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Title: Bocce Ball, Lawn Bowling Northeast Style
Description: In the "Castle's View" column, the game of bocce ball is discussed. This lawn bowling game was once a very popular sport with the Italians who settled in the Northeast area. It is still popular in this area today. There are still two outdoor courts in Columbus Park and indoor courts at the American Sons of Columbus building at 2415 Independence Avenue. The rules of the game are explained and a picture is included.
Date: 2007-01-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sam Molen Obituary
Description: Obituary for Sam Molen who died at Girard, Illinois, on August 8, 2008, at age 92. According to the obituary, "Sam served as president of K. L. Broadcasting Corp. (KBEA-KBEY). He was a sports announcer for 30 years, including 17 years as sports director of KMBC, where he developed the 'Bowlin' for Molen' television program that ran 15 years. He also wrote and narrated a nationally syndicated radio sports feature and authored two sports books, 'They Make Me Laugh' and 'Take Two and Hit to the Right'." He joined Southgate Bank in 1969, becoming manager of the marketing division and retired as senior vice president. Includes his picture.
Date: 2008-08-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Erle Shepherd Obituary
Description: Obituary for Erle Shepherd, the nation's leading bowler and charter member of the Kansas City Bowling Hall of Fame, dying at the age of 81 on March 16, 1970.
Date: 1970-03-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: From Gutter to Glory: Broski 'Kingpin' with Something to Spare
Description: Article about Kansas City television weather forecaster Fred Broski and his successful local game show "Bowling for Dollars," with cultural significance as "a sort of daily edition of the book 'Working' by Studs Terkel." Detailed biography also of Fred Broski, born in about 1936 near "16th and Bennington" streets on the East Side in Kansas City, growing up in the Northeast, and starting work at the All-Brite Galvanizing division of the Broski Brothers business, before doing part-time radio and then television work in nearby cities in the 1960s.
Date: 1975-08-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bowling League - Men's Division
Description: Group portrait of the Men's Division of the South Central Business Association Bowling League at Clifford-Tessman Alleys. N. Emerson Paton is seated in the middle of the first row.
Date: 1942
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team with Trophy
Description: Unidentified group portrait of male bowling team with trophy at unidentified location.
Date: 1957
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team - French Rug Cleaners
Description: Group portrait of the French Rug Cleaners bowling team, identified as the South Central Business Association Men's Bowling League 1946-47 champions.
Date: 1947
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team Award
Description: Unidentified group portrait of a male championship bowling team with trophy at unidentified location.
Date: 1959
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team - Threshold Service Company
Description: Group portrait of members of the Threshold Service Company bowling team, identified as the 1930-31 champions of the South Central Business Association.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sally Rand
Description: Casual group portrait of Sally Rand and unidentified group of men at unidentified bowling alley. Does include N. Emerson Paton in the photograph.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Trophy Presentation
Description: R. C. Ahlstrom (R.), president of the South Kansas City Civic Association, presenting championship trophy to N. B. Cresswell, captain of the South Central Business Association bowling team which won the South Kansas City Civic Association's bowling championship.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team
Description: Identified as the South Central Business Association Championship Bowling Team. Members identified left to right as: Robert Granger, Oland Sloan (Capt.), Lloyd Berry, George Raddant, and John Millar.
Date: 1958
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling League Award
Description: Margaret Pence, president of the Women's Bowling League, receives trophy from Carl Fouty (right). SCBA president Eldon C. Donovan (left).
Date: 1958-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Royal Jones
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Royal Jones; photo autographed as "To N. Emerson Paton (The best club secretary I know) From Royal Jones (The best bowling league secretary he knows) August 1946".
Date: 1946
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team
Description: Group portrait of the championship team of the South Central Business Association Women's Bowling League for the 1949-50 season.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team
Description: Unidentified group portrait of men identified as the champions of the South Central Business Association Bowling League.
Date: 1930~/1939~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Association Champions, 1947
Description: Portrait of the "Refrigeration Equipment Five" of the South Central Business Association Women's Bowling League. From left to right are Ruth Micheals, Eudora Hodges, Marjorie Thompson (captain), Maezel Baehr, and Helen Gibson.
Date: 1947-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Holy Rollers
Description: Brief article describing the bowling alley in the basement of St. John's Catholic Club in Strawberry Hill, a neighborhood near downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The bowling alley has been in continuous operation for over 60 years.
Date: 2004-01-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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