Dale Dickenson John Wenke WW "Red" Custenborder James L. (Jim)
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Dale Dickenson Dale has bowled since 1943. He has been City Association Secretary and has been League Secretary almost all of his bowling years. He has been secretary of the Great Plains Travel League for 25 years. He helped organize the Garden City Bowling Council in 1987 and was its first president. He is a long-time state director. He has bowled in almost every state tournament for all these years- also in 4 National Tournaments and 3 State Senior Tournaments. His bowling accomplishments include two 700 series and a high game of 280. He has consistently worked for and promoted bowling in our state John Wenke John has served the Topeka Bowling Association as a director, and a past President (1977-79). He has been on the State Board of Directors as a past President (1981-85) and has 18 years of service to that Board. He has been a member of the Southwest Bowling Association for 11 years and is currently acting, as Vice President on that board. John has always helped locally with the City Tournament, and many State Tournaments. He has served a great deal of time and effort to make sure everything in the tournament was done correctly and to the best of his ability. He has dedicated many hours of serv W.W. "Red" Custenborder Mr. W.W. "Red" Custenborder has been involved with bowling in the Topeka Association since 1946. He has serviced as president (2 terms) and also as a director. He is still very active in the Association. He has been on the State Board of Directors since 1981 and is a representative to the Kansas State YABA Managing Board. He was the first member of the Topeka Bowling Association to earn the Bowler of the Year Award, and is also a member of the Topeka Bowling Associations Hall of Fame. He has helped direct many of the local Youth Tournaments and assisted with many of the Topeka Association City Tournaments. James L. (Jim) Clark Jim was an avid bowler. He was a member of the Topeka Bowling Associations Board of Directors. He also served as President. He was later elected Secretary of the Topeka Association, a position he held for almost ten years. He wrote a weekly bowling column for the Topeka Daily Capital. He was cp-manager of the Meadow Lanes Bowling Palace where he formed many new leagues and worked hard at promoting the game of bowling. Jim passed away in 1962. He was elected to the Hall of Fame of Topeka posthumously. A memorial fund was set up which helped fund a tournament bearing his name that still exists today. Neal Moss Neal has served bowling in many ways with great pride. He is a past President of the Topeka Bowling Association (1981-83) and has served as a director. He was President of the Kansas State Bowling Association from 1977 to 1981. He has helped with the Topeka Association's City Tournament many times and also worked with the local Youth bowlers and with their tournaments. Elmer Wetzel Elmer began bowling in 1939 and began league bowling in 1940. He purchased a six (6) lane bowling alley in 1943 in Dodge City. There he promoted league bowling and formed leagues for the local servicemen from the near by Air Base during WW II. He sold the lanes in 1946, but never quit being active in bowling. He has bowled in a league every year since 1941 and hasn't missed a city tournament. He was elected to the Dodge City Men's Bowling Association as Treasurer in 1947, a position he held for forty-two years. He has helped promote the YABA leagues in Dodge City. He has bowled in many Kansas State Men's Tournaments, Senior's Tournaments and last fourteen (14) ABC National Tournaments. Ralph Davies Ralph has been very active in the Manhattan Bowling Association and the Kansas Elks Bowling Association for over 40 years. He has been Secretary & Treasurer for the Manhattan Blowing Association since 1977 and was an assistant for many years before that. Since 1956 Ralph has bowled and been Secretary in many leagues. He has bowled in the Kansas State Tournament since 1953 and bowled 16 straight ABC Tournaments. He has been very active in the Elks Tournaments since 1964 and the American Legion Tournaments since 1958. He ahs been a great promoter for the game of bowling and is always willing to help with a tournament including the Kansas State Men's Tournament. Mark Jensen Mark has been a part of bowling for most of his life. he has won many Wichita City Tournaments, has been Wichita Men's Bowler of the Year, Eagle/Beacon Bowler of the Year, and service on the Board of Directors of the Wichita Men's Bowling Association. Mark also was an ABC National Doubles Champion with Mark Lewis in 1988 and a member of the Chilton Vending team that won the ABC National Team Championship in 1989. mark has traveled extensively for bowling including Wiesbaden, West Germany on the Team USA in the Friendship games, the first United States Male Representative at the Olympics in the sport of bowling in Seoul, Korea and the male representative at the AMC World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico. He has been a great representative for the game of bowling and the State of Kansas. Mike Lucas states that Mark has absolutely the best bowling history in the State of Kansas and has been rewarded by being selected as the new ABC Director for the State of Kansas. Howard Hargrove Howard has been a member of the Lawrence Bowling Association since 1949 in which he has become a lifetime member. He is also in the Lawrence Men's Bowling Hall of Fame. For many years Howard not only was Secretary for 5 different leagues, but bowled in 7. He has bowled in 24 Kansas State Bowling Association Tournaments and 33 Lawrence City Tournaments. He was Y.A.B.A. instructor for 23 years in Lawrence. Howard i not able to bowl as often now, but he still visits the bowling center almost every day just to stay in touch with the game of bowling and with people who he ahs met through the years. Mike Lucas Mike has been bowling for 40 years. He has won many Wy-Jon, Kansas State, Kansas City, Mo., and Missouri State Titles. He was a member of the S & H Bowling Supply team that finished 6th in the ABC Tournament in Baltimore in 1982, and the same team posted a score of 3683 which is one of the highest team and directing several tournaments both in Kansas and Missouri. He and his father John, are the first Father and Son inductees in both the Wy-Jon and the Kansas City, Mo. Hall of fames. He has spent several years working with the Y.A.B.A. not only with his won children, but with many others. In 1963 while bowling on the P.B.A. tour Mike was member of the first P.B.A. image committee which basically decided what the image of a professional bowler should be. Throughout Mike's man illnesses , he has never lost his love, desire or drive to be a part of bowling in some way. Charles Rainwater Charlie was involved in bowling for many years. He was on the Wichita Bowling Association for 36 years, where he served as President and as a Director. on the Southwest Bowling Association, he service as Vice President and Director for 1 years. the Kansas State Bowling Association had the opportunity of service for 23 years as a Director , and a bowling council representative for two years. The committees he served are far too many to mention. He was elected into the Wichita Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 192! Charlie had a high game of 298 (2) and high series of 793. He posted a high average of 207 which earned him 31 career 700 series. he had seven Wichita Bowling Association City Tournament team championships, the Kansas State Bowling Association state tournament team championships and two Southwest Bowling Association tournament team championships. Charlie competed in 30 ABC National Tournaments. Charlie was involved in bowling on the Local, State and National level, he was a tournament director for the Shrine Bowling Tournament, for 9 seasons, as well as serving as President. Charlie devoted most of his life to the game of bowling and was always willing to help any bowler anywhere anytime. Robert Glass Robert's performance on the lanes have earned him the KSBA Hall of Fame induction. He has 26 total 300 games, 13while competing on the PBA tour and 13 sanctioned in leagues, while an ABC member. He has five PBA titles: 1980-Bloomington, IL, 1988-Alburquerque, NM, 1989-Euless, TX, 1990-Cedare Rapids, IA and Elkhorn, NE. He also had 12 runner up finishes in PBA national and regional events. Robert has four-800 series, with the high being 836 in 1978 and a high average of 233 during the 1987-88 bowling season the Royal Crest Lanes in Lawrence, KS. He backed his high average accomplishments with an average of 230 in the 1995-96 bowling season, he has a YABA national title, Greater Ozarks Champion, Lawrence Bowling Association n City Tournament Champion in scratch All events and doubles champion. Robert competed on the collegiate level at Baker University and the University of Kansas from 1976- 78. Many of his plaques were on display at the Jaybowl, located on the KU campus.