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... Ior YOU

That's a lot of customers! - but it'sa true figure. It represents the totalof readers of the above magazines inwhich Acushnet advertisements willappear between April and Septem-ber. * It's the most powerful sales-producing campaign we have everrun, and with last year's record salesas a base, it should send golfers intoyour shop looking for Titleists as

never before. * Make the most of it- display, recommend, push Titleists

and other Acushnet Golf Balls whichare sold through your Golf CoursePro Shop only. Acushnet ProcessSales Co., New Bedford, Mass.

George Willard, pro at RoyalCalcutta GC, in United Statesvisiting clubs and club factories,on his way back to Englandfor periodical leave . . . HarryAdams, MacGregor Chicagosalesman, scored decidely wellat Fox River Valley ExchangeClub with talk and demonstra-tion on club design and use. . . Salem (Mo.) G&CC plan-ning to build new 18 hole courseCentral Arizona GA campaigning for newpublic course at Phoenix Papago Park toease situation at Encanto GC, only publiccourse in Phoenix,

Gen. Abelardo Rodriguez, former presi-dent of Mexico; Gov. Braulio Maldonadoof Baja, California and Wm. O'Dwyer,former New York City mayor and ambas-sador to Mexico, in syndicate planning tobuild $250,000 country club at Mexicali,near Mexico-California border ... SeveralLos Angeles councilmen advocate closingovercrowded Los Angeles muny courses toout-of-city players, or charging the non-resi-dents higher fees.

Construction 'Of swimming pools con-tinues at high rate at c'Ountry clubs ...Every flag on University 'Of Mexico's 18-hole course and 9-h'Ole par-3 course stolenone night ... Iridications point ro mouse-brained kiddies who need palmistry 'Ontheir fannies.

Better be some understanding reachedquickly and publicly announced betweenPGA and Mrs. Louis Lengfeld, pres., Unit-ed Voluntary Services, on National Golf

Day and' Swing Club Week. . . Nels Cullenward, golfwriter of San Francisco CallBulletin, wrote of Mrs. Leng-feld at promotional meeting inSan Francisco presenting "theplans for the tourney whichwill take the place of Life's Na-tional Golf Day of the past fewyears." ... National Golf Daywas co-sponsored by Life and

the PGA for three years and as announcedin Dec., 1955, will be sponsored by thePGA this year . . . PGA has Golf Daypromotion material in hands of clubs andpros and has very strong promotion coope-ration of U.S. Jr. Chamber of Commerce.Swing Clubs are exceedingly valuable orga-nizations of women golfers aiding servicemen in hospitals and other military instal-lations . . . PGA has been very coopera-tive with Swing Clubs.

Some confusion involved United V'OI-untary Services and American W'OmensVoluntary Services when allotment 'Of pro-ceeds from 1955 National Golf Day weremade but both organizations received fundsfor their veterans' pr'Ograms.

Very foggy to the PGA, amateur golfand other civilian organizations is the pic-ture of the government's policy and pro-cedure in providing and maintaining golffacilities and equipment at vet hospitals ...Golf has been valuable therapy at somehospitals ... Golf in treatment of mentalcases at a veterans' hospital having a courseprovided by Chicago District Golf Chari-ties has been especially successful. At some

HERB GRAFFIS

60-yea'r old Bill Davis of Lake Forest, III., a freshman at ArizonaState College, Tempe, Ariz., and a member of the golf team, linesup a putt as his coach, AI Onofrio (rear), and two teammateslook on. Davi's, retired Chicago businessman, was attending Ford•ham University when his education was interrupted by World WarI and nearly 40 years went by before he could get back to thebooks. However, his golf education apparently wasn't neglected

during this time. He shoots in the 70s.

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veterans' hospitals pros report the golffacilities presented to the hospitals havebeen neglected until they're no longer use-ful.

Golf Day, which has brought in abouta half million dollars for USO, Red Cross,armed services and veteran's recreation,caddie scholarships, golf turf research, jun-ior golf extension, amputee and blind golf-ers, PGA relief, benevolent and educationalfund, now represents the biggest single re-sponsibility the PGA has assumed in na-tion-wide service and publicity . . . ThePGA and its members have got to putGolf Day, June 9, across as a pronouncedsuccess or risk a flop that may be costly inprestige and cash.

What makes the Golf Day assignmentone calling for every resource of person-nel and publicity and persistence the PGAcan command is the fact that use of golfas a fund solicitation factor is steadily in-creasing ... Among causes soliciting fundsby golf events are heart, cancer, cerebralpalsy and crippled children hospitals,Olympic fund, boys clubs, flood relief andRed Cross . . . All of them deserve plen tyfrom those lucky enough to be playinggolf but when the golf charity deals get too

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frequent none of them click.Big remodeling job at Sequoyah GC, ~

Oakland, Cali£', with members contribut-ing greater part of cost in equipment and ~labor . . . Sutherland (Neb.) Reservoir 'Park, Inc., building 9-hole sand green A

course ... Eugene Heitman now mgr.,Belle Plaine (Ia.) CC ... Architect Jack ~-Daray says Coronado, Calif., Glorietta Baymuny 18 will be in play by July, 1957.

Hickory Hills CC, Springfield, Mo.,opens new $360,000 clubhouse replacing "clubhouse destroyed by fire in Nov., 1954... Philadelphia CC soon to start build-ing its $1,250,000 clubhouse ... Pros atMinnesota PGA spring meeting at Town ..Jand Country Club, St. Paul, toured beauti-ful new clubhouse to be formally opened tin May ... Pro Jock Hendry getting beau-tiful new shop in a new building but thepro shop building is not well located forconvenience to members. -t

Jim Murray, formerly asst .to ArmandFarina at Schenectady (N. Y.) muny course, ~tnow pro at Amsterdam (N. Y.) muny course... Cloverleaf GC, Greensburg, Pa., opensfirst 9 second 9 to be opened late thismonth Larry J. Goodman, one ofthree owners of Cloverleaf, will manage thedub.

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James G. Harrison to remodel TygartsValley CC, Elkins, W. Va., recently pur- ~chased by Elkins Lodge No. 1135 BPOE... Robert Trent Jones modernizing Elk-ridge Club course in Baltimore, Md. . . .Charlie Nichols, Palm Beach (Fla.) CC proin winter, signed as pro by new HillcrestCC, North Reading, Mass. . . . WayneRecreation Assn. plans to build 9-hQlecourse near Lyons, N. Y. to plans of Pack-ard and Wadsworth, La Grange, Ill, archi-tects.

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A REPORT ON THE KROMAD* FORMULA-HOW EACH INGREDIENT HELPSTURF STAY HEALTHY

No.3 in a series of reports on anew approach to turf diseasecontrol with KROMAD-thebroad-spectrum fungicide devel-oped by Mallinckrodt.

This article will give you the "inside story"of KROMAD and present many facts aboutthis new broad-spectrum fungicide thathave never been published before.We want to discuss each active ingredientin KROMAD and show how it helps keepyour turf healthy. You will then have abetter understanding of just how this broad-spectrum fungicide controls more turf dis-eases than any other fungicide availabletoday. You will also be better informed onhow to use KROMAD advantageously.It is important for you to remember thatKROMAD is the result of an extensiveresearch and testing program. A great dealof experimentation was required to deter-mine the ingredients and exact proportionsof each that should go into the product.The action of these individual ingredientsand the action of the right combinationof them is the secret of KROMAD'seffectiveness.Cadmium Compound-Cadmium is ex-tremely effective and economical for controlof such turf diseases as dollar spot, copperspot and pink patch. This cadmium com-pound controls disease and does not dam-age turf.Potassium Chromate-Tests in 1953witha Mallinckrodt experimental fungicide re-vealed that potassium chromate is verysuccessful against leaf spot diseases such asCurvularia and Helminthosporium. Addingthis ingredient to KROMAD makes iteffective against these diseases.Malachite Green-Malachite Green is ef-fective against brown patch. In KROMAD,Malachite Green is combined with otherelements also effective against brown patch,and the combination provides positive andlong-lasting control. Further research indi-cates that Malachite Green may controlpythium too.

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Auramine-Auramine is one of the ingre-dients which act against brown patch andCurvularia.

Thiram -Continued research indicates thatThiram may be absorbed by the leaf blade.In combination with the other ingredientsof KROMAD it contributes some degree ofprotection against a number of fungi thatattack turf grass.

Urea and Ferrous Sulfate (Iron)-Theseingredients in KROMAD are valuable aidsto turf culture. By stimulating healthygrowth, they make grasses more resistantto disease.

Renex - Better, longer lasting protectionis assured when a contact fungicide such asKROMAD completely covers the leaf area.Renex, a wetting agent, is used in KROMADto insure good coverage.

There you have it-eight important ingre-dients-each one contributing to the pro-tection and health of your greens. That'swhy KROMAD controls more turf diseasesthan any other fungicide on the market!

SMALL DOSAGE-LOW COSTSOn a preventive schedule: Two ounces ofKROMAD per 1,000 sq. ft. every five toseven days will control the major turf dis-eases during normal weather. During ex-tended periods ofhigh temperature and highhumidity, larger quantities of KROMADmay be used to achieve increased control.It has been applied at four times the recom-mended rate with no visible damage tofine turf.

On a curative schedule: Experience hasshown that if a green is badly infested,outstanding control is achieved by apply-ing KROMAD on three successive days.After this series of treatments, the golfcourse superintendent can determine byobservation when the next dose is needed.

Consult your Mallinckrodt turf fungicidedistributor. He will be glad to help youplan a KROMAD turf disease preventionprogram.

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de Grace, Md., as pro ... Southern HillsCC, Tulsa, Okla., wants to get NationalOpen as soon as it can ... Grand golfcourse, wonderful bunch of members andofficials, fine clubhouse facilities and an ~all-star operating staff ... Jack and VictorRose to operate Lebanon (Conn.) RanchCC 9-hole course.

Andrew Lund, supt., Waterbury, Conn.,East Mountain muny course, and in thecity's service for 52 years, kept on job aftermandatory retirement age was reached be-cause city couldn't find a replacement ...Cedric F. Smallidge to open IS-hole courseat Lancaster, N. Y., next month ... Law-rence Robinson, New York World-Tele-gram & Sun golf writer says "In 30 yearsmore than 70 golf clubs have been lost tothe Met area, with only about two dozennew ones having been built.

Miami, Fla., voters will be asked in No-vember to approve a bond issue for build-ing an IS-hole course near the airport ...John B. "Reds" Lynam, jr., now pro atShamokin, (Pa.) Valley CC ... BaysideGolf Course, at Bayside, Queens, N. Y. C.,IS-hole fee course sold for price reportedto exceed $3,000,000 ... Course to be op-erated thru August, according to an-

AT KANAWAKI JIMMIE PATTERSON HAS USEDMILORGANITE FOR OVER TWO DECADES

Kanawaki is a much used, popular private golfclub in Montreal, Canada. The turf on greens,tees, and fairways is excellent always - thanksto the know-how of Jimmie Patterson.

In the early days Patterson was the Professionalonly. Then he was asked to d,irect course main-tenance in addition. Now he devotes all his timeto maintenance. In addition, Patterson is gen-erous enough to lend a helping hand to otherclubs in Quebec Province.

Kanawaki started to use Milorganite before1930. They have been a consistent carload userever since - for more than two decades.

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