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A History Of Auburn Youth Bowling
A Brief History
History (written in 1970)
The Junior Bowling Program was first started in Auburn in 1963. It was started at the Auburn Bowling Center with the help of the late Steve Tarby and Aus Donavan. Nancy VanDuyne had a group of forty (40) boys and Agnes Burns had a group of thirty (30) girls. This was the ground work for the Auburn Junior Bowling Association.
In 1964 the Auburn Junior Bowling Association was formed. This was a Sanctioned Program for junior bowlers. The officers for the first junior bowling association were as following,
President – Agnes Burns
Vice-President – Robert Smith
Secretary/Treasurer – Max Galutia
Board Of Directors
William Wallace Nancy VanDuyne Thomas Kirkwood Betty Bellerdine Roland Sennett Stella Plis Howard Lawver Ethel Hoistad
Associate Directors
Austin Donavan James Vivenzio
Moravia was the first area to have a sanctioned junior bowling program. Edward Adams was the founder of the Moravia Junior Bowling Association, which was started in 1958. Betty Parker who had charge of the high school bowling leagues from 1966 to 1967. Moravia was all alone until 1965, when Moravia joined the Auburn Junior Bowling Association. In the 1959-1960 season, two Moravia girls came in third in the National Christmas Tournament via telegraph.
The Auburn Junior Bowling Association have junior bowling programs at the following lanes in Auburn – Polish Falcon Lanes, Cayuga Lanes, Starlite Lanes, Sicz Lanes, Polish Home Lanes, U.N.C. Lanes, Modern House Lanes (Moravia), Rainbow Lanes (Weedsport), Cedar House Lanes (Skaneateles).
This year Beryl Crofut is starting a junior league in the Jordan High School.
In the 1968-1969 season there were 596 sanctioned bowlers in the Auburn Junior Bowling Association. Last year in the 1969-1970 season there were 704 sanctioned junior bowlers in the Auburn Association, an increase of 108 bowlers. This year in the 1970-1971 season we expect to have more bowlers than ever. Anyone interested in joining a junior bowling league, contact any of the lanes and sign up. The season will probably start about the middle of September. Last year there were 19 junior bowling leagues in the association.