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Wide Track Drive (U.S. 10) Pontiac, Michigan 48058 Phone: (313) 338-0425 2 MICHIGAN & BO RDER C IT IE S GOLF COURSE SU P ER IN T EN D EN T S ASSOCIATIO N PRESIDENT JAMES TIMMERMAN, CGCS ORCHARD LAKE COUNTRY CLUB Orchard Lake, Michigan 48033 Off. 682-2150, Res. 682-7234 2474 Lafay V ICE PRESIDENT BRUCE WOLFROM, CGCS BARTON HILLS COUNTRY CLUB Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 Off. 662-8359, Res. 663-9213 435 Stein Road SEC RETARY-TREASURER WATERS EDGE COUNTRY CLUB ED HEINEMAN 10531 Bellevue Grosse lie, Michigan 48138 Off. 675-0927, Res. 676-3095 BOARD OF DIRECTORS KEVIN DUSHANE 159 Willards Way WABEEK COUNTRY CLUB Union Lake, Michigan 48085 Off. 851-1689, Res. 698-2924 MICHAEL EDGERTON MEADOWBROOK COUNTRY CLUB Livonia, Michigan 48150 Off. 349-3608, Res. 522-6238 CHARLES GAIGE 32736 Hees 7390 Rickett Brighton, Michigan 48116 Off. 231-3003, Res. 227-4617 FRITZ MCMULLEN, CGCS FOREST LAKE COUNTRY CLUB Orchard Lake, Michigan 48033 Off. 335-14 10, Res. 363-8030 3912 Fieldview LAKELANDS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada NOR 1LO DANIEL UZELAC DOMINION GOLF CLUB Off. 969-4350, Res 969-4350 THEODORE WOEHRLE RR No. 1 OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB 3390 Witherbee Troy, Michigan 48084 Off. 644-3352, Res. 649-8512 PRESIDENT EMERITUS CLEM WOLFROM DETROIT GOLF CLUB 530 Kendry Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48013 Off. 345-4589, Res. 334-0140 " A PATCH OF GREEN” P u b l ¡ s h e d monthly by the MICHIGAN AND BO RDER C IT IE S G O LF COURSE SU P ER IN T EN D E N T S ASSOCIATION Circulation: 1,250 Ted Woehrle, CGCS, Oakland H ills C.C. 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Sprinkler Irrigation Supply Terminal Sales Corporation Tire Wholesalers, Inc. Turfgrass, Inc. Turf Supplies, Inc. USS Agri-Chemicals Wilkie Turf Equipment Corporation Charlie Wells 81 Company 3 6 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WE NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D ASK (BUT DECIDED TO A N SW ER A N YW A Y ) informed about ter superintendent. One way it does this is through educational seminars and con­ ference sessions it sponsors each year to help you become better turfgrass diseases, pesticides, landscaping and management practices. I Yes, G CSA A can help you become a bet­ 2 Yes, G CSA A is helping to further the ad­ vancement of the turfgrass industry. Through the GCSAA Scholarship & Research Fund, Inc., GCSAA provided more than $13,500 last year in research grants to leading turfgrass programs. GCSAA also provides educational opportunities to turf­ grass students through annual turfgrass scholarships. 3 4 Yea, G C SA A offers recognition for superintendents. Through its its public relations efforts, magazine, and its award programs, GCSAA helps promote the image and the profes­ sionalism of the superintendent. GCSAA also provides to superintendents about how they can use public relations to promote their own image to their course, their community and their association. information Yes, G C SA A provides a meeting ground for superintendents. Each year, GCSAA sponsors an annual conference and show for its members. Last year more than 6,500 educators, in­ dustry representatives and members from all over the world attended. GCSAA’s executive committee decided at its last board meeting that the conference experience is so valuable that first-year members should be encouraged to attend by being given free admission. Yes, G C SA A provides each member with a life insurance program. Supplemental insur­ ance, disability and pension programs also are available. No, G C SA A can’t help you with your golf handicap. You’ll have that yourself. to work on 5 6 if) GCSAA The association that offers you more than just a name. 1617 ST. ANDREWS DRIVE • LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66044 913/ 841-2240 An Accident on the Golf Course- Who's Liable? By Dr. Harold Gluck As a golf course superintendent, you •e in charge of the course, whether it y 9,18 holes, or more. Your main task »to keep it in top condition. And you ave a staff of efficient workers to see lat this is done. But, in the back of our mind you do have one perpetual lought and worry which can be best xpressed this way: “I don’t want an ccident to take place on the golf ourse.” For a lawsuit can take place. k>w, let us take a look at some situa- ions that could result in an injury on he golf course. We start with the golfer who is le- ;ally present. He has paid his fee and it s a bright morning. Not many are on he golf course. As he hoes from hole 10. 7 to hole no.8 he suddenly trips. A *ake was left on the ground and the golfer just didn’t see it. What hap­ pened to him? He broke his right leg! A hundred other golfers could fall and almost no injury. But this one broke his leg.Would the owner of the golf course be liable in a suit for damages? Now we go to our second situation. A salesman for a firm that specializes in supplies for golf courses comes to see you. You give him an order. He takes a short cut across the golf course to the parking field. He trips on the rake and his foot is injured. Would the owner of the golf course be liable in a suit for damages? In our third situation, a represen­ tative of an esoteric religious sect in­ sists on seeing you. Your assistant tells Continued on Page 8 Need Golf Course Equipment? FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Phone (313) 482-4210 2. Ask for Charlie Weils 3. Tell him what you want - " If he doesn’t have it, he’ll get it.” 4. Choose as you please- a. He will restore yours b. He will repair yours c. He will follow your instructions d. He will guarantee his work - " If he can’t fix it, Throw it away.” 5. Tell your friends to buy "WELLS BUILT.” CHARLIE WELLS & COMPANY How well you play has little to do with the scorecard Bill Middleton One of the ironies of competition, especially in the business world, is that the kind of competitiveness that is necessary to get the job may not be conducive to getting the job done later on. I remember when I was a kid, there was tremendous competition to make the hockey team. Once you made the team, though, we were all supposed to be comrades. Later on, while working in a corporate environment, I noticed that businesses want highly competitive people, but they also want “organization man” who will sublimate the conflicts which are by products of competition. What happens most often is that in the jockeying that goes on within corporate organizations, concern for the product or service gets lost. In the current issue of Harvard Business Review, Professors Robert H. Hayes and William J. Abernathy conclude that “there is prime evidence of broad managerial failure of both vision and leadership that has eroded both the inclination and capacity of United States companies to innovate and compete.” The authors feel the decline in productivity of American business is due largely to the rise of accountants and attorneys to positions of power in the larger corporations. It certainly appears to be true that in the big business game, where owners don’t manage and managers don’t own, the “scorekeepers” — the accountants and lawyers — has taken over. Increas­ ingly, U.S. companies are being ma-[ naged by financial and legal executives^ who essentially don’t want to compete. They want to win, but they don’t want> to get their shoes dirty. Competition in corporations is gene-’ rally defined in terms of winning and losing. The “game” is no longer one^ thing, the outcome is; the goal is every-] thing, the process nothing. Competition involves the risk of losing. But risk is> repugnant to accountants, losing an anathema to attorneys. And so, while) accountants are looking for the loop­ holes, nobody is looking after the business. Joan Didion once wrote that the highest art form in Hollywood was “the deal.” Today, preoccupation of corpo­ rate management is with “deals”- mergers, acquisitions, divestitures-and not with developing newer, better, and more competitive products. Many in­ dustrial officials blame their problems on OPEC and government regulations. This hardly explains, however, why productivity in West Germany is four times that of American productivity even though Germany imports nearly all of its oil and government regulations there are even more stringent. The reason why American business is failing Continued on Page 14 No r th- C en tr a l Region Year To Forget With a communal sigh of relief, the rorst year, turfwise, in recent memory 5 coming to an end in the North Central Region. History will record 980 as the year the South came North, forth.Problems formerly unheard of in the •forth developed, such as Pythium in he upper reaches of Minnesota. Se- rere nematode damage, hitherto never iny problem, struck the upper Transi- ion Zone. Diseases both known and unknown a new book may soon be published entitled What Killed So Much C-15 Toronto) ravaged golf courses through- >ut the region. To wit, during a Turf Advisory Service Visit to a golf club in Cincinnati, I saw active Pythium, Dol- ar Spot, Brown Patch, Fusarium blight, a little Anthracnose, and the black Ataenius Beetle, all active and working.Without question, turf suffered un­ der even the most comprehensive and intensive golf course management pro­ grams and was lost in substantial a- mounts. Philosophically, I believe we sometimes simply expect too much of grass when extended periods of ex­ treme heat, humidity, and rainfall bring on diseases, insect damage, and related problems. Hopefully, with the advent of new fungicides and long-term Pythium con­ trol, as well as comprehensive renova­ tion that decreases the amount of Poa annua, this year’s problems will linger only as bad memories and will be some­ thing to tell your grandchildren about. — Stanley J. Zontek PanaSea Liquified Sea Plant Extract Multiple-purpose Turfgrass Supplement C o m ple te ly Safe For People, Plants, and Animals PanaSea A Product of Natural Science and Technology - DISTRIBUTED BY - TURFGRASS, INC. Phone: Area 313 437-1427 7 Accident on Golf Course? cont. him you are too busy and that he should leave the golf course at once. This he does. But he returns later. His idea is to solicit donations from the golfers. He is now legally a trespasser. He goes across the golf course and trips on that rake and his foot is injured. Would the owner of the golf course be liable in a suit for damages? Our final case concerns a 12 year old boy. He should be at home in the evening. But he is out walking. And he passes the golf course. And what does he see? There near the fence is a golf buggy! It should be in the shed with the rest of them. But somehow it was left behind. So he climbs the fence and gets onto the golf course. He heads for that buggy. He starts it and for five minutes he has the time of his life. Then some­ thing happens! It gets out of control. And heads for a tree into which it smashes. He is severely injured. Bear in mind that the boy legally is a trespasser. Would the owner of the golf course be liable in a suit for damages? In the light of two decisions made by New York’s highest court the answer in each of the four situations would seem to be a resounding “yes.” These de­ cisions may influence liability laws in other states. Most states, however, continue to use classification of guests, in determining obligation. These cases were decided solely on the basis of foreseeability, meaning that the only factor the judges con­ sidered was whether the situations causing the accidents being ligitated could have been foreseen as dangerous. Furthermore, past distinctions among the types of injured parties - whether invitees, guests or trespassers- were called antiquated in both decisions. This all leads to the point that anyone injured on the golf course can now sue you more easily. Let’s take a closer look at what was ruled in both of these top cases. And keep in mind the four situations pre­ sented to you, the basic question always being: “Was the danger foreseeable?” In the first case of Roulmaldo Martinez, the court said: “Since the injury resulted from an artificial, dangerous condition on the defendant’s property, the decisive issue was the foreseeability of the injury. Under the facts of this case, the duty owned to the plaintiff could be correlated to the risk of harm reasonably perceived, regard­ less of status, whether that of trespasser, licensee or invitee in the traditional sense. “Notice that the court made no distinction between a trespasser and the two other classifications. In the second case, Scurti, the court reinforced the previous decision: “ . , .the liability of landowners to one injured in their property should be governed not by the ancient and an­ tiquated distinction between trespasser, licensee and invitees but rather by the standard applicable to negligence cases generally, i.e. the standard of reason­ able care under the circumstances whereby foreseeability shall be a mea­ sure of liability.” And in the latest case on the matter, O’Connor, “the finding that the infant was a trespasser, plaintiffs reason, does not preclude recovery in the present Continued on Page 11 ProTurf Helping the superintendent (Scotts) through turf research... ■ Controlled Release Fertilizers ■ Fertilizer/Pesticide Combinations ■ Fungicides—Herbicides—Insecticides ■ Soil Testing—Weed & Disease Identification s c o t t s • l e l y • g a n d y s p r e a d e r s Finest quality turfgrass seed-Fairways • Greens • Tees • Roughs Scotts Windsor and Victa blends J i m B r o c k l e h u r s t Technical Representative i% 4 Cataipa Berkley, Michigan 48072 Telephone: 313-547-9632 8 Vertagreen A product for all reasons • Balan offers pre-emergence control of Poa Annua, crabgrass, goose grass, water grass and foxtail. • One-fourth the nitrogen is Urea-Formaldehyde. • Uniform particlesflowsmoothly, spread evenly. • Contains secondary and micro-nutrients. 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That means that you should thoroughly go over the golf course for conditions that could result in accidents. Then you can take the steps necessary to eliminate any hazards that exist. Start with the sad, but true fact of life: A golf course somehow becomes attractive to a lot of kids. They may even look for “lost” golf balls to play with or to resell. I regret to tell you that in most of the golf courses I visited, it was easy for the trespasser to get onto it.Post a ‘No Trespassing’ sign in your parking lot as well as around the outside and even the inside of a golf course. Do not allow any child you pick up on the golf course to continue by himself. Regardless of the excuse given: “We kicked our football over the fence, I am looking for it.” Back to the office the child goes with you. You can send an employee out to look for it. Or the child says, “I am looking for my father.” “What is his name?” is your answer. Then check out the list of names on the playing schedule for the day. It is my personal opinion that a No synthetically produced fertilizer can compare with warning alone has no effect. You notify the parent by phone or registered letter. You also notify the police department of what happened You are not a bit hard-hearted. Just remember the big verdict that can be handed down in a case of lawsuit. What goes for a child also goes for an adult you may find wavering over the golf course. But how did they get in the first place? I have surveyed various golf courses and the methods taken to pro­ tect the golf course are almost nil. You may have to consider the use of a private security guard to make the rounds.What has been left, lost or accidently dropped on a golf course can create a hazard resulting in an injury to a player who has been legally on the golf course. That means you need a check up before the course opens, when it is closed, and even when players are on it. Go over the fences. They may need repair. Can a kid climb over the fence? Or under it? You may have to consider an electronic warning system that will notify the office in the security of a fence is breached. One setup to protect yourself is as follows: All people who have business with you should meet you in your office. The business is then normally transacted there. That keeps them off the golf course. And thus reduces the chances of an injury. Now is the time to go over the liability policy the golf course owner or manager has. Have your lawyer read it carefully and tell you if you need: a) A larger liability coverage, b) A more comprehensive coverage for every type of accident. MILORGANITE Golf Courses Use More MILORGANITEWÈ1 Than Any Other Fertilizer TERMINAL SALES CORR 12871 EATON AVE. DETROIT, MICH. 48227 (313) 491 -0606 11 Why do Superintendent's Belong to GCS A A ? They are proud of their profession and want to improve it. They recognize that a strong organi­ zation can better represent the com­ bined interests of the profession through its unified voice. They are convinced that profession­ al growth can best be achieved through the uniting of similarly minded col­ leagues. They realize that their active partici­ pation in the Association can shape the future of their profession. They have discovered that the Asso­ ciation’s activities, programs and pub­ lications can keep them abreast of the latest technological information. They believe that a strong Associ­ ation can strengthen their regional and local turf organizations and programs. their professional They understand that their personal participation can assist other Super­ intendents and the turfgrass industry. They know that the resources of a vast organization can only act to in­ crease stature, knowledge and abilities. They appreciate the opportunities they will have to attend national and re­ gional educational assemblies, devel­ oped to meet their specific needs. They know that their fellow Associa­ tion members are a valuable asset whenever information is exchanged. They realize that they can no longer work alone in a vacuum, but must share the insight, experiences and technical information of as many other profes­ sionals as possible. USGA'S NEW TURF BOOK SCHEDULED FOR 1981 RELEASE The current state of the art and science of turfgrass culture will be the subject of an upcoming book entitled Turf Management For Golf Courses, by Dr. James B. Beard, professor of turf­ grass science at Texas A & M University. University. Prepared under the sponsorship of the United States Golf Association, it is a comprehensive reference and “how to” book on the culture and manage­ ment of turf for golf courses. It empha­ sizes the application of basic turfgrass principles to golf course turfgrass culture. The subject has been organized into 12 chapters: The Golf Course, Build­ ing a Golf Course, The Putting Green, The Tee, The Fairway, The Rough, The Bunker, Equipment, Irrigation System, Pests and Stresses, Manage­ ment, and Associated Aspects. Hun­ dreds of photographs and illustrations are included. The appendix includes vegetative and seed identification of turfgrasses, species and cultivar characterization, fertilizer characteristics and conver­ sions, and drainage design specifica­ tions.The USGA has sponsored two other turf-related books: Turf for Golf Courses, by Charles V. Piper and Russell A. Oakley, in 1917, and Turf Management, by H. Burton Musser, first published in 1950 and revised in 1962. Both books had a tremendous impact on turf management when they were published. Turf Management for Golf Courses is not a revision of the earlier books. It will be available early in 1981 from the Burgess Publishing Company, 7108 Ohms, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435, and the USGA, Golf House, Far Hills, New Jersey 07931. 12 GOLF g s a O LF is a science, the study of a life- time, in which you may exhaust yourself but never your subject. It is a contest, a duel, or a melee, calling for courage, skill, strategy and self-control. It is a test of temper, a trial of honour, a revealer of character. It affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman. It means going into God's out-of-doors, get­ ting close to nature, fresh air, excercise, a recreation of tired tissues. It is a cure for care, an antidote to worry. It includes com­ panionship with friends, social intercourse, opportunities for courtesy, kindliness and generosity to an opponent. It promotes not only physical health but moral force. D. R. FORGAN — With Compliments of — ROBT. FORGAN & SON, LTD., ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND The Leading Golf Club Makers for over a Century & a Quarter 13 How Well You Play, cont. to compete on the international market is because of the obsession with winning, with the short-term gains that look good in the boxscores. There are at least two distinctly different approaches to competition in business. One is the Vince Lombardi philosophy: “Winning isn’t everything -it’s the only thing.” The other is the Grantland Rice approach: “It’s not whether you win or lose that counts, but how you play the game.” The first is goal-oriented, the second process- oriented. It seems to me that winning and losing are necessary elements in the process of competition, but that process is clearly more important than outcome.When I play golf, it’s me and the golf course. It doesn’t matter what my partner is doing. We compete on the basis of score, yet score is at best a hazy representation of the game. I don’t play the game to win, I play the game to play. Sometimes I win and sometimes I don’t. The risk involved is that the game might not have the outcome I desire. But I don’t like any of my energy to go into thinking about the consequences of not winning. forms of competition, In most whether it be business or sports or whatever, there are elements of risk and reward, skill and luck. We have to accept that we can’t control every­ thing, particularly the outcome. But the quality of our own performance, that’s something we can control.The score at best is a reflection and an approximation of that quality. There is an inherent contradiction, then, in a system which is obsessed with the score but appears to show no concern for the pursuit of excellence. Winning isn’t the only thing; it’s not even the most important thing. The most impor­ tant thing is to get the best of competi­ tion by getting the best out of yourself. Bill Middleton was formerly Vice President and General Manager of Medical Data Systems. 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The event was held at beautiful Bay Pointe Country Club and there were over 400 people in attendance. The days festivities start­ ed with golf at twenty five country clubs in which you could pick your favorite course. There was an excellent buffet and dinner at Bay Pointe. The afternoon was filled with excitement. The millionaires party allowed all the successful gamblers to an aray of prizes from TV’s to clock radios. The raffle which included a trip to Hawaii or $1500.00. Second was a set of golf clubs and third prize a wheel barrow of cheer. The winners were smiling Rick Muse who took the cash. Scott Demmis from Lawn Equipment was the set of clubs and Don Morley took the cheer. Congratulations to the winners. Actu­ ally we were all winners that day. Over $14,000.00 was generated for turf grass research which will be studied and researched at the new Hancock Facility at Michigan State University. The Michigan Border Cities Golf Course Superintendents would like to thank the 25 country clubs that donat­ ed their club facilities, to all the sup­ pliers who donated gifts and to all the hard working people who were involv­ ed in setting up the days festivities. A job well done. Match Nitrogen Source to Plant Needs, says McVey The biological activity of methylene urea products can be substantially altered by manufacturing technology lto satisfy the the varying nitrogen needs of a wide range of plants, ac­ cording to a paper presented by George R. McVey, Senior Researcher, O.M. Scott & Sons, at the annual meeting of the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (AAPFCO) in Seattle. According to Dr. McVey, selection of the proper source of methylene urea results in increased nitrogen efficiency Continued N ext Page 15 FOR MOWER SHARPENING AND REPAIRING - Call For Free Estimate: M APLE LANE GOLF CLUB (313) 268-2130 LAKESHORE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY CO. 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THE GOLFER’S XMAS PRAYER When starting out from golfs 1st Tee, No matter what lifes yardage might be. j Play square and with your clubs - Don’ t talk a good game like otherdubbsi And may the good Lord look down on Thee, When you have a 4 and mark down a 3. And may he show you a golf course so clean where Angels putt on the finest greens. So when your golf game of life is o’ er, 5 May real peace be yours when you yell ’ ’ Fore!’ -Dave Kennedy Mrs. Dale Weitzel passed away May 21 in Venice, Florida. ever Mrs. Ward Cornwell, Mrs. Bernie Johnson, Mrs. Valentine Butner and Mrs Stanley H ill wish a belated Season’ s Greetings to all their friends in the Association. “If nobody said anythin! unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would desceni upon the earth.** Sir Alan Herbeii “America is great because America is1 good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. ” Alexis de Tocqueville a|(9|e3|c9|e3ie3|e Kubota rear blades are just what you need to imple­ ment your B-Series Kubota diesel tractor for almost any kind of scrapingor backfilling work. ASLOWAS 5 1 0 8 C A FULL UNE OF MID-HANOI DIESEL TRACTORS AND IMPLEMENTS Si]ICUBOTR-J Test drive a Kubota Diesel Tractor now at: WM. F. SELL & SON, INC. 16555 TELEGRAPH ROAD TAYLOR, M IC H IG A N 48180 Tele p h on e : 3 1 3 / 2 8 2 - 5 1 0 0 COUNTRY CLUB THE BALANCED FERTILIZER .—•a valuable asset-— In growing good turf FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL LEBANON CHEM ICAL CORP. P O. Box 647 Danville, IL 61832 16 f N G IN E E R E D R A IN i ürf Topics ecision Controllers th Unmatched Flexibility. I Buckner is first in the industry to offer you solid-state roelectronics in an irrigation controller. Our KCS line of trailers are as easy to operate as pocket calculators. S offers unmatched flexibility with 12 or 24 individual :uits and four 14-day schedules ... all with timing :uracy down to a fraction of a second. The KCS totals ly watering time, allows skipping up to nine days, has h automatic and manual syringe cycles for services :h as dew removal and many more unique features, eration is simple, fast and accurate. WW is the time to consider converting existing quick coupling valves or nanual systems to automatic - - with ]-M/Buckner, solid state KCS automatic equipment and new automatic valves and sprinkler heads. You may do i t yourself -- or check with Jim Vince on design and in sta lla tio n . * Write or call direct *é E N G I N E E R E D RAIN Sprinkler Irrigation Supply Co. A division of A.J. M iller Inc. 1316 No. Campbell Rd. Royal Oak, Mi. 48067 Phone (313) 398-2233 Chicago Sales Office/Warehouse 1115 Republic D rive, Addison, IL 60101 (313) 543-5330 17 - MBCGCSA ROSTER - Changes and Additions B A B Mr. Ernie Wohlfeill (Laura) 2200 Island Hwy. Charlotte, Michigan 48813 Mr. Kevin Smith 3407 Braeburn Drive Lansing, Michigan 48910 Mr. Ken Debusscher (Pam) 33128 Richard 0. Drive Sterling Heights, Michigan 48077 Mr. Robert A. P hillips P.O. Box 1658 Cave Creek, Arizona, 85331 Mr. Mark J. 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The amount of paperwork needed to make this country run is a standing joke, but like many old jokes, there are times when it isn’t very funny. When you consider the amount of informa­ tion you and your family provide the government yearly, and multiply that by the number of people in the country, can you really be sure that your records are correct? After all, there is a lot of money at stake here. Consider the process involved. So­ cial Security tax is withheld from your pay. Your employer matches that a- mount and sends both taxes, along with a report on your earnings, to the Inter­ nal Revenue Service. The 1RS, in turn, transmits the earnings report to the Social Security Administration, where If you have changed your address, please let us know so we can keep our addressing plates up to date. Present Address: N A M E A D D R E S S C I T Y S T A T E Z I P Fill In New Address: N A M E A D D R E S S C I T Y S T A T E Z I P Mail this form to: A PATCH OF GREEN 31823 Utica Road Fraser, Michigan 48026 it is fed into a computer and credited t( your account. Most of the time, th( system works, but there is room foi error. Most cities have a Social Security Administration office. They can help you request a statement of your earn ings, which will show those payments which have been officially credited to your account. Because there is a time lag in pro­ cessing information, the statement may not cover the most recent wages you have received, but it will show you] total earnings in each of the last thre( years and your total earnings sinc( 1936. You can compare these figure! with the information on your W-i forms for those years to make sur( everything is in order. If there is a mistake, a representativ( in your local office will help you locati any missing reports of your past earn ings. You should check on your earn ings every three years. The law sets * time limit for corrections of thre( years, three months and fifteen day! after the year in which the wages hav< been paid. After that, it becomes mucl more difficult to have a mistafe corrected. “ C’mon. We can go right off— no wait. 18 HOWARD COMMERCIAL TURF EQUIPMENT COMMERCIAL 60” MOW ER The Howard 60” Commercial Mower with forward mounted cutting head affords maximum visibility, non-tracking per­ formance and unparalleled trimming capabilities around and under bushes, chains, guard rails, picnic tables, etc. By having your cutting head out in front, independently attached, you can actually see the mower following the contour of the ground, not the tractor. The Howard Commercial Mower with hydrostatic transmission enables you to set your cutting speed to an infinite range, between the speeds of 0 and 6.2 M.P.H., depending on your m ow ing conditions. The heavy duty transm ission and d iffe ren tial allows for a responsive, yet smooth, operating forward and reverse action in open or congested areas. The transmission is backed by the strongest warranty in the field. The outstanding versatility of our tractor is evidenced by the attachments which are available. The attachments are quick change and may be run off our live P.T.O. LAWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 46845 W. 12 M IL E ROAD NOVI, MICH. 48050 P.O. BOX 500 (313) 348-8110 JA C O B SE N the articulated, 4-wheel drive truck that goes everywhere 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK Powered by a 16 HP engine, the UV4 features a rugged torque converter trans­ mission with 2 forward speeds, plus reverse, along with powerful hydraulic brakes. The box handles items 5 feet long and 4 feet wide. The tailgate hinges at the top and bottom for your choice of loading and dumping (dumping is done hydraulically with the flip of a lever). Test drive the UV4 for yourself. Have W.F. Miller arrange a demonstration on your obstacle course. And have 2000 pounds of something handy to take along for the ride. Four 500-pound canaries ought to do it. W. F. Miller Equipment Company TELEPHONE: (313) 647-7700 1593 S. WOODWARD AVE. BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN 48011 " A Patch of Green” 31 8 23 U T IC A R O A D F R A S E R , M IC H IG A N 48026 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY - SERIALS 4882 EAST LANSING, MICH, U S POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 37