BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA
HOUSTON CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
JUNE 2009	         		VOLUME 48	 	 		ISSUE 6

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: The tournament is getting closer so don’t forget to get the applications turned in to Jackie as soon as possible. I have also included the Annual Tournament information and driving directions to the centers in Arkansas later in the newsletter. Let’s see if we can get more teams this time so we can represent Texas proudly this year. 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. One new member application was voted on and also passed. Dennis went over the Annual Tournament in Arkansas and also the upcomming local tournaments. Nothing else was brought up so the meeting was adjourned.

Attendance: We had 45 Buzzards at the gathering in May, four that did not bowl and no pacers. Our next scheduled gathering is on June 7th @ Del Mar Lanes 3020 Mangum Houston (713) 682-2506. The meeting begins at 1 PM and bowling begins at 2 PM.

Special Announcement: If there are people who you would like to bowl with, please arrive in time to signup with them. Each bowler should sign themselves in at the sign-in table and not have others sign them in. Recap sheets should remain at the sign-in table and each bowler should sign themselves in. If there is a problem, it can then be resolved in a timely manner. This message was from someone who sees the problems as I do. They asked Dennis & me if we would put it in the newsletter this month. The reason it came about was that they were some of the ones that have always had someone else sign them in and they didn’t know what to do since they had to do it this time.
Jackie

Bowling Reminder: 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 $6..

Stupid State Laws
In Owensboro, Kentucky - it is against the law for a woman to buy a new hat without her husband first trying it on.

Who Could It Be?
In 1972, this Romanian citizen became the first tennis player from behind the Iron Curtain to win the US Open tennis tournament.

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY
FATHER'S DAY

DAD


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

Class A 151 & Over - Men               Class A 151 & Over - Women      
John Harper          725   $8.50          Terry Blue         658   $8.50
Wally Grant          724   $6.50          Mary Ann Pritchett 643   $6.50
Bruce Koenig         694   $4.25          Bette Kelley       613   $4.25
Richard Taylor       681   $3.25          Vickie Beason      606   $3.25


Class B 150 & Under - Men              Class B 150 & Under - Women   
John Johnson         611   $8.50          Alice Ward         729   $8.50
Leonard Ferguson     591   $6.50          Susan Reid         684   $6.50
Jerry Bryce          577   $4.25          Nadine Underwood   666   $4.25
Robert Weeks         571   $3.25          Sandy Abdou        654   $3.25


Brackets

150 & Under                            150 & Under (2nd Chance)     
Alice Ward           234                   Nadine Underwood  240        
Sandy Abdou          208                                                


151 & Over                             151 & Over (2nd Chance)      
John Harper          242                   Donald Doege      208       
John Harper          242                   Randy Vinson      218       
John Harper          242                   Alice Ward        234       
Terry Blue           216                   Richard Hamaker   253       
Randy Vinson         218                   Richard Hamaker   253       
Bob King, Sr         207                                               


Scratch                                                  
Richard Hamaker      231                                               

Scratch High Game/Series & Pins Over/Under Average

Scratch High Game/Series       Pins Over   Average           Pins Under   Average
1. Wally Grant    268          1. Sandy Abdou    +36          1. Ira Garner     -63
2. Donald Doege   235          2. Alice Ward     +39          2. Lynn Underwood -45
3. John Harper    221          3. Roger Moon     +53          3. Deanna Owens   -18
S. Wally Grant    722                                                              


BUZZARD CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

Birthdays: (Bowl for $5)
Shirley Cody    6/04
John Rodgers    6/06
John Johnson    6/07
Doris Koebelen  6/07
Susan Clayton   6/08
Rosie Nacey     6/10
Robert Weeks    6/10
Vicki Beason    6/11
Deborah Dries   6/15
Melody Kennedy  6/16
Randy Vinson    6/17
Bert Warnken    6/19
Georgiann Rullo 6/22
Loretta Todd    6/22
Anniversaries:
Arlen & Judie Deason 6/03
Austin McMahan       6/09
Denise Blonstein     6/13
Walter & Pam Grant   6/23
Melody Kennedy       6/24
Kayla Smith          6/25
Marci Henderson      6/28
Leonard Ferguson     6/29
New Buzzards in our flock:
Craig Hoffman
KING BUZZARD: ($5.00 each)
Leonard Ferguson with 7 splits 
QUEEN BUZZARD: ($5.00)
Norma Drake with 9 splits
3-In-A Row Re-Qualifiers:
Patricia Jameson
Door Prize Winners:
Sandy Abdou
Len Ferguson
50/50 Drawing:
Randy Vinson
Quiz Answer:
Ilie Nastase
"200" Club
Wally Grant     268-232-212
John Harper     219-231-221
Richard Taylor      222-203
Richard Hamaker     202-231
Donald Doege            235
Serge Scharf            233
Bob King, Sr.           225
Jerold Francois         225
Terry Blue              222
Wayne Harvey            221
Dennis Davis            212
Roger Moon              209
Bob Van                 205
Bruce Koenig            200
Annual Tournament Update: We only have six teams going to the tournament that I know of. Only one application has been turned in so far. Please be aware that at the next meeting on June 7, 2009, all applications must be turned in with the money or a check for the tournament and cash or a check for the dinner/dance made out to the Houston Chapter Buzzard Club. No exceptions!!! Those that already have the applications, try to return them to Gayle or me before the June meeting if possible. The June 15th date on the application is for me to have them in Arkansas by then. I will have them in the mail no later than the 10th. Call me if I can mail you an application now or come to the Del Mar Lanes any Thursday between 11:30 AM and 2:45 PM and I will have some with me. You can also contact Dennis Davis. We’d like a good turn out for the tournament.
Jackie
Upcoming Tournaments:

State:
72nd Annual Texas State USBC Women’s
Championship Tournament
Richardson/Plano
April 18-June 28
Team Event: AMF Richardson
Richardson
D/S: Plano Super Bowl - Plano

77th Annual Texas State USBC
Open Championship Tournament
Houston/Webster
April 18-June 28
Team Event: Armadillo Lanes II- Houston
D/S: AMF Alpha Lanes-Webster

National:
106th Annual USBC Open
Championship Tournament
Las Vegas, NV
February 21 - July 18
Call 1-800-514-BOWL ext. 3170
or visit USBCopen.com

90th Annual USBC Women’s
Championship Tournament
Reno, NV
March 28 - July 4
Call 1-800-514BOWL ext. 3173
or visit USBCwomenschampionships.com

 
35th National Buzzard Tournament
HOSTED BY THE FORT SMITH CHAPTER
July 31, August 1,2, 2009

For Information go to:
Buzzard Club On-Line


JOKES, PICS AND INTERESTING FACTS

JOKE OF THE MONTH:
A drunk walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "Drinks for all on me. That is including you, bartender." The bartender follows the man's order and says, "That will be $42.50 please."The drunk says he has no money, and the bartender slaps him around and throws him out. The next night, the same drunk comes in and orders a drink for everyone in the bar including the bartender. Again, the bartender follows the drunk's instructions and the drunk says he has no money. So the bartender slaps him around and throws him out. On the third night he comes in, the drunk orders drinks for everyone except the bartender. The bartender says, "What, no drink for me?" "Oh, no. You get violent when you drink."

WOULD YOU BELIEVE!!!
When police in Chesterton, Ind., responded to a call of a suspicious man in a gas station bathroom, they couldn't help but notice the odor of glue around him. They asked if he had been sniffing glue. Nope, he said, but then he tried to throw his cigarette away. It stuck to his fingers. Brett Kolarik, 34, was charged with public intoxication and glue sniffing.

ON THIS DATE
On June 7, 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.

 

WEIRD BUT TRUE:
Charles Dellaria, 37, was arrested in Mashantucket, Conn., for allegedly stealing an ice chest. Not just any ice chest: this one belonged to the New England Eye & Tissue Transplant Bank and contained two human corneas meant for transplant. "I don't believe he's involved in any type of stolen human body part ring," said State Police Detective Jeff Megin, who interviewed Dellaria, noting the foam container looked like ones fishermen use. "He thought they were lobsters."

MORONS:
A Houston man purchased his own above ground pool on June 21, 1998. He selected the location, and the pool was installed by an independent contractor a few days later. He rated all aspects of the installation as "excellent." A few weeks later, the pool owner was swimming with his friends and enjoying an alcoholic Fourth of July haze in the humid Houston heat. In an unprecedented show of bravado, the man decided to climb onto his patio roof and dive into his pool. The man was six feet tall. His pool, typical for an above ground pool, was four feet deep. So when his head hit the bottom, his legs were still sticking two feet out of the water. The dive broke his neck.

FAMOUS QUOTES:
Danny DeVito - "There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?"

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