Let there be no strangers in the BUZZARD CLUB - Only friends that have yet to meet" BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA - HOUSTON CHAPTER FOUNDED OCTOBER 1961 - ORGANIZED MAY 1963 FOUNDER - THOMAS E. WALTERS, JR. CHIEF BUZZARD - ARLEN DEASON
March 2001 NEWSLETTER VOLUME XXXX ISSUE 4HELLO BUZZARDS:
WE HAD 56 BUZZARDS OF WHICH 3 DID NOT BOWL AND 3 PACERS. ATTENDANCE WAS REALLY DOWN - GUESS THE LAST DAY RODEO MAY HAVE KEPT SOME AWAY - IT DID ME, MY COMMITTEE HAD TO WORK TILL 2 A.M. SO THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD EVEN THINK OF BOWLING. HAHA - HOPE TO SEE MORE THIS MONTH.
WE WILL BOWL APRIL 1, 2001 @ MEADOWCREEK LANES - 2930 S. RICHEY - (713) 946-9090. REMEMBER THAT BOWLING BEGINS AT 2 P.M. AND THE MEETING STARTS AT 1 P.M. EVERYONE MUST BE SIGNED UP TO BOWL BY 1:30. (IN THE EVENT THE MEETING ENDS EARLY WE MAY START BOWLING A LITTLE EARLY…SO BE SIGNED UP AND READY) WE ARE BOWLING 4 TO A LANE. IF ADDITIONAL LANES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, JACKIE WILL FILL IN ADDITIONAL BOWLERS TO MAKE 5 ON A LANE. THE 4 PERSON FORMAT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO FINISH ABOUT THE SAME TIME.. (REMEMBER TO PAY CASH (NO CHECKS PLEASE) FOR YOUR BOWLING AND BRACKETS AS THIS IS HOW JACKIE AND DENNIS PAY OFF THE WINNERS.)
OUR SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO DORIS KOEBELEN WHO RECENTLY LOST HER HUSBAND DENNIS. OUR THOUGHTS & PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
WE HAVE 3 NEW MEMBERS IN THE FLOCK - WELCOME TO: SANDRA BRYANT, STEVEN SOWELL & PATRICIA CURLIS. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE HOUSTON FLOCK AND HOPE TO SEE YOU EACH MONTH.
DEADLINE FOR GETTING THE REQUIRED NINE (9) GAMES IN TO BOWL THE ANNUAL TOURNAMENT IS DRAWING NEAR. YOU MUST HAVE 9 GAMES IN BY THE MAY MEETING IN ORDER TO BOWL IN THE TOURNAMENT IN FT. SMITH. YOU HAVE FROM JUNE TO MAY EACH YEAR . ONLY NEW MEMBERS WHO DO NOT HAVE TIME TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE RULING. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS.
DOOR PRIZES OF $5.00 EACH WERE WON BY MILDRED HOLLEY & ALAN LONG
BUZZARDS OF THE MONTH WERE:
RON McAFEE - 8 SPLITS $5.00
SHARON CARTER - 12 SPLITS $5.00
DEBBIE EARNEST, MILDRED HOLLEY & SHARON CARTER REQUALIFIED WITH 3 SPLITS IN A ROW
APRIL CELEBRANTS HAPPY BIRTHDAY: ALAN LONG (1) TED HAVELY (4) ROSEMARY SONTAG (6) RANDY REJONA (7) MARY ANN PRICHETT (8) BUTCH CASTELLESE (8) MERRIL BAUER (12) CARL SONTAG (26) CHRIS PARKER (30) (BOWL FOR $5.00)
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: C.W. & JERRIE KEITH (6) CHUCK & LINDA AMENDT (9) BUTCH & DONNA CASTELLESE (11) JOHN DiIORIO (17) PATTY ROBINSON (21)
NOTES FROM ARLEN:
ALL DUES ARE TO BE PAID IN JANUARY - WE GIVE FEBRUARY AS A GRACE PERIOD - NEXT YEAR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PAID DUES BY FEBRUARY WILL BE DELETED AS A MEMBER & WILL HAVE TO RE-QUALIFY IN ORDER TO BECOME A BUZZARD AGAIN.
SANCTION CARDS ARE SOMETHING THAT JACKIE HAS TO SEE AND RECORD IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLY WITH ABC/WIBC RULES - ANYONE WHO DOES NOT SHOW CARD TO JACKIE BY JANUARY WILL ALSO BE OUT OF THE CLUB AND HAVE TO RE-QUALIFY. I AM SORRY WE HAVE TO BE THIS STRICT BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR SANCTION WITH ABC/WIBC THESE REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET AND IN A TIMELY FASHION.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE ISSUES PLEASE TALK TO ME ABOUT IT.
ANY MEMBER THAT HAS AN EMAIL ADDRESS & IS NOT RECEIVING THE NEWLETTER BY EMAIL PLEASE LET BETH KNOW - THIS WORKS OUT REALLY WELL & SAVES US MONEY
EMAIL BETH @ houston.buzzards@bigfoot.com
CLASS A 151 & OVER AVERAGE DONNA CASTELLESE 619 $9.00 NICK CARTER 728 $9.00 SANDY BRYANT 597 $7.00 MIKE PUNCH 714 $7.00 JEAN BUTTERFIELD 575 $4.50 RON BLEVINS 658 $4.00 EARLENE STEPHENS 571 $3.50 PAUL PHILLIPS 658 $4.00 VICKIE CARLSON 532 $2.50 TERRANCE CASTELLESE 652 $2.50 CLASS B 150 & UNDER AVERAGE RUSTY REMBACH PREY 655 $9.00 LEN FERGUSON, SR. 670 $9.00 ROSE STONE 652 $7.00 TOM CARLSON 643 $7.00 BOBBIE PRICE 642 $4.50 BERT WARNKEN 638 $4.50 CANDY FERGUSON 632 $3.50 GEORGE PRICE 633 $3.50 CAROL ANGELI 626 $2.50 BRUCE BUSS 621 $2.50 PINS OVER AVERAGE -(1)BUTCH CASTELLESE +35 (2)TERRANCE CASTELLESE +71 (3)GAYLE MILLER +41
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BUZZARD CLUB SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING CAPTAIN EDDIE SALES
281-599-7301 (PAGER 713-909-3100)
PRICE IS AROUND $40.00TOWELS AND OTHER ITEMS ALSO AVAILABLE
JOHN QUIST HAS ADVISED ME THAT WE HAVE A NEW WEB ADDRESS
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