Northwest TURFGRASS TOPICS
Vol. 17 — No. 3

The President's Corner

The President's Corner
By Cliff Everhart
The 28th Turf Conference at Sunriver, Oregon, in October
was well attended from all sections of the Northwest, and
everyone enjoyed the beautiful setting and various activities
provided. We extend our thanks and appreciation to all the
personnel at Sunriver Lodge, especially to their golf course
superintendent, Joe Lymp, who had the golf course in fine
condition. Thanks also to Vern Perry, golf professional, for
his courtesies.
All members of your Board of Directors are hard at work
on the job of making preparations for the next Turfgrass
Conference in September, 1975 at Yakima. The dates for the
conference we set at the December 6 board meeting at
Broadmoor Golf and Country Club for September 17, 18
and 19, 1975. Watch this column and other announcements
in Turfgrass Topics should any changes in the date of the
conference be made. We hope to have good, interesting
speakers for this show as well as a fine golf course for our
tournament. The tournament will be held on Tuesday,
September 16, preceding the beginning of the conference.
There will also be a good program for the ladies.
Here in Spokane, we are still playing permanent greens (as
of December 5) and mowing greens in December for a new
first for us. 1 have noticed in the newspapers how bad the
weather is in the eastern part of the United States as
compared to the wonderful Indian summer we have had. The
hunting and fishing has been good, and golf is still being
enjoyed on our great courses. Think how fortunate we all are
to live in the beautiful Northwest.
Taken from the newspaper: In Africa, natives beat the
ground with clubs and utter bloodcurdling yells.
Anthropologists call this primitive expression — here, we
call it golf.

PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON

DEC., 1974

Pesticide Short Course to be
Offered
By William P. A. Scheer
Area Extension Agent
A pest management short course has been scheduled for
January 28, 29 and 30 at the Sherwood Inn in Tacoma. The
course is designed to prepare persons for all categories of
state licensing examinations. People who are already licensed and want to take in a review session are also welcome.
The first day will cover pesticide chemistry, formulations,
calibration, equipment maintenance and all aspects of weed
control. The second day will be devoted to insect and plant
disease control. The morning of the third day takes in
pesticide safety and laws and regulations, while exams will
be administered in the afternoon of the third day.
Details regarding study material and registration can be
obtained by contacting Bill Scheer, Area Extension Agent,
at 5601 Sixth Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98406,
telephone 593-4190, or 100 Crockett Street, Seattle,
Washington 98109, telephone 344-2686.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This short course is extremely helpful
and is essential for preparing you for the state examination.
Needless to say, the time has arrived when all of us who apply
pesticides must be licensed and knowledgeable in this field.
Pass this word on to anyone you know who might be
interested in this study course and the state examination.

Western Canada Turfgrass
Conference
The directors for the Western Canada Turf Association
have announced that their annual conference will be held at
the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C., on February 26,27 and
28. The program for this conference is finalized and promises
to be very interesting and timely. As all of you know,
Victoria is a very fine setting for such a conference with many
interesting sites and things to see and do. This should also be
a lovely time due to the weather conditions that frequently
occur on that part of the Island in late February.
Since this location is not far from home for many of you in
the Pacific Northwest, we encourage as many of you as
possible to attend this conference. After all, it is a good,
educational program, and all of you have something to gain
from these educational sessions. Remember the dates and
put them on your calendar now, and try to attend if possible.

Notice to Advertisers
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per year, April, September, December. The deadline for
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Professional Responsibilities
and Ethics
By Dick Malpass
It was the most important meeting of the organization for
the year. Those attending had come from the entire Pacific
Northwest. Speakers had been brought in from Canada,
California, Colorado and the Northwest states. As the
chairman rose to introduce the next speaker, most of the
speakers rose and noisily left the meeting. Shocking?
Disrespectful to the speaker and the membership? Only, this
isn't the way it happened. It was the members who walked
out leaving an embarrassed chairman, a speaker who was
understandably perturbed, and other speakers wondering
what kind of a group they had been called in to address. And,
incidentally, the speaker had an excellent message since he,
also, was responsible for overseeing the maintenance of
probably more turf than any golf superintendent in attendance.
One of the provisions of the GCS A A Code of Ethics states
as follows: "3) Utilize every opportunity to extend my
professional knowledge in order to increase my value to my
employers, my industry, and my
profession"
How many readers would utilize the services of a CPA to
prepare tax returns who did not keep up-to-date on the latest
of tax information? How many would retain such a person
after having returns audited and penalties and assessments
levied because your CPA had not fulfilled his professional
obligations? Who would want to hire an attorney to
represent him in court who was not versed fully in all aspects
of the case which he was handling for you and the laws which
pertained to your particular problem?
Dr. Joseph Troll, from the University of Massachusetts,
speaking to the Canadian Golf Course Superintendents
Association, said, "We are all cognizant of the fact that we
never stop learning and that all education is not acquired
from schools. Turf conferences such as this one, the GCSA A
Conference, university conferences, field days, and the
reading of professional magazines are all valuable
educational programs, and are certainly to be encouraged as
facets of continuing education. It appears to be the policy for
today and the future, 'for the job you want, get the education
you need,' and education is the prime requisite for future
superintendents."
Dr. Troll went on to say, "In addition, the increased
interest in golf has created an even greater demand for
responsible superintendents. They must be far more exacting
which requires knowledge and skill in a large number of
disciplines for proper management of greens, grounds and
men. I can best clarify what is meant by knowledge in a
number of disciplines by quoting from a letter I received
from a president of a golf club. He was soliciting my
assistance in a search for candidates for the superintendent's
position at his course. He listed the following as the essential
or desirable qualifications required for the job:"
"Since we are living in a rapidly changing world, the most
important characteristic is that a man must have a natural
desire for learning and must have an open mind for new
techniques, whether they be in labor management, choice of
machinery, traffic control, chemistry, or other significant
areas.
"He should have a thorough academic grounding in
agronomy, with a real understanding of plant metabolism

and nutrition, soil structure, plant pathology, and the
knowledge of modern techniques in herbicides, pesticides
and fungicides. Some actual experience in laboratory
techniques would be highly desirable.
"Since the cost of labor will become an increasingly
important factor he should have a real faculty for dealing
with human beings and should be able to teach and motivate
those who work under him. This factor is hard to describe,
but perhaps can best be stated as the ability to have people
like you even though you are firm and a strict taskmaster.
Perhaps a sense of humor and the ability to smile are
important parts of this vague personality factor.
"He should be able to communicate well, particularly to
the people working under him, but also to the people for
whom he is working. This characteristic, incidentally, is
'closely linked with the previous qualification.
"He should have had some practical experience as an
assistant or with a nine-hole course of his own.
"He should have the ability, when required, to do hard
manual labor and use tools effectively. Otherwise, in the
beginning, he will never command the respect of those
working for him.
"He should have practical common sense from a
mechanical and engineering point of view."
"I believe he left out a need for a background in business
management. However, the gentleman did admit that a man
who had all these qualifications would be difficult to find
and certainly would be desired by many golf club
associations. In brief, a superintendent is and must be truly a
professional man."
We must, of necessity, keep on top of what is transpiring in
our industry. To do so, we read our professional
publications; we attend conferences and seminars; we attend
field days, observe research plots, listen to evaluation of
results. Additionally, we attend local meetings with our
fellow superintendents, discuss mutual problems, and
• solutions to those problems.
We make enough mistakes during a lifetime without
committing unnecessary ones. Much trouble or sorrow can
be avoided by listening to the experiences of others. We can
save our employers substantial sums by listening to or
observing research results. Others who are in the same
business as we or similar to ours can forewarn us of problems
ahead if we will but listen or pay attention.
In 1963 the writer attended his first GCSS A conference, in
San Diego, California. I don't remember the program, I
remember only a few who were there. But one I will never
forget. He was a superintendent from the Midwest who had
come all the way to California to attend an educational
conference. And where did he spend his employer's money?
He spent the entire conference — nearly a whole week —
drunk in a little bar just off the front lobby of the hotel where
the conference was held. We have been similarly impressed
by others at other conferences who have taken their
employer's money to supposedly attend the educational
sessions but, instead, have spent most of the time in the bar,
or playing golf, or goofing off. They don't care that hours
were spent in preparing for the program by session
chairmen, educational directors, or boards of directors. Or
that speakers who may have travelled thousands of miles to
present research data resulting from years of work and
research; or other speakers with invaluable information
regarding our bettering ourselves and growing professionally have worked months preparing the material they
presented. No, it is more important to have a good time.
Henry Ford said it: "Anyone who stops learning is old,
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on Page 3, Column I

Non-Farm Use Fertilizer
Where Do We Stand?
By Roy L. Goss
To answer this question simply, I don't think anyone
knows. But there are many people who are deeply concerned
about the rumors of curtailing the use of fertilizer, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus on all non-farm use areas. There
have been a number of good quotes that I would like to bring
out, and perhaps any of you who are interested in talking to
anyone that may help in this situation can use some of the
information.
According to Ed Wheeler, president of the 300-member
Fertilizer Institute, only 3.5% of the total U.S. fertilizer is
being used at all non-farm purposes which includes
everything from airport runway de-icing to vegetable
gardens, public park and playground maintenance, and
highway shoulder stabilization.
According to Robert W. Steiner, fertilizer coordinator for
the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, "It
is unrealistic to talk about fertilizer being taken from golf
courses in America to supply farms in developing nations.
What is needed are funds from the wealthier countries to
secure fertilizer deliveries and to help pay shipping charges
to the user." He further said that the amount of non-farm
fertilizer use in the United States is very small compared to
the amounts produced or used on farms in this country, or
for that matter, needed by the developing nations. "Quite
simply, emerging nations are broke. Their treasuries are
bare, caused primarily by the unreasonable prices they are
paying for oil. Higher oil prices in turn have greatly
contributed to high fertilizer prices."
One of the principal factors in regard to non-farm
fertilizer use that is being overlooked by many can possibly
be summed up in one quotation from Ed Wheeler. "One
should never forget that not only do our green lawns and
landscaping make our cities more beautiful and pleasant to
live in. But, in addition, growing lawns and plants remove
harmful carbon dioxide and pollutants from the air and
release oxygen back in return. The small amounts of
fertilizer, so employed, contribute not just to aesthetic
enhancement to our environment, it will make a necessary
functional addition to it as well."
Realistically, we are short of fertilizer and realistically, it
will be some time before adequate amounts of fertilizer are
available. Therefore, I believe it is encumbant upon each of
us to more judiciously use the resources that we have, apply
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fertilizers only when necessary to maintain the quality that
we need, but on the other hand I would quote from the
Review and Outlook Section of the Wall Street Journal as
follows: "Doing penance with a brown lawn may, for all we
know, save your soul, and eating less is certainly likely to
save your heart. But neither has much to do with feeding
Bangladesch; for that we need policies attuned not to the
next world but to the harsh but inescapable economics of
this one."
I feel that we should try to maintain some quality in our
turfgrasses until such a time as more stringent decisions
should be made. In the meantime, we are considering many
alternatives of how to better utilize our fertilizer resources
for turfgrasses in the Pacific Northwest. Can we get by on
less than what we are using? I think the answer is yes.
Probably considerably less and still maintain an acceptable
quality although it will not be top quality. It might even help
us to get rid of some Poa annua and it may also contribute to
a little less disease. But we can also expect the turf to be a
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whether this happens at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps
on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly
more valuable, regardless of physical capacity."
Many years ago we heard a talk by Dr. G. Burton Wood,
Agricultural Economist with Oregon State University. In it
he told of people climbing the ladder of success. They got up
partway and stopped. He called it "rusting on your laurels!"
And you only became conscious of what was happening
Iwhen someone stepped on your knuckles as they climbed
higher on the ladder of success.
There are hundreds of eager young men attending
universities and colleges today honing for a chance to be
superintendent of their own golf course someday. Don't
"rust on your laurels" or your knuckles may be stepped on
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Special Turfgrass Research
Fund
A1 Blair, who has served as chairman of the Special
Research Fund for the past years, announced to the Board of
Directors of the Northwest Turfgrass Association in
September that sufficient funds had been accumulated from
all sources to fill the research position on a temporary basis.
At the Board of Directors meeting at Sunriver, Oregon, the
directors voted unanimously to proceed with filling this
position.
To date, a Memorandum of Understanding has been
prepared by Washington State University and submitted to
the Board of Directors of the Northwest Turfgrass Association to receive the grant funds and so initiate the temporary
hiring of the research associate in turfgrass. Since the
position cannot be announced as being permanent or
running for more than one year, it narrows the field of
qualified individuals, but at the present time we have two or
three good prospects and are screening these individuals for
hiring during the first part of 1975.
Considerable additional turfgrass research was initiated in
1974 predicated on the fact that some additional help would
be available in the Turfgrass Research Program in 1975.
Some of these duties will be handled by the new man in
addition to some new research projects. In addition to
expanding the varietal research program, Poa annua
research and nutritional interrelationships ranks in high
priority. Due to the vast spectrum of fungicides, herbicides,
insecticides, nematocides and other chemicals used on golf
course putting greens and in other turfgrass areas, it is
deemed necessary to initiate some compatibility studies to
determine the response of new varieties to chemical treatment. It is disastrous to wait until these new varieties are in
use and find that they have incompatibilities with certain
mixtures or combinations of chemicals. Cases of this are
definitely on record, and this would be a good service to
perform for both the consumer and industry. When we
consider that there are three or four commonly used preemergence herbicides, six or more commonly used postemergence herbicides, and about the same number of
fungicides used in the Pacific Northwest on turfgrass areas
and then compound this with a dozen or so commonly used
grass varieties, and it amounts up to a pretty large project
that will take considerable time and expenditure of effort to
obtain the data.
Work is being considered also on ways to maintain
adequate turfgrass quality with less fertilizer, particularly

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President Cliff Everhart, the new president of the
Northwest Turfgrass Association, assembled his directors
for a meeting at Broadmoor Golf and Country Club in
Seattle on December 6. Among the major items on the
agenda was a long discussion regarding means of generating
funds to support turfgrass research in the Pacific Northwest.
Duke Matthews, golf professional at Broadmoor Golf and
Country Club, attended this meeting and contributed
significantly to these plans.
The Turfgrass Conference for 1975 was the next major
item on the agenda, and Bud Ashworth, chairman of the
Program Committee, assisted by Roy Goss, presented a
number of topics that would be good for a program for 1975.
These program areas are well divided into interests of
schools, parks, golf courses and home turf as well, and
should prove to be an interesting program for all who attend
the conference at Yakima on September 16 through 19,1975.
Wayne Dean, chairman of the Conference Committee, will
make arrangements for conference site and local
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nitrogen. It appears eminent that fertilizer availability will
not improve for some time, and as most of you have read,
there are efforts underway to try to take fertilizer away from
the non-farm use areas. It would seem prudent that we would
at least be prepared for such an eventuality.
These are only a few of the areas to mention at this time
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lis will be announced in the March issue of Turfgrass
Topics at which time you can begin making your reservations.
The product and equipment display was discussed by the
directors, and mixed opinions were voiced in regard to this
activity. Some of the commercial exhibitors had various
ideas on how to handle it or whether to have it or not. The
discussion was tabled until the directors' meeting in May,
1975 in order to canvass the exhibitors who normally
participate to determine the feasibility of proceeding.
Dick Haskell, who has served faithfully as treasurer of the
Northwest Turfgrass Association for the past 12 years, has
announced that he will retire as treasurer immediately
following the conference at Yakima in 1975. Dick was given
a vote of thanks by all directors for a tremendous job during
these past twelve years. As most of you know, the treasurer's
job is not very glamorous, requires a lot of hard~work and
attention to detail, plus the dubious honor of working all
through the conference to handle registration and some local
details. A successor to Dick is being worked on at this time
and will be announced at a later date.
The $10.00 registration fee for all members of the
association was reviewed and the directors unanimously
agreed to leave the $ 10.00 registration as it was in 1974. After
reviewing the situation, it was considered that no increases in
dues have been made for a period of five years or more, and
that this $10.00 registration would help to cover increased
^ o s t s of putting on a conference, publications, travel, etc.
The next directors' meeting of the Northwest Turfgrass
Association will be held at Puyallup on Monday, May 12 at
1:30 p.m.

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Summary of Contributors of
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regarding the status of the research position.

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Corvallis Country Club,
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Cumberland
Valley
Turf, Sumner, Wash.
Dungeness Golf Club,
Sequim, Wash.
Eastmoreland
Golf
Club, Portland, Oregon
Eagle-Picher, Inc., Seattle, Wash.
Emerald Turfgrass, Inc.,
Sumner, Wash.
Enumclaw Golf & Country Club, Enumclaw,
Wash.
Everett Golf and Country Club, Everett, Wash.
Fairwood Golf Club,
Renton, Wash.
H. D. Fowler, Inc.,
Bellevue, Wash.
Fream-Storm
Associates Ltd.,
Los
Gatos, Cal.
Gallery Golf Club, Oak
Harbor, Wash.
Glenacres Golf Club,
Seattle, Wash.

Glendale Golf Club,
Bellevue, Wash.
Green Meadows Golf &
Country Club, Vancouver,
Wash.
Monty C. G r a v a t t ,
Pocatello, Idaho
Dick Haskell, Seattle,
Wash.
Hercules Inc., Hercules,
Cal.
Hi-Cedars Golf Club,
Sumner, Wash.
Don Hogan, Seattle,
Wash.
Inland T o r o
Dist.,
Spokane, Wash.
J & M Dist. Co.,
Spokane, Wash.
Jacklin
Seed
Co.,
Spokane Wash.
Kah-ne-ta
Vacation
Resort, Warm Springs,
Oregon
Sy Byle, Deer Harbor,
Wash.
Carl H. Kuhn Irrig. Consultants, Mercer Island,
Wash.
LaGrande Golf Club,
LaGrande, Oregon
Leatham,
Owen,
Pocatello, Idaho
Chas. H. Lilly Co., Seattle, Wash.
Lofts Pedigreed Seed,
Bound Brook, N.J.
Manito Golf & Country
Club, Spokane, Wash.
Meridian Valley Golf
Club, Kent, Wash."
Messmers Landscaping,
Kent, Wash.
Mohoric's Garden Service, Seattle, Wash.
Mountain Vista Country
Club, Sequim, Wash.
National Golf Foundation, Monmouth, Oregon
Nile Country Club, Edmonds, Wash.
Steve Nord, Seattle,
Wash.

Northwest
Mowers,
Seattle, Wash.
Oakbrook Golf & Country Club, Tacoma, Wash.
Oregon Toro Dist. Inc.,
Tigard, Oregon
Oswego Lake Country
Club, Oswego, Oregon
Overlake Golf & Country Club, Medine, Wash.
Pacific Agro Co., Renton, Wash.
Phelps-Braver & Assoc.,
Lakewood, Colo.
Duane
Orullian,
Pocatello, Idaho
Portland Golf Club,
Portland, Oregon
C i t y of
Portland,
Portland, Oregon
Puget Sound Seed Co.,
Seattle, Wash.
Rainbird
Sprinklers,
Livermore, Cal.
Rainier Golf & Country
Club, Seattle, Wash.
Redeturf, Inc., Hubbard, Oregon
Riverside Golf & Country Club, Portland, Oregon
Royal Colwood Golf &
Country Club, Victoria,
B.C., Canada
Royal Oaks Country
Club, Vancouver, Wash.
John P. Rutkai, Salem,
Oregon
San Juan Golf & Country Club, Friday Harbor,
Wash.
Sand Point Country
Club, Seattle, Wash.
Seaside Golf Club,
Seaside, Oregon
Dick Schmidt,
Port
Ludlow, Wash.

Seattle Golf Club, Seattle, Wash.
Senior
Estates
Golf
Club, Woodburn, Oregon
Shadow Hill Country
Club, Eugene, Oregon
Ed Short Company,
Seattle, Wash.
Similk Beach Golf Club,
Anacortes, Wash.
Skagit Golf & Country
Club, Burlington, Wash.
Snohomish Golf Club,
Snohomish, Wash.
Spokane Country Club,
Spokane, Wash.
Sunriver Golf Club,
Sunriver, Oregon
Suntides Golf Club,
Yakima, Wash.
William Tavener, San
Jose, Cal.
Turfseed, Inc., Hubbard, Oregon
Vashon Golf & Country
Club, Burton, Wash.
Victoria Golf Club, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Wagner's Nursery &
Landscape Serv., Walla
Walla, Wash.
Wandamere Golf Club,
Spokane, Wash.
Waverley Golf Club,
Portland, Oregon
Wayne Golf
Club,
Bothell, Wash.
Norm
Whitworth,
Gladstone, Oregon
City
of
Yakima,
Yakima, Wash.
Yakima Elks Golf &
Country
Club,
Selah,
Wash.

Trained Help Doesn't Cost.. .
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By Roy L. Goss
There is more truth to the title of this article than most
people are prone to believe. There is a vast difference
between human error and human ignorance. Errors will
always be made by people, but specialized training will help
us to improve our knowledge and decrease our ignorance of
things we don't understand. Well-trained employees have
the ability to make decisions without close supervision in
most instances. I recall an oldtime friend and golf
superintendent who directed a couple of his best crew to
apply lime to some tees. After one o^4wo tees had been
limed, the superintendent checked and found they were
applying hydrated lime instead of agricultural limestone.
Needless to say, there was a wee bit of brown grass. A
knowledge of the difference between hydrated lime and
agricultural limestone would have prevented this serious
error. All of you can list many, many reasons why some
educational training is of great assistance. But that is not the
reason for this article.
Dr. Jim Maguire, Agronomy Department at Washington
State University at Pullman, has informed me that they will
be graduating several agronomists in 1975 who have
specialized in Turfgrass Management. Some of these people
are not ready to graduate at this time, but the following two
men will complete their degrees this year and will be ready
for employment in the"field. Their names are Larry Gilhuly
^and Frederick Carbonatto. I believe that both these fellows
lave previous experience in working on golf courses as well
as a degree in Agronomy with special emphasis on turfgrass
management. These fellows would certainly be an asset to
your crew. We propose that these graduating students be
taken in as either part of the crew or in the position as an
assistant on golf course, parks, cemeteries or large school
districts for a period of one to three years, depending upon
their previous experience, and then helping to place them in
responsible positions when they show satisfactory ability.
Dr. Maguire informs me that both the men named in this
article .are well qualified to serve as assistant golf course
superintendents, so here is your opportunity to start
planning now for some good qualified help who will be
graduating by May, 1975. Any of you interested in further
information about these two men can write directly to Dr. J.
D. Maguire, Department of Agronomy and Soils,
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163.

SUPPORT YOUR
TURFGRASS RESEARCH
PROGRAMS

USGA — Green Section Conference On Golf Course
Management
It seems that spiraling inflation, recession, tight budgets,
and other problems dealing with our economy dominates
most conversations today; therefore, the United States Golf
Association — Green Section is sponsoring their annual
conference this year on Economy Measures For Survival.
The conference will be held at the Biltmore Hotel, New
York, New York, on Friday, January 24,1975. The program
will include such topics as "Golf Then and Now,"
"Streamlining the Club Operation — A Club Official's
View," "Streamlining the Club Operation — A Manager's
View," "Getting the Most Out of Golf Cars," "Good
Records — An Economic Necessity," "The Golf Course
Superintendent's Mission in the Economic Squeeze,"
"Presentation of USGA-Green Section Award," "A Second
Course for Your Club," and "What's Going On in the Field."
A group of well-qualified USGA-Green Section personnel will conduct most of the meeting and will hold
question-answer sessions and panel discussions. They are
made up of persons like Bill Bengeyfield, William G.
Buchanan, Holman M. Griffin, F. Lee Record, Carl
Schwartzkopf, and Stanley J. Zontek. Charles G. Boskin,
Superintendent, Country Club of Waterbury, Connecticut,
will also participate in the program. Awards will be made by
Harton S. Simple, President, United States Golf Association and Elbert S. Jenison, Jr., Chairman, USGA-Green
Section Committee. Richard L. Siderowf, Golf Club at
Aspetuck, Easton, Connecticut, will present a topic, "Golf
Then and Now, A Champion's View of Course Conditions
Over the Years." Others participating in the program will
include E. George Wetmore, Alphonsasa Barauskas, and of
course, Alexander Radko, who is Deputy Chairman of
USGA-Green Section and National Research Director.
The USGA encourages all member clubs to participate in
this important conference and as many club officials as
possible such as Green Chairmen to attend.

Golf Course Superintendent's
Association of America Annual International Turfgrass
Conference and Show
Don't forget the International Turfgrass Conference and
Show sponsored by the Golf Course Superintendent's
Association of America which will be held this year in New
Orleans, Louisiana. Most of you, no doubt, have already
made your plans to attend this conference, but those of you
who might find it possible and have not planned to do so
should certainly plan on this tremendous conference and
show. It is of the highest calibre in educational sessions and
none better in the world for product and equipment display
shows. The dates for the conference are February 16 through
21, 1975, and headquarters is at the Rivergate in New
Orleans. Additional information can be obtained from any
certified Golf Course Superintendent or other members of
the GCSAA or by writing directly to The Golf Course
Superintendent's Association of America, 1617 St. Andrews
Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.

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All Others and General P u b l i c — Thursday,
May 15, 1974, 10 a.m.

Officers of the Northwest Turf
ASSOCIATION
Cliff Everhart
President
John Monson
Vice-President
Dick Haskell
Treasurer
Dr. Roy Goss
Exec. Secretary
NORTHWEST TURFGRASS TOPICS is sponsored by the Northwest Turfgrass Association and
financed through funds of this organization. Any
communications concerning distribution of this paper
or association business should be directed to Dick
Haskell, 1000 N.E. 135th, Seattle, Wash. 98125, or
Roy L. Goss, Western Washington Experiment Station, Puyallup, Washington 98371.
Communications concerning content of this paper
should be directed to Dr. Roy Goss, Editor, Western
Washington Experiment Station, Puyallup, Washington 98371.