BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA - HOUSTON CHAPTER
FOUNDED OCTOBER 1961 - ORGANIZED MAY 1963
FOUNDER - TOM WALTERS CHIEF BUZZARD - ARLEN DEASON
JANUARY 2001 NEWSLETTER VOLUME XXXX ISSUE 1HELLO BUZZARDS:
WE HAD 58 BUZZARDS OF WHICH 3 DID NOT BOWL AND 3 PACERS. ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER GOOD MONTH. KEEP UP THE ATTENDANCE IN 2001…..THE MORE BOWLERS….…THE MORE FUN WE HAVE.
WE WILL BOWL JANUARY 7, 2001 @ DELMAR LANES 3020 MANGUM (713) 682-2508 . 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.)
THE ELLORINE DEASON MEMORIAL 3 IN A ROW ROLL OFF WILL BE HELD AT THE JANUARY MEETING. THOSE WHO HAVE QUALIFIED AND PAID ARE LINDA KNIGHTON, DORIS KOEBELEN, OSCAR SCHOBEL, MILDRED STEADMAN, ALICE WARD & NADINE UNDERWOOD. THE FOLLOWING DID QUALIFY BUT HAVE NOT PAID. THOSE WHO MAY PAY PRIOR TO THE START OF BOWLING AND ENTER THE ROLL OFF: MARTIN SMITH, RON McAFEE, JOE PREY & ALAN LONG. THE MORE ENTERED - THE MORE FUN & MONEY PAYBACK. REMEMBER THE ONE WITH THE MOST SPLITS WINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALAN LONG REQUALIFIED WITH THREE IN A ROW DOOR PRIZES WERE WON BY GAYLE MILLER & ROBERT WEEKS
JANUARY CELEBRANTS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: MIKE HUNN ( 1) DENISE BLONSTEIN (11) TOM CARLSON (13) ALICE SIMMS (15) BLYTH STEELE (16) BETTY TURNER (18) MOLLY WEEKS (20)BIRTHDAY BOWLERS BOWL FOR $5.00 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: BETTE KELLEY (1) SHARON & NICK CARTER (3) ALICE & SCOTT SIMMS (13)JACKIE NEED TO RECORD ALL SANCTION CARD NUMBERS THIS MONTH. SHE NEED TO SEE THEM & VERIFY THAT THEY ARE CURRENT & UP TO DATE. IF YOU DO NOT GET WITH HER AND YOU WIN MONEY OR AWARDS…YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE THE MONEY OR AWARD DUE TO YOU.
ALL MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE DUE IN JANUARY. PLEASE PAY ASAP. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING - PLEASE MAIL THEM TO BARBARA. THE ADDRESS IS ON THE OFFICERS ROSTER OF THIS NEWSLETTER. ALSO ANY OFFICER THAT YOU MAY SEE WILL BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE MONEY AND REMIT IT TO BARBARA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPTNESS IN GETTING THIS DONE.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS WERE HELD IN THE DECEMBER MEETING. ALL THE PAST OFFICERS RETAINED THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS. THEY ARE LISTED ON THE OFFICERS ROSTER.
RULE CHANGES THAT WERE APPROVED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP ANY CURRENT BUZZARD MEMBER, AS OF DECEMBER 2001, IN GOOD STANDING WHO ATTAINS THE AGE OF 65 , OR OLDER, AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDINGFOR A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS, OR MORE WILL BE GIVEN A LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP IN THE BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA. THEREAFTER, ANY BUZZARD MEMBER IS GOODSTANDING WHO ATTAINS THE AGE OF 65 YEARS OR OLDER AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER IS GOOS STANDING FOR A PERIOD OA TEN YEARS OR MORE WILL BE GIVEN A LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP IN THE BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA.
3 IN A ROW ROLL OFF THE ROLL OFF WILL NOW BE CALLED THE ELLORINE DEASON MEMORIAL THREE IN A ROW CLUB.
HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY
CLASS A 151 & OVER AVERAGE DONNA CASTELLESE 686 $9.25 CHUCK FARMER 722 $9.25 LYNN SHRODE 638 $7.25 ARLEN DEASON 707 $7.25 BRENDA OLIPHANT 622 $5.00 BOB KING, SR. 663 $5.00 BECKY HAVELY 611 $3.00 MARTY KOTERAS 659 $3.50 CAROLYN LAKE 611 $3.00 ROBERT WEEKS 647 $2.50 CLASS B 150 & UNDER AVERAGE MARTHA WARNKEN 662 $9.25 TED HAVELY 659 $9.25 BOBBIE PRICE 645 $7.25 GEORGE PRICE 654 $7.25 MILDRED STEADMAN 629 $4.25 TOM CARLSON 590 $5.00 BARBARA CASTELLESE 629 $4.25 BERT WARNKEN 571 $3.00 DEBBIE EARNEST 621 $2.50 LEN FERGUSON, SR. 475 $3.00 BUZZARDS OF THE MONTH KEVIN STAHL - 6 SPLITS $5.00 DEBBIE EARNEST & BARBARA THIEL 8 SPLITS $2.50 EACH
PINS OVER AVERAGE - (1) DONNA CASTELLESE +40 (2) DONNA CASTELLESE +51 (3) CHUCK FARMER +52 150 & UNDER - BOBBIE PRICE 217 (BEAT HER HUBBY BY 1 PIN!!!) GOOD GIRL!! 151 & OVER - ARLEN DEASON 199 MARTY KOTERAS 239 ROBERT WEEKS 202 CHUCK FARMER 254 2nd CHANCE - BECKY HAVELY 203 MARY ANN PRICHETT 190 VICKIE CARLSON 200 MARTY KOTERAS 239 SCRATCH GAME - (1) ARLEN DEASON 245 (2) ARLEN DEASON 247 (3) CHUCK FARMER 226 SCRATCH SERIES - ARLEN DEASON 683
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
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REMEMBER ASAP:
SANCTION CARD NUMBERS TO JACKIE