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BEVERLY HILLS L.B .C.
On December 7th the 37 th annual
mee ting of the Club was held at Rancho
Golf Club H ouse. Officers elected ro serve
in 1965 werre, Cresslyn 1. Tilley, President,
Lester S. Timmins, Vice-President,
George M. Chelew, Secretary and Bill
Shaw, Treasurer. Two members elected
at large ro serve on the Executive Commi
ttee were Gene Barron and An Bridwell.
The Beverly Hills Club's governing
powers are vested in an Executive
Committee. This Committee is composed
of the elected officers and the twO member"
elected at large.
If you visited the Beverly HillIs LBC
you would find it now in its 38th year
and has developed an organizati on that
should be of interes t and help ro newer
Bowling Clubs. At present we have about
170 members. About 115 are acti ve bowl·
ers. W e ha ve three greens and a small
Club House and bowl every day of the
week, weather perm.itting. Our initiation
fee is $2 5.00 and annual dues .10.00. W e
pay to the City of Beverly Hills $60.00
per year . . . $80.00 for non-resident
members .. . as a greens fee. We have
money in the bank and there has never
been an assessment of any kind. We are
associated with the Southwes tern Division
of ALBA and also ALBA. We belong to
the W estern League, Seven local Clubs;
which mee ts every twO weeks, with each
Club sending twO teams. Each Club en·
terrains the League twice a year. Our
grea test interest is jn inter-club visits. W e
entertain 8 or 10 Clubs a year and visi t
about the same number. W ithin 0 1lI Club
we hold championship singles, doubles
and triples to urnaments each year. W e
also have one or more blind draw rournaments,
an Australia n singles and one
rinks rournament each year. Perpetu al
Cups and individual trophies are provided
for all these rou rnaments.
Our make up board Committee arranges
the team members each day except
T uesdays, T hursd ays and Sundays.
On these days members may choose ro
make up their own game. Monday is
guest day for ladies who are welcome ro
bowl. with the men. Before and after
bowling there is g in rummy and bridge
in our Cl ub room. There are as ma ny
spectators as playe rs and these games play
no small part in ge tting acqua inted and
enj oy lI1g th e good felolwsbip among
mem bers. Our Executive Committee
functions smoothly and efficiently. The
membership is loyal, thoughtful and
friendly and our greens are excellent.
The caliber of our bowling is good and
SOUTH WEST DIVISION
we have fun. Come have a game with
us any day at 12: 30. A most important
part . . . is the Instruction
Committee for new members . . .
preparing them for competitive bowling.
After the World Lawn Bowling Tournament
at Arroyo Seco in July the winners
were automatically chosen to represent
their country in a shake down Round
Robin at Beverly Hills LBC in Singles,
Doubles and Triples. Five Countries were
represented. A stand out show.
Under date of December 11th Time
magazine ran an article about our spry
84 year old member, Dr. W lliiam Brady:
who until recently practiced somersaulting
for keeping himself limber and as a
tough bowling competitOr. "Doc" Brady
has been a medical columnist for Fifty
years and syndicated in 80 papers under
the heading "Personal Health Service."
He has practiced what he has written and
the result is we have a young member
at 84. Keep it up Doc for you give to all
of us encoll[agement to believe that keeping
phys ically fit ensures remaining
young.
The Beverly Hills Lawn Bowling Club
takes pride in having its President appointed
EditOr and Publisher of ALBA
Bowls magazine. The Mast Head will
li st the names of those whose responsibility
it will be ro edit, publish and circulare
the magazine. Cresslyn L Tilley.
EditOr and Publisher, Kirk Sinclair, Circulation
Direcror, Chas. F. H emphill, Special
Correspondent, Southwest Division:
Emerson Newman, Chas F. Hemphill and
Charles MiddletOn, Editorial Staff, are all
members of Beverly Hills LBe. Our sympathy
to all those members whose greens
ar buried under snow and we invite yo u
to California for the winter games. W e
know how much you mi s being on the
green thi time of year and we wish you
an early Spring.
H ere is a bit of verse by one of all[
new members:
THE HAPPY YEARS
W bile all my wealthy eastern friends
Are fighting ice and snow,
I'm bowling on Oll[ sunny green,
B: d weather I do not know.
Like Francis Drake, the Admiral,
Who held the Spaniards cheap ,
I bowl each day from noon 'til threeear
the bottOm of the heap.
-17 -
My game needs much improvement,
I'm still an also-ran,
Bur I've gained a host of trusty friends
And a healthy coat of tan.
A claim is made by medics famed
Which truth I can arrest,
That those who bowl upon the green
Out live by years the rest.
How treat the last years kindlier,
As we drift off the scene,
Than rolling bowls competitively
On an emerald bowling green.
Percival G. H art
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF. L.B.C.
by Bill Todd
Our annual meeting was held December
6. All officers were re-elected, President
Harold Hutchinson, Vice-President
Alice Ehlers, Secretary-Treasurer Bill
Todd.Other members of the Executive
Board are : Lew Parsons Lee Arms
Adolph Ehlers and O. A. ':Red" Wright:
After the meeting an "Upside-Down
Tournament was held. Teams were drawn
as usu al, but leads played as skips, and
skips were leads. The three teams with
the largest p lus scores were presented
prizes given by Harold Hutchinson.
President Hutchinson presented to the
club a large beautiful plaque carrying the
mmes of presidents and club male and
fem ale champions since 1936 when the
club was formed. There is enough space
for additional names to 1980. The club
accepted the p laque with a vote of
thanks.
The club champions for 1964 are Sid
Bloxam and Alice Ehlers. Sid Bloxam:
also winner of the Lee Arms Singles, defeated
Adolph Ehlers, winner of the
Father's Day Singles. Alice Ehlers, winner
of the Chattwood Trophy defeated
Ina Meldnul1, winner of the Mother's Day
Tournament.
In 1964 the Hermosa club won the
Western League TOll[nament consisting
of clubs Arroyo, Beverly Hills, Holmby:
Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Maruca and
Hermosa.
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