The Retired Men’s Club of Haddonfield
Web address: http://haddon65club.blogspot.com/
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110 Rhoads Ave
| Haddonfield, NJ 08033 March 1, 2016 |
President’s Message
My wife
usually announces the beginning of Spring on the first ‘warm’ day, but even she
was surprised at how mild January was and how cold mid-February was. Nevertheless, I know it won’t be long now
because, the golfers have already laid out their schedule for the upcoming golf
season, and it looks to be a terrific season.
I am back
from the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition at Pace Law in White
Plains; and I’m proud to say that our Rutgers Law School team performed
exceptionally well, losing in the Quarter Final round to the team with the
“Best Overall Oralist.”
I’m also
proud to announce that Prof. Roger Clark, a Haddonfield resident and Board
of Governors Professor (first ever
from the Camden campus) has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, principally
for his work as lead counsel representing the Marshall Islands in their suit in
the International Court (The Hague) against the U.S., U.K. and USSR to stop
nuclear testing in the Pacific Islands. Roger, a native of New Zealand, is a
good friend and well known in the international community as a lifelong
advocate for human rights. I’ll try to
get him to talk to the group this year.
On a more local note, you’ll want to look at the reference material
Bernie sent around so that your vote on the Bond Referendum will have an
‘educated’ bias. And speaking of bias, the primary debates, town hall meetings,
and other activity have been far more interesting and entertaining that in the
recent past. Super Tuesday is coming
March 1, but the New Jersey primary is not until Tues. June 7. Nevertheless, it looks like nothing will be
certain by then and our say this year will be critical for both parties.
Turnouts for
our meetings have been excellent lately; and I’m sure if you look at the
scheduled speakers, you’ll see why and want to come hear what they have to say.
Meanwhile, remember that we now have ‘Games Day’ on Tuesdays (poker players
welcome), and still have bridge, pinochle, and bowling on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday.
I’ll be in Fla. 2/29-4/4, so let me know if you want to
receive daily weather updates!
–
– Neil Wise
2016 DUES
As I put together this newsletter, there are still 17
members who have not paid their 2016 dues. Letters will be sent out in the next
week or so and those members that do not respond by the end of March will be
dropped from club membership.
Casino
Trip – Wednesday, April 6th
Our next trip is scheduled for, Wednesday,
April 6, 2016. We try to schedule these trips on Tuesday; however, this date is
a Wednesday. We are not trying to upset the golfers or pinochle players, by
scheduling a Wednesday trip, but it seems that the casinos aren't doing too
well and only have performances on Wednesday's or Sunday.
Here's the story on the trip. We will depart
from Wedgewood Swim Club, at 10:00 AM (Stay alert for updates as the location
may change). We will head to Resorts Casino, where we will receive $10 in slot
play, a $20 food voucher and, tickets to the 3:30 PM show, which will
be Eric Kearns and his show VOICES OF LEDGENDS. We plan to arrive back in
Haddonfield at 7 PM.
Total cost for the entire package is $44.00
and as usual BINGO will be played on the bus.
The last trip had to be cancelled because
not enough interest was shown and we didn't have enough to cover the costs.
Checks or cash are due by March 6. There
will be a sign-up sheet at the club, or contact Jack Aharon at jackahaon@verizon.net, or Bill Brown, at 856-429-4368.
Attention Women
Bowlers
Wives and female friends are welcome to join
the group of lady bowlers on Friday mornings at 9:15, AM at Laurel Lanes. The
price is $6.55, which includes three games, shoes, a ball, plus coffee and
pastries are included.
Laurel Lanes is located on Rt. 73, just off
of Kings Highway.
If interested, please contact Sally Howley
at 856-428-0191.
Phillies Baseball Contest
The Phillies
have assembled in Clearwater so now is the time to start paying attention to
all these athletes vying for a spot in the starting lineup. There is lots of young talent in Clearwater
this year so you will have to pay attention.
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 opening day starting 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.
50th
Anniversary
John
Garra and his wife
Susan celebrated their 50th anniversary on February 6. John met Susan
on a blind date in December of 1964. Susan was Miss New Jersey and John was in
his Junior year at the George Washington University, School of Medicine. After
the wedding they moved to Arlington, Virginia so John could complete his senior
year of medical school. Susan was a
nursing student and has had multiple careers since, most recently a real estate
agent for Berkshire Hathaway. John and Susan are happily married with four
children and eight fantastic grandchildren.
65th Anniversary
Al Kadar
and his wife Margaret celebrated their 65th anniversary on February
17th. While at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), getting their
MBA’s, Al Kadar and Margaret Loudin stood next to one another for a
class picture. After intro’s Al treated Margaret to coffee, and they were
married 18 months later. Al had previously enlisted in the U.S. Army near the
end of World War II and served in the Adjutant General’s Department for two
years.
Al developed
a chain of men’s stores in the Pittsburg area and served as adjunct faculty at
what is now Robert Morris University and at Pitt. Margaret raised five children
and served on the White Oak Borough, Pa. Council for 18 years, 16 as President.
She also was adjunct faculty at the Community College and at Pitt.
The Circles of Yesteryear
I was reading an article about the construction of
Admiral Wilson Boulevard and saw a picture of its circle junction with Rt. 130
and Rt. 70 before the overpass was built.
It got me thinking about the other circles on the road from Camden to
the suburbs. Most of these circles have disappeared. What were their names?
Which ones had stores or restaurants that I liked to patronize. Which circles
were the hardest to navigate? In heavy traffic most of them required the
reflexes of an athlete and the mindset of a Kamikaze.
Of course the first circle out of Camden was the
“airport” circle built in the 1920s. The airport has been gone for over 50
years. But to this day traffic reports on the radio still call it the Airport
circle! Next you would come to what I thought of as the “Chimney House” circle,
because my parents often took me to the restaurant of that name located there
in the 1950s. But that circle’s official name was the Browning Road circle,
where Rt. 70, Browning Road and Rt. 38 merged. Then came the infamous
“Racetrack” circle - a traffic nightmare at rush hour when the racing ended. A lot of the racetrack traffic would head
west to Philadelphia, but enough went east to create jams at both the Racetrack
circle and the next one, the Ellisburg circle.
Both these circles were removed in the early 1990s and replaced with
wider intersections and specially marked turning lanes with their own traffic
lights.
As suburban growth pushed east, big rush hour jams
began to hit the Marlton circle at Route 73 (and Olga’s Diner). That circle too
has now been rebuilt. And, alas, the
diner is also gone! When you got past Rt. 73 you still had slow traffic because
Rt. 70 dropped down to one lane in each direction before it hit the Medford
circle. After that it was still one lane each way to the Red Lion circle, where
I would turn onto Rt. 206 for my cousin’s place in Vincentown. That was about
as far as I would go on Rt. 70, although I know there were a few more circles
at places further east like Lakehurst.
Of course there were plenty of circles on other
roads too. The Sommers Point circle was a real challenge, especially on summer
weekends. It disappeared when they rebuilt the Ninth St. Bridge. Probably the
most “interesting” circle still in existence is the Brooklawn circle on Route
130. It is a twin or double circle. The two circles are within a block of each
other. To go from one circle to the
other Route 130 passes under a railroad bridge and as it leaves the second
circle it crosses a bridge over Big Timber Creek! Don’t use this route after a
heavy rain!
Many of South Jersey’s most heavily traveled circles have been
eliminated. But traffic planners and road designers are starting to take an
interest in something called roundabouts, which have long been used in France,
which has about 20,000 of them! These French-style intersections are a smaller
version of a circle, with only one or two lanes. Drivers entering a roundabout
must yield to drivers that are already in it. Because of the smaller
circumference of the roundabout drivers need to slow down or face too much
centrifugal force. There is a recent example of a roundabout in Glassboro on
Route 322 and Rowan Boulevard. Will we
see more of them? Perhaps: “Like the circles that you find in the windmills of
your mind.”
– –Jim Dunn
Obituary
William H.
Griffith III, age 84 passed away on February
22, 2016. A resident of Wiley Christian Retirement Community in Marlton.
Formerly of Cherry Hill and Trenton, Maine. Beloved husband of Helen M. (nee
Hill). Also survived by two sons, William H., IV (Carolyn) of Wyckoff, N.J. and
Robert F. (Gayle) of Upper Pittsgrove, NJ, five grandchildren, William H., V,
Katelyn M., Daniel J., Thomas R. and Robert D., one sister Janice Homan of
Marlton, N.J. and one brother Ronald C. Griffith of North Port, FL. Mr.
Griffith served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He graduated from
Wharton School of Business and worked for 42 years at Magee Industrial
Enterprises in the Carpeting Division, retiring as V.P. of Sales &
Marketing. Mr. Griffith was a member of American Legion Post #38 in
Haddonfield, N.J., Masonic Lodge #119 in Merchantville, N.J., serving as Past
Master, Crescent Shrine, Haddonfield 65 Club and the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion in Phila. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of
Haddonfield, N.J.
May Bill rest in peace.
New Members
The following new members were
added to the Club in February.
David R. Tarditi 64
Linden Ave. 856- 354-0647 drtarditi@verizon.net
Haddonfield,
NJ 08033
Robert Miller 403 Spruce St. 856- 857-1912 rmillerrcm@gmail.com
Haddonfield,
NJ 08033
In addition,
the following gentleman was accepted as a guest member.
Bruce E. Tillotson 401 E. Atlantic Ave. #302 856- 617-0831 brucetillots@gmail.com
Haddon
Heights, NJ 08035
Welcome
gentlemen, we hope you enjoy the club and its activities.
March Birthdays
4 Louis
D. Dunkle
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7 Rich Cunliffe
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18 Robert G. Fuller
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27 John R. Taylor
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6 William
Brown
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9 David G. Eynon
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21 James Murphy
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31 William Reynolds
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7 Charles
Murphy
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15 Donald C. Wallace
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22 Monroe Howell
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Clubhouse Programs
Thursday
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Feb 25
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THE KIMMEL CENTER …………………….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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PHOTOGRAPHY………………………………Steve
Silver
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Mar 31
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MILITARY BENEFITS…………………………Steve
Halenda
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Apr 7
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Directors meeting
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10:00 AM
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Thursday
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Apr 7
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COUNTY EVENTS…………………………..Tom
Castellano
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1:30 AM
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Thursday
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Apr 14
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Business meeting
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Apr 21
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VOICE OVER……………………………………..Eve Elliot
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Apr 28
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PROBATION……………………………………...Larry Grigorio
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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
We’re getting more and
more bowlers out on Friday mornings. If
we get enough, we will have to go to four lanes. For $6.55, you get coffee,
tea, Danish, donuts, Bowling ball (if you don’t have one), bowling shoes and
great friendship. We’ll be looking for you Friday Mornings at Laurel Lanes on
Rt. 73, Maple Shade at 9:15 AM. It’s only 15 minutes from Haddonfield. We have
a great time, so come on out and join us.
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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157
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Walt Baker
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132
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Tom Mervine
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111
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John Fiorella
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149
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Bill Brown
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130
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Alan Bigelow
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111
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Charles Legge
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144
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Hank Zaleski
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125
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Ed Howe
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85
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Henry Leimkuhler
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136
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Dick Gimigliano
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122
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Jim
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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 February 22,
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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24
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2.604
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Walden
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14
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1.750
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Bauer
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23
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1.239
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Coelho
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19
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1.895
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Hoeberg
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24
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1.729
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Zeluck
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11
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1.227
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Mervine
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22
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1.841
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Petrozzi
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17
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1.529
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Tully
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8
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1.188
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Cosentino
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23
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1.783
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Leimkuhler
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17
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1.353
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Chhabria
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17
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1.176
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Bigelow
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12
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1.750
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Schaming
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24
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1.313
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Legge
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23
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1.087
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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 February 24, 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.
Golf
Below is the golf schedule for 2016.
Apr. 6
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Golden Pheasant 9AM
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June 29
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Golden Pheasant 8AM
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Sept. 21
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Centerton 9AM
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13
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Pennsauken 9AM
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July 6
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White Oaks 9AM
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28
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Westwood 8AM
65 Club Master’s
Best Ball3
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20
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Kings Grant(Links) 9AM
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13
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Pinelands 8AM
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Oct. 5
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White Oaks 9AM
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27
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Ramblewood 9AM
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20
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Golden Pheasant 8AM
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12
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Rancocas 8AM
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May 4
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Westwood 8AM
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27
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Rancocas 8AM
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19
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Kings Grant(Links) 8AM
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11
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Pinelands 8AM
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Aug. 3
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Kings Grant(Links) 8AM
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26
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Golden Pheasant 8AM
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18
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White Oaks 9AM
Fun Best Ball1
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10
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White Oaks 9AM
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Nov. 2
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Pennsauken 9AM
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25
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Centerton 9AM
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17
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Ramblewood 8AM
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9
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Ramblewood 9AM
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June 1
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Pinelands 8AM
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24
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Westwood 8AM
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16
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Westwood 9AM
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8
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Pennsauken 8AM
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31
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Pennsauken 8AM
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23
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Pinelands 9AM
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15
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Ramblewood 8AM
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Sept. 7
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Golden Pheasant 8AM
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30
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Rancocas 9AM
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22
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Westwood 8AM
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14
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Ramblewood 8AM
65 Club Master’s Tournament2
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NOTES: 1) Fun Best
Ball – Foursome together without handicap consideration, no awards or trophies
2) 65 Club Master’s Tournament – Low Net and Low Gross Scores will
be awarded trophies at the 2017 Spring Luncheon
3) 65 Club Master’s Best Ball – Teams set up
by Handicaps, winners names placed on Clubhouse Plaque.
Contributors: Walt Baker, Bill Brown, Jim Dunn, Tom Mervine
& Neil Wise
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