HELLO BUZZARDS: "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 - TOM WALTERS CHIEF BUZZARD - ARLEN DEASON
WE HAD 65 BUZZARDS AND 3 PACERS. ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER MONTH FOR 60+. GOOD JOB BOWLERS…LET'S KEEP THIS UP THRU THE HOLIDAYS AND HAVE MORE IN ATTENDANCE IN 2001.
WE WILL BOWL DECEMBER 3RD @ AMF WINDFERN, 14441 N.W. FREEWAY (HWY. 290) (713) 466-8012. 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.)
WE APPROVED 6 NEW MEMBERS AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING. WE WELCOME TO THE FLOCK - JUDY SCHMITT, VIRGINIA BRILLHART, JEREMY ROGERS, CHRIS PARKER, TRACI NELSON, & NORMA DRAKE. WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THEY WILL COME BOWL WITH US AND ENJOY THE FUN AND FELLOWSHIP WE ALL SHARE. (YOUR SPOUSE OR FRIENDS CAN COME AND BOWL AS A PACER FOR $8.00, WHO KNOWS THEY MIGHT JUST QUALIFY TOO!
NADINE UNDERWOOD REQUALIFIED WITH THREE IN A ROW HAPPY BIRTHDAY: MELANIE BURBECK (3) RHONDA MIZE (3) LINDA AMENDT (9) MARTHA SELF (9) BECKY BROWN (11) CURTIS CARROLL (11) COLLEEN GREEN (20) SERGE SCHARF (29)DOOR PRIZES WERE WON BY SANDY STAHL & GEORGE PRICE.
DECEMBER CELEBRANTS
BIRTHDAY BOWLERS BOWL FOR $5.00 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: MARTIN SMITH (2) SHARON FOWLER (2) GAYLE MILLER (22) CANDY & LEONARD FERGUSON, JR (28)
WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT CHARTERING A BUS FOR THE TRIP TO FT. SMITH NEXT YEAR - THE COST WILL BE $56.00 PER PERSON - ROUND TRIP.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND RULES CHANGES AGAIN. SINCE OUR YEAR ENDS IN DECEMBER WE WILL BE VOTING AT THAT TIME - PLEASE ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND VOICE YOUR OPINION AS TO ANY CHANGERS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE HAS CONTACTED THE PRESENT OFFICERS AND ALL HAVE AGREED TO RUN FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES PRESENTLY HELD. ALSO NOMINATIONS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE FLOOR THE DAY OF THE ELECTIONS.>p> THE RULES COMMITTEE HAS PROPOSED THE FOLLOWING RULES CHANGES:
LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP CHANGE FROM - ANY BUZZARD IN GOOD STANDING WHO ATTAINS THE AGE OF 65, OR OLDER, AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS OR MORE, WILL BE GIVEN A LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP IN THE BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA.
CHANGE TO - ANY BUZZARD IN GOOD STANDING WHO ATTAINS THE AGE OF 65, OR OLDER, AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING FOR A PERIOD OF TEN (10) YEARS OR MORE, WILL BE GIVEN A LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP IN THE BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA.
THREE-IN-A-ROW CLUB CHANGE FROM: THREE-IN-A-ROW CLUB
CHANGE TO: THE ELORINE DEASON MEMORIAL THREE-IN-A-ROW CLUB (AS MANY OF THE MEMBERS MAY NOT KNOW - ELLIE WAS A VERY VITAL AND INSPIRING PART OF THE BUZZARD CLUB FOR MANY MANY YEARS - SHE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST MEMBERS WHEN THE CLUB WAS FORMED AND CONTINUED TO BE A BIG PART OF THE CLUB UNTIL HER DEATH EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE THREE IN A ROW CLUB FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME SHE WAS A MEMBER
CHRISTMAS PARTY - DEC. 17 @ 1:30 P.M.
BRING A COVERED DISH - CLUB WILL PROVIDE THE MEAT
WE WILL START BOWLING @ 2 P.M. AND EAT FOLLOWING
CLASS A 151 & OVER AVERAGE
BRENDA OLIPHANT 697 $9.13 MARTIN SMITH 739 $9.13 LINDA KNIGHTON 635 $7.13 BOB KING, SR. 715 $7.13 CINDY REJONA 621 $5.13 KEVIN STAHL 709 $5.13 JUDY SCHMITT 599 $4.63 CHRIS PARKER 707 $4.63 BETH GEORGE 597 $4.13 JOHN RODGERS 704 $4.13 JUDIE DEASON 587 $3.13 ARLEN DEASON 681 $3.13CLASS B 150 & UNDER AVERAGE
MELANIE BRUBECK 684 $9.13 BUTCH CASTELLESE $9.13 SANDY STAHL 673 $7.13 GEORGE PRICE $7.13 CAROL ANGELI 657 $5.13 BERT WARNKEN $5.13 BARBARA CASTELLESE 652 $4.63 BRUCE BUSS $4.63 COLLEEN GREEN 638 $4.13 LEN FERGUSON, SR. $4.13 BLYTH STEELE 637 $3.13
BUZZARDS OF THE MONTH
ED DERISE. - 7 SPLITS
NADINE UNDERWOOD - 10 SPLITS
$5.OO EACH
PINS OVER AVERAGE (1)RICHARD HAMAKER +49 (2)BRENDA OLIPHANT +94 (3)DORIS KOBELEN +29
B 150 & UNDER - MELANIE BRUBECK 230 - SANDY STAHL 211 R 151 & OVER - RODNEY JOHNSON 213 - ARLEN DEASON 233 - KEVIN STAHL 247 A 2nd CHANCE - LEN FERGUSON, JR 201 - ARLEN DEASON 233 - CHRIS PARKER 207 C BRENDA OLIPHANT 228 K SCRATCH GAME - (1) CHRIS SMITH 200 E (2) KEVIN STAHL 237 T (3) KEVIN STAHL 232 S SCRATCH SERIES - KEVIN STAHL 664
HAPPY HOLIDAYS