Haddonfield
65 Club
The Retired Men’s Club of Haddonfield
Web address: http://haddon65club.blogspot.com/
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| Haddonfield, NJ 08033 November 1, 2015 |
President’s Message
Since the
last newsletter, the Club held its Fall Luncheon event. Thanks go out to Bob Parsons for arranging
the event and making all those phone calls, to Bill Brown for arranging for our
speaker and to Jack Aharon for running the 50/50. A week later, following the
meeting, some 13 to 16 members stayed on to do a top to bottom cleaning of the
clubhouse. Everything was moved to clean
behind, every surface and window was scrubbed.
I would mention the names of the members who participated, however they
were promised anonymity lest their wives find out that they can really clean up
after themselves.
While we all
want to enjoy the last warm days of Fall, we are reminded that the Holiday
Season is fast approaching. The Club has
three special events coming up: the Wine and Cheese Party on November 14th, the
trip to the American Music Theater in Lancaster County on December 8th
and the Christmas Party on December 10th.
Have a Happy
Thanksgiving everyone.
–
– Dennis Kille
Fall Cleaning of Clubhouse
After the
regular meeting on October 15th 16 members undertook a thorough
cleaning of the clubhouse. All furniture was moved, the windows were washed inside
and out, the storage room was cleaned and many items no longer needed were discarded.
In addition, the landscaping was weeded. Thank you for all the effort in this
worthwhile project.
Wine & Cheese Party – November 14th
The Haddonfield 65 Club will host this
annual event on Saturday November 14, from 7 to 10 PM, at The Grace Episcopal
Church located at 19 Kings Highway east, in Haddonfield. There is ample parking
available at the rear of the church, plus the PATCO parking lot. Please enter
the community room on the first floor, at the rear of the church.
The purpose of this get together is
two-fold, first to provide a social get together for our members and their
partners and second to afford prospective members an opportunity to check us
out by socializing, with our members. Members are encouraged to invite
prospective members to the event.
To offset the cost of the wine and cheese,
there will be a modest charge of $5.00 per person. Potential members may attend
with their partner, without cost. If anyone would be inclined to bring a
dessert or appetizer, it would be greatly appreciated, but not mandatory.
We realize there is limited time until the
event, therefore, please sign up so that we have a reasonable attendance
estimate for purchasing the wine and cheese.
You can sign up at the club house, or you may contact: Bill Brown at billbrown08033@aol.com 856-429-4368 or Henry Leimkuhler, at henryleimkuhler@comcast.net or 858-2736.
Christmas Trip - December 8th,
2015
After
completing a very enjoyable and enlightening trip to the Amish country in
September, we are now focusing on our Christmas trip to the American Music
Theatre in Lancaster.
The bus is already
half filled with members that have signed up to join the trip to Rockvale
Outlet stores, the Shady Maple buffet and the Holiday spectacular at the
American Music Theater, on Tuesday, December 8.
However, few have paid. If you intend on going you MUST get
your checks in as soon as possible to guarantee your seat or seats. Money must
be in by November 1 since deposits are due to both the theatre and the
restaurant. Shortly we will be promoting this trip to non-members, so don't
miss the bus on this one.
The price may
appear high, but the bus transportation is over $1,050, the tickets for the
show at group rate prices are $36.00 per person, plus $17 for your meal at the
Shady Maple. Arrangements have been made with Rockvale Outlets to provide some
special Discounts and shopping incentives for our group. The ticket price of
$80.00 is very reasonable since other local trips to Lancaster Christmas shows
with lunch are over $100. As you know
our trips are not fundraisers, we just attempt to break even.
Please get your
checks to Bill Brown, Jack Aharon or Walt Baker.
Christmas Party – December 10th
The 65 Club will hold its annual Christmas
Party at the Methodist Church, on Warwick Rd. at noon, on Thursday, December 10th.
The guest speaker will be Chris Heckert the
new senior minister at the Methodist church. As we started last year, this
event will be for members and spouses. This year we are asking our members to
bring either an appetizer, or dessert to share, in addition to a small gift for
a long term health care patient at Lakeland Long Term Care facility. No need to
wrap them as they will be examined by the hospital staff. The use of holiday
bags is encouraged. Please do not include any candy or food, or medical items.
These gifts will be transported to the hospital after the party.
We are expecting to have a small singing
group to replace our not quite ready for prime time singing club-members.
Member
of 65 Club Honored
65 club member Joe
Galliera was inducted into the Camden County Sports Hall of Fame on October
29 at the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill. The motto of the Sports Hall of Fame is
“Remembering those who have brought honor and glory to Camden County through
sports”.
Congratulations Joe.
Dues, Dues, Dues
Just
remember, there are only 61 days left till the end of the year. So, how about sending your check for $20.00
made out to the “65 Club” to: Walt Baker, Unit 209, 400 N. Haddon Av,
Haddonfield, NJ 08033-1736. Or you can
give Walt cash or check at any meeting and your 2016 DUES will be paid in full.
We would really appreciate not having to repeat the arduous effort required
last year to collect the dues! THANK YOU.
WALLY’S NOTES # 2
We all like to go to the theatre and see a good movie with
the following stars: Doris Mary Kappelhuff, Anna Mae Bullock, William Pratt,
Frances Gumm, Spangler Arlington Brugh , Joe Yule Jr. and Bernard Swartz. Oh,
you don’t know these people, well how about;
Doris is Doris DAY, Anna May
is Tina TURNER, William is Boris KARLOFF, Frances is Judy
GARLAND, Spangler is Robert TAYLOR, Joe is Mickey ROONEY
and Bernard is Tony CURTIS. That’s the way it is - - more
or less.
60th
Anniversary
Richard (Dick) Gimigliano and Margaret (Peg) Sullivan met at the
Newman Club in Boston on a Friday night in 1953. The Newman Club was named for
Cardinal John Newman and was a place for young college students to meet and
dance. Peg was from Dorchester, Mass. and Dick from Danbury, Ct. He was taking
some fill-in courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to finish up
his degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. After graduation
as an Electrical Engineer, Dick began working at RCA Camden. The couple continued dating and
corresponding. On November 5, 1955, they were married at St. Brendans Roman
Catholic Church in Dorchester. After a few years of apartment living they moved
to Haddonfield. Dick worked as Manager – Manufacturing Engineering at
Gibbsboro. Dick is a Past President of the 65 Club. Presently, he is in charge
of Bus Trips and he oversees the Bowling on Friday mornings.
They have three sons, Richard in San Francisco, Ca.
Stephen in Maplewood, NJ and Paul in Arlington, VA. There are three
grandchildren. A family gathering is
planned to celebrate this big event.
50th
Anniversary
Bob Parsons and Grace Hood met in May
of 1965 in Indianapolis and were married six months later on November 20 in
Madison, Indiana. Bob was with the
Link-Belt Div. of FMC and Grace was teaching Special Ed at a local grammar
school and also taught graduate school at Butler University. They were
transferred to Birmingham, Michigan in 1967 where they lived for five years.
Bob took a job with McGill Mfg. in December of 1972 and then moved to
Haddonfield in April of 1973. Bob retired from Emerson Electric in 2003.
Bob and Grace have three children: Robin
lives in Haddonfield with her family, Kristin lives in Lake Mary near Orlando and
their son Jon and family live in Moorestown, NJ. The children are planning an
anniversary event for the big day.
Early Bird Nation
I walked into
the Walgreens drugstore in Westmont in mid-September and saw that a special
aisle had already been set up for Halloween candy. The following day I was
riding my bike in Haddonfield and saw that two houses on the same street were
already fully decorated with ghosts, goblins and witches. When I mentioned this
to my wife she said that she had been in Target and heard them playing
Christmas music already. Then she complained that if she does not buy her
summer clothes before Memorial Day all the “good stuff” is gone. Daylight
Savings time now runs from April to November. The Christmas season used to
start on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Now malls and department stores will
have their Christmas decorations up and special early bird pre-Christmas sales
right after Halloween. “Black Friday” is not the start of the Christmas rush
anymore. It has become a kind of competitive shopping event where people charge
in through the store doors at midnight for the TV cameras.
And it’s not
just retail stores and holiday decorations that have gotten way ahead of what
used to be the “normal” calendar of the seasons, holidays and life events.
Parents are now encouraged to start saving for college before their children
are out of diapers. Students are starting to get coached for the College Board
SATs in 9th grade or earlier. I went to a “seminar” on how to manage
money in retirement and many of the folks there were in their forties - and I
don’t think it was just for the free dinner.
But what
really got me thinking about America the Early Bird Nation is how the 2016
presidential election campaign is already now in full swing. In early August of
2015 – 15 months before the November 2016 election day – Fox news hosted not
one but two “debates” featuring 17 announced Republican candidates. The
Republicans have already had a second debate in September and there are seven
more scheduled through 1916. The Democrats plan six debates, the first of which
may already have taken place by the time you read this. Wow! The first-ever TV
debates in 1960 were not held until after both party conventions had taken
place. And there were only 2 debaters - the actual nominees themselves, Nixon
and Kennedy.
Now, don’t get me wrong. If the
political parties want to start the election season 6 months early that’s OK by
me. But I want to point out that there are important long-term public problems
that need to be debated and decided well in advance too, before they become
crises or disasters. These issues are called “collective action” problems, such
as protecting the environment or financing care for an aging population.
Unfortunately, our individual penchant for Early Bird action seems to have
shrunk, not grown, in the area of collective action. Example: President Nixon
worked with a Democratic Congress to create the Environmental Protection
Agency. Example: President Reagan and House Speaker Tip O’Neil agreed on a
special panel which recommended an increase in Social Security taxes to keep
the program solvent for decades. This kind of “Early Bird” bi-partisanship has
obviously been missing between President Obama and Congress. Let’s hope that
the very long election season we are about to experience can somehow restore
our system’s ability to address long-term problems before our Early Bird
becomes a Cooked Goose!
– – Jim Dunn
New Member
The following new members were
added to the Club in June. Welcome gentlemen.
Henry Zaleski 312
Mt. Vernon Ave. 609-238-0836 zalenj@comcast.net
Haddonfield,
NJ 08033
Address / e-Mail Changes
Robert Warner’s new address is: 242
Woodland Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108.
Courtney Malcarney’s correct email is: cmmalcarney@gmail.com.
November Birthdays
2 John T. Hennessy
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17 Ronald Boerum
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27 John Mapes
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12
Martin Zeluck
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18 Fred Borgini
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30 John J. Tarditi, Jr.
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13
Harry J. Schmalzried
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19 Thomas Grimes
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Clubhouse
Programs
Thursday
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Nov 5
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Director’s meeting
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10:00 AM
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Thursday
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Nov 5
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HADDONFIELD
COMMISIONER………..Neil Rochford
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Nov 12
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Business meeting
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Nov 19
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HADDONFIELD COMMISIONER………John
Moscatelli
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Nov 26
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING No meeting
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Dec 3
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Directors meeting
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10:00 AM
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NOTE: We have an insatiable appetite for presenters. We
rely on the vast experience of our members to satisfy this need by suggesting
speakers. So, be on the alert and notify Neil Wise (428-9280) if you have any
suggestions for speakers.
Activities
Bowling
Congratulations to Bill Brown, he had a 542 Series, with a
high game of 215. That's our CHAMP. Come on out to Laurel Lanes, on Rt.
73, Maple Shade. Be there at 9:00 AM and have some fun with other club
members. You get a ball, shoes, coffee, tea and Danish for just $6.55. Our
Champ will show you how to bowl if you have any trouble.
Averages Through
October 23, 2015
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Ave
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Player
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Ave
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Player
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Ave
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Player
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159
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Walt Baker
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129
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Dick Gimigliano
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123
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Alan Bigelow
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157
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Bill Brown
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125
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Tom Mervine
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108
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Charles Legge
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– – Dick Gimigliano and Walt Baker
Bridge
Each month the average weekly
score for the 15 players with the highest average score will be reported. Each
week the players in the top team receive 4 points, 2nd place get 3
points, 3rd place get 2 points and fourth place 1 point. The ‘Wks’
column in the table below is the number of weeks you have played and the ‘Ave’
column is the average weekly score for the number of weeks that you played.
Average Bridge Scores Through October 26,
2015
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Player
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Wks
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Ave
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Player
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Wks
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Ave
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Player
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Wks
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Ave
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Rementer
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7
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2.643
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Mervine
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7
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1.571
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Zeluck
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6
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1.083
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Coehlo
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6
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2.083
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Pusatere
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5
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1.500
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Hoeberg
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7
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1.071
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Leimkuhler
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4
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2.000
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Walden
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6
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1.500
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Aaronow
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5
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1.000
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Bauer
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7
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1.786
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Petrozzi
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7
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1.429
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Legge
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6
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1.000
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Chhabria
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7
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1.643
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Cosentino
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6
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1.417
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Schaming
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7
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1.000
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We play at the
Clubhouse every Monday. If you are interested in Duplicate Bridge please join
us. We start at 1:00pm sharp so please arrive by 12:45.
– – Bernie Schaming
Pinochle
Each month the average weekly
scores are reported. Each week the player with the highest score receives 8
pts, 2nd highest receives 7 points…down to 1 point for the 8th
highest score for the week. The ‘Wks’ column in the table below is the number
of weeks you have played and the ‘Ave’ column is the average weekly score for
the number of weeks that you played.
Average Pinochle Scores Through October 21, 2015
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Player
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Wks
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Ave
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Player
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Wks
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Ave
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Player
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Wks
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Ave
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Roland Heilig
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3
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6.67
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Jack Walden
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5
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4.30
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Hank Bauer
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6
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2.33
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Len Walden
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5
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5.60
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Ron Howley
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5
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3.60
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Bill Marsden
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5
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2.20
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Tom Mervine
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6
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5.00
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Bud Pusatere
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4
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3.13
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Charles Legge
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5
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1.90
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Howard Rementer
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6
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4.75
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Don Gosnay
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3
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2.67
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Bill Hoeberg
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6
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1.83
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Pinochle
is played every Wednesday at 12:30 PM at the Clubhouse. Play begins at 12:30 PM; please arrive by 12:15 PM. You
are invited to join us.
Golf
Below are the latest golf scores.
SEPTEMBER Score – Low Gross HCP Score - Low Net HCP
30
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White
Oaks
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90
– Tom Worrell
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14
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74
– Rob Fuller
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21
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OCTOBER
07
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Rancocas
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79
– Butch Brees
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8
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66
– Jack Aharon
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35
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14
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Kings
Grant
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92
– Fran DuVernois
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21
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Golden
Pheasant
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81
– Butch Brees
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8
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65
– Wayne Natale
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36
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28
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Pennsauken
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– – Mike
Underwood
Composing Editor: Bernie Schaming
Contributors: Walt Baker, Bill Brown, Jim
Dunn, Dennis Kille, Tom Mervine, Mike Underwood & Neil Wise
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