St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-05-13
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The picturesqu charm of
Knights of Columbus Marian Hall |
1114 w. 10th St, in Minneapolis,
was the delightful setting for the
annual banquet and dance given by
Northern Lights Bowling League
on Friday night, May 8.
Members and their guests gath
cred in fashionable attire at 6 pm.
for the banquet which began with
cocktails which were enjoyed in
relaxing and lingering fashion as
they visited and exchanged gay
repartee. Following cocktails, din
ner was served smogasbord style
from a table laden with an abund-
ance of tasty Wands with ham and
turkey as the piece de resistance" .
After dinner, the group listened
in rapt attention to presentation
Of the various awards. WAYNE
GlantOn was the capable master of
ceremonies. He welcomed the gath
ering and introduced the president,
James c. CrOwder and the follow
ing officers: Mrs Doris Wilkerson,
vice president; Mrs. Lillian Lee,
secretary; Johnny Burrell, treas
urer, Gerald Bailey Sr., sergeant
alarms and John Webster, Stats
tician.
Marions Tea Room was first
place winner Walter Thompson is
team captain and Mrs. Marion
Williams of Marion's Tea Room, is
sponsor. Mrs. Williams accepted
the large sponsors trophy and each
member of the team was awarded
trophy and were presented with
arm chevrons from A.BC. and
W.IB.C.
Second place went to Woodard's
Funeral Home team. Agnes Bailey I
is captain Of this team and each {
member was presented with a tro- 1
ply. The G's Stake House was ;
third place winner. William Cornell !
ius is captain. Each team member {
was presented with a trophy.
Receiving awards for high three {
games for the men were Robert (
Green first with a 617; Andrew ,
Clark Jr., second with a 6lO and
Gerald Bailey third with a 6O7 !
and high single game trophies were
won by Ebert Clark, first with
265; Gerald Bailey Sr., second with
258 and Fred Lee, third with 237.
First high average for men went to
Robert Green first with III, Will
liam Cornelius, second with 1853
and Ebert Clark, third with 1875.
Leading the women for high
three game was Muriel Gardner
with 553 with Bessie Green second
with a $50 and Matte Hill third 1
with a 524 while Bessie Green {
captured first place for single high I
game with a 226; Muriel Gardner s
was second with a PIG and Matte
Hill, third with POS Bessie Green '
was first place winner in high aver
age for the season with ISL Muir
iel Gardner placed second with $50
and Edna Judy third with a 145.
All the winners were presented
with trophy.
Fred Lee was presented with a
gold ABC. buckle as the most
improved bowler of the season for
the men and Mrs. Ann Pinkney
was awarded a WIB.C. plaque
as being the most improved wom- {
an bowler of the season. Johnny
Burrell, treasurer, received the
Abe. triple award for having
three games 1876. 1876 and 1856.
An interesting highlight came
when Mr.. Glanton introduced Mrs.
Helen Underwood, organizer of the
bowling league and gave a brief
resume on the history of Northern
Lights Bowling League. The presi-
dent, Mr. James Crowder, present
ed Mrs. Underwood with a trophy
and two dozen red American Beau
ty roses from the league in rec
ognition of her outstanding service
and help in guiding the bowling
league"
Mr.. Crowder then welcomed
guests and introduced the sponsors
of the teams. At the conclusion of
the award presentations, a movie
on bowling was shown which was
Informative, interesting and most
entertaining.
The soft music of a five piece
CONDO gave the signal for the
dancing moment when the beauti-
fully attired ladies and their es-
corts danced the evening merrily
away and were loath to leave when
the last strains of the orchestra
indicated the party's end. The
concensus of opinion of the $50
members and their guests present
was that this years party was the
best in the leagues history.