Haddonfield
65 Club
The Retired Men’s Club of Haddonfield
Web address: http://haddon65club.blogspot.com/
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| Haddonfield, NJ 08033 January 1, 2017 |
President’s Message
Once again, Bernie has corrected me; I
thought last month was my final President's Message, but it wasn't. I have this
last opportunity, and it's a very brief but cheery Holiday message:
From my modest abode in Naples,
Florida, I wish all of you the very best health and happiness for the coming
New Year. I hope to see many of you at Haddonfield's outstanding First Night
Celebration (our 17th), another great Haddonfield tradition. I regret missing the last two meetings of the
year and the first 4 of the new year, but it's the sacrifice I must make to escape
the harsh realities of winter. On the other hand, after a month here, I really
do look forward to returning home and participating in Club activities.
If any of you plan to be in the
Southwest Florida area, please be sure to call me and we can meet up for a nice
grouper lunch or dinner. Otherwise, stay warm, find someone else to shovel the
snow, and continue your wonderful support of our terrific club.
– – Neil Wise
2017 Dues
Here it is
the end of December, and only 55% of the Members of the Club have paid their
dues. Its only $20.00. Please give Walt Baker the cash at a meeting
or send him the money at: Walt Baker, Unit 209, 400 N. Haddon Ave, Haddonfield,
NJ 08033-1736. If your initials appear
here, it means you haven’t paid your dues. CA, PA, RBSr, JB, AB, LB, MB, WB,
RC, TC, BC, FC, JC, DC, RC, RD, RF, LG, FG, JH, BJ, AK, HK, DK, HL. CM ,JM, LM,
AM, RM, GMcC, WMcM, RM, DM, RM, RM, AN, PP, SP, CP, DR, TR, WR, JR, AR, TS, RS,
ES, HS, HS, DT, JT, WT, RT, WT, LW, TW, MZ. Please don’t wait until we have to
call or send you a letter. Dues must be
paid by February 15, 2017 or you will be dropped from the Club Records.
Nomination of Officers &
Directors for 2017
The nominating
committee presented the following nominations for next year’s officers and directors
to the board of directors at the December board meeting.
President:
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Henry Leimkuhler
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Secretary:
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W. Bernard Schaming
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1st Vice President:
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Al Schmidt
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Treasurer:
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Walter Baker
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2nd Vice President:
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John Cokos
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Asst. Treasurer:
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Tom Grimes
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Directors for 3 Years
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Bill Brown
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Charles Legge
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Howard Rementer
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This slate of officers will be voted upon at the
business meeting on January 12. John Hempstead, Ron Howley and Mike Underwood
will continue as directors for 2 years. Robert Parsons, Charles Pusatere and Warren Reintzel will continue as directors
for 1 year. Neil Wise will serve as past president.
Christmas Trip to Doolan’s – December 6th
The Christmas Trip to Doolan's in Spring Lake, NJ was a
great success. Those that participated were treated to good food and drink and
an excellent show including music, comedy and the over 65 rockettes. Thanks to
Bill Brown for another great trip.
Christmas Party – December 8th
The 65 Club Christmas Party was also very successful. Father Walter Norris, pastor in Haddon
Township at St. Joseph the Worker Parish was the speaker and he gave an
inspiring message. The food was great, the music provided by a Pine Baron
quartet was excellent and many gifts were provided by members to deliver to patients
at Lakeland Long Term Care facility. Thanks to Bill Brown, Tom Mervine, Ken
Landgraf, Jack Aharon, Henry Leimkuhler and Ron Howley for preparing the event
and Charles Legge for obtaining the music. Also thanks to all who brought
goodies and gifts.
Salvation Army Bell-Ringing – December 13th
The 65 Club volunteered to man the Salvation Army bell at
the Haddonfield Acme on December 13th. The club thanks the following
members who donated their time for the activity.
Bill Brown
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John Cokos
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Tom Diemer
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Ron Howley
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Charles Legge
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Al Schmidt
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Jack Weber
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5K Heart Run & Bagel Bash– January 14th
The 5K Heart Run scheduled for December 17th
was cancelled and rescheduled for January 14th due to the icy
weather on that day. Ron Howley is coordinating the event again this year.
Please contact Ron at 428-0191 to volunteer your help.
“Honey … the Future is on the Phone!”
Somehow, I
have long remained under the impression that phones are for making and
receiving phone calls. I still have old-fashioned land line phones in my house.
True, I have an inexpensive cell phone that I bought about 6 years ago, but all
I use it for is making a few calls when I’m out of the house. Now my wife tells
me that hardly anybody makes phone calls with their cell phones anymore - they
text.
I don’t want
her to think of me as some kind of cell phone Neanderthal, so I am going to buy
myself a new, updated “smart” phone. When I started to look at the new phones I
was surprised at all of the things besides just phone calls and texts that cell
phones are doing now. You talk about multi-tasking! For starters, cell phones are replacing
cameras for still photos and even short ”movie” shots. They can do the work of
calculators. They can send emails and search the world-wide web. They can turn
your TV off and on and even change channels.
All you need
is the right “App” and your cell phone becomes a GPS device which replaces the
road maps you have to wrestle with in your car when you take a trip. You can
download music and play it on your phone or hook your phone to the stereo music
system in your home or car and play it with all the bells and woofers. Another
thing the smartphone is starting to replace is your credit card. I don’t do a
lot of shopping. But even I have seen customers in department stores complete
their check out by tapping their phone to a terminal to pay through Google Pay
or Apple Pay.
The images
and sounds recorded by smart phones have already had a significant – if
sometimes controversial -- impact on law enforcement. In cases where police
have shot or beaten a suspect, it is no longer just the officer’s word against
the suspect’s that the officer’s action was necessary. A cell phone video taken
by a third party can provide powerful evidence to the judge or jury as to what
“really” happened. And recently the
Supreme Court unanimously ruled that police must get a warrant to search a
suspect’s cell phone even after they have arrested him. The court recognizes
that cell phones have become as important a part of our lives as our homes!
So, I have decided to join the
vast majority of people who can’t live without their expensive smart phone. Am
I happy with that? I guess so. I started a search on the internet about smart
phones, where to get one, which one to get, how much it would cost and the
like. Funny thing – I kept seeing links
to articles on “How to find your lost cell phone.” Arghh!
– – Jim
Dunn
ONE MAN'S DREAM FULFILLS HOPES AND DREAMS OF MANY
Some 4000 years
ago, in a location in what is now the Middle East, a child was born into abject
poverty to a couple who already had 4 children. The father was a farmer
and a shepherd, but he barely made a living to keep his family in shelter and
feed them. The new child, named Zavel, was another mouth to feed, and
another part of the challenge of life for his parents, Joseph and Sarah.
The child and
his siblings co-existed on bare minimums, but as the child grew older and
sensed the desperate nature of his surroundings, he began to form an
idea. And when he reached his early teens, he crystallized a plan to live
a different kind of life than his parents and sisters and brothers.
Zavel's plan involved farming with a special,
secret fertilizer (which he developed), growing enough food to sell to friends
and neighbors, and eventually hiring people to work with him, with the
underlying goal of using their earnings to not only help themselves to raise
their living standards, but help friends and others to overcome their poverty.
As he grew into manhood, his dreams took shape
and form and his natural business acumen began to bring the results he had
hoped for. As his life transitioned from his 20s to 30s, and as his
business mushroomed into success, and as his initial hiring of a few people
grew to a 100, his childhood dreams came into reality.
He saw his life as a gift from God, and the
goodness he created among those around him as a beautiful realization.
At a moment in time, he decided to throw a
party for his new "family" (he was married to Jessica and they had
two children), his siblings, as well as all of his workers and their spouses
and children. It was, by the standards of the day, a lavish affair, rich
with good food and fine wines, and he relished the joy of the gathering.
There came a time at the end of the party when
Zavel the dreamer was to say a few words of thanks to all of the attendees, and
tell them that as long as he lived, he would throw a party every year to
celebrate the success of all of them.
And it came to pass, as it was Zavel's time to
speak, that he raised his glass of wine and asked everyone else to join
him. And Zavel said: L'CHAIM! And all the hundreds repeated
that phrase. And so, the words L'CHAIM were born. And so was born
the translation: TO LIFE!
There was great
joy in that moment for Zavel and his people and for all the prosperity and
parties to come.
Zavel lived to age 177, and his success in
life with his people, and the parties he threw as well as his toasts of
L'Chaim, became legend.
And so did Zavel by helping others live their
dreams!
When you give to others, as many in the 65 Club do, they perpetuate Zavel's
4,000 year-old dream that the best part of life is how much you contribute to
other people’s hopes and dreams, and the personal joy one gets from helping
fellow human beings.
– – Saul Resnick
Obituary
John Herbert Burgess Jr. passed away on
November 18, 2016. Beloved husband of Betty (nee Johnson). Loving father of
David Burgess (Terry), Susan Schnatterly (Lance) and Carol Kommedal (Bjorn).
Proud grandfather of DJ and Drew Burgess, Laura and Kate Schnatterly, and Lise
and Elina Kommedal. Memorial Service will be 2:00 PM Wednesday December 28th at
the Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill, 401 Kings Highway North,
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034.
John was a 25 year member of
the 65 Club and served as president in 1999.
Dr.
Luigi A. Principato 96, of Mount Dora,
Florida passed away on December 6, 2016. He was born in Rogiano Gravino
Provincia, Di Cosenza, Italia to Roberto and Guiseppina Pepe Principato. Luigi
moved here from Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1993. He was a retired physician
having practiced internal medicine. He was a veteran having served in the
United States Navy during World War II and a member of St. Patrick Catholic
Church of Mount Dora. Luigi enjoyed playing golf at the Country Club of Mount
Dora, lawn bowling in Mount Dora and playing bridge. He was predeceased by his
wife Teresa in 2013, they were married for 61 years, surviving are his
children; Louis A. (Patricia) Principato and Robert E. (Susanne) Principato
both of Haddonfield, New Jersey, Julia A. Principato of Doylestown,
Pennsylvania, John B. (Sharon) Principato of Longwood, Florida and Paul A.
(Christine) Principato of Easton, Pennsylvania and his grandchildren; Elizabeth
Principato-Scanlon (Brendan), Laura Principato, Robert Principato, Victoria
Principato, Michael John Principato, Shana Rakowsky (Paul Momnie), Nina
Rakowsky, Marjorie Rose Principato, Andrew Principato and Nicholas Principato.
The final resting place will be Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Patrons and Memorials
Donor In Memory Of
John H. Aharon William H.
Hitchens
Richard F. Gimigliano John H. Burgess, Jr.
George A. Passes William H.
Hitchens
W. Bernard Schaming John
H. Burgess, Jr.
January Birthdays
3 Earl
Slimm
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6 John
Hempstead
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12 Leonard G. Walden Jr.
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23 Ronald Howley
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4 David
R. Tarditi
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7 Robert
L. Wells
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13 Dennis Kelleher
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27 Henry Zaleski
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4 Warren
A. Reintzel
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9 Charles
Pusatere
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14 Frank Gaudiano, Jr.
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31 Charles Ready
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5 William
Hoeberg
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9 Winston
Extavour
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20 Joseph Coelho
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31 Thomas Schultz
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5
John H. Aharon
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Clubhouse Programs
Thursday
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Dec 29
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SHADE TREE
COMMISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Robin
Potter
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Jan 5
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Directors
meeting
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10:00 AM
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Thursday
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Jan 5
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GOOD HEALTH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles Carabasi
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Jan 12
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Business meeting
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Jan 19
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WAR GAMES . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Chris
Strasser
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Jan 26
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BROADCASTING .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Delisi
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Feb 2
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Directors
meeting
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10:00 AM
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Thursday
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Feb 2
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DON’T FALL FOR US . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . Dave Groves
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Feb 9
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Business meeting
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Feb 16
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ENCORE CAREER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .Ken
Shuttleworth
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1:30 PM
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Thursday
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Feb 23
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MANAGING MEN’S HEALTH IN TODAY’S SYS. Nora
Bollinger
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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 Al Schmidt (609-471-8298) if you have any
suggestions for speakers.
Activities
Bowling
We
missed you on the past few Fridays. We are still bowling at Laurel Lanes in
Maple Shade on Rt. 73. It only costs
$6.55 for three games and you get a bowling ball, shoes, coffee, tea and
Danish. You can’t beat that. Come on out and have some fun, we had 6 guys
out last Friday.
Averages Through December 16, 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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160
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Walt Baker
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145
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Bill Brown
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128
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Tom Mervine
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157
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Ed Howe
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143
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Dick Gimigliano
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121
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John Fiorella
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148
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Hank Zaleski
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132
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Alan Bigelow
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118
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Charles Legge
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147
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John Geist
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We bowl on Friday
Mornings at Laurel Lanes on Rt. 73, Maple Shade at 9:15 AM. It’s only 15
minutes from Haddonfield.
– – Dick Gimigliano and Walt Baker
Bridge
Average
Bridge Scores Through November 21, 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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Gaudiano
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2
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2.500
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McConville
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11
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1.909
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Bigelow
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9
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1.500
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Hoeberg
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14
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2.357
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Aronow
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12
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1.833
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Tully
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2
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1.500
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Mervine
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15
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2.333
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Schaming
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15
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1.833
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Zeluck
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2
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1.500
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Rementer
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11
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2.273
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Coelho
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12
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1.792
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Tarditi
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13
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1.269
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Tarr
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2
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2.000
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Cosentino
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15
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1.633
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Petrozzi
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13
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1.154
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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
Average
Pinochle Scores Through December 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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Roland
Heilig
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12
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4.67
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Bud
Pusatere
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12
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3.67
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Bill
Hoeberg
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14
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3.00
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John
Geist
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11
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4.64
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Don
Gosnay
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3
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3.67
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Howard
Remeneter
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11
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3.00
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Len
Walden
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12
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4.00
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Henry
Limmekuhler
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7
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3.43
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Joe
Galliera
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10
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2.30
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Tom
Mervine
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14
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3.79
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Charles
Legge
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10
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3.10
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Ron
Howley
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12
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1.67
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Bill
Brown
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9
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3.78
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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 golf results for the final two
months of the season.
OCT
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COURSE
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SCORE - LOW GROSS
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SCORE - LOW NET
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05
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White Oaks
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87 – Butch Brees
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72 – John Mapes
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12
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Rancocas
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88 – Ed Rouh
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77 – Mike Underwood
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19
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Kings Grant
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84 – Butch Brees
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76 – Butch Brees
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26
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Golden Pheasant
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81 – Hank Zaleski
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67 – Hank Zaleski
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NOV
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COURSE
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SCORE - LOW GROSS
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SCORE - LOW NET
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02
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Pennsauken
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82 – Butch Brees
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71 – Mike Underwood &
Bob Warner
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09
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Ramblewood
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Rain Cancellation
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16
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Westwood
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84 – Hank Zaleski
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70 – Hank Zaleski &
Ed Howe
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23
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PineLands
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Cancelled
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30
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Rancocas
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Cancelled
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Composing
Editor:
Bernie Schaming
Contributors:
Walt Baker,
Bill Brown, Jim Dunn, Henry Leimkuhler, Tom Mervine, Saul
Resnick, Al Schmidt & Neil Wise
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