SENIOR BOWLING LEAGUE HAVING A BALL.Byline: BETTIE RENCORET Senior columnist PALMDALE - The Happy Seniors bowling league shows that coupleswho bowl together stay together. Six twosomes have celebrated their 50th anniversary. Three more duos are pushing the half-century mark. If the longevity of the marriages in the group isn't remarkable enough,there is always its patriarch patriarch, in the Bible patriarch (pā`trēärk), in biblical tradition, one of the antediluvian progenitors of the race as given in Genesis (e.g., Seth) or one of the ancestors of the Jews (e.g. to look up to. Victor White, whoturned 95 this summer, still bowls a mean game. As everybody watched last week, White, who stands straight as a California redwood, stepped up to the lane and took out nine pins, then, without blinking, downed the off-side spare. As he walked back to his seat, he gave one of his teammates a high-five. ``I'm really a little off my game today,'' he said in an aside. To be part of the Happy Seniors, a bowler must be at least 50 years old,but being married isn't a prerequisite. It just happens that most of those who are have been life partners since their youth. Jim and Mickey Jocheim, for instance, have been wed for 58 years; Lyle and Shirley Nelson, 53 years; Bob and Erma Somers, 51 years.R.C. and Gerry Saul, Tom and Inga Manning and Phil and Shirley Davis haveall made it to 50 years. Bob and Winki Smith have edged up to 48 years so far. ``But I courted her for ten years first and got everything in order,'' said Bob Smith when asked what held them up. Jerry and Dolly Eytchson have also passed 48 years and John and LindaLauritzen have made it to 47. ``We call ourselves the Happy Seniors because we really are a happy bunch,'' said Gerry Saul. ``We've all been friends for ages and it shows in everygame we play. We have a lot of fun and we've been there for each other whenthings in our personal lives go wrong.'' She said the Winter League goes from approximately September to April and boasts about 18 teams of four. The Summer League play this year started in May and will continue into August with 14 four-person teams. ``One of our regular couples, the Davises, don't bowl during the summer,'' she said. She said there's always room for more seniors if they want to get another team up. ``Come on out and join us,'' she said. ``If you don't bowl but like to watch, we can always use a cheering section to spur us on. We're a real sociable group and we welcome spectators.'' They meet on Mondays and bowl from noon to 2:30 p.m. or so at Vista Lanes, on 30th Street East, south of Palmdale Boulevard and the National Guard Armory. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster andPalmdale have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine andcoffee, tea or milk, for a suggested donation of $2. Monday: Beef Stroganoff beef stro·ga·noff n. Thinly sliced beef fillet sautéed and mixed with onions, mushrooms, sour cream, and herbs, often served on a bed of noodles or rice. , noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. , peas and carrots, lettuce salad,pineapple juice, ice cream. Tuesday: Beef enchilada casserole, soup, Spanish rice, green beans green beans Noun, pl long narrow green beans that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable ,coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , applesauce. Wednesday: Mandarin chicken salad, tomato juice, spinach, carrot salad,cheesecake. Thursday: Riblet rib·let n. 1. A cut of meat from a rib end of veal or lamb. 2. One of a series of microscopic grooves, each a few thousandths of an inch wide, inscribed on the surface of an adhesive-backed tape and used on airplanes and boat sandwich, macaroni macaroni: see pasta. salad, corn, pea pea, hardy, annual, climbing leguminous plant (Pisum sativum) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), grown for food by humans at least since the early Bronze Age; no longer known in the wild form. salad,orange juice, banana. Friday: Roast turkey, mashed potatoes n. pl. 1. Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency, usu. with sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring. It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [U.S., 1900's], providing bulk and calories to a meal. , vegetable soup, Normandyvegetables, tossed salad, gelatin gelatin or animal jelly, foodstuff obtained from connective tissue (found in hoofs, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage) of vertebrate animals by the action of boiling water or dilute acid. with fruit. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Happy Seniors league contains six couples married for more than 50 years. Bettie Rencoret/Special to the Daily News |
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