BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA
HOUSTON CHAPTER NEWSLETTER 
NOVEMBER 2008	         		VOLUME 47	 	 		ISSUE 11
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: This month there will be a signup list for those members that will be bringing food to our party in December. If you were not at the October gathering and are unable to attend the November gathering but want to bring something in December, contact Donna (her phone # is on the officers’ page). Don’t forget, we will be bowling at AMF Willow this month. That’s really it for this month, so on with bowling!!!

Minutes of Meeting: Dennis opened the meeting and presented the treasurer’s report which passed. Four new member applications were voted on and also passed. The tournament results had not been received by our October gathering, but have now been received and will be discussed at out November gathering. Donna passed around a sheet indicating who will be attending our Christmas party at Del Mar Lanes. The meeting will start at 12 noon and bowling begins at 1pm, so be signed up by 12:30. Nothing else was brought up so the meeting was adjourned.

Attendance: We had 48 Buzzards at the gathering in October, three that did not bowl and 6 pacers. Our next scheduled gathering is on November 2, 2008 @ AMF Willow Lanes, 19102 Tomball Pkwy / Houston (281) 955-5900. The meeting begins at 1 PM and bowling begins at 2 PM.

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 Newcastle, Wyoming it is against the law to make love in a meat freezer.

Who Could It Be?
He established a tire factory in Akron, Ohio in 1900. His rubber research allied him with Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, planting rubber forests and at the same time searching for substitutes for natural rubber.

 
HAVE A SAFE AND
JOYFULL
THANKSGIVING

Turkey

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

Class A 151 & Over - Men               Class A 151 & Over - Women    
Dennis Davis      667  $9.00           Maisie Thompson     631  $9.00
Dave Davis        650  $7.00           Sheree Poe          612  $7.00
Wayne Harvey      649  $5.00           Deanna Owens        604  $5.00
Jim Hansen        630  $3.00           Debra Odom          594  $3.00


Class B 150 & Under - Men              Class B 150 & Under - Women   
Leonard Ferguson  628  $10.00          Kayla Smith         688  $9.00
Jerry Bryce       606   $8.00          Loretta Todd        643  $7.00
John Johnson      601   $6.00          Shirley Cody        630  $5.00
                                       Norma Drake         614  $3.00
 

Brackets

150 & Under                            150 & Under (2nd Chance)     
None                                   None                         

151 & Over                             151 & Over (2nd Chance)      
Annette Avalos    215                  Randy Vinson        194      
Wayne Harvey      191                  Annette Avalos      215      
Dave Davis        201                  John Clark          179      
Dave Davis        201                  Roger Moon          219      
Dave Fletcher     199                  Randy Vinson        194      
Richard Hamaker   220                  Roger Moon          219      


Scratch                                                             
Richard Hamaker   204                                                             


Scratch High Game/Series & Pins Over/Under Average

Scratch High Game/Series                 Pins Over   Average               Pins Under   Average    
1. Dennis Davis     248                  1. Dennis Davis +60               1. Sue Vinson        -35
2. Wayne Harvey     236                  2. Wayne Harvey +50               2. Sue Vinson        -40
3. Wally Grant      245                  3. Loretta Todd +25               3. Donna Castellese  -48
S. Dave Davis       650                                                                            







BUZZARD CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS







Birthdays: (Bowl for $5)

Cleo Fine        (11/01)
Nina Holland     (11/08)
Joe Prey         (11/08)
Timothy Anderson (11/10)
Judie Deason     (11/11)
Robert Beck      (11/15)
Anita Garcia     (11/15)
Vickie Carlson   (11/16)
Dennis Christian (11/16)
Bob King Sr.     (11/19)
Melba Kelly      (11/21)
Kenny Herzog     (11/24)
Ron Blevins      (11/25)


Anniversaries:

David Thomas             (11/11)
Chuck Farmer             (11/13)
Wayne Harvey             (11/17)
Jerry & Kelly Johnson    (11/21)
Ira Garner               (11/22)
Edward & Jackie Chisholm (11/25)
Mary Ann Pritchett       (11/28)


A Big Buzzards’ Welcome To:

Galen Algood
Timothy Anderson
Jody Baughman
Billye Sifford



KING BUZZARD: ($2.50)
Bruce Koenig & Randy Vinson
with 5 splits each



QUEEN BUZZARD: ($5.00)
Martha Warnken with 6 splits


3-In-A Row Re-Qualifiers:

None in October





Door Prize Winners:

Jackie Rugg
Raymond Hess


50/50 Drawing:

Gayle Miller


Quiz Answer:

Harvey Samuel Firestone




"200" Club

Dave Davis     237-212-201              
Wally Grant        213-245        
Dennis Davis           248
Wayne Harvey           236
Robert Heaton          221
Maise Thompson         212
Ira Garner             209  
Richard Hamaker        204



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.

            Also, no more than four to a lane is to be signed up.  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.

THANKS!

Jackie

	






Buzzard Club Website -- HOUSTONBUZZARDCLUB.COM

 

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:
Two guys are walking through the woods and come across a big deep hole. "Wow that looks deep." "Sure does! Toss a few pebbles in there and see how deep it is." They pick up a few pebbles and throw them in and wait, but there is no noise. "Jeeez. That is really deep. Here, throw one of those great big rocks down there. That should make a noise." They pick up a couple of football-sized rocks and toss them into the hole and wait. They wait, and wait, but again hear nothing. They look at each other in amazement. One gets a determined look on his face and says, "Hey, over here in the weeds, there's a railroad tie. Help me carry it over here. When we toss that in, it's got to make some noise!" The two drag the heavy tie over to the hole and heave it in. Not a sound comes from the hole. Suddenly, out of the nearby woods, a goat appears, running like the wind. It rushes toward the two men, and then right past them, running as fast as its legs will carry it. Suddenly it leaps in the air and into the hole. The two men are astonished with what they've just seen. Then, out of the woods comes a farmer who spots the men and ambles over. "Hey! You two guys seen my goat out here?" "You bet we did! Craziest thing I've ever seen. It came running like crazy and just jumped into this hole!""Nah," says the farmer, "that couldn't have been mine. My goat was chained to a railroad tie."

WOULD YOU BELIEVE!!!
Doctors at the Policlinico Juan D. Peron, the main hospital in Villa Mercedes in San Luis province, Argentina, had a patient on the operating table when the power went out. "The generator, which should have been working correctly, didn't work," a hospital spokesman said, so "a family member got some cell phones together from people in the hallway and took them in to provide light." The surgeons were able to finish the emergency appendectomy thanks to the cell phones' backlit screens.

ON THIS DATE
On November 2, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, William Demont, became the first traitor of the American Revolution when he deserted.

 

WEIRD BUT TRUE:
A construction worker used a circular saw to intentionally cut off one of his hands while on the work site. He claimed that the hand was possessed. Co-workers rushed the man to the hospital and brought the severed hand. At the hospital, the man demanded that the doctors NOT reattach the hand because it was possessed. Now he is suing the doctors and hospital for damages because he claims they should have known that he was psychotic and reattached the hand anyway.

 

MORONS:
In Texas, a contract worker was hired to install reinforcement bars on a communications tower near Camp Bullis. He was wielding power tools high above the ground, when two other workers saw him lean back and fall 225 feet to his death. Turns out, the man had loosened the bolts on the bar to which he was attached.

 

PREDICTION FROM THE PAST:
"The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives." -- Admiral William Leahy, U.S. Atomic Bomb Project.

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