Mild-mannered, corporately dressed Jim Snow wages his wars on America's golf courses, fighting devious enemies like chinch bugs and summer patch, and he can't even use the homeowner's best weapon -- t

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: June 2, 1991| Author: Laurence Chollet, Record Staff Writer | Copyright information


The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

06-02-1991

Mild-mannered, corporately dressed Jim Snow wages his wars on America's golf
courses, fighting devious enemies like chinch bugs and summer patch, and he
can't even use the homeowner's best weapon -- the sign that says, "Please! Keep
off the Grass. . .
By Laurence Chollet, Record Staff Writer
Date: 06-02-1991, Sunday
Section: LIFESTYLE
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday

Mild-mannered, corporate...

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