"Let there be no strangers in the BUZZARD CLUB - HELLO BUZZARDS:
Only friends that have yet to meet"
BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA - HOUSTON CHAPTER
FOUNDED OCTOBER 1961 - ORGANIZED MAY 1963FOUNDER - TOM WALTERS CHIEF BUZZARD - ARLEN DEASON
November 2000 NEWSLETTER VOLUME XXXVIIII ISSUE 11
WE HAD 66 BUZZARDS AND 4 PACERS. THAT'S ANOTHER MONTH FOR 60+. GOOD JOB BOWLERS…THIS IS THE LARGEST TURN OUT YET ! ! ! ! PLUS TWO PACERS QUALIFIED … NORMA DRAKE AND JEREMY ROGERS.
WE WILL BOWL NOVEMBER 5TH @ DEL MAR 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.)
WE APPROVED 5 NEW MEMBERS AT THE OCTOBER MEETING. WE WELCOME TO THE FLOCK RICHARD SMITH, G.W. HIPPE, LINDA STECKLER, JOHN THIEL & DAVID LAZENBY. 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!)
ALICE WARD REQUALIFIED WITH THREE IN A ROW - GOOD JOB ALICE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
NOVEMBER CELEBRANTS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: CLEO FINE (1) SYLVIA BRANNON (3) CINDY REJONA (5) NINA HOLLAND (8) JOE PREY (8) JUDIE CAUTHEN (11) VICKIE CARLSON (16) CHRIS SMITH (16) BOB KING, SR. (19) MELISSA MORTINI (21) ANDY COLE (26) MIKE PUNCH (27) ROLAND WALKER (27) CAROL GRANT (29)
BIRTHDAY BOWLERS BOWL FOR $5.00 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: CHUCK FARMER (13) JIMMY & MIMIE REDD (15) TERRY WADDELL (23) MARY ANN PRICHETT (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.
AT THE LAST MEETING THE MONEY FOR THE DOOR PRIZE DISAPPEARED - YEP STOLEN… IT'S A DAMN SAD DAY WHEN SOMEONE HAS TO STEEL $10.00 FROM A CLUB. THERE ARE SO MANY ADULTS AND CHILDREN ROAMING AROUND JACKIE & BARBARAS TABLE THAT WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHO TOOK IT - I JUST HOPE THAT WHOEVER TOOK IT REALLY NEEDED IT AND THAT WE NEVER FIND OUT WHO IT WAS…EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THEIR PERSONAL GOODS AND MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE PILFERS THRU THEM.
DOOR PRIZES WERE WON BY GAY FIELD & WALTER GRANT.
IT IS TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT THE 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 CONSISTS OF BUTCH CASTELLESE, CHAIRMAN, VICKIE CARLSON & NINA HOLLAND. THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE PRESENT OFFICERS AND ALL HAVE AGREED TO RUN FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES PRESENTLY HELD. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INQUIRE ABOUT RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND LET THEM KNOW. ALSO NOMINATIONS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE FLOOR THE DAY OF THE ELECTIONS.
ALSO IN THE DECEMBER MEETING WE WILL HAVE SOME RULES CHANGES WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO ME BY THE RULES COMMITTEE, GAYLE MILLER, CHAIRWOMAN, DENNIS DAVIS, SERGE SCHARF & NICK CARTER. THE PROPOSED RULES CHANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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 CLUBCHANGE 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. THIS IS JUST OUR WAY OF CARRYING ON HER MEMORY AND REMEMBERING THE GREAT DEVOTION SHE GAVE TO THIS CLUB)
CLASS A 151 & OVER AVERAGE
LYNN SHRODE 691 $9.50 ARLEN DEASON 721 $9.50 KINDA STECKLER 664 $7.00 BOB KING, JR. 705 $7.00 NINA HOLLAND 632 $5.00 KEVIN STAHL 687 $5.00 NADINE UNDERWOOD 624 $4.50 ROLAND WALKER 686 $4.50 LINDA KNIGHTON 621 $4.00 CHUCK AMENDT 683 $4.00 MARY ANN PRICHETT 612 $3.31 RICHARD HAMAKER/MATRIN SMITH (TIE) 677 $1.50 EACLASS B 150 & UNDER AVERAGE
MILDRED STEADMAN 690 $9.50 ROLLO WATKINS 625 $9.50 KIM BLEVINS 665 $7.00 BERT WARNKEN 597 $7.00 PAM GRANT 641 $5.00 BUTCH CASTELLESE 578 $5.00 ALICE WARD 630 $4.50 BRUCE BUSS, SR. 569 $4.50 DEBBIE EARNEST 622 $4.00 TOM CARLSON 545 $4.00 B.J. ORSACK 612 $3.00 LEN FERGUSON, SR. 544 $3.00BUZZARDS OF THE MONTH
JOHN RUGG, SR. - 8 SPLITS CINDY REJONA - 7 SPLITS $5.OO EACH
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PINS OVER AVERAGE - (1) LINDA STECKLER +53 (2) RICHARD HAMAKER +41 (3) LYNN SHRODE +49
150 & UNDER - NO BRACKETS
151 & OVER - BETH GEORGE 190 - LYNN SHRODE 202 - CHUCK AMENDT 236 - ROLAND WALKER 236 - ARLEN DEASON 246
2nd CHANCE - MARTIN SMITH 248 - JOHN HARPER 194 - ROLAN WALKER 236
SCRATCH SERIES - ARELN DEASON 234 - KEVIN STAHL 187
2ND CHANCE - MARTIN SMITH 221
SCRATCH GAME - (1) ARLEN DEASON 247 (2) KEVIN STAHL 235 (3) ARLEN DEASON 234
SCRATCH SERIES - ARLEN DEASON 685
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