BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA
HOUSTON CHAPTER NEWSLETTER 
DECEMBER 2008	         		VOLUME 47	 	 		ISSUE 12
FOUNDED OCT 1961- ORGANIZED MAY 1963 FOUNDER - THOMAS E. WALTERS, JR
CHIEF BUZZARD ARLEN DEASON
"Let there be no strangers in the BUZZARD CLUB - Only friends that have yet to meet"

Hello Fellow Buzzards: I would like to remind everyone that we will be holding our annual Buzzard Christmas party this month. The meat will be provided but everyone is asked to bring a dish consisting of a vegetable, salad or dessert. If you did not sign up on the list provided by Donna, please contact her. We will eat as soon as everyone has finished bowling. That’s it for this month, so on with bowling!!!

Minutes of Meeting: Dennis opened the meeting and presented the treasurer’s report which passed. Three new member applications were voted on and also passed. Dennis reminded the members that the Christmas party is this month and will be at Del Mar. Donna passed around a sheet indicating what to bring for those members that did not have a chance to sign up. Dennis also reminded everyone that the meeting will start at 12 noon and bowling begins at 1pm, so be signed up by 12:30. Don’t forget memberships and dues are to be paid in January. The nominations of officers and rule changes will be recommended in December. Dennis informed the club that Bob King Sr. is ok following his surgery and that he is hoping to be at the Christmas party. He also told the club the tournamnet results and passed out winnings. Nothing else was brought up so the meeting was adjourned.

Attendance: We had 53 Buzzards at the gathering in November, three that did not bowl and 3 pacers. Our next scheduled gathering is on December 7, 2008 @ Del Mar Lanes (Christmas Party), 3020 Mangum / Houston (713) 682-2506. The meeting begins at NOON and bowling begins at 1 PM so please be signed up by 12:30.

Bowling Reminder: Please keep in mind that there are only two balls per lane during warm-up and not 10 minutes. First and last names of bowlers are to be put on the re-cap sheets each month. Also, make sure the total number of splits and your games are totaled before you sign the sheet at the end of bowling. If you re-qualify, please make a note on the re-cap sheet and you can receive a Buzzard pin for $ 2.00 and be entered for “THE ELLIE DEASON MEMORIAL THREE – IN – A- ROW “roll-off in January. Don’t forget, if you show up to bowl in your birthday month, you pay only $5..

Stupid State Laws
In El Monte, California, it is against the law for a horse to fall asleep in a bathtub unless the rider is sleeping with the horse.

Who Could It Be?
This entertainer, born in 1912, earned four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one each for radio, television, movies, and records. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame as well as the Cowboy Hall of Fame.

 
HAVE A VERY MERRY &
SAFE CHRISTMAS

Tree

BOWLING RESULTS/OCTOBER
Payouts, Brackets & High Games / Series
Payouts

Class A 151 & Over - Men               Class A 151 & Over - Women    
Wayne Harvey      704  $9.00           Cindy Mason         708  $9.00
Robert Beck       674  $7.00           Debra Odom          629  $7.00
Wally Grant       663  $4.50           Sheree Poe          624  $4.50
Lynn Underwood    660  $3.50           Deanna Owens        608  $3.50
Don Lynch         653  $2.50           Donna Castellese    587  $2.50


Class B 150 & Under - Men              Class B 150 & Under - Women   
Leonard Ferguson  625  $9.63           Shirley Cody        687  $9.00
John Johnson      623  $7.63           Nadine Underwood    674  $7.00
Robert Weeks      599  $5.13           Colleen Davies      621  $4.50
Jerry Bryce       573  $4.13           Norma Drake         598  $3.50
                                       Martha Warnken      597  $2.50


Brackets

150 & Under                            150 & Under (2nd Chance)     
Nadine Underwood  233                  None                         
Deborah Dries     194                  None                         

151 & Over                             151 & Over (2nd Chance)      
Annette Avalos    215                  Randy Vinson        194      
Richard Hamaker   229                  Don Lynch           206      
Don Lynch         206                  Lynn Underwood      212      
Lynn Underwood    212                  Austin McMahan      193      
Wayne Harvey      262                  Richard Hamaker     229      
Wayne Harvey      262                  Lynn Underwood      212      
Wayne Harvey      262                  Austin McMahan (t)  193      
                                       Wayne Bryce    (t)  193      


Scratch                                               
Wayne Harvey      244                                               
Robert Beck       236                                               


Scratch High Game/Series & Pins Over/Under Average

Scratch High Game/Series       Pins Over   Average           Pins Under   Average
1. David Davis      258        1. Len Ferguson +57           1. Jimmy Patrick -60
2. Wally Grant      256        2. Shirley Cody +82           2. Dave Davis    -32
3. Wayne Harvey     244        3. Wayne Harvey +57           3. Gloria Quinn  -60
S. Robert Beck      674                                                          






BUZZARD CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS







Birthdays: (Bowl for $5)

Cleo Fine      (11/01)
Gary Clement   (12/03)
Shelley Loerch (12/04)
Lynn Heaton    (12/25)
Jim Hansen     (12/27)
Janice Dueitt  (12/29)
Serge Scharf   (12/29)
Glory Brown    (12/30)
Ira Garner     (12/30)


Anniversaries:

Randy & Sue Vinson     (12/02)
David & Mary Shoemaker (12/21)
Gayle Miller           (12/22)


A Big Buzzards’ Welcome To:

Susan Clayton
James Patrick
Robert Teeler



KING BUZZARD: ($1.67 each)
Rick Broussard
Wayne Bryce
Ron Blevins
with 7 splits each



QUEEN BUZZARD: ($5.00)
Gayle Miller with 7 splits


3-In-A Row Re-Qualifiers:

None in November



Buzzard Club Website -- HOUSTONBUZZARDCLUB.COM

 






Door Prize Winners:

Cindy Mason
Don Lynch


50/50 Drawing:

None


Quiz Answer:

Harvey Samuel Firestone




"200" Club

Wayne Harvey     201-205-244
Dave Davis       258-204    
Wally Grant      256-214    
Robert Beck      247-236    
Richard Hamaker  200-212    
Shirley Cody     226        
Austin McMahan   223        
Dennis Christian 223        
Cindy Mason      222        
Dick Taylor      210        
Colleen Davies   208        
Don Lynch        205        
Sheree Poe       204        
Lynn Underwood   202        




Note from Jackie: Please make sure the full name is put on the re-caps and that they are completely filled out with total scores & handicaps added too as well as splits after finishing bowling.
  Bring your new 2008 – 2009 Membership card in to show when you sign in.   It’s that time of year again when I need proof that your USBC membership is current. You can either mail me a copy or fax it to me if you will not be coming to bowl any of the next two months. My fax number is the same as my home phone number. Call and I will turn the fax machine on.
  Also, no more than four to a lane is to be signed up and you are not allowed to change the lane numbers to suit yourself.  I didn’t say anything last month but it was noticed.  Some seem to think they can do it because of their own reasons.  Not so!!  No more than four to a lane unless I find it necessary.

Finally, January will be the time for our annual roll off.  Next month’s newsletter will list all members that will be competing.

 
THANKS!

Jackie

	





Mailing Addresses: Any member who would like to receive the Newsletter by E-mail, or have any other changes, contact Ken at BUZZARDNEWS@COMCAST.NETor see me during our monthly gathering.

 

Health Update: Bob King Sr. had surgery to remove a benign tumor from his colon and is doing fine. We hope to see him at our Christmas party in December.

Upcoming Tournaments:

Local:

Special Olympics (Area)

Copperfield Bowl

December 5-6

Call for times:

281-550-8710


State:

26th Annual Texas State

USBC Mixed Tournament:

Austin
Oct 4-5, 11-12, 18-19, 25-26 Nov 1-2, 8-9


National:

6th Annual Storm National Mixed

Championship Tournament

Reno, NV.  Oct 2 – Nov 9

Call 1-800-304-2695

Fax 1-775-334-2606

or visit NationalMixed.com
JOKES, PICS AND INTERESTING FACTS

JOKE OF THE MONTH:
An elderly gentleman, quite well to do, realized that his life was turning down the final stretch, so he summoned the three friends that he trusted the most for some advice. One was a doctor, one a priest, and the other an attorney."I've been thinking lately," he said to them, "that perhaps there is something to the ancient Egyptian belief that when we die, we take some things with us to the next world. So, I'm giving each of you an envelope with $1 million cash in it. At my funeral, I ask each of you to slip it into my casket so that I can use it on my journey to the next world." The three agreed. A few weeks later, he was dead. At the funeral, each of the three went up to the casket, and each placed an envelope into the casket. Afterwards, the three were talking, and the doctor couldn't keep it in any longer. "I have a confession," he said. "This year has been quite bad for the clinic. My CAT scanner broke, and I had to scrape to replace it. I took $80,000 out of the envelope to pay for it." As the other two cringed, the priest then added, "I must confess, too. The poor have been especially unfortunate this year, and to provide them with food, I took $120,000 out and used it to feed and clothe them." The attorney was beside himself. "I am disgusted. Our friend asked but one thing of each of us, and trusted us with his last request. How could you two break that trust and go against his wishes?" The doctor replies, "You expect us to believe that you, an attorney, didn't take anything out of your envelope?" "I would never!" replied the attorney. "In that envelope was a personal check for the full amount!"

WOULD YOU BELIEVE!!!
Jeff Goza, 37, was driving his pest control truck in Gurnee, Ill., when he accidentally cut off another driver behind the wheel of a Volvo. The Volvo driver was clearly angry, he said, and started to "aggressively" follow him until deciding to get back at him by cutting him off too. But the Volvo driver lost control and hit the curb, which caused him to flip at least four times before coming to a stop on its roof. But he wasn't done yet: the bloodied man crawled out and tried to pick a fight with Goza, who had stopped to render aid. Goza is at least five inches taller than the Volvo driver, and outweighed him by about 100 pounds, so he let the guy take out his frustration. "I wasn't going to hit him back," he said. "I was just afraid that I was going to be implemented in all of this." Police let Goza go, but charged the Volvo driver, Steven Stankovitch, 47, with reckless driving and battery.

ON THIS DATE
On December 7, 1982 Charlie Brooks Junior, a convicted murderer, became the first prisoner in the United States to be executed by injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas.

 

WEIRD BUT TRUE:
In July, Scott Bennett, 48, lost an eye in a fight at the Mavericks night club in Sioux City, Iowa. Then, on Oct. 12, in another fight at Mavericks, Bennett lost his other eye.

 

MORONS:
Seven college kids decided to raise a little ruckus after a party. They all piled into a pickup, one in the cab and the rest in the back, and they drove down deserted backroads pulling stop signs out of the dirt. The goal was to get as many as possible into the truck. Speeding back to the party, they were struck by a delivery vehicle at--you guessed it--an intersection which had, until recently, sported a safety marker. The six in the back of the truck were killed, and the driver was badly injured. The patrol officer said he would never forget the sight of the dead students sprawled at the wreck, surrounded by twenty-seven stop signs.

 

PREDICTION FROM THE PAST:
"It will be years -- not in my time -- before a woman will become Prime Minister."
Margaret Thatcher, 1974.

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