Haddonfield
65 Club
The Retired Men’s Club of Haddonfield
Web address: http://haddon65club.blogspot.com/
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| Haddonfield, NJ 08033 March 1, 2017 |
President’s Message
Tom
Mervine, Saul Resnick, & Al Schmidt
What do you have in common with Robert Frost, George
O'Keeffe, Pablo Casals, Albert Einstein, George Burns and Carl Sandburg? These
are some of the most celebrated examples of people who did their most creative
work well into seventies eighties and nineties. They all had highly functional
memories and agile minds. Following their example, I guess this is the time for
us to enjoy our golden years.
We have enjoyed many successful events this past year.
Thanks again to all those who helped with the Heart Run. Next up is a food
packaging event for Feed My Starving Children to be held March 24th
and 25th Please let Bernie know if you can help.
On April 13th we plan to clean up the outside
of the club house. Neil Tully is coordinating the landscaping. Unfortunately,
I'll be in Florida. What poor timing.
Al Schmidt has some very interesting speakers scheduled.
Our Spring Luncheon is scheduled for May 11 at Tavistock county club. Al has
already lined up musical entertainment. This should interest the ladies too.
John Cokos is looking for new members. Perhaps you could
bring a guest to one of our events. We are all part of the membership
committee.
Golfers get ready for some competition and fun. Please
find the schedule from Mike Underwood below.
Beware of the Ides of March, March 15th,
There is a good movie starring George Clooney called the Ides of March.
Something about politics. Anyway, I hope that President Trump has a good day.
– – Henry Leimkuhler
PS: “Even if you are on the right track you will get run over if you just
sit there “– Will Rodgers
2017 Dues
Letters have
been sent to delinquent members. Those
for which we have not received dues by March 1stwill be dropped from the club roster as per our Constitution and By-Laws.
Trip to Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island – April 4th
Sign up early to reserve your seat on the charter bus for our next trip on Tuesday, April 4, when the destination will be a visit to the STATUE OF LIBERTY and ELLIS ISLAND, followed by dinner, at the TOWN AND COUNTRY, where the menu will include, soup, salad, and the selection from five entrees along with dessert, and beverages.
The bus will depart from Wedgewood Swim Club at 9 AM promptly, and return at approximately 6 PM.
The total cost for charter bus transportation, admissions, boat to the sites as well as dinner will be $74.00 per person.
6 Hour Fishing Trip - June 6th
A trip scheduled for Tuesday, June 6 will be a six-hour deep sea fishing trip out of Barnegat, NJ, on the MARY M FOUR, a 60-foot fishing boat. Bait, rods and reels will be provided. We have chartered this boat, so it will be all ours with plenty of room for everyone. You must provide your own transportation to the boat, which will leave the dock at 7 AM. Bring your own food and drinks, and a cooler for your big catch. Sign up at the club or by contacting Bill Brown at 856 429-4368. The cost is $75 per person. You may give Bill a check at any Thursday meeting or send your check for $75 per person to the 65 Club, 110 Rhoads Ave., Haddonfield NJ 08033. Directions are on the sign-up sheet at the club. Get your checks in early so we can be sure the trip will happen.
Wednesday Night at the Movies.
Each Wednesday night the 65 Club has been running time tested movies, starting at 7 PM promptly. Recent films have included, The Young Lions, and Tootsie, on February 22 will be showing Avatar, followed by the next four weeks featuring Shogun, one of the most famous and award winning miniseries in TV history. While each segment stands alone, it’s best to see the entire series from, start to finish. Spouses and friends are welcome.
Remembrance of Times Past
Every so
often something I see or read will set off a string of memories that remind me
of how much things have changed over the years. At breakfast the other day I
read an article that said that Saint Gregory’s School and Church in Magnolia
was going to be replaced by a 5,400 square-foot convenience store and gas
station. Whoa! This set off a rush of thoughts and memories.
When I was a kid in Catholic school they were opening – not closing -- schools
and parishes all over the diocese. In those days, the Church had clout! It had
lists of movies you were not allowed to go to see. The nuns told us that
Catholics should not vote for Adlai Stevenson because he was divorced. Nobody
would dare to criticize the Pope. Bishop Sheen had his own national TV show!
I did not get
to see the good bishop on TV very often because my family was the last on our
block - -maybe in the whole neighborhood- -to get a television. I had to go to
a friend’s house to watch Davey Crocket on the wild frontier. But we did have a
big old radio and, in those days radio still had real programs, not just news,
sports talk and music. I devoured everything on the air from Bobby Benson and
his B bar B Riders, and The Lone Ranger, through Queen for a Day, to Walter Winchell.
(“Mr. and Mrs. North and South America,
Let’s Go to Press” ). By the time we
eventually did get a television many of my favorite radio programs had either
moved to TV or just faded away.
By the
mid-50s the programs that I listened to on my new AM/FM clock radio in my
bedroom were all on one station. The dial did not move from WIBG: Hi Lit, Joe
Niagra, Tom Donahue and the other DJs played the music that my generation
wanted to hear. The older generation was
not so sure about Rock-n-Roll. At the Friday night dances at Camden Catholic
the nuns and the lay faculty had to police the dance floor to make sure things
did not get too risqué. Line dances were OK. But the Twist and many of its
successors were suspect. Even in slow dances you could not get too close to
your partner.
Time marches
on. Camden Catholic has long since moved to Cherry Hill. There are hardly any actual nuns left
teaching there. Tuition is a lot higher than it was in the 1950s, even allowing
for inflation. My old parish, Holy Savior in Westmont, was merged with St.
John’s in Collingswood. The Pope even seems to be getting criticized by some of
his own bishops!
But I don’t
despair. My Camden Catholic class of 1961 had its 55th reunion at Tavistock
last May. Over 100 people turned out. It was “interesting” to see so many of us
senior citizens on the dance floor doing the Twist, the Bristol Stomp, the
Cha-Cha, etc. In addition to catching up with all that’s occurred since our 50th
reunion, I was struck by how much of our conversations and laughter harkened
back to many of the fun things that we did with our classmates - present and
departed - back in those days. And this should remind us to “seize the day” now
-- not just
– – Jim Dunn
Obituary
Herbert
J. Stevens passed away on January 30, 2017. He was the loving husband of late
Suzanne (nee Lallemand) Stevens; devoted father of Elaine Stevens Ercolani
(John), Patrick Stevens (Lana), and Daniel Stevens (Amy); caring grandfather of
Steven & Kate Ercolani, Kelsey & Daniel Stevens & their mother,
Nancy Stevens, Denise Stevens Hyland (Joe); & uncle of Philip Stevens
(Maryann), Peter Stevens (Margo), and Susan Stevens Johnson.
Herbert proudly served his country in the Army
during WWII. He was a sheet metal worker for Local Union #19 in Philadelphia
for many years. Additionally, in his younger years, he enjoyed coaching Little
League in Haddonfield and was a member of the Haddonfield 65 Club since 1988.
He loved playing golf until they had to cart him off the course well into his
80’s.
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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Clubhouse Programs
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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 John Cokos (428-3621) if you have any
suggestions for speakers.
Address Change
Robert G. Fuller has relocated to 5115 Ocean Drive South,
Brigantine, New Jersey 08203
NOTICE: If your address or phone number has changed
since the last club directory was published in April 2016 (or you know of
someone else whose information has changed), please let me know. Work on the
new directory will begin in late March. Contact me at bschaming@comcast.net or 856 428-0932.
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.
NOTE: Female
bowlers are welcome to join us Friday morning, contact Sally Howley at
856-428-0191, for details.
Averages Through February 17, 2017
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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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146
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Hank Zaleski
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128
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Dick Gimigliano
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153
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Ed Howe
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137
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Alan Bigelow
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122
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Charles Legge
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148
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John Geist
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130
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Tom Mervine
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119
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John Fiorella
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147
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Bill Brown
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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 February 20, 2017
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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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Mervine
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22
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2.341
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Aronow
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12
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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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Hoeberg
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22
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2.182
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Cosentino
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23
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1.804
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Marchesani
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17
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1.471
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McConville
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16
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2.031
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Coelho
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19
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1.658
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Tarr
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9
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1.444
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Gaudiano
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5
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2.000
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Schaming
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22
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1.614
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Tarditi
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20
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1.100
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Rementer
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19
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1.947
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Bigelow
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16
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1.594
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Pusatere
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17
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1.088
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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 February 22, 2017
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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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Bud
Pusatere
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19
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4.42
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Don
Gosnay
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3
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3.67
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Bill
Hoeberg
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24
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3.35
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Roland
Heilig
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21
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4.33
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Tom
Mervine
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21
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3.45
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Ron
Howley
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21
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3.17
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Henry
Leimkuhler
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11
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4.32
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John
Geist
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20
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3.40
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Charles
Legge
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19
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2.16
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Len
Walden
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22
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4.18
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Howard
Rementer
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19
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3.39
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Joe
Galliera
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16
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2.13
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Bill
Brown
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20
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3.75
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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
Contact information for the courses is provided below:
Golden
Pheasant 609 267 4276 609 267 1274 bfeld131@Comcast.net
Kings Grant (Links
Golf Club) 856-983-2000 golfshop@thelinksgc.com
Ramblewood 856 235 2119 856 234 9180 wmccoy@ramblewoodcc.com
Rancocas GC 609-877-5344 gm@rancocasgc.com
Pennsauken 856 662
4961 856
665 5516 qtgIII@Pennsaukencc.com mjdeckert@pennsaukencc.com
Westwood 856 845
2000 856
845 6486 info@westwoodgolfclub.com
White
Oak 856 697
8900 856
697 6899
Pinelands 609 561
8900 609
561 0404
Centerton GC 856-358-2220 Centertongolf@yahoo.com
65 Club Golf Caller’s List for 2017 is as follows:
DuVernois,
Fran
856-795-9617
faduvernois@gmail.com
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Sentman,
Jack
546-6280
jrsentman@yahoo.com
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Gimigliano,Dick
983-1811
rgimigliano@aol.com
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Malcarney,Courtney
495-5963
cmmalcarney@gmail.com
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Zaleski,Hank
1-609-238-0836
zalenj@comcast.net
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Aharon,
Jack
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Cocker,
Bob
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Dunn,
Jim
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Brees,
Butch
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Grimes,
Tom
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Borgini,
Fred
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Drew,
John
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Mapes,
John
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Chorpita,
Fred
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Hall,
Mike
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Dunkle,
Lou
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Fuller,
Rob
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Rayser,
Tom
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Kille,
Dennis
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Howe,
Ed
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Flanagan,
Jim
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Hennessy,
Terry
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Tillotson,
Bruce
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McMichael,
Bill
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Karcher,
Ed
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Ready,
Charlie
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Lamphere,
Bud
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Underwood,
Chris
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Tully,
Neal
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Mathers,
Roy
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Rochford,
Bud
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Marchesani,
Jack
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Underwood,
Mike
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Taylor,
John
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Rouh,
Ed
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Reintzel,
Warren
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Rommelman,
Bill
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Worrell,
Tom
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Warner,
Bob
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Slimm,
Earl
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Walsh,
Larry
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Starkey,
Tom
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Wayne,
Natale
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Wuestefeld,
Roger
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Will call when ready for play
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Will call when ready for Play
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Hempstead,
John
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Camiscioli,
Ted
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Stoinski,
Hank
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Lo
Presti, Phil
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The 2017 golf schedule is provided below:
Apr. 5
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Golden Pheasant
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9:00 AM
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Jun. 21
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Westwood
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8:00 AM
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Sept. 6
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Kings Grant
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8:00 AM
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12
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Pennsauken
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9:00 AM
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28
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Golden Pheasant
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8:00 AM
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13
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Ramblewood
Master’s Tournament
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8:00 AM
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19
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Pinelands
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9:00 AM
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Jul. 5
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White Oaks
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8:00 AM
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20
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Golden Pheasant
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8:00 AM
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26
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Ramblewood
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9:00 AM
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12
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Westwood
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8:00 AM
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27
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Westwood
Master’s Best Ball
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8:00 AM
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May 3
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Westwood
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8:00 AM
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19
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Pinelands
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8:00 AM
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Oct. 4
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Centerton
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9:00 AM
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10
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Golden Pheasant
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8:00 AM
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26
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Rancocas
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8:00 AM
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11
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Pennsauken
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8:00 AM
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17
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White Oaks
Fun Best Ball
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9:00 AM
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Aug. 2
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Pennsauken
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8:00 AM
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18
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White Oaks
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9:00 AM
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24
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Pennsauken
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8:00 AM
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9
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Centerton
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9:00 AM
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25
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Pinelands
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8:00 AM
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31
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Centerton
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9:00 AM
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16
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Ramblewood
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8:00 AM
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Nov. 1
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Golden Pheasant
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9:00 AM
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Jun. 7
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Kings Grant
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8:00 AM
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23
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Golden Pheasant
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8:00 AM
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8
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Ramblewood
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9:00 AM
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14
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Ramblewood
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8:00 AM
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30
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Pinelands
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8:00 AM
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15
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Westwood
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9:00 AM
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Composing
Editor:
Bernie Schaming
Contributors:
Walt Baker,
Bill Brown, Jim Dunn, Henry Leimkuhler,
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