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America s Smartest Eating and Meeting Places.. A t t h e B r o w n D e r b y — a Hollywood, institution. Where the brightest stars of screen,radio and society meet and quench thirst the KEENER way—with the one and only world-famous Pabst Blue Ribbon! At E l M o r o r r o — Pabst Gets the Call. One of Nezu York's top swank-spots. Where Pabst Blue Ribbon is the password—for keener delight from dusk to dawn. Ycur Place is Judged by What It Serves .. . Increase Your Prestige and Profits with Blue Ribbon! FREE MENU RIDERS" BOOST PROFITS Full color menu riders are yours for the asking.They're increasing check averages for many other managers... Why not send for samples? Write to Dept. 918, *Only in Pabst Sales »tales where C o m p a n y , I permitted. Chicago. There's a reason why more and more of the smartest hotels, restaurants and clubs of America are featuring Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. They've found that their customers appreciate the famous name and famous quality of Pabst. It adds to their prestige to serve this supremely fine beer. . . and in the food business prestige means profits. Customers like Blue Ribbon...they like its lighter, brisker body —its long-lasting keener refreshment. Have your waiters and waitresses suggest Pabst. It will pay you in greater prestige and greater profits. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE SMART PLACES THAT FEATURE PABST: Mark H o p k i n s , S a n F r a n r i w r o ; C o p l e y - P l a z a , B o x t o n ; Mayflower Hotel, W a n h i n f ( l o n ; S t . R e g i » , N e w Y o r k ; R o n e y - I ' l a z a , M i a m i R e a c h ; Greenbrier, W h i t e S u l p h u r S p r i n g » ; A m b a » H a i l o r , C h i c a g o ; R o y a l H a w a i i a n , Hawaii; Walilorf-Aatoria, New York. Copyright 1939, Pabst Sales Company, Chicago PASS THE WORD... /0U SERVE Pabst BLUE RIBBON
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America s Smartest Eating and Meeting Places..

A t t h e B r o w n D e r b y — a Hollywood, institution. Where the brightest stars of screen,radio and society meet and quench thirst the KEENER way—with the one and only world-famous Pabst Blue Ribbon!

A t E l M o r o r r o — Pabst Gets the Call. One of Nezu York's top swank-spots. Where Pabst Blue Ribbon is the password—for keener delight from dusk to dawn.

Ycur Place is Judged by What It Serves .. . Increase Your Prestige and Profits

with Blue Ribbon!

FREE M E N U R I D E R S " BOOST PROFITS

F u l l co lor m e n u r ide r s a r e y o u r s fo r the a s k i n g . T h e y ' r e inc reas ing check averages f o r m a n y o t h e r m a n a g e r s . . . W h y n o t send for s a m p l e s ? W r i t e t o D e p t . 918 , *Only in

P a b s t Sales »tales where C o m p a n y , I permitted.

Chicago .

• There's a reason why more and more of the smartest hotels, restaurants and clubs of America are featuring Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. They've found that their customers appreciate the famous name and famous quality of Pabst. It adds to their prestige to serve this supremely fine beer. . . and in the food business prestige means profits.

Customers like Blue Ribbon...they like its lighter, brisker body —its long-lasting keener refreshment. Have your waiters and waitresses suggest Pabst. It will pay you in greater prestige and greater profits.

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE SMART PLACES THAT FEATURE PABST: M a r k H o p k i n s , S a n F r a n r i w r o ; C o p l e y - P l a z a , B o x t o n ; M a y f l o w e r H o t e l , W a n h i n f ( l o n ; S t . R e g i » , N e w Y o r k ; R o n e y - I ' l a z a , M i a m i R e a c h ; G r e e n b r i e r , W h i t e S u l p h u r S p r i n g » ; A m b a » H a i l o r , C h i c a g o ; R o y a l H a w a i i a n , H a w a i i ;

W a l i l o r f - A a t o r i a , N e w Y o r k .

Copyright 1939, Pabst Sales Company, Chicago

PASS THE WORD... / 0 U SERVE

Pabst BLUE RIBBON

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A Complete Lawn Mower Grinder — In One Machine! Grinds reel in own bear ings to one thousandth of an inch accuracy . N o high blades or tapered ends. Gr inds t h e b e d k n i f e straight and t rue . Handles all reel type m o w e r s f r o m edgers to l a r g e p o w e r o r tractor units .

At last! You can grind lawn mowers more accurately for keener cutting than ever before.

TRIED A N D P R O V E N Precision Lawn Mower Grinders a re not new. They have been used on the Pacific Coast for five years. Owners praise the accuracy of the method. NOW all munici-palities, parks, and golf clubs throughout the country can have the advantages of Precision Rotary Grinder accuracy, sim-plicity and economy.

G IVES S M O O T H E R G R E E N S The test of the Precision Lawn Mower Grinder is tha t it grinds all blades so ac-curately tha t they will cut a ha i r over the entire length of the bed knife. This assures an even grass carpet, smoother-mowed green — every blade of g rass cut clean — exactly the same length.

P R O L O N G S M O W E R LIFE The Precision method assures keen cut-t ing on all blades of the reel, f rom one end of the bed knife to the other. It gives a keener edge to both the reel and bed knife that will stay sharp longer than with any other method of gr inding; which means greater economy — prolonging the life of your lawn mowers.

SAVES Y O U M O N E Y You can now grind mowers the Precision-way in a few minutes — a t a cost of less than two cents for power and emery cloth. Precision ground mowers do the work fas te r and easier — they last longer. If you are interested in ACCURACY and ECONOMY, get the facts on Precision Laum Mower Grinders.

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Young grubs and worms will feed on grass roots until cold weather starts. Apply protective measures in Sept-ember or October when ground conditions are favorable.

Damage can be reduced by application of G R A S S E L L I or N u R E X F O R M Lead Arsenate. Both of these products are high in killing power—easily applied as dust or spray.

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• It means a growth of fine turf grass o f beauty and texture that wil l meet every requirement o f y o u r m o s t critical p layers and the exact ing d e m a n d s o f thr i f ty ma in tenance .

• It means a thick, hea l thy g r o w t h f r o m seed o f h i g h e s t pur i ty and g e r m i n a t i o n . Native g r o w n llent Seed doesn' t have to be nursed it 'grabs h o l d ' requires o n l y c o m m o n sense handl ing .

• Get y o u r l lent Seed f r o m the s a m e source that f o r near ly a g e n e r a t i o n has p r o d u c e d b e a u t i f u l lawns and greens o n the bet ter g o l f courses o f the N a t i o n .

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A N A T I O N A L N E W S I T E M Clipped from "Detroit Free Press"

Green Grass Is Ensured for Penn's Football Field

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19— (U. P.)—A shimmering green gridiron that will last most of the campaign is expected at the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field this football season.

In other years, turf growth was hampered by use of Franklin Field as a practice ground for baseball. Transfer of these activities to River Field and the installation of a new subsurface spr inkl ing system is counted on to keep the grass green well into November.

(The above is, of course, Skinner System)

A Few Other Recent Interesting Installations

• Spring Valley C C , Elyria, O . • Pinehurst C C , N . Car . • Ft. D o d g e School Athletic Field, Iowa. • LaGorce C C , M iami Beach, Fla. • May ' s Landing Park, N . J. • Palm Beach Winter Club, Fla. Gol f Bulletin No. 236 is yours for the asking.

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What did the drought do to your turf?

TEST YOUR SOIL before starting costly reconstruction Don't waste time and money by hit-or-miss liming and fertilizing in your reconstruction program. Easy-to-use Sudbury Portable Soil Tes t ing Labora-tory shows what added elements your soil needs to produce strong drought-resistant turf. Makes 200 individual tests for nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, lime. In permanent metal case. Economical refills available. Complete with instructions and helpful chart. S E N D N O M O N E Y . Order C.O.D. and pay only $18.50 plus collection charges on delivery (or send $18.50 with order and we will ship pre-paid). Your money back if you are not more than satisfied.

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if KEEP THE BALL-

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PEAT vs. MANURE FOR POTASH

Organic matter is indispensable in top-dressing used on greens. It imparts needed resilience to surfaces so greens hold a pitched ball without the necessity of dangerous over-watering. Up to now manure has been the universal source, but scarcity is compelling the use of peat and other substitutes. Peat is practically devoid of potash and the minor plant food elements also, whereas good quality manure contains as much potash as nitrogen, and is rich in minor elements. In displacing manure, this has been ignored or overlooked be-cause supplementary potash is not needed with the manure substitutes used on fairways. On greens, unlike fairways, constant re-moval of clippings accentuates need for potash. In the past, manure replenished potash thus lost, and supplied minor elements. With peat substitutes, potash shortage can be eliminated by using 50% grade potash fertilizer at 5-7 lbs. per 1000 sq. ft., twice a season . . . once in spring and once in early fall. By using a fertilizer rich in rare elements — such as MILORGANITE — to supply needed organic nitrogen, possible need for these essential minor nutrients can be dismissed.

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Off-Season Prof i ts -

Acushnet Gift Boxes were a big success last yearl Hundreds of Pros sold thousands of them at full price, and full profit.

So here we are again, with a new Christmas gift p a c k a g e , a little more attractive, a little more usable, a little more persona l . Very personal, in fact,—be-cause we will mark each ball with the name of the lucky fellow who is getting it,—but get your orders in soon, please.

Af te r the Bal ls H a v e H e l p e d B reak P a r the B o x e s A r e Use -ful a n d Attract ive.

OF course, no golfer who has ever played an Acushnet Ball could or

would ask for a better gift. And a lot of others who have never had a round with an Acushnet are going to be happier, better golfers (and better pro-shop c u s t o m e r s ) than ever, after they hole out on the 18th for

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S t u r d y , d u r a b l e , in rich I m i t a t i o n lea ther , with old golfing print decor-at ion. Each ball marked with individ-ual 's name. Packed in dozens and half-dozens. No extra charge for box or marking.

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Gotfdom T h e Bus i ne s s * Jou rna l of G o l f

S E P T E M B E R , 1 9 3 9

They " P l a n n e d It This W a y " By Chet Billings

Modernization and improvement program at small Iowa club brings in new members and makes possible a year-round program for every member of the family.

SOUND business methods applied to the operation of the affairs of a country

club in a small city can make a success of that organization. Fitt ing evidence of this fact is the story behind the scenes at the Spencer ( la . ) G&CC. Located in north-west Iowa, only a few miles f rom the re-nowned Okoboji lakes region, the Spencer CC this year entered into a new and inter-esting phase of development. As the di-rect result of a program which this spring brought new stockholders into the organi-zation and made possible the moderniza-tion of the clubhouse, year-round activities are being planned for the members. Win-ter activities, according to E. L. C. White, chairman of the entertainment committee, will include bridge parties, s t ag nights, dances and winter sports.

Spencer has a population of approxi-mately 6,000 and the club now is able to boast of 100 stockholder members and 84 associates. Club officials firmly expect an upward trend in the membership as a re-sult of the modernization and improvement program which was carried out this spring.

Club Was 'Running Out '

The original articles of incorporation ran out last January and had to be re-newed at the annual meeting of the stock-holders. The clubhouse also ran out—in a manner of speaking—and had to be re-

newed. This proposition was discussed and at a later meeting all except one stock-holder voted to proceed with the project.

For ty shares of stock a t $80 a share were ordered placed on sale. Walter H. Thomas, green-chairman, worked with E. L. C. White in selling the stock. A mort-gage of $3,500 was placed on the property to give the club a total of $6,700 with which to remodel and improve the club-house and fill some ditches on the golf course.

Clubhouse Gets New Facilities Salient fea tures of the remodeling pro-

gram which was supervised by White in-cluded a heating plant with forced hot a i r to heat the building the year-round, a cad-die room, and enlarged locker-rooms f o r both men and women.

An insulated apar tment upstairs pro-vides living quarters fo r the caretaker and his family. New kitchen equipment and new furn i tu re have been purchased; the clubhouse has been completely re-wired and brilliantly lighted; the east porch is now enclosed; and a new bar or lunch counter is now installed downstairs in the grill room. The old kitchen downstairs is still maintained as a kitchen for heavy duty work and for a laundry room.

A new system of buzzers calls the man-ager or caretaker either to the men's

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A new heating plant installed this spring will now enable Spencer CC's members to make use of their compact, newly remodeled clubhouse the year-round.

locker-room or the caddie room. The roof of the clubhouse was repaired and re-coated and both the interior and exterior of the building were painted. A new pump was purchased and installed, several new doors were put in and new screens were placed on all windows.

According to club officials, the remodel-ing program was launched f o r four par-ticular reasons:

1. They found that each winter when the clubhouse was closed up considerable damage was being done by vandals who would break in and wreck things. It seemed imperative tha t the club get a caretaker to live a t the house the year around.

2. Additional space was needed in the locker-rooms, so the area under a large porch on the east exposure of the building was excavated to get it. About 20 new lockers were then added.

Caddies Provided For 3. The modernization program fitted

into the desire of club members for the creation of a caddie system that would keep the boys out of the men's locker-room and the clubhouse. The caddies now have a clubhouse of their own, complete with shower bath, lavatory, drinking fountain and toilet facilities. The caddies are under rigid discipline and have a caddie club with their own officers. Each caddie has to pay one dollar to join the caddie club, entitling him to a badge and the privilege of being a caddie.

If the boy does not violate any of the rules and returns his badge a t the end of the year, his dollar is returned to him. Two grades of caddies are maintained and they get work in turn, the first to register each day being the first to be called in his

class. Thirty-nine caddies are now en-rolled. Instructions on how to caddie and the rules they are to observe are posted in the caddie room. The boys are allowed to play golf two mornings weekly.

4. The final reason for the moderniza-tion program was tha t the club officials found the big porch on the east side of the building not very practical unless it could be closed in. There was always wind, rain or dust to make i t unpleasant most of the time. Now, glassed in, the porch can be used either day or night and the members seem to enjoy this new facility.

Value of Stock Is Fixed One of the fea tures of the new articles

of incorporation is the plan designed to protect the value of the stock, which is now fixed at $80 a share. There are now 100 stockholders with 84 associate mem-bers. All stockholders pay dues of $25 a year. Associate members who live in Spencer pay $25 dues for the first two years, and a f t e r that , $30 or not more than $35, depending on their age. The extra $5 (or $10 as the case may be) is put into a sinking fund to apply on the purchase of stock. When the associate has paid in $30 to apply on his stock purchase he is obliged to pay the additional $50 to com-plete his purchase or lose his membership and the $30 already paid in.

No one is allowed to sell his stock on the street. If he wants to sell, he must file it for sale by the club, which charges a $5 fee for selling it. If he sells the stock on the street, the purchaser is not voted a membership. If any stockholder ge ts sick or leaves the community he can file his stock fo r re-sale and no dues are charged against it. But if he remains in

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the city and is not disabled, he must pay his dues or eventually lose his stock.

"This is a plan that clubs should adopt, as it has solved a most vexing problem for us," H. N. Davies, president of the club, declares. "In the old days we found the fellows actually selling their stock for $10 or even giving it away rather than to pay the dues on it. The result was tha t our stock had no value whatsoever. Now it has. The plan also forces every associate member to eventually become a stock-holder and a f t e r all, that is what any club wants. Associates do not have any voting privileges and they cannot serve as chair-men on any committee, but in all other respects they have the full privileges of the club.'

There are several forms of associate memberships. Those who live in Spencer pay $25, as stated previously, while non-residents pay $10 annually. Young men from 21 to 24 pay $15 a year. Women, unattached, pay $15. Non-resident school teachers can pay $5 a month for the club's privileges.

Each Committee Is Budgeted The club operates on a budget basis.

Each committee is given so much to spend and no more. The entertainment commit-tee gets $100, which isn't much but still "if you know how to do it you can get by with i t" as Chairman White put it. The grounds and greens committee gets $600 and the house committee $400. The tourna-ment committee and membership commit-tee get nothing. All tournaments are self-supporting by virtue of entrance fees paid in.

Salaries amount to $1,100 a year; depre-ciation on equipment is set a t $325; de-preciation on the house is figured a t $250; and general expense is listed a t $682, based on last year 's expenses. This is a

total budgeted expense of $4,013. The club's income runs f rom $4,200 to $5,000 a year.

The present club manager is paid a small salary and he retains what he makes on club storage. He is also in charge of the caddies. The caretaker gets what he makes f rom the sale of food and drinks, but if he makes $1,800 a year he then must divide on a percentage basis with the club. He gets his living quarters f r ee and is furnished with electricity and tele-phone in the summer time. In the winter he must furnish his own heat , electricity and telephone but he gets what he makes during those months.

In Good Shape Financially Financially, the club has always been

in excellent shape. I t s tar ted out with a $4,500 mortgage in 1919, but tha t was eventually paid off. There were a few t ry-ing days, of course, dur ing the depression years but the Spencer club managed to pull through without incurring any addi-tional obligations. I t was completely f ree of debt when the remodeling program was launched this year. The new mort-gage of $3,500 is to be paid off in eleven years a t a small figure per month or $556.50 annually.

A program of activities fo r the year is planned by the entertainment committee with sub-chairmen named for each ac-tivity. Monday night is devoted to in-formal bridge, Tuesday is kept open f o r club members who wish to entertain and Wednesday is set aside as men's day.

From fifty to ninety men attend the Wednesday noon luncheons and more than half of them remain f o r an afternoon of golf. "The idea is to make it fashionable for men to take a half day off during the week and use their country club without

View is of 9th green, with 8th and 9th fairways in background. Edge of the popular practice putting green is shown lower right.

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feeling too guilty about it at the office," White explains.

Thursdays are set aside fo r the ladies with golf in the morning, luncheon at noon and golf or bridge in the afternoon. Stag parties are scheduled for every other Thursday night. Every Friday night is family picnic night.

The idea of constructing a country club in Spencer arose in the minds of Joseph Cash and E. L. C. White in 1918 shortly before the armistice was signed. In the early pa r t of 1919, Wilson Cornwall, now the city attorney, became interested in the proposal. The three men, assisted by Clar-ence McClurg, began the sale of stock and soon sold 200 shares a t $100 a share. A meeting of the stockholders was then called and officers and directors were named. White was chosen as the first president and served in t h a t capacity for two years.

A t rac t of land southeast of the city was chosen for the club, but to get it the officers had to buy an ent i re fa rm. This was done without making a down payment. All except 45 acres was then sold a t a profit which went into the fund for the construction of the course and clubhouse. A local bank accepted a $4,500 mortgage on the club and building operations began during the summer of 1919. A $20 as-sessment on each stockholder was later necessary in order to complete the initial program.

The course itself now measures 3,051 yards with a pa r of 36. This includes five par-4 holes, two par-5 holes and two par-3 holes. Sand t raps protect 5 greens. Creep-ing bent is used on all greens. Hills serve to toughen the layout on 6 of the 9 holes.

All in all, the club is an outstanding example of what can be done in a small city through cooperation on the par t of the officers, the stockholders and the asso-ciate members.

Wise. Greenkeepers Meet at Madison— Forty-six attended the August meet-ing of the Wisconsin Greenkeepers, held August 7 a t the Blackhawk CC, Madison. Preceeding lunch, John Bone, Blackhawk greenkeeper, put on a demonstration of his club's new fairway watering system, which was put into operation last year. Af te r the luncheon at the club, the boys held their monthly business session, fea-tured by a questions and answers session. A round of golf concluded the day's activities.

Green Section Sponsors Meet at Arlington Plots

' "PHE USGA Green Section and the GSA x are again planning to sponsor an all-

day program meeting for greenkeepers, green-committee members and others who are interested in the establishment and maintenance of better turf . The meeting is to be held in Washington, D. C., on Fri-day, September 22. All who are interested in the problems involved in growing grass for turf purposes are invited to attend.

As was the case last year, the general meeting will open in the morning a t 9 o'clock (s tandard time) on the turf garden a t the Arlington experimental f a rm. Dur-ing the morning there will be a general re-view of the experimental work now in progress on the tur f garden. This experi-mental work is conducted by the Green Section in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Dept. of Agriculture. In the afternoon, time will be set aside for the visitors to con-gregate in small groups to discuss with each other and with members of the Green Section staff those experiments which are of most immediate interest to them individually.

Investigate Putt ing Tur fs The experimental program which will

be discussed includes the selection of many strains of creeping bent, velvet bent, Kentucky bluegrass, trivialis bluegrass, fescues and Bermuda grass. Selections have been made f o r ability to stand up in color, density and texture under adverse conditions, for resistance to disease and in some cases to insect injury, and for ability to withstand heavy trampling. Other in-vestigations include a study of the re-sponses of creeping bent and of Kentucky bluegrass to various fertil izer combina-tions, under pu t t ing green and fa i rway conditions respectively; the usefulness of such substances as peat, sand, manure, cottonseed hulls, buckwheat hulls and charcoal in improving the texture of the soil; the chemical control of weeds in turf and in compost; and the improvement of weed-infested turf by combining ferti l izer application and reseeding with the chemi-cal control of weeds.

In addition to the review of the experi-mental work there will be exhibits of named turf weeds, of seed of various turf grasses and seeds under binocular micro-


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