT MEETING

S O U N D

The next meeting is December 6, 1971 at the Holiday Inn,
Grove Street, Newton, Massachusetts. This is the annual meeting and it is important that all members attend. Hopefully there
will be snow on the ground and you will not be busy.
Directors' Meeting
Regular Meetiing

10 45 a.m.
11 15 a.m.
12 15 p.m.
12 45 p.m.

Lunch
Annual Meeting

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Proposed slate to be voted on at the annual meeting:
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President

Robert Grant
T o m Curran
Wayne Zoppo

Kecxetarv- ..—
Treasurer
Trustee 3 years

Ron K i r k m a i i
Lucien Duval
Burt Fredrick

Finance Chairman
Golf Chairman
Educational Chairman

N a r y Sperandio
Julius Aksten
L a r r y Bunn

Newsletter Chairman

Dean Robertson

OFF

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(Here goes the whistle for the sound to the mailman for another batch of inspirational
messages from our readers.
Sound
Off is just that, a feature by and for the reader. It allows each
and every one of you to express an idea, knock an irking sitViation or talk about nothing, if that be>, the case. Anyway,
ive
welcome any and all letters. Just send them, with name and
address, to Newsletter Mail Bag, 24 Riverview Drive,
Newbury,
Mass. 01950. Sound Off will withhold names or club
affiliation
upon request. And the Newsletter reserves the right to comment
on all published letters or cards.)
" I am a superintendent in one of those hot spots where members seem to think the golf course would be in the same condition in November as it is in July.
" T h e r e have been continual complaints about how hard the
greens are on cold November mornings. I try to explain that
a FS-degree temperature is- >om< thing I.can't do unvlhing about
as far as bringing about the resiliency the members wish on a
green.
" I s there someone on the Newsletter who can make my members understand that this is the time of year when greens are
expected to get hard and b u m p y ? These people are driving
me w h a c k y ! "
CONNY CARUTHERS
(Club Withheld)
W e ' r e surprised that you're having all the static, C o n n y . W h y
d o n ' t you tell them they're lucky to be using regular greens at
all at this time of year . . . . and shame on you for not making
them play temporary greens.

Dick Hanson, Pro, and Steve Kris+of (right) Superintendent of
the Charles River C C teamed up and won the 35th J o h n Shanahan Tournament O c t o b e r 26, 1971 at Brae Burn C C , Newton,
Massachusetts.
JOB

There's nothing to a d d to this challenge, other than to say
that the Newsletter seconds the motion.

OPEN

Blue Hill Country Club
Canton, Massachusetts
27 Holes — New home on property
Salary open
The Association was saddened by the recent death of
Emil Mashie of L a k e Forest, 111. He was a member of
the G C S A of N E in the 1930's.

President —
First Vice President —
Second Vice President —
'ROBERT G R A N T
R I C H A R D C. BLAKE
THOMAS CURRAN
22 Patricia Road
21 I Sewall Street
153 Fisher Street
Sudbury, Mass. 01776
Boylston, Mass. 01505
Walpole. Mass. 02081
Phone 443-2671
Phone 869-2737
Phone 668-7221
Club Affiliation
.Club Affiliation
Club Affiliation
Mt. Pleasant Country C l u b
Brae Burn Country C l u b
The Country Club

" A g a i n , we're about to have the call to the annual meeting of
the New England Superintendents Association. And I think it
is very much a part of the Newsletter to appeal to members to
come out in droves.
" I think you'll agree with me that in these times there is a
good deal of apathy on all sides and it's about time the majority of the membership got off their tractors and made this important meeting.
" I t has been said that a certain few make all the decisions
and do most of the persuading when our organization meets.
If this is true, it is only the fault of those who continue to stay
away.
" S o , let's get out and m a k e this- the best-attended annual
meeting in our history. If we care about our profession, then
let's prove it by showing up at this session."
( N a m e and Club Withheld)

" E n j o y e d Gerry Finn's article on Certification very much.
It is indeed satisfying to me to read your words which do such
a great job of describing the intent of the program. It has never
been better said.
" T h a n k you for the support."
C L I F F O R D A. W A G O N E R
Modesto, Cal.
Thanks for the kind words, Cliff, we here in N e w England are
trying to d o our part.

Secretary —
Treasurer —
Trustee —
Trustee —
W A Y N E ZOPPO
LUCIEN DUVAL
RONALD KIRKMAN
ROBERT M U C C I A R O N E
48 Barberry Drive
R.F. No. 5 Gault Road
25 Green Street
465 Summer Street
Seekonk, Mass.
Bedford, N. H . 03105
Needham, Mass. 02192
Westwood, Mass. 02090
Phone 399-7141
Phone 472-3454
Phone 444-8412
Phone 329-9682
Club Affiliation
Club Affiliation
Club Affiliation
Club Affiliation
Manchester Country C l u b
A g a w a m Hunt Club
Needham Golf Club
Dedham Country and Polo Clul

Trustee —
NORMAN MUCCIARONE
101 Alban Road
W a b a n , Mass. 02168
Phone 332-3056
Club Affiliation
W o o d l a n d Country Club

Finance Chairman —
NARY SPERANDIO
Concord, Mass. 01742
Phone 369-4723
Club Affiliation
Concord Country Club

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C O L L E G E OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF
PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES
September 1 5 , 19 71

Dear Green Chairman:
Providing good turf is a Golf Course Superintendent's p r o f e s s i o n .
Excellent playing turf is the golfers desire and n e c e s s i t y . Demand
for better golfing turf is increasing and it can only be obtained
through research.
The University of Massachusetts is one of the leading schools in the
United States that has and is instrumental in producing turf managers
(golf course superintendents). The University of Massachusetts also
has the personnel and facilities to undertake a greater turf research
program — b u t research requires capital.
At a recent Massachusetts Golf Course Superintendents and Green Chairmen meeting persons attending were receptive to the p r o p o s a l that the
superintendent, with membership a p p r o v a l , place in his b u d g e t yearly
a certain amount of money for turf research. It was suggested that an
18-hole course place in their budget a minimum of $100.00 per year;
a 9-hole course $50.00 each y e a r . Monies so obtained would then go to
a central turf research fund at the University of M a s s a c h u s e t t s .
This money w i l l b e administered by University personnel b u t strictly
for turf research. Research projects may be determined by Golf Course
Superintendents and/or a committee of both Green Chairmen and Superintendents. A full accounting of all research projects w i l l be made
each y e a r .
Yours for better turf through research.

Joseph T r o l l
Professor
Turf Management
cc: Golf Course Superintendent
P . S . It is important to the superintendent and the chairman to implement the above to see that the program be initiated for the benefit of
the playing m e m b e r s h i p .

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18 HOLES WITH HAWTREE
No. 17 — What is a Bunker?
An eighteenth-century golfer, recalled
from the Elysian Fields for a mixed
foursome, would not understand many
features of the contemporary game. Tee,
green, hole, style, garb, his partner, all
are different. But he would recognise
the bunkers even if he did refer to
them as " hazards " .
The word " bunker " was not written
into the golfing vocabulary until 1824.
The earliest codes of rules (St. Andrews
1754, Leith 1775, Aberdeen 1783) did
not use it. But Rule IV, Lifting of Breakclubs, etc., of the 1858 Royal & Ancient
Rules reads: " All loose impediments
within a club length of the ball may be
removed on or off the Course, when the
ball lies on grass
When a ball lies
in a bunker or sand, there shall be no
impression made, nor sand or other
obstacle removed by the club, or otherwise, before striking at the ball. When
a ball lies within a club length of a
washing-tub, the tub may be removed,
and when on clothes the ball may be
lifted and dropped behind them " . The
distinction " bunker or sand " does not
necessarily mean that bunkers were not
sanded but, in dialect at least, the original bunker was an earthen seat or bank
in the fields.
The bunker, indeed, is about the last
remnant of golf as it was originally
played—the game, as Gordon G, Smith
said, " of the slow, canny yet strong,
resourceful Scottish character . . . the
game of the patient, self-reliant man
prepared to meet whatever fortune may
befall h i m " . Notions of equity have
changed all that but the bunker has
managed to survive—a rich source of
debate mT what is fair and unfair. If
the bunker goes, we shall have to rely
on the rough. But most of that, like the
wash-tubs, has gone already.
We touched on the penal versus
strategic question early in the round so
the proper location of bunkers can be
shortly dismissed. Those which give
options are more exciting than those
which give none: those which affect the
player before he plays are more stimulating than those which only affect him
after his shot. But having devised a
scheme on these lines, there must still
be some manoeuvring to get the bunker
into the right place for the general
appearance of the hole and for its
relationship to the ground around it.
And on most courses, there will always
be holes which can only be bunkered
in a way which punishes a bad shot
because the layout is a compromise with

By F, W. HAWTREE
the land as a whole. Therefore the idea
that a golf course can be transformed
by a general overhaul of its bunkering
system is often misconceived. There
may be room for improvement but
much broader factors determine merit.
A general overhaul also runs the risk
of too much change being dicta' :d by
fashion. Soon after the war there was
a big drive to reduce the number and
size of bunkers. Somebody made the
statement that each bunker cost £30 a
year to maintain. In those days that
sum, duly multiplied, was at least
equivalent to the wages of two men
doing nothing else. Many superfluous
bunkers were filled up but they were
seldom replaced by others more effective and apearance sometimes suffered.
Others were simply grassed over without correcting the shape so that balls
tended to collect in one area and concentrate divot marks.
Next it was noticed that sand became
confused with the soil underlying it
There were trials with beds of ashes
gravel, concrete and perforated plasticsheeting as insulation.
The question of the overhanging lip
had been more or less exhausted long
before but it came back in disguise with
demands for fairway bunkers which
permitted playing a long iron or even
a wood to the green. It is not clear how
this idea was to be reconciled with
another practice which required raking
the sand to leave deep grooves which
would ensure the opposite.
Now j . well-known championship
course has turfed the faces of most of
its bunkers in case a ball should bury
itself and be lost. In championships,
with expert players, caddies, markers
and spectators, this chance seems remote
and no recent results seem to have been
affected by it. On seaside links, the
problem of maintaining sand faces
against wind erosion is often acute and
Scottish greenkeepers first developed
the turf wall system to provide a solid
backing. Covered with sand, a natural
formation is retained but grassing the
slope produces a new maintenance
problem and an artificial appearance
while the total effect on the landscape
is mournful.
The paucity of design
elements available to the golf architect
has been mentioned before, the concealment of sand limits them still further,
destroys visual scale and tends to
reduce a links to a meadow.

But to judge fashion, we must have
basic principles. Here is a round
dozen: —
(1) The forms of a bunker are infinite
Exploit them to the full to produce
good landscape and demand a wide
variety of shots.
• (2) If the hole allows, site them to
give options inspiring a complete plan
for playing the hole from tee to green.
This means that all bunkers in a hole
are related.
(3) Continue this relationship visually
Jo form an _agreeable pattern with
asymmetrical
rather " t h a n
precise
balance.
(4) Vary this pattern at holes of
similar length to produce different situations and make different demands.
(5) Show sand strongly for landscape
effect and scale.
(6) Relate bunker location to the
standard of scratch. This is the only
standard which, by definition, is predictable. Higher handicaps normally adapt
to options because of shorter tees and
random length shots.
(7) Vary predetermined distances to
site bunkers in desirable contours (e.g.
cut into rising rather than descending
ground).
(8) The variation of form includes
orientation, size, contouring but there
will often be one form correct for a
particular situation.
Avoid similarity
in neighbouring bunkers, an outline
generally at right-angles to the line of
play and situations which disperse
interest rather than concentrate it.
(9) -Be-discreet with bunkers which
limit tee shot distance.
(10) Give full thought to drainage on
clay or low-level sites.
(11) Build boldly with curves and
banks adaptable to machine mowing.
(12) On inland sites, use a coarse
washed sand free of fines at one end of
the scale and of small stones at the
other. An even particle size gives least
binding.
You can doubtless produce a dozen
more of your own. That is the delight
of bunkering.
We have not, for
example, touched on the delicate question of the bunker at the back of the
green. But if grassing the faces is the
first step to grassing the rest, we shall
not have to bother.
Reprinted from The British Golf

Greenkeeper

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" I am writing this letter for a friend and therefore there
won't be any connection between my name and hers.
" I t was brought to my attention that your organization, while
doing a wonderful job for the men in it, have been a bit behind
the times in providing a form of socializing for their wives.
" M y friend tells me that she remembers when there were
Christmas parties scheduled and regular ladies' days during
the golfing season. She wants to know what happened to all
this?
" I t certainly is no consolation to the superintendent's wife
who sees him go on his merry way every first Monday of the
month and come back home sometimes at all hours. The superintendent's wife is fast becoming associated with the better
known 'golf widow'.
"Don't you think it's about time you started to do something
for the girls a g a i n ? "
MEG MUNDY
Waltham, Mass.
Tell your friend's husband to s u g g e s t something along these
lines to the p r o p e r channels and the ladies shall rise a g a i n !
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"This is a short rejoinder to those butterfly chasers and bird
watchers who harp on the question of using chemical products
to condition the golf course properly.
"They think that the superintendent should shuck all the
technical advancements made in recent years and return to a
program of complete and exclusive use of organic products.
"What I would like to say is one thing. How would it look to
see a golf fairway completely covered with horse manure while
the members were aboard looking in on the conditioning proOJ5

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TOM DUNLOP
Putney, Vt.

W e d o n ' t know how it would look, Tom, but we have some
idea as to how it would smell.
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" M a y I commend you on your recent Certification article
by Gerry Finn in the latest New England N E W S L E T T E R . It
is gratifying to me personally, and, I'm sure, to the entire Certification Committee, to receive such a favorable reaction to the
program.
" N o doubt you are aware of the fact that the development
of the Certification program to its present status is the resulr
of a determined effort by a handful of dedicated men who, for
the past eight years, has believed in and promoted the principles of professionalism which you so ably put forth in your
article.
"Of course, the success of any program of this type is greatly dependent upon the cooperation of its beneficiaries, and to
the unswerving adherence to the basic principles upon which
it was chartered.
"Congratulations on a job well done."
WALTER R. B O Y S E N
CoChairman, Cert. Comm.
Santa Rosa, Cal.
W a l t e r , we want to congratulate y o u a g a i n on the fine work
of your committee.
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Golf Chairman —
JULIUS AKSTEN
6 Main Street
Southboro, Mass. 01772
Phone 485-8885
Club Affiliation
St. Mark's Golf Club

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Educational Chairman —
ALBERT A U G E R
6 A Fort Hill Street
Hingham. Mass. 02 I 13
Phone 749-2272
Club Affiliation
South Shore Country Club

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Newsletter Chairman —
DEAN ROBERTSON
24 Riverview Drive
Newbury, Mass. 01950
Club Affiliation
Chestnut Hill Country Club

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"Your group is to be congratulated for your excellent "Newsletter". It has to rate among the best I am privileged to receive.
Keep up the goodwork!!
"After reading the September, 1971 issue, I felt that I must
answer a Mr. Jack Dalton who was complaining about mowing
greens on Sunday. Maybe you can see that he receives my comments. | f you wish to use this in your "Sound O f f ! ! " column,
you may do so.
" I am a superintendent of a golf course in Western Oregon.
It is one of many courses on the West Coast that are open for
golf twelve months of the year. Although a private club, several
days of the week, especially Saturday and Sunday, we have
golfers starting on the.front nine by 7:00 a.m. and on the back
by 8:00 a.m., many times even before that time. We have one
triplex greens mower with which to mow greens. Virtually every
morning we mow, the mower leaves the shop at first light in the
morning in order to keep ahead of the golfers. Other tasks
likewise are geared so as to keep the maintenance crew as m u c L
ahead of the play as possible. We will mow greens during
Spring, Summer, and Fall six days a week, sometimes seven
days. If there is a day we don't mow, it will be Monday.
"We have quite a few golfers who play only on Sunday.
Would you wish them to play on unmown greens and, in effect,
relegate those who play on Sunday to second class golfers?
They pay dues, or green fees as the case may be, as well as
those playing the rest of the week. Don't you suppose that they
appreciate the same amenities the other golfers receive? Perhaps by rescheduling your men and equipment the Sunday
golfer can play on as nice a course as those playing the rest of
the week. It is our job as a superintendent to provide the finest
golfing facilities possible within the limitations of the budget
provided u s . "
R. W. M A L P A S S
Vancouver, Washington
Enjoyed your letter, Dick, however, when if comes to mowing on Sundays, many clubs consider that it is an a d d e d expense with the overtime a n d the double time. I refer y o u to the
article on b u d g e t s in this month's Newsletter.

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"Perhaps you people aren't accustomed to this sort of letter,
but I felt I had to write it while the golf season was still
fresh on my mind.
"What I'm making all the fuss over is the fact I would like
to congratulate all the superintendents of New England for
giving golfers in that section of the country probably the best
playing conditions they've seen in a long, long time. I was a
visitor to several courses down your way and know compliments usually are hard to come by.
" S o , just let this pass on to all concerned from one hacker
who appreciated playing conditions your regulars should brag
about."
JOHN LAWSON
Syracuse, N. Y.
Better yet, John, send the supers in your area a similar accolade. W e ' r e sure t h e y ' d appreciate it even more than we do.
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his or her oivn.)

Past 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 Club

I n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n e d in this p u b l i c a t i o n m a y b e u s e d
freely, in whole or in part, without s p e c i a l permission as
l o n g as t h e true context is m a i n t a i n e d . W e w o u l d a p p r e ciate a c r e d i t lihe.

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FRIENDS OF THE ASSOCIATION

Agrico Chemical Company
R. D. Sibley, Jr., Representative
375 Power Rd.
Pawtucket. Rhode Island 02860

Farm Bureau Association
158 Lexington St., Waltham, Mass. 02154
Fred Heyliger, Representative
Thomas F. Grummell, Representative

Alfco Rokeby Co., Inc.
Fertilizers and Chemical Specialties
P. 0 . Box 267, Marietta, Ohio

Fisk, Alden Ford Tractor Sales
Rear 900 Providence Highway
Dedham, Mass. 02026

Allen's Seed Store, Inc.
South County Trail Rt. No. 2
Slocum, Rhode Island
Charles Allen, Jr., Rep.
Baker Tractor Corp., Ford Tractors
Harley Davidson Golf Cars
Swansea, Massachusetts
The Charles C. Hart Seed Co.
Richard McGahan, Rep.
Wethersfield, Conn.

Ron Gagne — Scotts Golf Course Div.
45 Mechanic St., Apt. 1A
Foxboro, Mass. 02035
Gold Star Sod Farms, Inc.
(Canterbury, New Hampshire)
(Sales Office) 1265 Mass. Ave.
Lexington, Mass. 02173 Tel. 861-1111

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1121 Washington St.
West Newton, Mass.
* Geoffrey S. Cornish
Golf Course Architect
Fiddler's Green, Amherst,

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P. O. Box 9, 66 i.: rui Avenue"
Milford, Conn. 06460
Telephone (203) 874-1096
Mass.

George E. Cull
Terra-Green Soil Conditioner
112 Green St., Abington, Mass.
C. S. Curran
T. R. C. Products, Oils and Greases
7 Linden St., Framingham, Mass.
Eastern Industrial Handling Co., Inc.
Norwood, Massachusetts
Westcoaster Turf and Golf Carts
Fairway Equipment, Inc.
Sales —• Service — Rentals
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Newsletter Committee Chairman
24 Riverview Drive
Newbury, Massachusetts 01950
Phone 462-4540
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Chestnut Hill C o u n t r y C l u b
L E O N V. ST. P I E R R E
Business M a n a g e r
GERRY FINN
Contributing Editor

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*Tom Irwin, Inc.
11B A Street
Burlington, Mass.
Ivarandrew Turf Farms, Inc.
Sam Mitchell, Sales Representative
15 Longmeadow Drive, Canton, Mass.
The Kenneth Barrie Company
Irrigation
375 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Larchmont Irrigation Co.
Larchmont Ln., Lexington, Mass.
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works
Second and Mallinckrodt Streets
St. Louis, Mo. 63160

D. L. Maher Co.
Water Supply Contractors
P. O. Box 274, Woburn, Mass.
New England Sealcoating Co., Inc.
Astroturf, Tennis Courts, Pavement
Sealcoating —• Hingham Industrial Center
Hingham, Mass. Tel. 749-3236

Manuel Francis and Son, Inc.
Turf Nurseries
624 Webster St., Marshfield, Mass.

Grounds Equipment Co., Inc.
383 Boylston St., Newton Cen., Mass.

Corenco Corporation
525 Woburn Street
Tewksbury, Mass. 01876
William Ferris

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

Old Fox Chemical Inc.
Fertilizers — Seeds — Turf Chemicals
66 Valley Street
East Providence, Rhode Island 02914
Sil'Paulini, Inc.
6 Manor Avenue
Natick, Mass. 01760
Richey & Clapper, Inc.
28 Rutledge Road
, Natick, Mas*. 01760

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Trencher & Equipment Leasing, Inc.
Ditch Witch Trenchers
38 Fairview St., Agawam, Ma. 01001
Phone 413-781-4600
*Sawtelle Brothers
Jet. Routes 128 and 62
Danvers, Mass.
Shepard Sod Company
Merion Blue Grass and Pencross Bent
200 Sullivan Ave., So. Windsor, Conn.
Tuco Products Co.
Division of the Upjohn Company
Kalamazoo, Michigan
White Turf Engineering
5 Sumner Drive, Winchendon, Ma. 01475
617-297-0941
Philip A. Wogan
Golf Course Architect
21 Budleigh Ave., Beverly, Mass.
Wyandotte Chemical Co.
709 Salada Bldg., Boston, Mass.

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