The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-11
|BEARDSLEE AND
 MATES IGNORED ATC.L.P. DINNER.
BOwlefs Made Merry at Lift the Latch inn Sat-
 .llrday Night ....

Saturday night at the Ltft-the~' Latch Inn about 100 bowlers, and friends of The Connecticut Light and Power Company Bowling League closed the 1934-1935 Sea-. son in their accustomed manner when the annual banquet was held.
 At T:OO o'clock sharp the boys were served a chicken dinner with all the customary trimmings. Dur. ing the dinner an eight piece band entertained. with all the latest song hits assisted by several soioists. Ray Beardslee went over big with his rendition of ,fgThe isle of Capri''. while Walter Nelson put over ''The Good Ship Lolly Pop" in a pleas- ing manner. "A duet by ~ George Lynch and Pat Dwyer assisted by Stuey Heitman on the. steel string guitar was called hack for many encores. Their best number was When She Weeped In My Beer"
 Kiicy A Diplomat
 Tom Flanagan was the Toast master and handled the gavel in great shape, Tom gave the boys a few side lights on his trip to Flor ida and started off the. speakers by requesting Jim Riley to explain to the gathering why hetannOunced his retirement in the closing weeks of the season. All agreed that Jim was a diplomat when 1t came to answering questions. Other speak CTS who discourscd on various happenings in the league during the season were Ray Mills. Paul Atwood. George Beckley, John Joy Otto MOuiliet. Bill Leroy, Jack Ro- berts and Bob Nelson.
 A tap dancing team made up of Bob Hinman, Burt Stone. Howard Humphries and Clcm Harrington were we'll received. The Shamrock Four, ,Colucci. first tenor, DeVito. second tenor. Gerillo, first bass and Valerie, second bass. put over sew eral well-known Irish ballads but their best number was "I'lll, Take. You Home. Kathleen"
 Prlzcs Awarded
 During the intermission in the program of entertainment the prize winners were called to the table by Toastmaster Tom Flana- gan and handed. their awards. For first place, Ray Beardslee. captain, Joe BlIm,. Ralph Nelson and Nick Calabrese -treceived the award. Second place went to Jim Pray, captain, Ray O'Neil. Johnnie Ma her and Leo "Hod" McMahon. while Ed Mclean. captain of the third place winners. lead Fred Drummond, Jim Brennan and Buck Bergan up to the toastmas- ter for the prize. High individual average award was handed to Ray O,Neil whose average of 109 45 topped them all. Pete Lewis with 407, took the seasons high for. in- dividualt three strings, while. Louie Bisio. beaming all over, took hon. ors for high. Individual single with 16S. k.
 After. the prizes were awarded the toastmaster got the program of entertainment in motion again to continue until 8 late hour.
 The < Organization Committee that handled the affairs of the league. during the season also had charge of the banquet and re- ceived the plaudits of the crowd for the excellent time had by all.. Tom Flanagan. director. Bob ANel- son. Jack Roberts. Ray Lauten- schlager. Jim Kiely. Ed Bly. treas
 Those present were: Bill Jones, .urer and Oil .MarteI. secretary.
 Pat Dwyer. Ole. Martel. Joe Cali peau, Bus Wallace, Otto, Moulliet. Gus Breny. Dick IIyland. Bob Rythwich. Russ Hicock. H. Kelsey, Win Hayes. Tom Flanagan. Milt Christ ensen. H. sOwens, George Beckley. Jim Kiely, Bill Schandel- mier. Ray Mills. Bob Nelson. Frank Byrnes. Jim Pray.
 Joe Arcovia. II. Tlumphries. Ben Miller, Ray O'Neil, r.. II. Keeler, S. Heitzman, Jack Herman. Hod McMahon, l.. Bisio. George Brown. Ray Beardslee. John Maher. Bill Leroy. Burt Stone. Nick Calabrese, !. A. Colucci. Dan Bcrgin. Charlie Gerillo. Joe Blum. r. Cichetti. Joe May. Joe eCahill, Ralph Nelson, Paul. Atwood. Walter Nelson. George Korner.. Tom Dodds. Ed Mclean Merritt Potter, Jack Roberts. s. s. }t
 Ben .Golstein. Fred Drummond. Dan McNulty. Pete Lewis Bill Grover, H.. Bergen. Bill Kfobedanz Frsnk Vallone. Ray Lautenschla- ger. E. K. Ely. V. Cole. George Gaugler, Jack Moriarty. Fred Va lerio, c. Harrington, Walter Robi- son. t