Well, STAC week is over. I hope you all got enough silver points.
Our two extra games: Saturday night, Mother’s Day eve, had 10 full tables;
and Sunday, Mother’s Day, had 8 full tables. Thanks to all of you who attended
these two extra games.
And the nominees are???? It’s election time again, please look for a ballot on the computer desk top, and fill it in, and deposit it in the Gold Box. The new board members will be announced at our Unit Game/Party/free dinner & bridge on June 10th, aka the Annual Membership Appreciation Game, totally free to members of Unit 507! And look for the sign up sheet for this Unit party and sign up early, so if we need the big room we can book it, and also we need to tell the restaurant or caterer how many people to expect. So if you’re reading this, and plan to attend, and are not a member of Unit 507, perhaps it is time to tell someone on the Board (listed elsewhere in this publication) of your desire to transfer into one of the stronger Units in the ACBL, and qualify for a great free dinner and bridge game!
Have you noticed all the books in our book exchange? Thank you Helen
Mitchell for bringing down five full, heavy boxes of reading materials.
Feel free to take a book and read it, maybe several. After all this publication
shouldn’t take too much of your time.
Thanks to all of you who submitted a charity of your choice. Everything
is being submitted to the ACBL, and hopefully all the organizations will
be
getting checks . . . . your ACBL membership dues coming back to the
community!
Did you notice in the last issue of "The Di-Rek’or" Ray asked for a
little assistance composing this news letter. . . . I suspect he is
running out
of clipart. (Nope, just time. — Ed.) Give Ray a call if you can help
or have a bridge-related article.
Have you seen anything going on at the clubs that you think needs
changing? Is there anything that perhaps needs to be implemented, tried,
or eliminated (other than your partner) from our bridge games? If so, our
next Board meeting is June 6, at 5:30 P.M. Come on by, stand up and be
heard.
See you at the tables.
Monday 11 a.m. SJBC
4/2 Jean Bogosian - Loreta Flynn (A/B)
Anne Struthers - Elaine Erickson (A)
Wesley Woo - Sue Harrison (B/C)
4/9 David Chang - Robert Jonesi (A)
Steve Bosma - Kenneth Kenfield (A)
Coline Maclean - Bert Hsu (B)
Marjorie Stake - Beverly Wright (B)
Maxine Lubow - Ray Lubow (C)
Gabriele Pani - Rita Randolph (C)
4/16 W Riester Jr - Ted Richmond (A) 67.51%
Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch (A)
Madeline Ulrich - Harriet Rounds (B)
Malcolm Stewart - Richard Jacobs (C)
Boris Ginzburg - Victor Rivkin (B/C)
4/23 Jim Wulfhorst - Paul Amato (A/B/C)
Marilyn Nadler - Jeanne Becht (A/B)
Margaret Lamey - Jean Bogosian (C)
4/30 Helen Mitchell - Kenneth Kenfield (A)
Ruth Sporer - Gigi Spinazze (A/B)
Paul Amato - Jim Wulfhorst (C)
Maxine Lubow - Ray Lubow (B/C)
Monday 7:30 p.m. SJBC
4/2 Rita Randolph - Judy Namanny
4/9 Keith McMahan - Robin Velte 66.11%
Hattie Donovan - Russ Donovan
4/16 Zev Bogan - Daniel Claassen
Jewel Schimke - Shirley Foreman
4/23 Gigi Spinazze - Shih-Ming Shih 72.22%
Jewel Schimke - Shirley Foreman
4/30 Bruce Bajema - Fred Berkey
Tuesday 10:30 a.m. SJBC
4/3 Doris Oelberg - Harry Cuzner (A/B)
Bonnie Beardsley - Judy Fisher (A)
Keith McMahan - Terri Richards (B/C)
4/10 Frances Dickman - N Hatfield (A)
Jyme Schmieder - Bill Langlois (A)
Kathleen Keener - Madie Horton (B)
Coline Maclean - Bev Rennie (B)
4/17 Diane Shannon - Charlie Dorn (A)
Mostafa Hafezi - Virginia English (A)
Normam Wang - Y.E. Chen (B)
4/24 Diane Shannon - Don Rothschild (A)
Anne Boboricken - Jim Hayashi (A)
Beverly Wright - Jean Power (B)
Tuesday 7:30 p.m. SJBC
4/3 Tania Moalem - Edward Lee (A/B)
Richard Reitman - Rob Stevens (A)
Bill Keckler - Hiram Shen (B/C)
4/10 George Humphrey - Dan Turkus (A/B)
Andrea James - Charley James (A)
Kenneth Yip - Andy Andrews (C)
Art Fonda - Paul Nelson (B)
4/17 Robert Ritz - Mike Cailean (A)
Josephine Cooley - Paul Nelson (A)
Derek Fiero - Teddi Fiero (B)
John Oswalt - Cindy Gilbert (B)
4/24 Judy Fisher - Harriel Shea (A) 67.36%
Robert Ritz - Mike Cailean (A)
Read Kitson - Paul Nelson (B)
Richard Jacobs - Hiram Shen (B/C)
Wednesday 10:30 a.m. SJBC
4/4 Sidney Safir - Jack Clinch 70%
4/11 Raja Smadi - Malcolm Stewart (A/B)
4/18 Jack Clinch - Sidney Safir 66.67%
4/25 Chien Fan - David Chang 65%
Wednesday 2:30 p.m. SJBC
4/4 Jerry McFadden - Catherine Plyler
4/18 Phyllis Reinhardt - Ron Laffen
Wednesday 7:00 p.m. SJBC
4/4 Lynn Yokel - Annette Powers (A/B)
John Hoffman - Neal Webb (A)
Ruth Froeberg - John Harley (B)
4/11 Mike Roney - John Prior (A/B)
Anne Boboricken - Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey (A)
Tania Moalem - Susan Zimmerman (B)
4/18 Leila Sink - Rose Meltzer (A)
John Hoffman - Mansoor Gowani (A)
Dana Brown - Srinivasan Ravindran (B)
Ray Yuenger - Steve Chen (B)
4/25 Robert Madalena - John Schoenbrun (A)
Ruth Froeberg - John Harley (A/B)
George Pledger - Melinda Foos (B/C)
Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Oakwood
4/4 Larry Miller - Abby Aldecoa (A) 66.36%
Mostafa Hafezi - William Aherns (A)
Glenn Hudson - John Swindlehurst (B/C)
4/11 Don Hayden - Florence Golden (A) 69.58%
Val Abid - Anne Dudman (A/B/C)
4/18 Bill Traver - Zev Bogan (A/B)
Mervin Falk - Shirley Falk (A/B/C)
Barbara Soohoo - Nancy Nakamura (C)
4/25 Larry Miller - Abby Aldecoa (A) 66.25%
Don Hayden - Florence Golden (A)
Glenn Hudson - John Swindlehurst (B/C)
Thursday 10:30 a.m. SJBC
4/5 Gary Yang - Jerry Teng
Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois
4/12 Anne Boboricken - Rose Meltzer
Patricia Hannah - Read Kitson
4/19 Gary Yang - Olive Tangney
Dolores Clinch - Jack Clinch
4/26 Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois (A)
Dan Turkus - Richard Sarsfield (A/B/C)
Thursday 7:30 p.m. SJBC
4/5 Wilfred Tang - Alexander Tampilang (A) 66.27%
Hiram Shen - Phyllis Vierra (A)
Ronald Smith - Joan Smith (B)
4/12 Phyllis Vierra - Hiram Shen (A)
Julie Joyce - Judy Moak (A)
Shih-Wei Lu - Billie Untiedt (B)
4/19 Joy Baker - Jane Casciano (A/B/C)
Chuck Walters - Joy Walters (A/B/C)
4/26 Charles Reinthaler - Bill Barnes (A/B)
Jan Sullivan - Mike Sullivan
Friday 11 a.m. SJBC
4/6 Rita Randolph - Joyce Sogg
L. W. Lee - Ray Crist
4/13 Helen Tseng - Jim Tseng
Hiram Shen - Pam Woods
4/20 Jim Keehan - Lloyd Lettis
Louis Martin, Jr - Sherry Waki
4/27 Hiram Shen - Richard Jacobs
Friday 7:30 p.m. SJBC
4/6 Pat McFerren - Will Watson (A)
Shantanu Chakraborty - Stephen Tu (B/C)
4/13 Mark Robichek - Gary Porter (A) 67.82%
John Hoffman - Kah Toa Yeung (A)
Derek Fiero - Teddi Fiero (B/C)
4/20 Franklin Lowenthal - Gary MacGregor
4/27 Steve Chen - Michael Heymann (A/B)
Robert Moen - John Preovolos (C)
Saturday 12:45 p.m. SJBC
4/7 Florence Golden - Doris Oelberg
Joe Barletta - Sandi Barletta
4/14 Bernard Brown - Mildred Brown
Hiram Shen - Richard Jacobs
4/21 Frank Napolitan - Ursula Gueldner
Jewel Schimke - Malcolm Stewart
4/28 David Gambelin - Robert Ujifusa
Wesley Woo - Alexander Tampilang
Unit Game
4/6 Lynn Yokel - Annette Powers (A/B)
TC Yang - Fang Wu (A/B)
Chee Tung - David Chang (C)
I oft recall that when we wed,
to help increase my knowledge,
my husband said, "I’ll teach you bridge,
a game I played in college."
He dealt the cards and said, "one heart."
Opponent passed, then I did,
‘Cause all I had was just one heart,
and that’s no good, so why bid?
Opponent passed, then hubby shrugged
and said, "Now you’re the dummy."
I answered, "Look, don’t call me names.
I still can play gin rummy."
Opponent led, I showed my hand
and quickly got the feeling
that hubby must be very mad.
I saw him hit the ceiling.
"How could you pass with eighteen points,
six spades, one heart, three aces?
We’ve missed a slam." "So what?" I cried,
"You needn’t make such faces."
I dried my tears and soon resolved
that I would ease these tensions
by taking lessons twice a week
in systems and conventions.
My groom was thrilled to learn my plan.
He thought it fine and dandy
until he heard me arguing
for Astro versus Landy.
I cited Schenken, quoted Roth
discussed responsive doubles.
And the Stayman variations
only multiplied our troubles.
"One no trump, dear," my husband called.
"Four hearts!" (You know that’s Texas.)
But he said, "pass," and thus began
the battle of the sexes.
Now I’m no dummy anymore,
but master points I’ll wager,
that hubby rues the day I learned,
a minor from a major.