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placement. We will show you as members of the team

tonight only so that your scores will count and we will not be penalized for a short team. That is, is it all right with you girls.

Since it was all the same to us, we agreed, The bowling began and for the most part while the other girls engaged in light conversation, I managed to sit by my- self. We won the first game, largely because of my score of 172 which was better than most women bowlers in this league were capable of.

During the second game, Bernice and Betty Bowan sat with me and tried to be friendly and make small talk. I appreciated this effort on their part and was grateful that my replies to their questions did not seem unusual to them.

The three games were all won by our team and I was pleased that we had been able to help three nice kids get a good start in league competition. We changed into our flats and returned our rented shoes and were preparing to leave when the three girls stopped us and Sylvia asked, "if you girls are free on Tuesday evenings, why don't you bowl with us regularly? We seem to get on beautifully and it was fun, wasn't it? Please tell us that you will join us and come back next week? "

Not able to think of a good reason why we couldn't we agreed to join the team but as a precaution we all exchanged phone numbers and I really planned to call with some excuse why we could not continue bowling with the girls.

While we were driving home Adele said, "it might not be a bad idea at all to bowl again next Tuesday. You will still be on vacation and it will be something to do and you did enjoy the bowling didn't you?" What do you say?

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I agreed much more readily than I thought I would and Adele seemed pleased as she had liked our new found friends.

It was to be a complete surprise to us the following week to find that Betty had found a sponsor for our team - Dale's Dress Shop- and that we would be given matching

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