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With more than 200 members and guests at tending, the 27th annual meeting of the Southern California PGA was held recent-ly a t Riviera CC, Los Angeles.

One innovation was the attendance, for the first time, by invitation of the pros, of over a score of greenkeepers from the clubs of the respective pros, each greenkeeper being the guest of his home pro. The SCPGA has approved a policy of "closer cooperation with the greenkeeper" so tha t the fu r t he r exchange of ideas and problems of course maintenance m a y be enhanced. The SCPGA announced t h a t it will go "all-ou t" in the drive to have the 1948 National Greenkeepers Association annual conven-tion select Los Angeles or soipe other Southern California city as the site for this impor tan t event.

A definite cementing of the pro-green-keeper tie was accomplished when the SCPGA honored 3 local greenkeepers with a g i f t to each in the form of a sterling silver engraved cigarette lighter, for their very fine work, time and talent given to the con-struction and maintenance of pitch and pu t t "rehabili tation" golf courses for servicemen ^f rSawtel le and Birmingham General Hospitals, the Long Beach Naval Hospital and two similar layouts at Santa Ana GI convalescent centers. The green-keepers so honored by the SCPGA were William Stewar t of Hillcrest CC, the pre-

sentation being made by George Thompson, president of Hillcrest acting for and on in-vitation of the SCPGA; Robert Greenfield, greenkeeper at Wilshire CC, whose gif t was proferred by Olin Dutra, pas t presi-dent and now honorary life member of SCPGA, and Rodney Barker, greenkeeper, Virginia CC, who stepped up and received his honor f rom William P. "Billy" Bell, well-known golf architect, ac t ing for SCPGA, and who designed all the PGA-sponsored pitch and pu t t rehab golf courses. John Paap , Long Beach a t torney and director of the Long Beach Recreation Commission, was given a similar award for handling all the legal work in connection with the rehabilitation program.

Award to "Golf's Best" Aide Highlight of the general meeting was the

SCPGA's annual award to the person voted to have "best served golf" in Southern Cali-fornia. This year the award went hands-down to Milton P. Arthur, Long Beach chain-theatre owner and member of the Virginia CC of t h a t city, for his remark-ably insistent and consistent record of help-ing servicemen, particularly handicapped men, with golf facilities and other services. As George Lake, SCPGA president, apt ly put it, " the 9-hole pitch and pu t t course a t the Long Beach Naval Hospital will re-

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S C P G A O f f i c e r s and D i rec to rs f o r 1947. Back row, l e f t t o r i g h t : C l a y t o n A le r i dge , Rio H o n d o C C , Downey ; John Bol lante, La Jo l la C C , La Jo l l a ; G e o r g e M c l n e r n y , 19th H o l e Dr iv ing Range, H u n t i n g t o n Park; Cu r l y H o w a r d , Long Beach Public G C , H u n t i n g t o n Beach; Bud Oak ley , Palos Verdes C C , Palos Verdes Estates, second V.P.; J o e Novak, Bel-Air C C , W e s t Los Ange les . Front row, l e f t to r i g h t : H a r r y Bassler, Fox Hi l ls -Baldwin C C , Cu l ve r C i t y , f i rs t V.P.; G e o r g e Lake, Recrea t ion Park G C , Long Beach,

p res iden t ; M a r v i n C lawson, Sunset Fields, C C , Los Angeles, secre ta ry - t reasurer ; W i l l i e H u n t e r , Riviera C C , Pac i f i c Palisades, honora ry pres ident .

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main a living monument" to Arthur and the SCPGA, who together, paid for its en-tire layout and construction. Arthur was presented by Lake, for the association, with a lifetime honorary membership in the Southern California PGA.

As the SCPGA president remarked in his presentation speech, the Long Beach

G e o r g e Lake, pres., S C P G A , presenting Milton P.

Arth ur, Long Beach, with Honorary Li fe M e m b e r -

ship as " g o l f e r of the y ea r " who had "bes t served

g o l f " in Southern Cal i fornia.

Naval Hospital pitch and putt course was only a semi-climax to the list of many gra-cious actions of Mr. Arthur for servicemen, with golf as the medium.

Lake first contacted Arthur prior to the appearance in 1943 of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in an exhibition to secure g i f ts of golf clubs for servicemen. When Arthur learned the reason for Lake's solicitation of advertising, he not only cooperated by publishing announcements of the Crosby-Hope golf exhibition in his newspaper ads, but on learning that servicemen would be charged a nominal 50c admission fee, he

Rodney Barker, greenkeeper , Virginia C C , being

presented with g i f t by Wil l iam P. "B i l l y " Bell,

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sent along his check for $250.00 and in-structions to Lake to " let the first 500 servicemen in free". On a hurry-up visit to the course the day Crosby and Hope ap-peared, and learning of the success of their appearance in raising golf clubs for servicemen, Arthur then offered and paid the balance of the expenses of the event.

The next year Arthur again completely financed the event and attendance by servicemen and talk developed regarding possible construction of a short rehabilita-

Will iam Stewart, greenkeeper, Hil lcrest C C , Los Angeles , being presented with g i f t by G e o r g e

Th ompson, pres., Hil lcrest O O .

tion course. Arthur let it be known he would help in every way. The third year Arthur still paid the bills and aided in publicizing "golf for veterans". He even offered Lake his own set of gol f clubs "as I don't get the time to p lay" but this George refused.

In 1945 SCPGA officials conferred with Long Beach Naval Hospital of f icers re-garding the rehabilitation course, origin-ally planned for only 3 holes. Arthur learned of it, suggested a 9-hole layout and put up the money for its completion. His final touch was the arranging for group in-

Robert " B o b " Greenf ie ld , g reenkeeper , Wilshire C C , being presented with g i f t by Olin Dutra,

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struction of 15 to 30 patients at a t ime at the course, arranging and paying f o r all transportation and other expenses. His in-terest and activities continue to this day.

Arthur was visibly affected by the honor paid him and the public recitation and recognition of his "golf for veterans" activities. He had always shunned any personal publicity in connection with the rehab program and was loath to accept it now. His audience was chagrined to learn in his acceptance speech that his "gol f ing days are over" due to ill health. Arthur's help and contributions were made, he said, on his "philosophy of l i fe " that bread cast on the waters would return in many forms and in the hope that 11 of his fami ly in the service "might be treated nicely by other people wherever they were " in the various branches of service during the war. He called golf "the greatest test of man's character".

The private session of the SCPGA meet-ing brought out that a minimum of 25 and a possible eventual total of 50 entries would be counted on f rom P G A pros in this area to attend the California State Open at Fresno, May 1-4; the acceptance of Ells-worth Vines' membership with the comple-tion of his 5-year apprenticeship, and the election of the fol lowing off icers and direc-tors for 1947:

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