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(luti Milliliters Assn. nf zerland before coming to the Amerlcu urntiicrs with HorU. S. . . . Here he worked with wath anil Ilonvath, hotel anil Seth Raynor and Robt. White cluh accountants, to prepare u in course construction, then new edition of booklet, " C n l went to Seattle, Wash., as form System of Accounts for supt., before he came to Buffalo City ami Country Clubs" . . . . . . He was a charter member r s < ; A grants applications for of the National Greenkeepers amateur reinstatement to 5 Assn. and first pres.. Western North Tc\as State College stuN, Y. Golf Course Supts.' Assn. dents who violated rules of He did great work in advancing amateur status . . . Sixth conH E R I GRAFFIS his profession and was one of secutive season of TV broadits prized and beloved leaders cast sponsored by Joe Jemsek for C o g . , . He is survived by his widow, Mary; and II1II and St. Andrews and Charley Nash by his daughter Roberta and son for Mission Kill (Chicago dist.) fee Cameron. courses Aprils ivith mail response bigger The girls do marvelous jobs ill producthan ever . . . It's olilcst golf TV program ing Interesting, Informative and attractive . . . Features Revolta and Itradley as regprograms for golf events . . . Women's ular pros and guest stars . . , Prices given Southern amntcur championship program for best letters on plu.vlng and rules probfor the event at Chattanooga (Tenn.) lems . . . Letters run from loot) to 1 H4M> GJfcCC. and program for Illinois Women's weekly, State Amateur Invitation champions at Ray Jones again conducting Indiana Danville (III.) CC, June 22-27, are the campaign among golf clubs for Weathersort of hooks to he preserved for refervane United Cerebral Palsy fund . , . Bob ence . , . Among features of Southern Harlow, Golf World. Pinehurst. is national program Is double truck of tournament golf chmn., for the drive which has 150 angels' signatures and golf writers' tales cluba lined up . . . Robt, Trent Jones' job , . , Illinois Women's honk has merry of remodeling some Birmingham i Mich.) cartoons by Cavanaugh, C C holes for P G A championship standout Johnny Cochran, pro at Denver (Colo.) achievement in toughening course for long C C signs Dave Tosh as asst. . , . Iowa hitters without making ft too hard for club Greenkeepers and Turf Assn. estimates members. there are between 16,000 and 20,000 acres Nat Freeman, pro ut Lake Tiirlelon Cluh, Pike N . II., in summer and at Rayshore tiC, Miami, Flu., in winter, married tn lovely senorita, Mariniiella Matos . . . Jackson Bradley, pro at Fdgeivatcr G C (Chicago dist.) switching to pro spot at River Oaks CC, Houston, Tex. , . . Al Demaret, Jimmy's brother, front Ojai (Calif.) CC to succeed Bradley at ftdge-

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Grand old Scot who helped build golf in the U. S., Robert Henderson. 30 years supt., Country Club of Buffalo, N. Y,. died May 6 . . . Bob worked under his father at the private course and estate of Sir Robt. Tennent and worked on other estates in Scotland. England, Ireland and Swit-

in the state's golf courses. Mike Ktihlsh, former North Carolina I* football star, now pro al Whttevllle ( N . C l ) C C succeeding Rodney W a r n e r who has gone as pro to Keswick ( V a . ) CC . . . Tommy Card switches from Keswick to pro job at Carmel CC, Charlotte, N. C., succeeding Jim Overton, resigned , . . Pete Gnebel now pro at N e w Bern ( N . C.) G&CC, succeeding Billy Capps w h o is taking a (ling at tourney circuit , . . Roland Robertson from Darlington (S.C.) to pro job at new Montgomery County CC, Troy. NT. ('. Earl Estrtdge. after 26 years as pro at Stnniv County CC, Badin. N. C., moves to Shaw A i r Force Base course near

Sumpter, S. C. . . . Pete Mitchell, Wilson salesman on that beat, reminds us that Eat ridge developed Johnny P a l m e r on Johnny's road to stardom , . . W . F r a n k ( B u d d y l Oodwin, Jr., f r o m Miami to Ashevllle ( N . C.I C C pro job succeeding Jim G a n t z w h o ' s t r a n s f e r r e d to H a r r i s burg, Pa,, pro j o b . . . Henry Bland now pro at Anson CC, W a d e s b o r o , N . C .

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Fairwavs, greens and tees fertilised con sistently w i t h M I L O R G A N I T E , the natural organic nitrogen plant food, are distinguished by rich, deep green color, uniform texture and a healthy, closely knit root system. " M 1 L O R G A N I Z L D " turf resists disease and with standstill any of [he climatic rigors to which less sturdy turf succumbs.

Oil it- f i t inter, veteran w e s t coast golf w r i t e r w h o handled scoreboards itl m a n y tournament* in California, died recently or a hearl attack in IjOs Angeles. Midwest Golf Course Supts. M a y 18 meeting at Silver L a k e C C {Chicago dist. 1 got the members together for planting of zoysla . . . M i d w e s t G C S A elected Ike an honorary m e m b e r . . . He'd better replace divots, fix footprints In traps, repair ball m a r k s on greens a n d not imitate those w h o throw bottles all over the whole damn course, or the M i d w e s t boys will pick up his card.

These are reasons why G o l f Clubs use more M I I . O R G A N J T E than any other c o m m e r c i a l fertiliser. Our Soil Testing Lab* oratory and Turf Service Bureau are avail* able to you upon request.

Bill Hoy now o w n e r of A r r o w h e a d C O ( C h i c a g o dist.) . . . Mike Coyne hits bought f o x L a k e (III.) C O . . . Midwest course supts, doing some fine public relations and cdticational jobs . . , D o n Strand, \Vestml Il/JV COMPACT, IWC

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City of Bethlehem. Pa. sells 47-year-old Lehigh course f o r $585,000 to be site of shopping center . . . E l m e r B r o w n to N a poleon ( O . ) G C as pro . , . N e w pro shop for Ken Milne, pro a t C C of Northampton County, Allentown, Pa. , . , Lon Milts, Knoxvllle. Tenn. designing Green Valley G C 18 to be built a t Kingsport, Tenn. . . . P . O. H a r t returning to golf a s pro at Buckhannon

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T h e 70 that B o r o s shot at O a k m o n t on N a t i o n a l Golf D a y w a s 2 strokes better than his best round ( t h e s e c o n d ) in the Open . . , T w o a d d e d q u a l i f y i n g rounds idea f o r Open w o n ' t c o n t i n u e long, j u d g ing f r o m criticism at Pittsburgh . . . Costs t o o m u c h in t i m e a n d m o n e y f o r f e l l o w s who have to make long jumps to Open s i t e . . . T h e y ' d s o o n e r h a v e all q u a l i f y i n g done s e c t i o n a l l y . . . In 1954 e x p e n s e w o u l d be brutal t o f e l l o w s g o i n g f r o m W e s t C o a s t t o B a l t u s r o l a n d in 1955 f o r p l a y e r s g o i n g f r o m E a s t C o a s t t o San Francisco.

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