SUMMARY

Barbara started bowling about 1960 and continued to roll through the 1981-82 season.  While she might not have been recognized as one of the best bowlers at the time, she managed to beat them when it counted.  Barbara captured 10 city titles winning actual titles in each category – Team, Singles, Doubles and All Events.  Few Kokomo bowlers have won as many city titles as Barbara.

Barbara loved bowling.  She was dedicated to serving the bowling community and her mother.  She is humble in nature and family oriented.

SERVICE

• 1961-62 – Sergeant-at-Arms for the KWBA
• Served as a Director on the KWBA Board from 1970-71 through 1973-74 and was appointed to serve again for 1975-76

BOWLING PERFORMANCE

• City Tournament Titles
  • 10 City titles including:
  • 1964-65 Team Handicap (2845) for Hynd’s Drugs with Louise Hannon, Donna Pickett, Betty Beaver and Mary Lantz
  • 1967-68 Singles Actual with 587 (her 654 Handicap score was good for 3^rd place)
  • 1967-68 All Events Actual with 1623 (beat Peg Hawkins 1621 and Jeniece Kasey’s 1601)
  • 1968-69 Team Actual (tie) for Dietzen’s Bakery (2440) with Donna Pickett, Virginia Scott, Betty Lauderbaugh and Virginia Robson (tied with the powerhouse Shearer Printing team of Rosie Currens, Lynn Currens, Jeniece Kasey, Naomi Moore and Duggie McCoy)
  • 1968-69 Team Handicap also with 2842
  • 1969-70 Singles Actual (609) and Handicap (669)
  • 1969-70 Doubles Actual (1073) with Donna Pickett – 2^nd in handicap
  • 1975-76 Doubles Actual (1168) and Handicap (1354) with Donna Pickett
• Averages
  • No yearbooks exist for the KWBA during Barbara’s era
  • When she shot her first 600 series (a 602) a March 8, 1961 article stated she was averaging 170
  • Another article cited that she had the season high average in the Strike and Spare league with a 159
  • Barbara indicates that she averaged from the 160’s to the low 170’s
• High Series
  • Rolled five 600 series
    • 669 in the 1975-76 City Tournament – 168, 246 and 255 – to win Doubles Actual and Handicap
    • 625 in March of 1980
    • 611 in the UAW Regional tournament
    • 602 and 600
  • Frequently appeared in the newspaper Honor Roll with about 8 top five appearances
  • Also rolled another two series of over 590, two 580’s, eight 570’s, four 560’s and eight 550’s
• High Games
  • Rolled a 269, a 255 and two 246 games
• Other Accomplishments
  • Led 1965 Indiana/Kentucky UAW tournament Team with 2962 handicap (Barbara had 517 actual) – 352 teams
  • Held Singles lead in 1965 Indiana/Kentucky UAW Regional with only one week to go with 646 handicap (562 actual)
  • Final results for both were not posted in the paper
  • 1968 UAW Regional tournament in Indianapolis – won Team Handicap (3061) with Chevelles, won Singles Actual (611) and Handicap (701) as indicated in the March 27, 1968 newspaper. Was 2^nd All Events Handicap with 1929.
  • UAW Region 3 tournament in Indianapolis – possibly 1973 – Team Actual with Chevelles. Doubles Actual and Handicap with Lorene Salsbury. Third in All Events.

CAREER HIGHS

Game – 269

Series – 669

Average – Low 170’s