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i E c A k 6 L .l ft A 11 M E S . , MM M—OURHAH Ni. C. SAtUnbAY, SiPTEMBER IS. IM2 "Bowling Strikes Durham Like A Tornado" ',2ate8828K.-4L'.■ OPENING CfeRbMONlES AT THE COLLEGE PLAZA LANfS—Am T. Spaulding, prtiidint of North Carolina Mutual Lift Inaura^ea Company, cuff fh* ribbon, flgnallng tho oiling of Collogt Plaia Lanoa la«t Friday night. Shown with Spauld* WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE INSTALLED THE GiASS WINDOWS AND DOORS FOR COLLEGE PLAZA LANES IN THIS NEW MODERN ENTRANCE DURHAM PRITCR AR0 PAINT & 307-9 W. PeHigrew St. .>urH«tn N Durham, N. C. T/iousoncfs swarm College Plaza at opening last Friday night ing art Wiltgg. Pon»»illlgnani»>«ii>» presldont'««»»hMmuftMHHag HgarHai^, Kw^ay Whtttod, Pgmnni Wgiign^i »lin iMfSRC and Mr. Abo Oroonborg, behind Spouldlng. Our Sincere Best Wishes to COLLEGE PLAZA LANES lliousands converged on Col lege Pl&M laoes, ITriday night Au- 'gust 31, 1£62 as it s'jnmg iU doors opea fcr the first time. Before I ti':» xib'}OB cuttiag occcslon at Leight o'clock, persons had started * gatherir.ij outsioj i.:ie lan» await ing to jjet in. Asa Spaulding, president oi NcM-th Carolina Mutual Life In- aitr8oc« Comiumy, cut tha ribbon marking the opening of Durham’s newest recreation cea'.er. Walter Fowler, Geowal Manag er, Marty Dreyfus and Abe Green berg. leasee of the building to the Soutjiern Bowling Corporation of North Carolina, operators of the lane. a»slst«l Mr. Spaulding with the ribbon cutting session. “I take 0Deat pleasure In cut ting this rlt^D tnailcing the opin-1 ing o Colleg* Plaza L»i.ea,” Spaulding a« be. clipped the bunliag. "This is aoniethii^ that Durham ha« waited fc» a long time,” Spaoldbig eoatinued. Hooe Marie Morrw, member of the AMiF Bowling Advisory staff, •lui JFowler g»ve an exhifaition In bo«4ii^ to . tte ^thetii)«. Miss Ma»ow defeated Fowler. Young John Frader wag the first person to turn In a free Car- 1 o!ir(3 TIrms ticket permitting him I to bc'.vl a *ree game. He had the distinction of being he first Durhamita to roll a bail down the 24 lanes AKey. The new $509.0(X> bowling center was literally bul^ging at the seama cv«r the wcdtend as Bull City na tives took turns irt trying to hit the magic 300 game. The Mancg.ment said that they would give a total of games roll- td next week. According to them "Bcwling has Ttruck ‘Durham like a tornado.” “We liave never seen BO many persons taking advant age cf bowling as this tjjwn has.” Mis.? Marvam, who has been at msiiy Bowling center (^leninss, ‘old the Durham gathar ng that '•'DtirhEm can be proud of'Collsje Plaza lanes, it’s one of the fin est.” In an opentr^g ceremonies, nar rated toy WSRC's Norfl^ Whitted, Dreyfus welcomed the people to jhe LasM, along with Greenberg and Spaulding. Fowler told the gathering that bowling lessons are free and we want you to enjoy College PUoB Lanes. Every depariment. Pro Shop, CoacessMua, Meeting Room, was opraed and used by the gathering in the first three nights. PERFECT FORM, SCORE?—Clifton Wiliiamt, Morohouto Collage junior, gats In a ftw hours of bowling at DurhMn’s new Collage Plaia Lanes bafora he departs for studies at the Atanta col- FAST GROWING SPORT . . . lege. Williams displays perfect form in execut ing for the hopeful strike. He's among the many that are displaying their bowling ability at the 24 AMF lanes center. O^rer 26 Mlllfdh Have Become Bowling Fans The opening of College Plaza Lanes, Durham’s newest bowling center, puts the Bull City Lanes in the fastest growing sport in the United States. Since 1959 over 6,- 000,000 new bowling enthusiasts have took the sport and it is In 1956 there were 20,000,000 people bowhng, according to fig ures complied froim the World Al manac. Today thtre are over 26,- 000,000 persons rolling the big ball down the lanes In hopes of a per fect 300 game. The total nmnbor of American Bowling Congress teams jumped from 415,000 in 1966 to a whopping 872,606 in i96l. On the other hand the total numbar of alley beds in- unjinetf’ fi’om a>;niwt;> a TiogngTF 908 in '61. Autcmiation had its effeeUtifo bowling as well as other trie*. l)he total m«nb«r.of per^Q^s employ^ in -1956 w&8 150,000* while today there are only 100 000 persons employed in bowlin establishments. Automatic pin se ters and other modem equipmen eliminated the human and accor ing to College Plaza iiwes Bow ing Center Manager, Walker Fow- 4prr “The^e persoiuj.Tpnlna’.eal' from bowling establishajt^ts have' hK^ked on wit^^ther parts of the; imtaistrjF not «bo«Ki> i» tbfi survey. College^ Plaza Lanes featured (Continued on page 5) lA fonner North Carolina Col- COLLEGE WE ARE WPUP TQ HAYI |6EN SELECTip I^JERINO cbNTRAaOR i i i GUARANTEED PUSTERING - DURABiE MABBU-UKE WAUS AND CEIUNG CHEAPER THAN SHEET ROCK IN MOST CASES DAVID WHITTED Post Office Box 74 HIRE’t THE WAY TO HOLD THE BALL—Miss Rose Marie AAAF Advisory Staff, shcvrs an unidentified bowler the "wey to grip • bowling ball. She was one of the many Dur- Milng advantage of bowling tips from Miss Morrow at the College Plaia Lanes' opening. , . F f . ^Iter Fowler, ex-NCC student H c^^inted acting manager ; lege student and an A. & T. Col lege. graduate, Walter Fowler, has been named acting Manager o! the College Pla7.a Bowling Lapes. This was annou -ced today by Mar- I ty Dreyfus, Pr. .i.lant. Delta Bowl- , ing Corporiim Naw York. Fowler, Vii’ • I*residcnt - General Manager, 'Diti Dowling Corp., brings with hi.Ti a wealth of ex perience wliicii should make the College Plaue L jUSs a success. He received his B. S. Degree from A. & T. College In 1952 and served in the U. S. Army in 1943-46. He held the rank of Second Lieuten ant at the time of discharge and later attended New Yoik Univer sity. He formerly served as Manager of Harlem Lane*,'in New York’s Harlem, where be was employed by Dreyfuas Bowling Enterpriaea, Inc. He has been employed by the Delta Bowling Corp. tor the laat few years, and was active in set ting up Bowling Centers In New Orleans, and Columbia. South Car- and put in charge of training per sonnel ai^ the ovoraU manage ment 0^ belta. i^owler's main concehi at the k>-i (Continued on page 5) UNIVERSITY ROOFING CO. PLASTERING CONTRACTOR Phone 682-8153 211 WALKER ST. DURHAM, N. C Durhem, N. C. All Durham Points With Pride .... to COLLEGE PLAZA LANES Durham's lowest and Finest CONQRAfUtATIONS! FROM YOUR QUALITY ROOFING CONTRACTOR
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