APTA Artifact: Minutes of the APTA 1962 Annual Meeting

Description: Covers tournaments, results and level of participation. Notes the sudden passing of Earle Gatchell, one of the four pioneers of the game who helped build the first court, on October 7, 1962. Notes the need for an official APTA seal, the highly successful Parent-Child Tournament at Englewood Field Club, the 16mm , 4.5 minute film of the 1960 Men's Nationals (property of APTA) and a report by Blanchard on testing paddles with "roughed-up" surfaces.