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

May 2001                                               NEWSLETTER                                              VOLUME XXXX      ISSUE 5

HELLO BUZZARDS:

WE HAD 65 BUZZARDS, 7 DIDN'T BOWL AND NO PACERS. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SOME OLD AND NEW FACES THERE - WELCOME BACK AND COME AGAIN REALLY SOON.

WE WILL BOWL JUNE 3, 2001 @ DELMAR LANES - 3020 MANGUM (713) 682-2506. 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.)

DEADLINE TO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN FOR THE ANNUAL TOURNAMENT IN FT. SMITH IS THE JUNE MEETING. JACKIE WILL NOT ACCEPT THEM AFTER SHE LEAVES ON SUNDAY SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR MONIES AND ENTRIES READY FOR HER. SHE HAS TO VERIFY THEM PRIOR TO SENDING THEM TO FT. SMITH.

DOOR PRIZES OF $5.00 EACH WERE WON BY MARY ANN PRICHITT & LEONARD FERGUSON, SR.
BUZZARDS OF THE MONTH WERE:
JUDY SCHMITT & WALTER GRANT WITH 7 SPLITS EACH


MAY CELEBRANTS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: DEBBIE EARNEST (5) CANDY FERGUSON (5) JOHN RODGERS (6)LINDA KNIGHTON (7)LINDA STECKLER (7) MARTIN SMITH (8)RICHARD SMITH (9) ROBERT WEEKS (10) JONATHAN PARKER (16) LYNN SHRODE (17) BERT WARNKEN (19) TRACI NELSON (21) LEN FERGUSON, JR. (22) VIRGINIA BRILLHART (29)

(Bowl for $5.00)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: WILMA & HOWARD JACKSON (9) ROSE MARY & CARL SONTAG (11)PAM & WALTER GRANT (23) CINDY CARREAU (28) LEN FERGUSON, SR. (28)


WE WELCOME BRUCE KOENIG, GREG STOCK, SUSAN WOLFE, CINDY CARREAU AND CAROL WEST TO YHE FLOCK. YHEY WERE APPROVED IN THE MAY MEETING. COME AND JOIN THE FUN WE HAVE EACH MONTH.

SANDY STAHL CALLED AND RANDY HAD KNEE SURGERY 5/21 AND IS DOING WELL - HURRY BACK SOON

>>>> ALSO THE BUS TRIP FOR THE TOURNAMENT IS STILL UP IN THE WORKS - WE HAVE ABOUT 35 COMMITTED. THE SMALLEST BUS WE CAN GET IS A 47 PASSENGER BUS - THE COST OF THE BUS AT THIS POINT PER PERSON WILL BE $70.00 ROUND TRIP. THIS IS STILL BETTER THAN DRIVING ALL THAT WAY AND WEARING YOURSELF OUT - IF WE GET MORE COMMITTED BY THE JUNE MEETING WE CAN LOWER THE RATE PER PERSON. IT WILL BE LOTS OF FUN RIDING TOGETHER AND LETTING SOMEONE ELSE DRIVE.

THE RULES FOR THE BUS ARE - NO SMOKING, NO GLASS CONTAINERS AND NO KEGS OF BEER - THIS IS THE BUS COMPANY RULES. THEY WILL ALLOW US TO BRING ON ONE 48 QT. COOLER - BUT YOU MAY BRING ON A SMALL COOLER WITH YOUR OWN DRINKS. THEY HAVE STEREO AND VCR EQUIPMENT - TV'S IN EACH SEATING SECTION - SO BRNG A MOVIE EVERYONE MAY WANT TO WATCH. - REMEMBER THERE MAY BE CHILDREN RIDING WITH US - SO KEEP IT CLEAN

THEY WILL PICK US UP FROM ANY LOCATION WE DECIDE AND IT IS SUGGESTED THAT WE LEAVE AT 4 A.M. IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR STOPS AND THE 10 & 1/2 HOUR DRIVE THERE. THE BUS WILL LEAVE PROMPTLY - IF YOU ARE NOT THERE ON TIME YOU MAY GET LEFT - IF YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF TROUBLE AND ARE RUNNING A TAD LATE PLEASE CALL THESE TWO CELL NUMBERS TO NOTIFY US THAT YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY - CALL BETH GEORGE OR ARLEN & JUDIE DEASON . IF NOT YOU WILL GET LEFT.


WE ARE ALSO ASKING THAT EACH PERSON BRING THEIR OWN SACK LUNCH AND DRINKS FOR THE TRIP THERE AND BACK. (WE CAN PROBALLY GET FOOD IN FT. SMITH FOR THE TRIP BACK OR STOP AND EAT OUT.)

-ARKANSAS OR BUST-

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 @ bag@ev1.net

CLASS A 151 & OVER AVERAGE MARY ANN PRICHETT 677 $10.65 LEN FERGUSON, JR. 748 $10.65 MERRIL BAUER 663 $8.65 JOHN RODGERS 708 $8.65 DONNA CASTELLESE 644 $6.65 RANDY STAHL 688 $6.65 LYNN SHRODE 624 $3.65 GEORGE PRICE 651 $3.65 LINDA KNIGHTON 585 $2.65 CHUCK FARMER 645 $2.65 CLASS B 150 & UNDER AVERAGE ETHEL HUNN 660 $10.65 OSCAR SCHOBEL 656 $10.65 ROSE STONE 639 $8.65 BERT WARNKEN 611 $8.65 COLLEEN GREEN 637 $6.65 SHARON CARTER 630 $3.65 MURIEL FRY 617 $2.65 PINS OVER AVERAGE -(1) NICK CARTER +48 (2) JOHN RODGERS +66 (3) LEN FERGUSIN, JR. +65
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150 & UNDER - CANDY FERGUSON 208
151 & OVER -RICHARD HAMAKER 215  LEN FERGUSON, JR. 266  MARY ANN PRICHETT 237
SECOND CHANCE - RICHARD HAMAKER 215 MARY ANN PRICHETT 237 ROBERT WEEKS 185
                CARROLL CURTIS 191 JESSE ALDRIDGE 186  
SCRATCH BRACKET - KEN MAIDLOW 180
SCRATCH GAME - (1) ARLEN DEASON   213
               (2) CHUCK FARMER   206
               (3) ARLEN DEASON   227
SCRATCH SERIES -  ARLEN DEASON   597
BUZZARD CLUB SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

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