Haddonfield65 Club
The Retired Men’s Club of Haddonfield
Web address: http://haddon65club.blogspot.com/
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| Haddonfield, NJ 08033 February 1, 2016 |
President’s Message
Happy New Year to all and thank you for
entrusting me to lead the Haddonfield
65 Club this year. A special thanks to Dennis Kille for his steady leadership and for ensuring a
smooth transition. Our last meeting had
a fine turnout (almost 30) to hear about the Battleship New Jersey's history and current status.
I hope you have survived the recent
snow flurries (or flurry of snow). I
heard a local weather forecaster predicting more of these events this decade and beyond as part of the
global climate change. She had a graphic
showing number of snowfalls exceeding 12" by decade: only 1 in the 1980's, 2 in the 90's, 4 in the
2000's, and already 6 in this decade with
4 1/2 years to go. All this shoveling will be very taxing on my poor wife!
Bill Brown has set up some great
trips, so please sign up and pay up asap,
especially on the Winery/casino trip Feb. 17; and be sure to pay particular attention to the new
departure time and location.
Even though golf outings are
temporarily suspended, we still have the usual
pinochle and bridge game days, and bowling at Laurel Lanes on Rte. 73 Friday mornings. Our latest
added weekly activity is "Games Day" on Tuesday afternoons. Stop by for
Wii, poker (chips only!), darts, and whatever
else you can find.
Henry Leimkuhler, our 1st Vice
President, is hard at work finding speakers who
will educate, entertain, and even spellbind us; but we would all benefit from your suggestions for
speakers, which Henry will gladly arrange.
I am happy to receive emails at (neilwise@camden.rutgers.edu) or phone calls (856-397-3100) with your
suggestions, ideas, or complaints (the latter
of which I will refer to Bernie). It's always great to see everyone at our Thursday afternoon
meetings, the business pieces of which
are mercifully short, so please continue to be healthy and show up!
–
– Neil Wise
2016
DUES
That’s right; this is
the last month before we send out letters to remind you that if you don’t pay
your dues, you will be dropped from the membership of the club. We have 35
members who haven’t paid their dues for 2016.
ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Give Walt Baker a call, 856-429-7288, and he’ll let
you know. The cost is $20.00. Make a check out to “65 Club” and forward it
to: Walt Baker, 400 N. Haddon Ave., Unit 209, Haddonfield, NJ 08033-1736. Help us save on postage and get those dues
in. THANK YOU.
Tomasello Winery and Casino trip – February 17th
PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST, THIS TRIP HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
Obituaries
Dr. Rowan Crothers Pearce,
Jr. passed away on
Monday, January 4, 2016 in the Willow Valley Communities in Lancaster, PA. Born
on April 1, 1920 in West Palm Beach, Florida, son of the late Rev. Rowan Crothers
and Almeda Jones Pearce, he grew up in Collingswood, NJ and Bala Cynwyd, PA.
Rowan was the loving husband of Jeanne (Kirkman) Pearce, whom he married on May
28, 1949. Together they resided in Haddonfield, NJ for fifty years. Rowan was a
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania from which he received both, a
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Doctor of Medicine. He interned at
Lankenau Hospital in 1945, and completed residencies in Otolaryngology at
Pennsylvania Hospital and Geisinger Medical Center between 1949 and 1951. Rowan
was a diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology, a life fellow of the
American Academy of Otolaryngology, a fellow of the American College of
Physicians, and emeritus member of the NJ State and Camden County Medical
Societies. He served as a medical officer in WWII in the Pacific Theater, and also in the Korean War. He was a proud Veteran with a great love
for his country.
Rowan began his medical practice in
Camden, NJ, which he subsequently moved to Haddonfield. He was on the staff of
Cooper Medical Center in Camden for more than thirty-five years, including many
years as chief of Otolaryngology, and was the first medical director of The
Cooper Hospital Hearing & Speech Center. He spearheaded the use of the
surgical microscope at Cooper Medical Center in the early sixties. His skill as
a surgeon helped restore hearing to many patients.
In addition to his loving wife Jeanne,
Rowan is survived by his children, Jonathan Pearce, Steven Pearce, Katherine,
wife of Philip Gledhill, Nora Pearce; three grandchildren, Allison Pearce,
Taylor Gledhill and Andrew Gledhill. Rowan was preceded in death by a sister,
Jeanne (Pearce) Hopkins and a brother, Bill Pearce. Rowan had the heart of a
servant, and showed it in everything he did. He volunteered with several
Christian medical organizations, including the Christian Medical Society and
Interserve USA, to provide medical services to Haiti, Dominican Republic, and
Nepal, and assist other missionaries in their work both in the USA and abroad.
He served as a Trustee on the Board of Interserve USA. Rowan also volunteered
with interfaith Caregivers which honored his as the first recipient of the Joan
H. Gault service award. He also served as Trustee of the Board of the Good
Samaritan Center in Camden, NJ. He also was a volunteer to the Camden County
United Way Review Board, and was Secretary and Co-editor of the monthly
newsletter for the Haddonfield 65 Club. He was ordained a Presbyterian elder at
Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA, and taught the men's Sunday's
school class at the First Presbyterian Church of Haddonfield and the
Haddonfield United Methodist Church.
Sterling P. "Bud"
Thirlwall passed away on
Jan. 25, 2016. Bud was husband of the late L. Esther (nee Rau); Loving father
of Nancy (Frank) Rosaio of Wilmington, DE and Janice (Duane) Maurer of Reading,
PA; Beloved grandfather of Emily, Sam, Ellen & Miranda Rosaio and Kyle
& Ryan Maurer; Brother of Jane Lear of Pennsauken, NJ, Uncle of Jeffrey
Lear and Debbie (Rau) Voso.
Bud graduated from Moorestown HS, Class of
'45. He proudly served in the US Navy during WWII.
He was a salesman for Russell Harrington Cutlery Co. (Dexter) for many years.
He was a longtime member of Wedgewood Swim Club, the Y's Men and 65 Club. Bud
was an avid Haddonfield sports supporter and fan, attending numerous games and
matches. He also enjoyed golfing, tennis, the Phillies, traveling with Esther,
countless friends and most of all, the company of his children and
grandchildren.
May Rowan and Bud rest in peace.
Phillies Baseball Contest
OK all you
baseball fans put your thinking caps on. The first spring training game will be
on February 28 and the start of the season will be on April 4th
against the Reds in Cincinnati. The complete roster along with lots of other
information can be found online at www.Phillies.com.
The rules are
simple.
1) You must
submit an entry which lists the Phillies starting lineup for opening day. Your
entry must include the nine players at the starting positions.
2) You must
submit the batting order of your selected starters.
3) Since the
first game will be April 4th, all entries must be received (or
post-marked) by March 28th.
The winner
will be the person to select the correct lineup. In the event of multiple
correct starting lineup entries, the batting order will be used to break ties.
In the event of no correct entries, the closest entry will be deemed the
winner. Howard Rementer will be the official judge of entries.
Entries
should be emailed to bschaming@comcast.net
or snail mailed to Howard Rementer at 406 Briarwood Ave., Haddonfield, NJ
08033. Please write Phillies contest on
the snail mail envelope or in the subject line of your email.
Bill Brown Receives Medal
The Camden County Freeholders
presented Bill with one of the eleven 2016 Martin Luther King Camden County
Freedom Medals on January 22, 2016. The award was presented by the Camden County
Freeholders at a dinner at the Boat House on Cooper River. Bill was nominated
for the award by Carlton Chin who is also a club member. The nomination letter
sighted many accomplishments for Bill including his efforts on behalf of the
Japan Exchange, the Mable Kay House, the Haddonfield Tennis Association,
Haddonfield Soccer League, Girls Pigtail Softball, Little League, Indian King
Tavern, 65 Club and the Markeim Art Center.
The ward was well deserved.
Congratulations Bill.
“AND THE WINNER
IS…”
February is a
tough month. The holidays are past. Spring has not yet arrived. And golf does
not start until April. But for me February is redeemed because it’s the month
Hollywood announces who wins the Academy Awards. The nominations come out in
mid-January, and the theaters usually bring back any Oscar-nominated films that
played earlier in the year.
My goal is to
see every one of the nominees for best movie, and in addition to see as many of
the other films as I can that have gotten best actor/actress nominations. Since the Motion Picture Academy now permits
more than the traditional five nominations for best picture, this works out to
a lot of movies. Last year I needed to go see 9 films just to cover the best
picture slot. This year there are 8. There are also 6 best actor/actress
nominees from movies that did not get nominated for best picture.
Part of the
fun of the build up to the big night when the winners are announced is reading
the pundits’ predictions of who the winners will be – and seeing if they agree
with me! My personal favorite for best picture this year is The
Martian, about a U.S. astronaut accidentally stranded alone on Mars.
I’m an old science fiction fan and had already read the book. I wondered how
the film makers could possibly get the book’s two major stories into a two hour
film. The first story is about how the stranded astronaut survives for hundreds
of “sols” (Martian days) and gets back into space to his rescue ship. The
second story is about the political maneuvering back on Earth over how and who
should rescue him. But the film makers did it spectacularly. The film’s star, Matt
Damon, was also nominated for best actor.
He had been nominated for best actor once before but did not win. This
might be his year.
But it might
also be Leonardo DiCaprio’s year for his role in The Revenant, a very
brutal western frontier/revenge story. DiCaprio has been nominated five times
before and has never won. He’s overdue. Eddie Redmayne got a best actor
nomination this year for a terrific job in The Danish Girl. But he won the best
actor last year for his portrait of Stephen Hawking, the crippled British
genius, and it’s very rare for an actor to win twice in a row. Only Spencer
Tracy in the 1930s and Tom Hanks in the 1990s have done it. My take is that
it’s between Damon and DiCaprio for Best Actor. My favorite for best actress is
Saoirse Ronan, the Irish actress who played a young and initially very
timid immigrant who lands in Brooklyn in the early 1950s. Ronan
is now 22 years old. She got a best supporting actress nomination when she was
only 13.
I still have
a few of the nominated films and actors to see before Academy Awards night on
Sunday, February 28. I have been tuning in to that Hollywood TV spectacle since
Bob Hope was the regular host. My wife likes the red carpet interviews. I like
the MC’s jokes, the songs, and the crowd reaction shots of the winners (and
losers). I can do without the
long-winded acceptance speeches. But here’s the funny thing: I have never
fallen asleep in a movie theater, but I always fall asleep before the Oscar TV
show ends!
– – Jim Dunn
New Members
2015 was a great year for
membership. Henry Leimkuhler
deserves big thanks for the effort he made this year which resulted in 14 new
members in 2015 plus 3 “guest” members. The following new member was added to
the Club in December.
Neal Tully 225 Oak Ave. 856-795-4081 nealtully3@gmail.com
Haddonfield,
NJ 08033
John V. Fiorella 704
Clinton Ave. 856-795-1363 jvfiorella@gmail.com
Haddonfield,
NJ 08033
Clubhouse Programs
Thursday
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Feb 4
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Directors meeting
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10:00
AM
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Thursday
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Feb 4
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PICKING THE SUPER BOWL WINNER…………..Carlton Chin
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1:30
AM
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Thursday
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Feb 11
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Business meeting
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1:30
PM
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Thursday
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Feb 18
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TAVISTOCK ………………………..…Collom
MacGowan, Mgr.
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1:30
PM
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Thursday
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Feb 25
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Fair Trade with 3rd
World Countries …………….Donna
Gottardi
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1:30
PM
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Thursday
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Mar 3
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Directors meeting
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10:00
AM
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Thursday
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Mar 3
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INKWOOD BOOKS OF HADDONFIELD….Julie Beddingfield
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1:30
AM
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Thursday
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Mar 10
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Business meeting
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1:30
PM
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Thursday
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Mar 17
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ZAFFRON MEDITERRANEAN COUSINE.Rocco Farahmand
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1:30
PM
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Thursday
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Mar 24
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TBD
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1:30
PM
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Thursday
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Mar 31
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TBD
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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.
February Birthdays
1 W.
Bernard Schaming
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14 Bill Carroll
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25 George M. Durgin, Jr.
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25 Howard Rementer
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3 Robert
Mathers
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16 Edward S. Moore
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25 Mark Heston
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26 Henry Bauer
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7 Jack
Poupard
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17 Neil Wise
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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. We'll be looking for you.
Averages Through
January 22, 2016
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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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161
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Walt Baker
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131
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Tom Mervine
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111
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John Fiorella
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150
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Bill Brown
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128
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Alan Bigelow
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111
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Charles Legge
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146
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Hank Zaleski
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123
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Ed Howe
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75
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Henry Leimkuhler
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136
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Dick Gimigliano
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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 January 25, 2016
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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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20
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2.600
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Walden
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13
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1.577
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Zeluck
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11
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1.227
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Cosentino
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19
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1.895
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Petrozzi
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17
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1.529
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Bauer
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19
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1.132
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Coelho
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17
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1.882
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Legge
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19
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1.316
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Chhabria
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16
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1.125
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Mervine
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18
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1.694
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Leimkuhler
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13
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1.308
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Marchesani
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8
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1.125
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Hoeberg
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20
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1.625
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Schaming
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20
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1.250
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Bigelow
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9
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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 January 20, 2016
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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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Albert Cipolone
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10
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5.50
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Bud Pusatere
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4
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4.63
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Hank Bauer
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15
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3.21
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Howard Rementer
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12
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5.21
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Don Gosnay
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10
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3.58
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Tom Mervine
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13
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3.06
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Len Walden
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12
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4.86
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Jack Walden
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12
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3.54
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Bill Hoeberg
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15
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2.83
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Roland Heilig
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10
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4.67
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Ron Howley
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13
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3.46
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Charles Legge
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13
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1.67
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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.
Composing Editor:
Bernie Schaming
Bernie Schaming
Contributors:
Walt Baker, Bill Brown, Jim Dunn,
Walt Baker, Bill Brown, Jim Dunn,
Tom Mervine & Neil Wise
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