Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 22, 1949
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After a last minute rush to complete construction thew new $50,000 Washtenaw Lanes bowling alley west of Pittsfield Village on Washtenaw Rd. is opening tonight for league bowling. Open bowling will begin Saturday noon. Owned and built by A. B. Whitley and Erwin Neithammer, the structure houses 12 alleys and two shuffleboard courts. A new type of automatic device sets the bowling pins.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 2, 1958
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LIONS PREPARE FOR FUND DRIVE: Ann Arbor Lions will conduct their annual limited mail solicitation for funds as a feature of White Cane Week, May 4 to 10, but small change collected in their canisters about the city also helps in the club's program of aid to the blind and others with sight handicaps. Here, Lion Lawrence F. Webber (left) and Joe Pagan, manager of the Ann Arbor Recreation bowling alleys, check contents of a Lions' canister filled by local bowlers.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 30, 1948
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BLOWING UP A BOWLING BALL: Among the capers that the women bowlers of the Ladies City league cut last night at their annual Halloween Costume party was the above action in which Pearl Bruck is pumping a bowling ball held by Helen Foor while Jockey Laura Egeler is in position to keep the ball from bursting. Notice Helen's costume. She was costumed on her right side as a woman, and on her left side as a man. The gals had a lot of fun.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 30, 1948
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GOT A STRIKE: Fancy costume and blackface didn't stop Mirian Coats from getting a strike as she hurled her first ball down the alley last night in the Halloween party of the Ladies City Bowling league.