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Publ ished monthly by the Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents As soc i at i on

MEETING NOTICE
Date:
Plaie:
Host:
Golf:
Lunch:
Cocktails:
Dinner:
Program :

Coming Events:
December 12
January 20-22
February 8-13
March 3-5
Membership:
Pierre Costa
Dick Allen
Warren Schupp

November 12, 1970 Thursday
The Apawamis Club
Garry Crothers
11 AM on
Grill Room
5 PM
6 PM
ANNUAL MEETING - ELECTION OF
OFFICERS
(NOTE: 21 regular members are required for a
quorum, also proxy votes must be in the
secretary’s hand before the meeting)
Christmas Party - Green Tree Country Club
3 day Golf and Fine Turf Course — Rutgers
University
GCSAA National Conference — Denver,
Colorado
University of Massachusetts Turf Conference
The following members have been accepted
into MGCSA.
Class A
The Patterson Club
Class A
Sunningdale Country Club
Class B
The Stanwich Club

*ALL MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE and READ the by-laws change
approved at the Special meeting in regard to all future new
applications and how they are to be passed.

MGCSA NEWS: It certainly was a busy period from
mid-September to Mid-October with all the meetings, Special
meetings, Field Days, Invitationals and golf outings and picnics.
Our September meeting was held at Silver Spring Country Club in
Ridgefield, Conn. Dick DePencier our host prayed for a break in
the rainy period that part of the country was going through. Well
he sure got his order as it was a gorgeous sunny day in a beautiful
country setting. You see no houses on the border of the whole 18
holes even though Ridgefield Center is just down the street. We
saw a lot of excellent turf especially on the greens. Tony Grasso
gave an excellent presentation of slides of things happening or
being done in our own area by fellow superintendents. It
certainly always gives an idea or two for your own course in
planning future renovations or improvement of your maintenance
operation. Next stop on the tour was at the Annual meeting at
Hampshire Country Club with Bill Caputi as host. The attendance
was disappointing to say the least, only 13 Class A members in
attendance, just enough for a quorum under the old by-laws. All
changes and additions to the by-laws were approved. They are
again enclosed in this issue of the Tee to Green so please file
them in your directory and bring them to the annual meeting.
Ted Horton (Secretary of New York State Federation of Golf
Course Superintendents) made available to members present
applications for Certification. Those members interested in
Certification please contact. Ted. The same week we had a large
turnout for the golf outing at Whippoorwill followed by the
always great picnic or feast (as I am sure no one ever leaves
Labriola’s without enough to eat and drink). Chuck Martineau,
our host, said we had over 60 for golf and I am sure we added a
few more for the picnic. It was a great fun day. A big THANK
YOU to the Labriola’s.
The following week some fellows went to the NJGCSA
Equipment and Supplies Field Day. It’s the first one I’ve missed
and they tell me it was the best. Skip Cameron did a great job in
spreading the word and I heard there were over 85
S u p erin ten d e n ts in attendance (that’s what you call
participation). Ted Horton went up the Nevelle for the
Federation conference and annual meeting and was chairman of
one of the programs. I am sure he will clue us in at the annual
meeting as to what is happening in the federation.
October remained very warm and we had another great day for
our own MGCSA Equipment and Supplies Field Day at Wykagyl
C.C. A1 Smith, who was chairman and host for the Field, worked
very hard to present another successful Field Day. We had over
30 exhibitors. Bill Caputi and A1 Tretars contributed all the tables
which certainly helped a lot. As usual, the mike was ably handled
by Tony Grasso of Metro Milorganite in both the demonstrations
of equipment and following the beer wagon and drawing the door
prizes.

Agricultural Division
Rm. 204 Post Office Building
White Plains, N.Y. 10602
Phone 428-4850

Editorial Staff
Garry N. Crothers
Harry Nichol
Edward Horton

President,
Vice President,
Secretary,
Treasurer,

Editor in Chief
Editorial Staff
Editorial Staff

OFFICERS
John Madden, Pelham C. C.
Office PE 8-2730, Home NE 6-6662
Fred Scheyhing, Mt. Kisco C. C.
Office Mo 6-2254, Home 232-3983
Edward Horton, Winged Foot G. C.
Office OW 8-2827, Home 835-1181
A1 Tretera, Fenway G. C.
Office 472-1467, Home 327-2637

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jim Fulwider, Century C.C.,
Office 761-0400
Home WH 9-4613
Dom DiMarzo, Oak Lane C.C.,
Office 203-389-0850
Home 914-273-8955
Harry Nichol, Elmwood C.C.,
Office 592-6608
Home 356-8582
Garry Crothers, Apawamis Club,
Office 967-2100
Home 967-1404
William Caputi, Hampshire C.C.,
Office 698-6131
Home 835-4361
Not copyrighted. I f there is good here, we want to share it with
all chapters - unless author states otherwise.

Two days later we had our Invitational Golf Tournament at
Scarsdale Golf Club. Everett Wood our host certainly went first
class all the way, but one can’t control Old Man Weather and
this was the day he decided to make it rain and at times pour..
We initially had 40 teams for this great annual event. 30 teams
did brave the elements and as it turned out after the first few
holes the rain let up and really the rest of the afternoon wasn’t
bad considering all the black clouds that kept passing overhead.
Needless to say the hot shower felt great along with a few hot
toddies. Then everybody enjoyed talking with other club officials
and golf professionals while eating the many delicious hors
d’oeuvres along with a few more drinks. Then the day was topped
off with a delicious dinner. Woodie introduced his chairman and
other club officials and also (take note, fellas) the board of
directors of the club who all sat at one table.
A1 Tretars awarded the winning team trophy to Bonnie Briar.
The team consisted of Dom DiMarzo, Sal DiBuono, Pro Richard
Learson, Pres. Lee Gibson, Greens Committee Chairman. On a
match of cards, Rockland C.C. came in 2nd, Sterling Farms, 3rd;
and apawamis, 4th.
The evening’s program was highlighted with Anthony Verteri
(NFL Official) giving some of the inside infromation on
officiating and some of the tricks of the trade. Several questions
were asked and this was followed by a short movie on highlights
of the 1969 Giant football season.
SEE YOU ALL at the ANNUAL MEETING.

A PRELIMINARY NOTICE REGARDING
THE PESTICIDE SITUATION
Dear Cooperator:
Because of the many questions we are receiving regarding the
pesticide situation, I am sending out this preliminary letter which
I hope will answer many of your questions although we have not
yet received the official notice of the bans, restrictions, rules and
regulations. The newly created Department of Environmental
Conservation will be making final decisions at any time now. The
following are some statements of the situation which should be of
some hlep to you in planning for the coming season,
Do not build up inventories o f pesticides in the hopes that
after January 1st, 1971 you will be allowed to use up banned
chemicals or those that you would otherwise not be able to use.
You may need to declare an inventory and the use of pesticides
banned after January 1st will be illegal.
Permits for specific use will be under the direction of Mr.
Charles Frommer, of the Department of Environmental
Conservation. It is expected that there will be 14 to 16 regional
offices where permits will be issued - not decided where to be
located and how many.
Disposal o f pesticides — As of today, we do not have a
program for the proper disposal of pesticides. Hold on to your
pesticides in a safe, locked area until a program is worked out for
the proper disposal of pesticides. State Officials, working with
industry experts, are working on this program. We feel that until
proper disposal methods are worked out, it is better to keep the
pesticides in the areas where they are now, in small amounts,
rather than bringing them together without a program for
disposal.
Ten (10) BANNED ACCUMULATIVE CHEMICALS—
DDT, DDD, BHC, Bandane, Endrin, Mercury Compounds,
Selinates, Sodium Floroacetate, Strobane, Toxaphene.
Seven (7) ACCUMULATIVE PESTICIDES—
Only for specific purposes, by permit, used by commercial and
professional groups.
Chlordane, Aldrin, Arsenicals, Dicamba, not with fertilizer;
Dieldrin, for termites and wood insects; Heptachlor, as a bait for
alfalfa snout beetle; Lindane, for wireworm and rootworm,
Asiatic, Oriental, Japanese beetle; Lindane for certain worm
problems on ornamentals; as a paste for borers. It appears that
Lindane will be permitted for homeowner use in flea collars and
in paste form for borer control.
Fifty-five (55) TOXIC PESTICIDES will be available, by
permit, to commercial and professional people.
To repeat — the above are some statements being sent to you
because of the many questions I have been receiving. There likely
will be some changes when the official regulations are issued. The
above is for your information.
Sincerely yours,
Walter Androsko
Cooperative Extension Agent

The following changes and additions to the By-Laws, prepared by the
By-Laws Committee and reviewed and approved by the Executive Committee
are hereby submitted and recommended to the membership for adoption:
Article II, Section 1
Paragraph 5 Class C. Commercial Member. Any individual of good
character and employed by a reputable commercial
concern, and who is sufficiently interested in our
profession to work for the benefit of the Association,
shall be eligible for Class C. or Commercial Member.
No company, corporation or commercial concern may be
represented by more than one individual.
Paragraph 6 A Class C member may not vote or hold office nor attend
the business meetings of the Association, and total
Class C membership shall not exceed one third (1/3)
of the total Class A and Class B membership.
Article III,
Section 1

Section 2

Section 4

Every applicant for Class A, Class B or Class C member­
ship shall present an application in writing on forms
provided by this Association. All applications shall
be signed by the applicant, and that applicant shall
be endorsed for membership, upon said application, by
at least two (2) regular members in good standing.
Each applicant shall have been present at at least two
social meetings prior to the consideration of his ap­
plication for membership. No non-member may attend
more than three social meetings within the period of
one year, and must be invited and accompanied by a
regular member in good standing. A "social meeting"
shall be defined as any time other than when the formal
business of the Association is transacted, during the
course of a regular or special meeting of the associ­
ation .
Membership applications shall be passed upon by the
Executive Committee and favorable or unfavorable rec­
ommendations shall be made to the membership in the
next regularly scheduled Tee To Green publication. The
same recommendations shall also be made known to the
members at the next regular or special meeting. Members
wishing to vote unfavorably on any prospective member
shall do so in writing to the Executive Committee with­
in ten days following announcement of the recommendations
of the Executive Committee at a regular or special meet­
ing of the Association. In the event that four or more
regular members in good standing choose to vote unfavor­
ably on any prospective member, the Executive Committee
shall review the application in question and announce its
findings to the membership and to the prospective member
without delay. At the next regular or special meeting
of the association, final disposition of rejected ap­
plications shall rest with a majority vote of the mem­
bership. In the event of rejected applications, re­
applications shall be made as outlined in Article III,
Section 3.
Any member who at any time shall change his status of
employment shall have his membership reviewed by the
Executive Committee for possible re-classification. All

reclassifications shall be voted upon according to pro­
visions outlined in Article III, Sections 2 and 3. Ap­
plications for reclassification shall receive priority
over new applications. The date of receipt by the sec­
retary shall determine priority.
Article V,
Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Article IX,
Section 1

Article XII,
Section 1

There is hereby created and constituted a Benevolent
Fund, which shall be maintained by yearly additions from
membership dues. The purpose of this fund will be to aid
a sick or distressed member or a member of his immediate
family, or provide insurance or retirement protection for
the membership. The Benevolent Fund shall be administered
jointly by the Welfare Committee chairman and the Associ­
ation Treasurer, or in their absence or disability, the
Executive Committee.
The Benevolent Fund shall be replenished in March-of each
year to the Siam of $500.00 and shall be deposited in a
reputable Bank, the choice of which shall be approved by
the Executive Committee. Allocation of necessary monies
to maintain the Benevolent Fund at its prescribed level
shall be constituted at each annual meeting. Allotted
monies shall be provided by the general funds of the As­
sociation. Such allocation shall be subject to a major­
ity vote of those regular members in attendance at an
annual meeting, provided a quorum is present. If during
the course of operation in any calendar year, the fund
should be depleted to less than $300.00, it shall be im­
mediately replenished in increments of $100.00. The fol­
lowing March, it shall be replenished to the prescribed
level of $500.00.
Money allocated to the Benevolent Fund shall be used only
for benevolences herein stated, unless or until so voted
otherwise by an affirmative vote of at least three fourths
(3/4) of the total regular membership, and then only after
written notice has been given to all members at least (30)
days prior to such action.
The Executive Committee shall annually appoint a Nomina­
ting Committee which shall consist of at least three mem­
bers of the Association, and will be appointed ninety (90)
days prior to the annual meeting. Said Committee shall
prepare a nominating list of one nominee for each office
to be filled at the annual meeting, and shall present the
list to the members in writing at least thirty (30) days
prior to the meeting. In the event of unforeseen circum­
stances, such as strikes or personal tragedy, presentation
of the nominating list to the membership at the last reg­
ularly scheduled monthly meeting shall be considered as
valid notice.
Twenty (20) regular members in good standing shall con­
stitute a quorum at regular or special meetings of the
Association. Proxy votes shall be considered as valid,
provided they are in the secretary's hands prior to the
meeting. The number of members or proxies required for
the annual meeting quorum shall be one third (1/3) of
the regular members in good standing.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY SOIL STUDY STARTED
Soil scientists have been assigned to Westchester County by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture to begin the accelerated soil
survey of the County, it was announced by Edward R. Weidlein,
Jr., of Croton Lake Road, Mount Kisco, New York, Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Westchester County Soil and Water
Conservation District. The soil survey, funded in major part by
the County of Westchester, will classify all of the undisturbed
soils of the County according to modern classification techniques
to determine the quality and capability of the soils for various
uses. The survey is expected to take three years to complete.
The initial survey work will be undertaken in the northeastern
section of the County, in portions of Bedford, New Castle,
Lewisboro, North Salem and Somers, in accordance with
priorities assigned by the District Board of Directors. The
communities in which the work will be done have ail signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Soil and Water
Conservation District.
The soil scientists will cover the County on foot, noting aerial
photographs of the gound’s surface those points where the soil
type changes. The soil scientist will confirm this change by taking
soil samples with a forty-two inch soil auger. The traverses will be
close enough together so that soil differences on areas as small as
one acre (approximately 200 feet square) can be observed. No
evidence of the soil borings will remain nor will there be any
evidence that the soil scientist has passed through the area.
Each soil scientist carries papers identifying him as an
employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and each will
endeavor, where possible and feasible, to ask the owner’s
permission to undertake the survey work before he begins. The
scientists to have the right of entry for the purposes of making
the survey, according to Soil Conservation Service sources.
Traverse findings will occasionally be checked by machine-dug
pits to a depth of six feet or more. These pits will be on sites
selected in advance, and if on private property, will be done only
with the owner’s permission. The pit areas will be fully restored
to a natural condition when the examination has been completed.
The Westchester study is part of the National Cooperative Soil
Survey of the entire United States. The cooperators in that survey
in Westchester are the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, the State
Experiment Station at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and
the Westchester County Soil and Water Conservation District.

For Sale:
Used Rogers Model 720 Sweeper
5 yd. capacity
Like new $600.00
Can be seen at Westchester C.C.

Job Opening: Hudson Hills Golf Club
Pines Bridge Road
Ossining, New York
18 holes
Salary open
Contact: Mr. Murray, Manager.

Job Opening: Ellington Ridge Country Club
P.O. Box 568
Manchester, Conn.
Please send resumes to:
James A. McCarthy
Chairman Greens Commission
P.O. Box 568
Manchester, Conn.

THE OXYGEN GIVER
A blade of grass.
It is quiet. It has no moving parts. Yet in its growth process, it
takes polluting gases from the air and returns pure oxygen.
In a season of active growth, the grass in a well-maintained
lawn, 50 by 50 feet, liberates enough oxygen to meet the needs
of a family of four day after day.
As it performs this miracle, grass also provides the basic food
supply for animals and man. It does this by photosynthesis, using
the energy of the sun to turn carbon dioxide, water and minerals
into green growth.
Every lawnowner is making a worthy contribution of
life-sustaining greenery. That means that an average 18 hole golf
course supplys enough oxygen for well over 1000 people during
the growing season.

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