New Jersey Golf Course Report

VOLUME VI NO. 3 

NOVEMBER 1973

ANNUAL MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 6 AT MOUNTAINSIDE INN
Twenty-seven voting members were present at the Mountainside Inn for 
the Annual Meeting and elections. In his remarks regarding the past 
year of the Association President Cameron stressed the apathy of the 
group as one of his prime concerns. Unfortunately, the twenty-seven 
men present out of a membership of two hundred did not have to be 
told - all they had to do was look around at the same familier faces 
in a room full of empty chairs.
The By-Laws specify a quorum of twenty to conduct the meeting. As we 
just made it, the Annual Elections were held with the following results:

President - Maurice "Skip" Cameron, Mountain Ridge C.C.  
Vice Pres. - Al Rathjens, Raritan Valley C.C. 
Secretary - Joe Flaherty, Baltusrol G.C.  
Treasurer - Ed Nickelsen, Montclair G.C. 
Directors for two year term: 
Phil Scott, Bamm Hollow C.C. 
Jim McCormick, Bey Lea M.G.C. 
Jack Montecalvo - Woodcrest C.C. 

The By-Law change permitting the appointment of an Executive Director 
was passed.
By motion from the floor the National Delegates, Don Marshall and Ed 
Nickelsen, were directed to support Mel Lucas, Jr. for National 
Director, but were otherwise left to their own devices and best 
judgement in the selection of other candidates.
The President announced that due to lack of enough interested people 
the Chapter Flight to Los Angeles was out. He noted, however, that 
fifteen people qualify for a modified group rate. With Nixon's lack 
of energy and the resulting discontinuance of flights, you'd better 
set your plans early. (Ed note: Amtrak has some great rides out that 
way!).
One of the major and "hottest" items of discussion was a report by 
President Cameron that Association Management, our "office", has 
requested a 100% rate increase for 1974. His indication was that 
the Board's feeling was against contract renewal on the requested 
terms. Skip would welcome alternative proposals from the membership. 
Please submit them to him in writing as soon as possible.
DEADLINE FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY IS DECEMBER 3RD, 1973!!
Send your check for $35 in now for the Christmas Party Friday, 
December 14, 1973 at Shackamaxon Country Club. Hail checks to 
Association Management, 66 Morris Avenue, Springfield, N.J. payable 
to New Jersey Golf Course Superintendents Assoc. Guests are welcome. 
The limit will be the first 250 people with their money paid.

NEW EPA REGS 
COULD SHUT DOWN 
CLUBS

NCA to Testify at Washington Hearings

Proposed EPA generic standards and 
regulations controlling the reentry of 
workers and others could force the clos­
ing of golf courts for a minimum of 
two days, and for as much as a week, 
after the application of pesticides and 
herbicides.

According to the EPA limitations on 
entering treated areas will be established 
as follows:

1.  When labels on the chemicals bear 
the words, "Danger, Poison, and the Skull 
and Crossbones symbol” the period be­
fore reentry will be three days. Such 
chemicals will be defined as "Highly 
Toxic. ”

2.  Labels with the word, "Warning” 
will be categorized as "Moderately 
Toxic” and reentry to treated areas will 
be restricted to 2 days.

3.  Chemicals with labels bearing the 
word, "Caution" will be classified as 
"Slightly Toxic" and entry to treated 
areas wi11 be permitted only after inspec­
tion shows that all dust has settled and 
all spray has dried.

4.  Some pesticides, under ill defined 
circumstances have been implicated as 
being especially dangerous in certain 
parts of the country. Reentry into fields 
treated with these will be permitted only 
after 5 days.

The proposed regulations will permit 
early reentry into any restricted area only 
if protective clothing is worn by the per­
son or persons in the area. The minimum 
protection allowed for class 2 and 3 chem­
icals is "a coverall of closely woven ma­
terial, normal footwear to cover the en­
tire foot and an approved respirator.” 
Classes 1 or 4 will require "an imper­
meable garment to cover the entirebody, 
hat, natural rubber gloves, impermeable 
shoe coverings, and goggles or a face 
shield and an approved respirator.

While these proposed regulation- do 
not single out golf courses, other soon- 
to-be-issued regulations dealing with the 
certification of applicators make specific 
reference to "turf”. At the forthcoming 
hearings NCA will suck to clarify re­
ferences and establish specific standards 
for golf courses.

Reprinted from The National Club 

Assn., August News Letter, 1973

PETER POA
Dear Mr. Chairman:
It is unfortunate that you are opposed to 
the spray and pesticide program I suggest 
for next year. The fact that I feel our 
agronomic demands for applications fall 
just prior to all of the major holiday 
weekends and as such the course cannot be 
re-entered or used for five days is not a 
deliberate plot on my part. In fact my 
wife did not really appreciate your abuse 
on this subject over the ’phone before I 
got home tonight. Your statement that I 
was "out running around” didn’t help either.
I was attending our Supt. Association 
Annual Meeting, and with our recent industry 
problems it ran late.
Now to the reason for your anger - yes, it 
is true we plan to spray just prior to the 
long holiday weekends. The way you and 
your fellow Board members have insisted the 
budget be cut, we figure the most economical 
method would be to spray just before a long 
weekend and then just let the men off rather 
than pay them the usual time and one half 
and double time required for those days. 
This system meets the regulations of the 
new law and saves money. If you wish to 
spray at another time, just remember that  
our shop is in the middle of the area and 
we won’t be able to enter it. Do you also 
propose that we not pay the men for the 
five days they will be out of work? My 
guess is we could do it only once!
Then again we could not apply pesticides at 
all. In that case we could save a hell of 
a lot of money, because very shortly we 
would both be out of jobs. Nature would be 
doing the work, but unfortunately the 
"good Mother” doesn’t play golf.

Yours truly, 
Peter Poa

"Managing Turf in the 70’s" 

FUTURE EVENTS
Jan. 25, '74 USGA Mtg. N.Y.C. Biltmore  
Jan. 28-31, ’74 Rutgers Winter Turf Course 
Jan. 30,  ’74 N.J. Turfgrass Annual Mtg. 
Feb. 10-16,  ’74 National Conf. Anaheim, Calif

Dear Board Member, 

Unless there are objections the committees will be 

announced for 1964 as those listed below: 

1.  Education Comm. Head - Jim McCormick - Help - Jack Martin 
2. 

Field Day Comm. Head - Ed Nickelsen - Help - Don Marshall 

3. Program & Metting Co-ordinator. Head - Jack Montelcalvo - Help - Jim McCormick
4. Newsletter Comm. Head - Don Marshall - Help - Al Rathjens - Phil Scott

5.  Research Comm. Head - Al Rathjens 
6. Bi-Law Comm. Head - Paul Boiselle 

7. Golf Comm. Head - Phil Scott - Help - Jack Montecalvo 
8. Welware Comm. Head - Bill Gaydosh 

9. Logistics Comm. Head - Paul Boizelle 
 National G.C.S.A. Voting Delegate. Head - Don Marshall - Help - Ed Nickelsen
10.

 

 National G.C.S.A. Advisory Comm. Head - Ed Nickelsen - Help - Don Marshall
11.

 

12. Publicity Comm. Head - Bill Gaydosh  
13.  Membership Comm. Head - Jack Martin 

14. Christmas Party Comm. Head - Jack Martin - Help - Bert Jones  

A board meeting will be scheduled soon! But the delay  right 
now is due to N.J. State Golf Assoc. Letting us know  the 

results of their decision as far as executive secretary question  is 
concerned. Henry Indyk has declined due to personal 
reasons. Any new suggestions?  After 

the board meeting you all will be invited to cocktails  and 

dinner as guests of the N.J.G.C.S.A. as has been the custom 
 in the past. We wish to start the New Year off with a lot of 
enthusiasm and a full belly. Sincerely, SKIP