VOLUNTEERS PITCH IN (cont)
An anecdote that depicts the character of the members and their ingenuity and propensity for saving money occurred when a tractor at the Charles River Country Club became submerged in a pond, was abandoned and was declared junk. George Johnson, Chairman of the Grounds 
Committee, heard of this situation and viewed the abandoned tractor as a great opportunity for our Club. He and Aldo Carbonetti, with the cooperation of The Foxboro Company, arranged to have it towed to the Company garage. There it underwent a total overhaul. Heads were pulled, the transmission pulled, new brakes installed, etc. For the next several years Aldo and The Foxboro Company garage helped the cause in many maintenance activities such as fixing and sharpening mowers, patching and repatching old truck tires, and frequently welding the equipment to keep it in repair.
Prior to the construction of the first temporary clubhouse, the Board of Governors meetings were held in Claude's home. The first annual shareholder's meeting was held at the Robinson Hill School. In April 1957 Bob Standley, a contractor and shareholder from North Easton, constructed the first temporary and modest clubhouse of 20 x 60 feet at cost. Volunteer workers assisted Bob in the construction effort. For the first time a lot of people found out how to use a hammer and saw.
While the above was going on, Bud Dudley and Connie Penkos organized a Publicity Committee. News notes were written for local and Boston papers 
announcing the emergence of the new Club. Pictures were taken to show progress as the work continued. As further publicity, a group including Claude Young, Bucky Harris, Don Currivan, Ed Torrance, Chet Jackman, and Tom 0 'Leary made appearances on radio sport programs on stations WARA Attleboro, WBET Brockton, WPEP Taunton, and WEE! Boston.
Over the years many strange things have taken place on our golf course, some in the play and others in the construction. Over the years, the 9th hole must have a record of some sort. In the beginning one member of the construction committee felt strongly that the back tee should be placed by the road several yards behind the present location. This would have resulted in an uphill hole of approximately 600 yards.
The first front tee on the ninth was located on the right side of the fairway near the tree line. This gave the player several more yards of walking uphill. The terrain on the left side of this tee and fairway was a very deep and wide gully that was eventually filled with our abundance of rocks. When this was filled and graded, it allowed the construction of the present men's front tee.
When the trees were being removed on this fairway, a huge oak tree at the crown of the hill near the right tree line was spared by request of a member of the Construction Committee. This beautiful tree, which became known as Sully's Oak, was cut down in the dark of night by a person or persons unknown, who apparently felt that it would make this par 5 hole much too difficult. A sand bunker was constructed near the woods on the right side near the present 150-yard marker, but one of the earlier Presidents took a dim view of it and had it filled. After this incident, a policy was voted to have no physical design changes on the course without a vote of the Board of Governors.
Additionally, an act of God took place on the 9th fairway when a cloudburst washed $1000 worth of loam and seed down the side of the long hill. Another member of the Bristol family donated the replacement loam and seed for this disaster.
