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privately owned public golf course in the state of Minnesota. It was also the first public golf course in the state to have grass greens, for all municipal courses had sand greens in 1924. At one time Orono had 11 sand traps. It was impossible to maintain them properly. Our golfers didn't like to rake out footprints in the sand. In addition to ordinary farming activities the Welshes had an extensive fruit and berry business. Apple orchards extended over considerable acreage on both sides of what is now the Orono Orchard road, hence the sub-divisTow name of Orono Orchards. There were a lot of granite and limestone rocks in the pastureland that had to - be dug up and removed in construction days. One limestone near 5 green was jutting about one foot out of the ground. Frank Eisinger decided to dig it out, having no idea of its size. When he finally got it out, he decided to put it up near the entrance to the old golf house. The sign was painted on it and it remained there until it was moved to its present location. /Despite the fact that at one time the golf course-hadf--the ntokname.=af,v"Coronary Hills" only one person died of a heart attack while-playing gabf: there. With the exception of two of the drought-depression years and two of the war years, public liability insurance was carried by the owners.• Not a single claim was filed against the owners during forty years of operation. One of the unusual "events" that took place at Orono was 'the fastest rounds of golf every played". Two teams, each composed of six or eight men, I don't recall exactly, took part. The idea was to see which team could get a ball around the nine holes in the least time. Players were posted at strategic locations where they ex- pected to be close to where the ball landed. Each player after hitting the ball dashed over to another pre-determined position where he would again hopefully receive the ball for another shot. The ball had to be holed at each green from which it was - 9 -