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

NOVEMBER 2001                                 NEWSLETTER                                     VOLUME XXXX                            ISSUE 11

HELLO BUZZARDS:

WE HAD 55 BUZZARDS, AND 2 PACERS. HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THIS MONTH.

WE WILL BOWL NOVEMBER 4, 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.)

BUZZARDS OF THE MONTH WERE:
ALAN LONG - 8 SPLITS
MARTHA WARNKEN 9 SPLITS
3-IN A ROW RE-QUALIFIERS
ALAN LONG, RON McAFEE AND LEONARD FERGUSON, SR.
DOOR PRIZES
ETHEL HUNN & MARTIN SMITH

NOVEMBER CELEBRANTS


HAPPY BIRTHDAY
: CLEO FINE (1) SYLVIA BRANNON (3) NINA HOLLAND (8) JOE PREY (8) JUDIE DEASON (11) VICKIE CARLSON (16) CHRIS SMITH (16) BOB KING, SR. (19) RON BLEVINS (25) ANDY COLE (26) MIKE PUNCH (27) JUDY SCHMITT (28) (BOWL FOR $5.00)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: TERRY WADDELL (23) MARY ANN PRICHETT (28)

IMPORTANT NOTE FROM JACKIE

SANCTION CARD TIME AGAIN

WELL HERE IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR FALL LEAGUES TO START. IF YOU WILL NOT BE JOINING A LEAGUE, YOU STILL HAVE TO SANCTION IN ORDER TO BOWL BUZZARD CLUB. YOU MAY BUY THE CARD FROM ME - ABC CARDS ARE $16.00 AND WIBC IS $14.00. IF YOU KEED ONE SEE JACKIE BY THE OCTOBER MEETING. SANCTIONING MUST BE DONE AT THE START OF ANY LEAGUE OR SESSION IN SEPTEMBER - THAT IS WHEN THEY EXPIRE EACH YEAR. AND AS USUAL JACKIE NEED TO SEE YOUR CARDS WHEN YOU GET YOUR 2001-2002 CARDS. SHE WILL LOOK AND RECORD THE PROPER INFORTMATION UNTIL THE JANUARY MEETING. A GOOD TIME TO SHOW YOUR CARD TO JACKIE IS WHEN YOU PAY YOUR DUES TO BARBARA. DUES OF $12.00 A YEAR ARE TO BE PAID IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY - AFTER JANUARY IF YOU TRY AND PAY YOUR DUES - THEY MAY BE RETURNED - WE HAVE BEEN TOO LAX ON DUES AND CARDS AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO CRACK DOWN. PLEASE ABIDE BY THE RULES (OURS AND ABC/WIBC) - AND REMEMBER THAT IF JACKIE DOESN’T SEE YOUR CARD AND YOU DON’T PAY BARBARA YOUR DUES AND YOU BOWL AN AWARD GAME - YOU WILL NOT GET IT -

P L E A S E ! ! ! ! ! DO NOT PUT MORE THAN 4 PEOPLE ON A LANE…

1) IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE ON THE PAIRS I WILL ADD THEM- WE ALL WANT TO GO HOME AROUND THE SAME TIME - IF YOU HAVE A GROUP AND WANT TO BOWL TOGETHER - SIGN UP EARLY ENOUGH THAT IF YOU NEED MORE THAN ONE PAIR OF LANES YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO PUT THE OVERFLOW ON THE NEXT PAIR AND YOU WILL STILL ALL BE IN THE SAME AREA - WE HAVE RULES AND MUST ABIDE BY THEM FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL INVOLVED -

2) ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER TO PUT DOWN YOUR SCORES, ADD YOUR SERIES AND INITIAL YOUR SCORE. MANY HAVE NOT BEEN DOING THIS AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING LESS AND LESS. IN THE FUTURE IF YOUR SCORES ARE NOT RECORDED ON THE RE-CAP - WE WILL JUST ASSUME THAT YOU DIDN’T WANT YOUR SCORES RECORDED AND IF YOU HAD AN AWARD GAME - SORRY - WE WILL NOT HAVE RECORD OF 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 @ bag@ev1.net

ELECTION OF OFFICIERS IN DECEMBER
ANY ONE WISHING TO RUN FOR OFFICE PLEASE
CONTACT DONNA CASTELLESE

CLASS A  151 & OVER AVERAGE

LINDA KNIGHTON  685   $9.38     RON BLEVINS      737   $9.38
BETTE KELLEY    661   $7.38     ROBERT WEEKS     669   $7.38
BRENDA OLIPHANT 635   $5.13     CHRIS SMITH      668   $5.13
VICKIE CARLSON  624   $3.63     MARTIN SMITH     667   $3.63
ROSE STONE      623   $2.64     BUTCH CASTELLESE 665   $2.64


CLASS B  150 & UNDER AVERAGE

BRUCE BUSS        587   $9.38     DEBRA ODOM	  685   $9.38
BERT WARNKEN      582   $7.38     MELANIE BRUBECK 671   $7.38
LEN FERGUSON, SR. 578   $5.13     GAYLE MILLER    647   $5.13
ALAN LONG         540   $3.63     BOBBIE PRICE    644   $3.63
                                  CLEO FINE       640   $2.64


PINS OVER AVERAGE - (1) DEBRA ODOM       +37
                    (2) BUTCH CASTELLESE +71
                    (3) JOHN RODGERS     +50  

BRACKETS
150 & UNDER - BOBBIE PRICE 215               
151 & OVER - ARLEN DEASON 218, ROBERT WEEKS 231, JOHN RODGERS 256 
SECOND CHANCE - CHRIS PARKER 210, VICKIE CARLSON 258, ARLEN DEASON 218
                KEN MAIDLOW 217, CHRIS SMITH 215
SCRATCH BRACKET - ARLEN DEASON  211             
SCRATCH GAME -(1) RICHARD HAMAKER  216
      	      (2) CHRIS SMITH      237
              (3) WALLY GRANT      236
SCRATCH SERIES -  ARLEN DEASON  643            
BUZZARD CLUB SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING

CAPTAIN EDDIE SALES
281-599-7301 (PAGER 713-909-3100)
PRICE IS AROUND $40.00

TOWELS AND OTHER ITEMS ALSO AVAILABLE

BCOA On-Line HAS ADVISED ME THAT WE HAVE A NEW WEB ADDRESS FIND THE BUZZARD CLUB ONLINE @ http://www.anglefire.com/tx4/houstonbuzzards
REMEMBER THAT AS YOU START GETTING YOUR SANCTION CARDS - SHOW THEM TO JACKIE - SHE HAS TO SEE THEM AND RECORD THE PROPER INFORMATION IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SANCTIONED WITH ABC/WIBC

IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY AND BOWL AN AWARD GAME YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE THE AWARD OR PRIZE MONEY

BCOA On-Line