OCTOBER 1971

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

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
One of the interesting outshoots of the golf course superintendent's daily agenda concerns the pool of talent he assembles to put a spit and a shine on the layout each summer.
Except for three or four fulltime employes, the superintendent must enlist part-time help which often leaks over into
double figures in its number. Where do they come from?
Many are plucked from the retirement ranks and their
number often is matched by college students seeking to help
soften the financial blow which has made earning a degree
gosh-darned expensive.
The retirees form a cross-section of working backgrounds.
One fellow, whose duty is restricted to keeping sarid traps in
decent blasting condition, turns out to be a one-time computer expert. "How come he went from computers to a rake",
his super was asked? "Well, he's one of these people who
have always yearned to do something with their hands rather
than their brains", came the answer. "There are many former
office personnel who would give their right arm to be able to
work outdoors.
In a certain area, noted for the country club's well-kept bed
of flowers and shrubbery lacing the clubhouse, there works a
little old man who handles the pruning shears much like a surgeon fingers a scalpel.'"He's one of the most popular men on my
staff," the course superintendent tells. " I n fact, I have a heck
of a time keeping here. More than one member has tried to
steal him from me for work around his home. Sometimes I
find that I have to fight them off. He's good. Fortunately, he
informs them that he'll work only for me."
Often the superintendent finds help right under his nose.
" I remember when labor was hard to get," another super
discloses. " I used to see this man walking on the road adjacent

to the course and he seemed interested in what was going on
when my crew was working a green or trap. He approached
me for a job and said he lived only three houses away. He
didn't have any experience but he turned out to be a crackerjack man with a tractor. I think he worked most of his life
as an accountant.
College students have proven to be a heavy source of talent,
especially this summer because of the scarcity of part-time
jobs. "I've had them start out the job just as a lark," a super
revealed. "And by the time they're entering their junior year,
they're thinking of going into the field full time. Some even
have switched their majors."
With the woods full of young men, who are on the fence in
regard to molding a future, some superintendents think it
would be the thing for state golf associations to offer turf
management scholarships to those people who become enchanted with their summer jobs. The ranks of supers certainly
would be enriched by luring college grads to the field.
What kind of workers are these men who don't earn overpowering wages? " I find that most of them really put their
hearts and souls into the j o b , " a well-stocked super advised.
"Some of them take a dedicated interest in their particular
task and feel a sense of pride when the golf course is deemed
to be in top playing condition. It really is gratifying to see
some man of 66 apply himself to his fullest for a couple of
bucks an hour."
The talent pool of the superintendent, then, is a story in
itself. It takes a lot of people to put that spit and shine on
a golf course. Each and every one has a right to be buttonpopping proud when some member approaches the super and
praises the condition of the course.
—Gerry Finn

OCTOBER MEETING
The next GCSA of NE meeting will be October 5, 1971 at
the Juniper Hill Golf Club in Northboro, Mass. Golf will be
during the day and an evening meeting is planned at the White
Cliffs Restaurant. Dinner will be at 6 : 3 0 p . m . Homer Darling
is the owner and Albert Sanders is the superintendent.
Directors' Meeting
Regular Meeting

5:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.

Dinner

6:30 p.m.

DIRECTIONS TO J U N I P E R H I L L
From Rt. 495 take Rt. 2 0 north toward Northboro (Marlboro
exit) ; take Brigham St. opposite White Cliffs Restaurant, and
follow to course.

A ! Sanders
The Association was saddened by the recent death of Carmen
Capozzi, superintendent at the Norfolk Golf Club.

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CHALK ONE UP FOR OUR SIDE
Golf tournaments, those that dot the PGA schedule, are
packed with dramatic moments, big decisions and sometimes
disastrous results.
One of the decisions in the recent Greater Hartford Open
was planted in the trusty head of Fred Bachand, the man who
makes the green grass grow and the sand traps purr at the
Wethersfield Country Club. Each year the GHO lands at
Wethersfield on Labor Day Weekend. And Bachand must be
prepared . . . ready or not.
Bachand, now in his second year at Wethersfield, faced a
hairy problem two days before the course was to be closed to
members for a full eight days. It was Saturday and golfers
were looking forward to some of their last licks before the
pros took over.
The only hitch was the f act that Hurricane DorTa, ~oF a" distant relative, of the energetic gal, had made a sweeping visit
to the Greater Hartford area and on this Saturday Bachand
stood on the first tee with green chairman Gerry Stewart viewing the aftermath. Looking over their shoulders were several
members, intent on assuming their usual weekend par-attacking position.
" I knew there was only one thing
"There were branches strewn all over
pretty soft. But at the time the sun was
only one thing to our members. They
takes to an ice cream cone."

to do," Bachand tells.
the course and it was
shining and sun means
welcome it like a kid

University of Rhode Island News

Bachand and Stewart knew their names might be mud. But
they decided to close the course for the day. " I t was going to
be a tough next few days for both of us", Bachand continued.
"Mr. Stewart took my advice, though, and stood firm. I really
felt sorry for some of the members."
As things turned out, the closing of the course gave Bachand
and his crew an extra 12 hours or so to tidy up the course
and put a few more finishing touches on it. The course was
opened to members the following day and then came the pros.
The reaction of the .golfers playing the GHO was unanimous.
Everyone, even those who left their putting eyes on the last
tour stop, agreed that Wethersfield was one of the best conditioned courses on the. circuit.
"These greens are just beautiful", said winner George
Archer. " I canTT~remember when I* made1 so many "short put'ts
in a tournament. That means the greens were true. I can't say
enough about the rest of the course. The people here must
have worked overtime to get it in such slick shape."
Tom Weiskopf, who had a good GHO, was also high in his
praise of the grounds. "One of the reasons I come here every
year is that I know the course is going to be in good condition", he told. "Even though it's a short track I enjoy playing
it. The superintendent did a magnificent job. He should be
congratulated . . . again."
Player after player followed the words of Archer and Weiskopf with similar accolades. And in the end, the members who
were shut out of that Saturday golfing date, were sitting back
and sharing in the plaudits. More than one reflected on Bachand's decision and told the story of how he acted to insure
top-notch conditions for the pros.
So, here was one time when the superintendent was put on
the spot and came away from it smelling like a bouquet of
roses. Bachand could have buckled under the strain of becoming unpopular with his members, but he pushed that possibility aside in favor of making the proper decision.
Chalk one up for our side.
•— Gerry Finn

JOB OPEN
The Patterson Club, Inc. 18 hole course, complete country
club facilities, watered fairways.
Dr. Richard Skogley, Professor of Agronomy at the University of Rhode' Island reported a,n excellent turnout for the
"Annual Turf Grass Days" held on August 25 and 26, 1971.
August 25 was designated as the "Golf Course Superintendents
Field Day." After everyone watched the equipment demonstrations and had a charcoal-broiled steak dinner, Dr. Skogley
took them on a tour of the plots, showing commercial fungicide trials, fertilization, weed control, grass varieties and
many other procedures used at U.R.I, to help the superintendents.

President —
First Vice President —
Second Vice President —
R I C H A R D C . BLAKE
'ROBERT G R A N T
T H O M A S CURRAN
2 I I Sewall Street
22 Patricia Road
153 Fisher Street
Sydbury, Mass. 01776
Boylston, Mass. 01505
Walpole. Mass. 02081
Phone 443-26>l
Phone 869-2737
Rhone 668-7221
Club Affiliation
.Club Affiliation
. Club Affiliation
M t . Pleasant Country Club
Brae Burn Country Club
The Country Club

Contact Kenneth H. Kost, Green Chairman 3590 Main St.,
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06606.

Secretary —
Treasurer —
W A Y N E ZOPPO
LUCIEN DUVAL
R.F. No. 5 Gault Road
48 Barberry Drive
Bedford, N. H. 03105
Seekonk, Mass.
Phone 472-3454
Phone 399-7141
Club Affiliation
Club Affiliation
Agawam Hunt Club
Manchester Country Club

MEETINGS COMING UP:
October 5, 1971 — Juniper Hill
October 26, 1971 — Brae Burn, Pro-Supt.
November 1, 1971 — Eastward Ho

Trustee —
Trustee —
Trustee —
RONALD KIRKMAN
ROBERT M U C C I A R O N E
NORMAN MUCCIARONE
25 Green Street
465 Summer Street
101 Alban Road
Westwood, Mass. 02090
Needham, Mass. 02192
Waban, Mass. 02168
Phone 329-9682
Phone 444-8412
Phone 332-3056
Club Affiliation
Club Affiliation
Club Affiliation
Needham G o l f Club
Dedham Country and Polo Club
Woodland Country Club

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

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ECOLOGY AND EVERYMAN
Perhaps the most important job facing those of us interested in enhancing the quality of our environment is how to
educate literally everyone on how complex the problems of
environmental deterioration really are.
For example, the use of DDT in marshes to control insects
such as mosquitos in every case has meant a far greater resurgence of these forms than previously existed in the original
population. The effect of spraying has been to sort out the
resistant forms and to eliminate their competition and, in some
cases, their prey as well. Further, we now have evidence that
algae, which form the very base of the aquatic food chain from
which we derive our many forms of seafood, not only selectively absorb and store DDT, but they also have their own
processes of food manufacture (photo-synthesis) measurably
curtailed by the compound. Evidence further points to a nondeterioration of DDT in the environment. Attempts have been
made to establish a "half-life" for DDT, the time required
for 50 per cent of the compound in an area to disintegrate.
Instead, tests are apparently measuring the "redistribution
time" of a very insoluble product which will persist, perhaps
for several times the life span of the users. Coupled with this
fact is the trouble associated with similar compounds. The
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) are widely used in wire
insulation and other places and their wearing away adds them
directly to the environment. They show the same accumulation
pathways as DDT, and they also may be implicated in premature deaths of carnivorous birds living at the top of rather
broad food webs.
The point of these findings is that we must go slowly. No one
could have predicted these results, or yet another result, namely, that these two compounds together enhance the deleterious
effects of either found singly in the environment.
Even in the simple matter of open space preservation, an
area where everyone can become immediately and directly
concerned with his or her community, we see an appalling
ignorance, even among business-minded people, concerning
the length of the ecological balance sheet. Let us, by way of
illustration, see what happens when a sizable open space is
proposed to be developed as has happened to a 100-acre golf
course in a Boston area suburban town. A total of 750 housing
units is proposed to be built there. The developer promises an
addition to the tax base — hence lower taxes either by actual
statement or by implication. How much lower? The added
revenue is not all "free." Almost never considered is the depression of property values near heavily developed areas. In
some cases this depression more than offsets the proposed increase in the tax base. Further, there are roads to be built
and services to be provided such as sanding and plowing.
There are fire vehicles and firemen to be added to the fire
department, cruisers and policemen to be added to the police
department. Both sewage and water supply connections may
entail a considerable expense, and worse, may overtax an
existing supply or treatment plant to the point of forcing
further expenditures there.
Then there is the matter of schools. In many states, such as
Massachusetts, schools are supported basically by the local
property tax levies. The cost is generally equal to all other
municipal costs, or about 50 percent of the municipal budget.
The plans mentioned above make no reference to what if any
effects 750 housing units will have on the school population.
Just one child from each unit will require the establishment

of a new school, an expenditure of one to two million dollars,
plus an annual and growing addition to the taxes collected to
support its staffing and running. The use of "added industry"
to support such community spending is not justified either; or
else why would Boston, the most industrialized city in the state,
have the highest tax rate? The balance sheet is really much
longer than an increase in the tax base would lead us to
believe.
Are there alternatives? There seems to be one in the case
of the development proposed above. Municipal ownership of
the area, running the golf course as a fee-collecting, self-supporting enterprise, plus some possible development of park
and recreational facilities along the edges abutting residential
areas doesn't seem to have been considered as an alternative.
Yet documented evidence exists that increased property valuations occur in areas fronting or contiguous to guaranteed
open spaces. Municipally-run golf courses exist which more
than pay for themselves. Realistic considerations, over the long
run, show that guaranteed open spaces save money and lower
or at least stabilize a community's tax rate. What better reason
could exist for living in an area than the fact that open, accessible space is nearby?
Many reports such as Ian McHarg's book on environmental
planning, Design With Nature, show how one can plan a community to fit into nature without destroying the entire balance;
where you should begin, where you should end; what you
should do in terms of soils, in terms of education, in verms
of use; placement of trunk lines, water supplies, sewage. All
of these numerous interrelated points, then, turn our direction
from a biological standpoint which calls attention to the disturbed natural balances that we have caused toward a larger
view of methods of handling our planning. We know that we
are an expanding population. We know that we must have
twice as many houses or half again as many in 30 years
as we have now as our population soars from its current levels.
Even with all the talk on birth control and abortions, there
will still be a rise in the population.
Writers such as the late Aldo Leopold, who was concerned
and writing about the ethical use of land 25 years ago, have
a very clear-cut and obvious message: We have to look at the
land in terms of our being stewards rather than exploiters.
Despite the fact that we are on an English system in which
private property is held to be sacrosanct, we have gotten ourselves into this particular bind. We have so many people that
an individual man can no longer do what he sees fit with a
piece of land that he owns. He must think in terms of the consequences, not only to that piece of land, but to other pieces
of land around it. This essentially is the ecological point of
view. If you tug on one little string which sticks out, one little
piece of the web — for example to destroy the mosquitoes in
a marsh — eventually the repercussions are felt throughout
the entire living system. The whole structure is one interrelated web.
Yet the answers do not lie in preventing everything from
happening. Nor will paternal socialism solve our problems.
Rather the answers lie in discussions and planning ahead, to
save what is worth saving, to change eventually that which is
detrimental, a:nd to enhance neighborhoods, rather than to
allow individuals to alter landscapes with no thought other
than that of their own material gain.
(Cont'd other side)

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GOLFERS ARE LSTTERBUGS
The cost of golf has gone
up so rapidly because golfers
abuse the courses they play
on. From the time the typical golfer drives onto course
property he is producing
problems — for the golf
course superintendent and
his crew.
The arriving golfer wants
a cigarette or gum. Down
comes the car window and
out goes the empty pack or
wrapper. Later the same fellow drops a bottle or can on
the coursc. The average
course employs at least one
man to clean up trash and debris, at rates that figure out to
$3,500 to $5,000 per man per year.
What about the golfer riding a powered golf car or pulling
a cart? He ignores signs directing him right or left. The wear
and tear around greens and bunkers from cars and carts can
cost the course another $5,000 or more in re-sodding.
Failure to replace divots keeps one worker busy with a
season's wages of $3,500 to $5,000. Not repairing ball
marks on the greens and not raking footprints out of bunkers
occupies another worker all year. And here is a little tip
regarding those rakes. One reason you should leave rakes
inside the traps is to enable the men trimming around the
greens to continue their work without having to stop. Four
years ago I had my men keep track of how many rakes each
man replaced each day and how long it took. At the wage
scale of today it would amount to $1,200 a year.
At some clubs it is a policy that mowers either be shut off
or removed from playing areas before a player addresses
his ball. I have seen some clubs where the men mowing
fairways are required to move their units and wait in the
rough while a foursome plays through. Again, this required
time — and time is money. The man cutting fairways is
being paid by the hour.
Seemingly insignificant acts add up. A player doesn't
have a towel in bis bag, so off comes the towel from the
ball washer and onto his bag it goes. Newly planted trees
are hit with a golf car, or broken because they impede
the player's swing. Try to replace a 10-year-old tree today
and you will discover that the cost is staggering.
If all golfers would just
use common sense •— the
same sort of common sense
they use in their own businesses — course costs could
be cut. And if we all would
stop and think just for a
moment as to the vital part
the courses in America and
all over the world play in
our environment, I am sure
you and I would spend time
protecting them, rather than
abusing them.
— Norman W. Kramer

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THE SOCIETY OF SURREY GOLF CAPTAINS
Bottle Cottage, Reigate, Surrey
England, May 22nd 1971
Dean Robertson, Esq.
Dear Mr. Robertson:
Thank you very much indeed for the copy of Newsletter
which came safely to hand today and which has given me
much pleasure in the reading. A number of my friends who
were in New England last year for the Curtis Cup with me
have also enjoyed reading it; who wouldn't?
I have been trying to guess which of my fellow grass-lovers
were the cause of my receiving Newsletter — Arthur Anderson ?
Robt. Grant? I met so many friendly G. C. Supers last year;
so — I give up and just say, "thanks a lot and please keep me
on the mailing'Tist!
Newsletter is a splendid idea and Mr. Finn's comments
about too many conferences apply equally well to the engineering industry, consultants and political meetings — not to
mention the church! I mean here too! The article about Dr.
Grau was quite fascinating — I love nature, too, but he ought
to come and look at our heather and whin bushes at Reigate
Heath — some of our members with an eight on the card get
a bit critical about nature left to itself, with special reference
to pine trees and thorn bushes, although it all looks "terribly
pretty" at this time of the year!
Mr. Radko's advice to plug and sod on areas that show no
recovery by early May might have been written for Southern
England this year, for although we had practically no snow
or ice last winter and very little rainfall, we've had cold,
steady East and North East winds that have dried us out and
checked growth until the last few days of gentle rain, alternating with warm sunshine have started growth on bare
shoulders and banks.
The bit about "anything that's good is expensive" I'm showing to friends on committees of several southern clubs — it's
only too true that you only get what you pay for on a golf
course!
Wishing you all a successful year
Yours sincerely,
Dell Rothschild
Col. D. D. Rothschild. O.B.E. T.D.

Ecology & Everyman (cont'd)
In short, we need a planning which takes into account the
science of ecology. This basic science must be supported far
better than has been customary to date. Ecology offers our
best hope to find ways of altering our environment without
destroying it. We need an awareness of the fact that other
people exist, and that for them to lead healthy and productive
lives, more than a roof, walls and a job is necessary. The
"environmental amenities" as they are known in England, are
quite important, perhaps more than we know, to our continued well-being as individuals. They influence directly our
survival as a species. The price of disregarding the ecological
balance sheet is considerably more than most of us feel the
world can afford.
Dr. Norton H. Nickerson
from: Tufts Review

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SOUND OFF ! ! ! !

(Here we are again, looking through the mail bag to see
what golf fans have on their minds. Sound Off is a monthly
feature for the benefit of the spoken word . . . to be
spoken
by anyone who wishes to be heard. So, if golf is your bag
and you wish to comment on any phase of it, sit down and let
us have your views. Send them to Newsletter Mail Bag, 24
Riverview
Drive, Newbury, Mass. 01950. The Newsletter
reserves the right to comment on all letters
published.)
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"Recently I played at a country club in the area and was
pleased to see that the floriculture there really lent itself to
the natural beauty that provides a lovely background for the
course.
"Evidently, the superintendent there has much more of an
aesthetic outlook on things than does the superintendent at my
home course. On each tee there was a floral arrangement
that literally took my breath away. I think it made the course
one of the most beautiful I ever have played.
"Just what can I do, as a member at our club, to get our
super to decorate the teeing grounds as the aforementioned
gentleman did. I don't believe it would take much effort 011
his part. Or does this type of thing fall under a special category r
LAURA S E A V E R S
Eastover, Delaware
It all depends on how much money and time your green
committee wants to spend on such a project. For the most part,
the superintendent has all he can handle to keep the course in
top playing condition. He should leave the beauty angle to the
natural environment.
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" I was a spectator at the Greater Hartford Open during
which a hassle developed when three golfers were disqualified
for not teeing off from the proper spot on the second tee of
the opening round.
" I t seemed that the PGA has a rule that all players must
tee off from the designated driving area and if there are no
markers there, they are to report it to officials rather than
hit. In this case the golfers apparently went to the back of
the tee and hit away.
"When it was learned of the rule violation, they were disqualified which was a big jolt for one who shot a four-underpar 67. The other two had 7 1 " s and it must have hurt them,
too.
" T h e story got around that a worker, mowing the second'
tee, removed the tee markers and forgot to replace them after
he had finished. If this was the case, how come the players
were penalized?"
J E F F JONES
Coventry, Conn.
The players were penalized because they violated the rule.
It makes no difference how the tee markers were removed.
O f course, the PGA should make allowance for markers being
misplaced or stolen
"Someone told me that there is a professional golfer on the
tour who is a son of a golf course superintendent.
" I can't recall reading about any such player, although
I'm sure it's possible that there is such a touring pro. Can you
help me out? Do you know of any supers' sons on t o u r ? "
S T A N L E Y JAZAC
Wilbraham, Mass.
Golf Chairman —
JULIUS AKSTEN
6 Main Street
Southboro, Mass. 01772
Phone 485-8885
Club Affiliation
St. Mark's G o l f Club

Educational Chairman —
ALBERT AUGER
6 A Fort Hill Street
Hingham. Mass. 02113
Phone 749-2272
Club Affiliation
South Shore Country Club

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

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The only pro we can think
is Charlie Owens — a black
has a fused knee which gives
dad was a superintendent in
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pro who plays cross-handed and
him a pronounced limp. Charlie's
Winter Haven, Fla.
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"I've been arguing with a buddy of mine in regard to this
idea of replacing divots. He says that replacing a divot doesn't
really save the spot where the divot , has been taken. I disagree
with him and think that an area of grass can be saved if the
divot is replaced.
"Just what is the green thumb rule on this? Are we wasting
our time out there replacing divots or is there some truth to
fixing the mark so that the grass will come back quicker?"
JUNIOR LERNER
Brookhaven, N. J .
There is no guarantee that a replaced divot will fake hold
and live again. However, many times this occurs. So, the
replace-the-divot rule is a sound one.
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"The litter problem on our course continues to grow and
no one seems to want to do anything about it.
" I , for one, am absolutely disgusted with the way some of
our members treat our course like a garbage heap. There
should be a law against such pigs who throw their cigarette
packages, gum wrappers, apple cores and what have you anyplace they can find handy.
"I've heard of certain courses that levy fines against members .caught littering the premises. It seems to me that this is
one way of stopping this disgusting abuse. Are the superintendents concerned about t h i s ? "
P H I L I P LORD
Danville, Iowa
The super is concerned but his hands are tied. It's up to the
individual to mend his ways or report others who litter the
course. Maybe a couple of suspensions, instead of fines, might
curb the problem.
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Superintendent Championship results at South Shore:
Brian Cowan over Dave Barber in a sudden death on the
19th hole with a low gross of 79.
Low Net — Bill Carter, 71

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

Information contained in this publication may be used
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Natick, Mass. 01760

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

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

* T h e Clapper Co.
1121 Washington St.
West Newton, Mass.

Holliston Sam
Lowland Stree
Sand for Golf

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

Irrigation and Equipment Supply Co.
P . O. Box 9, 66 E r n a Avenue
Milford, Conn. 06460
Telephone ( 2 0 3 ) 874-1096

Mass.

George E . Cull
Terra-Green Soil Conditioner
112 Green St., Abington, Mass.
Arthur Curran
Rock Driller Supply Equipment, Inc.
20 E . Glenwood Ave.
Hyde Park, Mass. 02136
C. S. Curran
T . R. C. Products, Oils and Greases
7 Linden St., Framingham, Mass.
Eastern Industrial Handling Co.,
Norwood, Massachusetts
Westcoaster Turf and Golf Carts

Inc.

Fairway Equipment, Inc.
Sales — Service — Rentals
35 Walnut St., Reading, Mass.

f, Inc.
i, Mass. 01746
- a n d Traps

* T o m Irwin, Inc.
11B A Street
Burlington, Mass.

D. L. M a h e r Co.
Water Supply Contractors
P . O. B o x 274, Woburn, Mass.
New England Sealcoating Co., Inc.
Astroturf, Tennis Courts, Pavement
Sealcoating — Hingham Industrial Center
Hingham, Mass. Tel. 749-3236

Richey & Clapper, Inc.
28 Rutledge Road
Natick, Mass. 01760
Trencher & Equipment Leasing, Inc.
Ditch Witch Trenchers
38 Fairview St., Agawam, M a . 01001
Phone 413-781-4600
*Sawtelle Brothers
J e t . Routes 128 and 62
Danvers, Mass.
Shepard Sod Company
Merion Blue Grass and Pencross Bent
200 Sullivan Ave., So. Windsor, Conn.

Karandrew Turf Farms, Inc.
Sam Mitchell, Sales Representative
15 Longmeadow Drive, Canton, Mass.

Tuco Products Co.
Division of the Upjohn
Kalamazoo, Michigan

T h e Kenneth Barrie Company
Irrigation
375 Centre St., J a m a i c a Plain, Mass.

White T u r f Engineering
5 Sumner Drive, Winchendon, M a . 01475
617-297-0941

Larchmont Irrigation Co.
Larchmont Ln., Lexington,

Philip A. Wogan
Golf Course Architect
21 Budleigh Ave., Beverly,

Mass.

Mallinckrodt Chemical Works
Second and Mallinckrodt Streets
St. Louis, Mo. 63160

Company

Mass.

Wyandotte Chemical Co.
709 Salada Bldg., Boston, Mass.

* Contributors to the Lawrence S. Dickinson Scholarship Fund

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DEAN ROBERTSON
Newsletter Committee Chairman
24 Riverview Drive
Newbury, Massachusetts 01950
Phone 462-4540
Club Affiliation
Chestnut Hill Country Club
LEON V. ST. PIERRE
Business Manager
GERRY FINN
Contributing Editor

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