Haddonfield65 Club
The Retired Men’s Club of Haddonfield
110 Rhoads Ave
Haddonfield, NJ 08033 December 1, 2015
President’s Message
Hopefully everyone had a happy
Thanksgiving. There are two more club events scheduled during this holiday
season - the bus trip to the American music theater in Lancaster on December 8
and the holiday party on December 10. Because Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
fall on a Thursday, there will be no club meeting on December 24 or December
31. Most other activities will go on as scheduled. I suggest that you check
with the activity leaders to see if there are any changes in scheduling. Thanks
go out to Bill Brown and Henry Leimkuhler for putting together the wine and
cheese party on November 14, to Jack Poupard for the musical entertainment and
to Al Schmidt for obtaining the community room at the Episcopal Church for the
affair. The turnout was good and a good time was had by all.
Golf is finished until April. Again
thanks go out to Mike Underwood and crew for organizing this six-month weekly
event. Typically, about 24 golfers turned out every Wednesday.
A final reminder is that club elections
for officers and board members will take place at the January 14, 2016 business
meeting.
Best Wishes to you and yours for a Happy
Holiday Season and a Very Happy New Year's to all.
–
– Dennis Kille
Christmas Trip - December 8th,
2015
The bus is already more than 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. FLASH: For those not interested in
shopping at Rockvale Outlets, pinochle games will be organized, while others
shop.
If you intend
on going you MUST get your checks in as soon as possible to guarantee your seat
or seats. 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.
5K Heart Run & Bagel Bash– December 12th
The 65 club will again provide marshals for the 5K Heart
Run on December 12th as we have for many years. Ron Howley is
coordinating the event again this year. The job of the marshals is to protect
the runners at intersections. One or more marshals are assigned to each
intersection along the route. Please contact Ron at 428-0191 to volunteer your
help.
After the run is completed, all the marshals as well as all
club members are invited to meet at the clubhouse at approximately 10:15. Along
with bagels and/or donuts, coffee and tea to warm the bellies, all the games
such as Wii (bowling, golf, baseball & tennis), darts, pinochle and bridge
are available to provide a little friendly competition among the attendees. So, whether you are able to serve as a
marshal or not, come on out and have some fun. Feel free to bring a guest,
especially prospective members.
Lion Club Dinner Invitation – January 7th
The Lions Club has been very fortunate in
hosting Chris Wheeler for a number of years because of his friendship with club
member, Jack Tarditi. The Lions
Club is inviting members of the 65 Club to their dinner meeting at Tavistock
County Club on Thursday, January 7th. The meeting kicks off promptly
at 6:15 pm and the dress is a "relaxed informal" (Coat with open
shirt or turtleneck). The meal is "chicken marsala" and the cost is
$20.00.
Fran DuVernois, both
a Lion and 65 Club member, will be the liaison with the Lions Club. He will
collect the money, keep us informed and provide the Lions Club with a headcount
not later than Monday, Jan. 4th.
The Lions has also
invited the Y’s Men’s Club and the American Legion Post 38 to this event. This
is a great opportunity for us to socialize with other Haddonfield organizations
as well as listen to a gifted speaker in Chris Wheeler and hear his candid
prospects for our “2016 Fighting Phils”.
Nomination of Officers &
Directors for 2016
The nominating
committee presented the following nominations for next year’s officers and
directors to the board of directors at the November board meeting.
President:
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Neil Wise
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Secretary:
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W. Bernard Schaming
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1st Vice President:
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Henry Leimkuhler
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Treasurer:
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Walter Baker
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2nd Vice President:
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Al Schmidt
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Asst. Treasurer:
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Tom Grimes
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Directors for 3 Years
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Ron Howley
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Mike Underwood
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Bob Parsons
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Director for 1 Year
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Bill Brown
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Bill Brown will replace Al Schmidt as a director.
This slate of officers will be voted upon at the
business meeting on January 14. John Hempstead, Bud Pusatere and Warren
Reintzel will continue as directors for 2 years. Jack Aharon, Charles Legge
will continue as directors for 1 year. Dennis Kille will continue as past
president.
2016
DUES
Here it is
December already and only 45% of our members have paid their dues. You can make it easy for Walt if you would
just send him your dues (or hand it to him).
Dues haven’t been increased for a few years and they are still just
$20.00. You can make out a check for
$20.00, payable to the “65 CLUB” and forward it to: Walt Baker, 400 N. Haddon
Ave, Unit 209, Haddonfield, NJ 08033. Or
give him a $20.00 bill at one of the meetings and your dues will be paid for
2016.
Lifetime Achievement Award
On December 3rd, Larry Lyford is receiving a "Lifetime Achievement Award"
from the White Horse District, Garden State Council, Boy Scouts of America. Congratulations Larry.
Obituary
Charles
E. "Chuck" Hurd passed away on November 3, 2015, Beloved
husband of Blythe "Bunnie" (nee Hartley). Loving father of Randall
Hurd (Patricia) of Mankato, MN, Peter Hurd (Lisa) of Haddonfield, NJ, Robin
Rheiner (Jack) of Wycombe, PA. Dear grandfather of Kirby, Erin, Sam, Doug,
Rita, Lindsay, Tim, Emily and Paul. He is also survived by a sister Marylena
Schrock of Arlington, VA., and many nieces, nephews, and friends.
Chuck was a longtime New Jersey resident
with deep Pennsylvania roots: he grew up in Somerset County and attended Penn
State, where his performing talent first emerged as a member of the Penn State
Glee Club. He met Bunnie at State College, graduated in 1947, and they married
in 1948. His first job out of college was with US Steel in Pittsburgh, and in
1951, they moved to Oaklyn, where Chuck began his long career with RCA. They
moved to Haddonfield in 1953.
He was always a rabid and loyal fan of
both Nittany Lions football and the Philadelphia Phillies, and he attended many
games at Connie Mack and then Veterans Stadium over the years.
Chuck was a 50-plus-year member of both
the Haddonfield Y's Men's Club and the First Presbyterian Church of
Haddonfield, where he and Bunnie were loyal choir members. He also served terms
as both a Trustee and Deacon. Chuck was also a 24-year member of the 65
Club.
Outside of his devotion to family, perhaps
Chuck's greatest gift was as an accomplished amateur actor, where he got to
flex his formidable sense of humor. He appeared in many productions of both the
Musicrafters and Plays & Players, including an award-winning turn as Oscar
Madison in "The Odd Couple" at the Haddon Fortnightly in 1970. At the
time of his death, Chuck was in rehearsals for a role in a radio theater
production, to be presented at the Evergreens on December 21, 2015.
My Swiss Favorites: Fondue, Chocolate and Guns
I spent my
junior year abroad in Switzerland at the University of Fribourg, a picturesque
town in the French-speaking part of the country. I loved Switzerland, its cuisine, its
mountains, towns, and customs. Fondue – both “au fromage” (cheese) and
“Bourguignonne” (meat cooked in boiling oil then dipped in savory sauce) was a revelation. Swiss chocolate made Hershey bars a thing of
the past for me. The quaint towns and
the very correct people who always addressed me - a 19 year old - as “Monsieur Dunn”
were delightful.
As I walked
around Swiss towns I was a bit surprised to see groups of Swiss soldiers in uniform
sitting in cafés with their assault rifles neatly stacked out front. I soon
learned that all Swiss men of military age were required to do military
service. They took 6 months of training at age 18-19 and remained in the active
reserves for twenty years. They were required by law to keep their army rifles
and ammunition at home in case of rapid mobilization. Swiss men kept their marksmanship up in local
and national shooting contests that were more popular than golf.
One day I was
reading the local Fribourg paper, La
Liberté, and the headline story was about a Fribourg man who got into a
violent argument in a café. He stormed
out, went home, got his army assault rifle, returned to the café and shot the
other man dead. The killing was bad enough. But what really bothered local
commentators was that the killer had used his army rifle. This seemed a much
graver offense than if he had just stabbed the victim in the back. Switzerland
does not have the death penalty so the culprit was given life in prison.
Alas, my
wonderful year in Fribourg came to an end.
I’ve been back to Switzerland for business and pleasure a number of
times and have always tried to keep up with developments there, particularly on
the issue of a citizenry armed with automatic assault weapons. In 2001 I picked
up the New York Times and read that a man with grievances against the local
authorities had walked into the Cantonal Parliament in Zug with his assault
rifle and killed 14 lawmakers. Shock and dismay erupted in the Swiss media. Reformers
wanted a law to require military weapons to be kept in arsenals not private
homes. But the Swiss gun tradition is strong. The army said it had confidence
in the vast majority of its soldiers not to misuse their weapons. Swiss voters
defeated a national referendum which would have required storing the military
rifles in arsenals. Finally a compromise was reached in the Federal Parliament.
It told the army to take back its ammunition and store it safely - - but leave the assault rifles in the
soldiers’ homes.
Is gun
violence a really big problem in Switzerland?
Not by U.S. standards. An international study found that the U.S. had a
homicide rate of 4.7 gun killings per 100,000 people. The same study listed Switzerland’s gun
homicide rate is only 0.6 per 100,000 people, ranking it lower than virtually
every other European country. My
conclusion is that it is obviously not the absence of guns that accounts for
Switzerland’s low murder rate. Rather Swiss culture and traditions were more
important than specific laws in making firearms safe to live with. The U.S.
would do well to emulate Switzerland’s example.
– – Jim Dunn
New Member
The following new member was
added to the Club in November. Welcome John.
John Cokos 424 Merion Ave. 856-428-3621 jjcokos@yahoo.com
Haddonfield,
NJ 08033
December Birthdays
2 Stanley T. Praiss
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11 Bud Thirlwall
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21 John T. Browne
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5 David Garippa
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11 Jerry Swartley
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24 Franklin s. Wezner
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8 Allan r. Ritchie
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14 Herbert J. Stevens
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25Thomas
H. Reilly
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10 Joseph A. Riggs
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15 John A. Marchessani
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Clubhouse Programs
Thursday
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Dec 3
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Director’s meeting
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10:00 AM
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Thursday
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Dec 3
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FORMER HADDONFIELD COMMISIONER...Ed
Borden
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Dec 10
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Business meeting
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Dec 17
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COOPER RIVER DISTILLERY………...James
Yoakum
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Dec 24
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MERRY CHRISTMAS No meeting
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Dec 31
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HAPPY NEW YEAR No meeting
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Jan 7
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Directors meeting
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10:00 AM
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Thursday
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Jan 7
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CAM CO. DEPT. OF HEALTH SVCS
.Lynne Rosner
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1:30 PM
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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
The 65 Club bowls every
Friday at 9:30 at Laurel Lanes on Rt. 73. You pay $6.55 and receive:
coffee/Tea, Danish, bowling ball, shoes and great friendship. Come out and join
us. Bill Brown, our Ch’a’mp, (yes, that's an "a" not a
"u") will show you how he does it. We'll be looking for you.
Averages Through
November 20, 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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162
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Walt Baker
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139
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Dick Gimigliano
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126
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Alan Bigelow
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150
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Bill Brown
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131
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Tom Mervine
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106
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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 Novembee 23,
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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11
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2.682
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Leimkuhler
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5
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1.600
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Legge
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10
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1.100
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Cosentino
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10
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2.150
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Bauer
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11
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1.500
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Aaronow
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7
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1.071
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Coehlo
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9
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1.833
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Walden
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10
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1.350
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Zeluck
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10
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1.050
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Chhabria
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10
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1.800
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Hoeberg
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11
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1.318
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Bigelow
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4
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1.000
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Mervine
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10
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1.700
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Petrozzi
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11
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1.273
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Pusatere
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8
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0.938
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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 November 18, 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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Len Walden
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8
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5.50
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Ron Howley
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9
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3.78
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Jack Walden
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9
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2.72
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Howard Rementer
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9
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4.78
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Tom Mervine
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10
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3.70
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Albert Cipolone
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3
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2.67
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Roland
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5
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4.70
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Don Gosnay
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6
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3.17
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Bill Hoeberg
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10
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2.30
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Bud Pusatere
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7
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4.50
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Hank Bauer
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10
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3.00
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Bill Marsden
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5
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2.20
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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.
NOVEMBER Score – Low Gross HCP Score - Low Net HCP
04
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Ramblewood
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80 – Ed Rouh
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8
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69 – Jim Flanagan/Warren Reintze
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36/21
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11
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Westwood
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83 – Butch Brees
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8
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69 – Jim Dunn
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17
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18
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PineLands
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79 – John Taylor & Ed Rouh
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8
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68 – Fred Chorpita
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22
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25
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Rancocas
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81 – Butch Brees & Ed Rouh
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8 & 7
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73 – Ed Rouh
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8
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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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