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
SEPTEMBER 2001           NEWSLETTER              VOLUME XXXX      ISSUE 9

HELLO BUZZARDS:

WE HAD 54 BUZZARDS, 3 THAT DIDN’T BOWL AND 4 PACER. HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THIS MONTH.

WE WILL BOWL SEPTEMBER 9, 2001 @ AMF HOUSTON NORTH LANES, 74 ALDINE BENDER, (281) 445-0443. 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:
RON BLEVINS WITH 7 SPLITS
NADINE UNDERWOOD WITH 9 SPLITS
DOOR PRIZES
SANDY STAHL & JOHN THIEL

SEPTEMBER CELEBRANTS


HAPPY BIRTHDAY
: BETH GEORGE (3) AILEEN BROWN (5) JEREMY ROGERS (7) BOB KING, JR (15) PAM GRANT (18) CALLIE MOSS-CARRELL (24) MURIEL FRY (29) (BOWL FOR $5.00)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: BERT & MARTHA WARNKEN (3) CAROLYN LAKE (13) CHRIS & CHRISTINE SMITH (22)

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

GOOD BOWLING
PAUL PHILLIPS - 290

CLASS A 151 & OVER AVERAGE BRENDA OLIPHANT 747 $9.00 GEORGE PRICE 754 $9.00 LINDA KNIGHTON 618 $7.00 PAUL PHILLIPS 722 $7.00 DREMA CROFT 606 $4.00 JOHN THIEL 708 $4.00 SYLVIA BRANNON 604 $3.00 JOHN RODGERS 701 $3.00 DONNA CASTELLESE 589 $2.50 JESSIE ALDRIDGE 699 $2.50 CLASS B 150 & UNDER AVERAGE MELANIE BRUBECK 655 $9.00 TOM CARLSON 652 $9.00 CLEO FINE 652 $7.00 DAVE PENDRACKY 647 $7.00 ETHEL HUNN 650 $4.00 BERT WARNKEN 640 $4.00 GAYLE MILLER 645 $3.00 ALAN LONG 592 $3.00 ALICE WARD 631 $2.50 LEN FERGUSON, SR. 589 $2.50
PINS OVER AVERAGE - (1) PAUL PHILLIPS +108 (2) BRENDA OLIPHANT +61 (3) MARTIN SMITH +90 150 & UNDER - GAYLE MILLER 229 151 & OVER - GAYLE MILLER 229 - JESSE ALDRIDGE 221 - BRENDA OLIPHANT 218 SECOND CHANCE - RICHARD HAMAKER 194 - CHRIS SMITH 229 SCRATCH BRACKET - PAUL PHILLIPS 171 SCRATCH GAME - (1) PAUL PHILLIPS 290 (2) CHRIS SMITH 237 (3) MARTIN SMITH 268 SCRATCH SERIES - PAUL PHILLIPS & ARLEN DEASON (TIE) 654
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