The writing of a club story would always involve a detective like sifting of the evidence, in a search for truth amongst inadequate and trust-rating material. However we believe that the Osborne Park Bowling Club was the first bowling Club in Western Australia to be both financed and built by the members.  Knowing this we are very lucky that in this our twentieth year we are able to put together the facts as recorded by our first overworked Secretary.

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In writing our story we have decided to use as many names as possible.  Many have played a prominent part in the foundation and running of our Club, and there are just as many who were dedicated hard workers without being prominent.  We ask all members to bear with us if they feel that we have overlooked a particular person or event as we have taken great care to present an accurate, true account of our early days.

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The Editors.

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1955

THE BEGINNING OF AN ERA

Our story really began one wet Saturday afternoon late in 1955 with a group of Osborne Park identities playing Euchre in a tent at the rear of the local pub.  Those present in the tent were:

Murray Bartle, George Bell, Don Leuzzi, George Margaria, Frank Franesconi, Tony(Yankee) Mihovilovich and the late Albert Sims.

 

It was through an insignificant incident with the local publican that the players in the tent started discussions among the locals as to how they could get a license for a Club.  Bob and Ken Bartle were, at that time, members of Forrest Park Bowling Club and they suggested that a Bowling Club would suit their needs. Joe Purcell was a strong advocate and it was decided that he and George Bell would each try to get ten men to a meeting to discuss the formation of a Club.

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FIRST MEETING

The first meeting, on the 15th February 1956, was held at George Bells home. Those present were:

Albert Sims, Ted Hickling, Murray Bartle, Bob Bartle, Pat Margaria, Stan Lancaster, Mick Martinovich, Gordon Edwards, Charlie Ferguson, Bill Powell, Vic Long, Ron Kennedy, Joe Purcell, George Margaria, George Bell, Rowley Blennerhassett, Tony(Yankee) Mihovilovich, Joe Leuzzi and Les Colgan.

 

Rowley Blennerhassett was never a member but was invited to the meeting to give advice on licensing procedures, as liquor licenses for Clubs were very hard to obtain in the 1950’s. Albert Sims took the chair until the formation of a committee, which comprised the following:

President:    George Bell

Vice President:    Joe Purcell

Joint Secretaries:     Ted Hickling & Murray Bartle

Treasurer:    Bob Bartle

Committee:    Albert Sims, Pat Margaria, Joe Leuzzi, Vic Long, Stan Lancaster, George Margaria, Bill Powell, Mick Martinovich, Gordon Edwards & Charlie Ferguson.

 

This was a temporary committee and was elected for 3 months.  All present put in for the keg and the supper that amounted to ₤4.10.0 which was donated back to start a bank account.

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SELECTING THE SITE

The first meeting was held at Bartles Hardware Shop was on 22.2.1956.  One of the main objects of this meeting was to select suitable sites and the following were suggested.

A.    Bonds block approx half acre located at North Beach Rd, Osborne Park.

B.    Humes block approx one acre on the N.W. corner of Tyler & Lawley Sts.

C.    George Hills block Cnr Hutton & Hamilton Sts.

D.    Frappes Nursery approx. two acres cnr Main St & North Beach Rd.

E.    Fomiattis block approx two acres Cnr Wanneroo Road & Royal St.

F.    Whites block approx 1 acre Cnr Main & Swan Sts

G.    Johns Nursery S E Corner Hutton & Edward Streets.

 

These sites were all rejected for various reasons and the present site was suggested by Harold Millet and the late Jim O’Malley who were at that time Osborne Ward members of the Perth Road Board.

Once the site was selected, weekly meetings were held in Bartles Hardware Shop.

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1956

At the second meeting Jack Rainoldi and the late Allen Field were elected as foundation committee men.  At a committee meeting held on the 6th March 1956 it was decided to use the rules of the Perth Bowling Club as a basis for our rules.

 

FIRST GENERAL MEETING

It was also decided to hold the first General Meeting in the RSL Hall on the 26th March 1956 the purpose of this meeting was to elect a committee for 12 months.  Jim O’Malley took the chair for the election of officers and the following were elected for 12 months:

President:    George Bell

Vice Presidents    Bob Bartle & Fred Birnie

Secretary:    Ted Hickling

Treasurer:    Murray Bartle

Ass. Secretary:    Murray Bartle

Committee:    Charlie Ferguson, Allan Field, Jack Rainoldi, Mick Martinovich, Ron Kennedy, Cliff Guelfi, Ron Francesconi & Stan Lancaster.

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FIRST SUB COMMITTEE

The first building committee was formed on the 19th April 1956, its members were George Bell, Jack Rainoldi, Mick Martinovich, Murray Bartle & Fred Francesconi. During this period events moved very quickly and it was decided to hold a meeting in the old Agricultural Hall for members and any persons interested in the proposed Club. This meeting was held on the 25th June 1956 and approx fifty people attended.  This was possibly the first time that any correspondence had been used to members as up until now it had been communication by word of mouth.

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It was decided at this meeting to stop the drive for membership, however there was apparently no need for a drive as there were seventeen new members admitted at the next meeting at the Hardware Shop on July 10th this took the membership to 107.

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FINANCING THE PROJECT

To get the project started all members were asked to state in confidence how much they were prepared to subscribe in either of two ways

A. Cash or

B. Debentures

 

The outstanding amount of £11,965.0.0 cash and £700.0.0 in goods was promised as well as a further £1,127. 0.0 on-call over a period of six months. Many others contributed labour to be taken out in debenture at a flat rate, (irrespective of what type of work) equal value to the basic wage that was paid at that time. We must thank Joe Purcell for his interest and foresight for he still retains the original notice sent out for this meeting and the summary of what transpired, including the envelope in which it was posted.

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It is interesting to note that our original Clubhouse was designed on the same lines as the Rockingham Bowling Club, which had not long been completed.  The amount of £55.0.0 for the plans and specifications for the proposed Clubhouse was paid on the 10th July 1956.  The financial balance at this date was £533.11.1.  On the 25th September 1956 a special extraordinary meeting was held in the Agricultural Hall followed by supper and films.

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OUR LADIES DEBUT

Mrs Bell had prepared the supper for the first meeting at her home approximately 12 months earlier and it is believed that the September meeting in 1956 was the first occasion that the wives of the members prepared the supper.  Thank goodness they are still looking after us.

The bank balance at this date was £2,310.13.1

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There were some members at this meeting who felt that a Clubhouse the same as Rockingham was far too ambitious a scheme and a proposal was put forward to only build half the size.  It was only after a spirited talk by Father Longmead (now Monsignor) that the members decided to go ahead with the plan.

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The last committee meeting held in 1956 was on 10th December there were four new members admitted they were Ray Lamb No 133, Tom Burley No 134, Tom Lewis No 135 and Ron Kennedy No 136. The last item of business conducted in 1956 was the acceptance of the Colgans offer of two billiard tables complete with equipment and lighting not to exceed 100 pounds each to be taken out in debenture stock.

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1957

The first committee meeting for 1957 was held on 4th February. The first member to be admitted in 1957 was Vic Zanninovich No 137.  It was decided to approach Bill Hegney MLA to take the position of patron.  The building had now reached the stage where the committee was able to erect a notice board in it.

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This is the first record we have of the Club having printing done, the treasurer was authorised to order: 5000 envelopes, 1000 Letterheads and 200 Membership Cards, Joe Purcell still has his first card — it is No 21.

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BUSY BEES

The project was helped by the tremendous enthusiasm and Busy Bees were the in thing, not only on weekends but after work would see someone working on the job until dark.  The keg was kept at Fred Birnie's Butcher Shop and the stories of the happenings at these busy bees and the keg afterwards behind the tea trees at the Butcher Shop would be a story in itself.

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To enable vehicles to get through from Park Street to the building site Fred Francesconi carted loads of bark from Micks’ Timber Mill in Hamilton Street and made a track of bark to the building site. Don Leuzzi and Ken Bartle ran a water line from Park Street to the building site. George Hill built a builders shed out of face cuts and we believe George Bell used the same material to build the first dunny.

There are literally hundreds of stories and we intend to tell them all later.

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At a committee meeting held on the 18th February it was decided to approach the Road Board re the laying down of the third green.  Dr Ansell Bedell No 146 was among the new members admitted at this meeting.  A decision was made that all new members pay a nomination fee of £5.5.0.

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FINES FOR NON ATTENDANCE

It was no good being on committee in those days unless you were dedicated (or a mad worker) for apart from the busy bees, procuring quotes materials, permits etc etc there was much assistance. The word was spreading of what was being done at Osborne Park and there were many visits by members of other clubs to see the happening.

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The bank balance on the 6th May 1957 was £3,073.19.6, which is amazing when we remember that a Bowling Club was being built with monthly payments being made as if money was going out of fashion.  For example payments for April were £1931.4.4 and May £2885.7.5.

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SEVEN DAYS NOTICE TO PAY FEES

Membership fees were £5.5.0 per year and were due on 31st May 1957.  All members were advised that their fees were due on the 31st by registered letter and they were given 7 days to pay. One of our present day members who was elected at this meeting was Sonny Conway No 192.  The last committee meeting to be held at the hardware shop was on 10th June 1957 the clubs financial situation was:

Debenture Payments:    £4,362.16.11

Subscriptions    £1,895.5.0

Expenses    £3,538.18.2

Balance    £2,719.3.9.

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A decision was made to pay workers at Busy Bees £3.10.0 plus 20% for tradesmen.

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The following members were elected Joe Conti No 208 and Albert McFarlane No 207.  The last member to be elected at the Hardware Shop was Alby Howson No 207.

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FIRST MEETING IN CLUBHOUSE

The first committee meeting was held in the Clubhouse was on 1st July 1957.  The minutes for this meeting are typed and take up seven pages in the minute book.  The pace at this time must have been tremendous.

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The minutes of this meetings are filled with alterations to the constitution, applications for affiliation with the R.W.A.B.A, teams for Pennants, registration of club colours, a telephone, a road to be built, quotes for refrigeration furnishings etc, etc.

One could go on and on about how many members must have neglected their homes, businesses and jobs to get our club off the drawing board and make it a reality.

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The first general meeting ever held in the new clubrooms was on 10th July 1957 which was a special general meeting that was called to amend club rules.  Approximately 120 members attended this meeting and the Club membership at this time was 216. A show of hands from those interested in playing pennants gave a count of over 50 members.  It was then moved that the secretary write to Harry Snook regarding instructions for players. The President announced that there was a vacancy for a caretaker for the Club, however, there is no record of any further discussion on this matter.

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There were several interesting items of business in the committee meeting held on 22nd July 1957 among them was the decision to start the refrigeration work immediately, the purchase of two cash registers, the selection of our Club colours, and selection of the first match committee whose members were Bob Bartle, Jack Rainoldi, Fred Birnie, and Stan Lancaster. Bob Bartle was also appointed temporary delegate to the R.W.A.B.A.

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Among the new members listed were Gino Pozzi No 209 and Ed Cunnington No 214 who was later to become the lady bowlers first coach.

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BOWLS COMMENCE

The greens had made very good progress and we must thank one of the States top bowlers at that time the late Harry Snook for his valuable advice in this respect. It was decided to enter 8 teams for Saturday Pennants and 4 teams for midweek pennants.

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On the first of October all intending bowlers were asked to turn up on Sunday 13th for instruction and an elimination test for selecting the teams, three well known bowlers came from Royal Park to do this job, they were Laurie Ball, Pat Green and the late Tom Scaddan.

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The following is a list of the foundation bowlers;

Antulov T, Bell G, Bartle R, Bartle M T, Bartle K, Birnie F, Bedell A, Birnie T, Beros S, Bertolini C,

Coombs H, Clarke J, Cunnington E, Dorrington P, Flanders H, Foppoli M, Francesconi A, Guelfi C, Guelfi F,

Gertzel R, Howson A, Hehir J, Howe W J, Johnson F, Katuna-Rich B, Kramer L, Lockwood W,

Leuzzi U, Lancaster S, Mevio T, Margaria J, McFarlane A, Margaria U, Martinovich M, Newell T, Pratt A, Pozzi G, Pestell R, Rainoldi J, Rainoldi A, Rodin J, Rodin J Jnr., Starling W, Sheahan D, Smullen Jack, Tillotson R, Treasure D, White G, Watters E, Zaninovich V, Zaninovich M.

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We are entering the bowling era of our club and we must pay a special tribute to Bob Bartle for the excellent work he has done for 20 years in keeping the club bowling records.  It would not be possible to calculate the countless number of hours that have been spent to make this document the professional job it is.

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THE LADIES JOIN US

The year ended on a busy note, there were several meetings in the last quarter, among the many decisions were the following:

To admit lady associate members, the fee was set at £2.2.0 per year.

The secretary was to be paid £5.5.0 per week.

Bill Della Vedova was the first full time barman.

Charlie Ferguson was appointed Greenkeeper and Don Leuzzi Treasurer.

 

The committee meeting held in 5th March was a busy one, 33 new members were admitted, among them were, the following present day members;

Phil Guelfi No 151, Bill Hegney No 152, Steve Beros No 155, Len Simmons No 158, Joe Rodin Snr No 160, Bill Lockwood No 161, Arthur Pratt No 162, Bill Powell No 163, Peter Menaglio No 169, Peter Sertorio No 177 Guido Diletti No 178.

 

It was moved at this meeting that members in the members book from No 1 to No 149 as at 22.2.1957 be classed as foundation members, thus the Clubs No 1. foundation member was George Bell and the last foundation member was the late Bert Sawyer No 149.

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FOUNDATION MEMBERS

The following is a list of the foundation members and their numbers as listed in the club records. We regret the many gaps and trust that publishing these notes will prompt many of the original members to help us with their stories and perhaps plug up some of the holes.

George Bell (1), Ted Hickling (2), Bob Bartle (3), Murray Bartle (4), Charlie Ferguson (5), Jack Rainoldi (6), Mick Martinovich (7), Stan Lancaster (8), Fred Birnie (9), Fred Francesconi (10), Alan Field (12), Cliff Guelfi (13), Pat Margaria (15), George Margaria (16), Ken Bartle (19), Joe Purcell (21), Lou Kramer (22), Joe Leuzzi (24), Don Leuzzi (25), Doug Sheahan (26), Gordon Edwards (27), Ron Sertorio (28), Bill Brown (29), Joe Marinko (32), George Prosser (34), Ernie Guelfi (36), Fred Johnson (37), George Hill (39), Frank Francesconi (40), Mingo Foppoli (42), Jim Howe (44), Allan James (45), Bill Starling (48),

Joe Marinko (51), Marinko Yaksich (52), Jim Martinovich (54), Nick Martinovich (55), Chris Lucev (56), Mick Healy (57), Jack Smullin (58), Mate Martinovich (60), Les Hewitt (61), Ray Gugiatti (65), Otto Putelli (66), George Fewson (67), Tom Newell (72), Tom Edwards (78), Fred Wilkie (80), Bill Powell (81), Tom Birnie (84), Laurie Richards (86), Ron Richards (87), Joe Burke (89), Harry Comerford (93), Andy Fomiatti (94), Ritchie Guelfi (95), John O’Bryan (97),

A Rainoldi (103), Mick Zanninovich (104), Tom Karmelich (105), Harry Coombs (106), Fred Christianson (107), G Thompson (108), R Arbuckle (109), R Dudney (110), Tony Antulov (111), Morrie Rosich (112), Peter Lucev (113), H Conder (114), Frank Guelfi (115), Jack Guthrie (116), Steve Beros (117), Alf Pozzi (118), Fred Guelfi (125), R Lamb (133), Tom Hurley (134), Tom Lewis (135), Tom Kennedy (136), Vic Zanninovich (137), Nick Nanovich (138), T Gordon (139), J Nariovich (140), F Knuckey (141), W Van Dalen (142), A Rorichi (143), Don Fortune (144), P Brookes (145), Dr Bedell (146), M Rowley (147), A Brown (148), Bert Sawyer (149).

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COMMITTEE ENLARGED

The first accounts for stationery and building were passed at this meeting these accounts were paid to L Pugh.

£12.0.0, Midland Brick Co £1,600.0.0. The Clubs second annual general meeting was held in the Agricultural Hall on 13th March 1957. It was decided to increase the committee from eight to ten, New faces to appear on committee were Pat Margaria and Albert Sim, all other positions for office were re elected unopposed.

 

Amongst decisions made at this meeting were to increase the membership to 250 and to ask any out of work carpenters to contact the committee who would immediately employ them with payment by debenture stock.

The first meeting of the new enlarged committee was held at the hardware shop on 2nd April 1957.  Apart from the original building committee this is the first time that the committee elected sub committees.

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THREE MORE SUB COMMITTEES ELECTED

A    Finance: Murray Bartle, Mick Martinovich, Jack Rainoldi and Ron Kennedy.

B    Grounds: Albert Sim, Pat Margaria and Fred Francesconi.

C    Social: Stan Lancaster, Allan Field, Charlie Ferguson, Bob Bartle, Cliff Guelfi and Fred Birnie.

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The committee meeting held on the 27th May 1957 was an important one as this was the first decision taken to obtain quotes for furniture (the quotes were to be from members) the items in question were sixteen chrome and laminex tables, eighty chairs and one steel urinal unit.

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Among new members were Joe Menaglio 199 and Slavo Marinkovich 200, this is the first record of a waiting list, the first person on the waiting list was Sam Hayman 201.

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LIQUOR LICENSE

In May 1957 the club was ready to prepare its application for a liquor license and Mr O’Dea a solicitor of Kalgoorlie who specialised in this work was retained as the Clubs legal adviser. Club liquor licenses were not easy to procure at this period so it is interesting to note that when the time arrived for the court, to inspect the premises the interest in this project was so great that all members of the court came out for the inspection.

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LIGHTS INSTALLED

The decision was made on 2nd September 1957 to install lighting on two greens.  They didn’t waste much time in those days as just 14 days later at the half-yearly meeting Jim Howe was thanked for his electrical work on the greens.

It was at this half yearly meeting that the members honoured our foundation president by electing him the Clubs first life member.

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FIRST EMPLOYEE

On the 30th September Albert Sim was employed as Greenkeeper/Caretaker and Jim Howe was elected to the Committee.

The account for the rails for lighting the greens came to £34. 16. 0 and cartage amounted to £1.13.9 these rails were erected by Chris Lucev with his mobile crane plus plenty of manpower.

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Among the many new members for September were:

Archie Love, C Leuzzi, Bill Klarich, Don Treasure, Dave Lloyd, Peter Fomiatti, Brian Sherwood, Vie Russell, Jack Hayden, Don Menaglio, Snow Hall and the late Jim Conway.

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Jack Rainoldi was appointed a member of the greens committee at this meeting.

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OFFICIAL OPENING

The grand opening was held on the 2nd November l957 and an invitation was extended to all of the Royal Park Committee in appreciation of help given. Incidentally, Royal Park members admired our flagpole so much (which was made and donated by Lou Kramer) that Lou made another one which was donated by our Club to Royal Park in appreciation of assistance.

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1958

The year 1958 continued in the same tempo.  On the 22nd February the Clubs membership was closed at 400 and there was a waiting list to join. Bowls were in full swing and socials were started early in the New Year.  They did not have a band for these early socials and a pianist Jean Fitch was regularly engaged to provide the music, the MC being Bert Donegan.  It was not until September 1958 that the first band was engaged for a Club social

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In February 1958 the mens committee made an advance of £20.0.0 to the Ladies Bowling Club.  The first meeting held to form the Ladies Bowling Club was on 11th February 1958.  Three men from the mens club attended this meeting to assist in the formation of the Club and selection of a Committee, they were George Bell, Allan Field and the clubs newly appointed secretary/ manager Ken Turner.

Margaret Gordon supplied the following notes to us for publication on behalf of the Ladies Club up to the end of 1958.  Mr Georqe Bell, who, with Mr Don Leuzzi gave us a lot of advice and assistance during the ‘early days’ opened the meeting in the Club rooms at 8.10 p.m. and 45 Ladies were present.

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The original committee members were:

Mrs T Lightly    President (deceased)

Mrs D Bedell    Vice President

Mrs M Gordon    Secretary

Mrs J Hehir    Treasurer

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LADIES COMMITTEE

Mrs N Bell, Mrs D Birnie, Mrs F Bartle, Mrs P Rainoldi, Mrs E Margaria, Mrs M Pozzi.

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At this meeting the ‘hat’ was taken around and an amount of £2.4.0 was collected to purchase tea, sugar, butter and other items for the following Saturday afternoon teas.  The committee donated bread, scones, cakes and butter and I may add the Committee donated many other varied items during the first months.  To commence a bank balance the mens Committee gave us £20.0.0.

The men held their first carnival in February 1958 and it was requested that sandwiches, salads, sausage rolls and cakes were to be served to the players for their suppers.

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No wonder Osborne Park were noted for their lavish afternoon teas and suppers and may I add, with Mrs Freda Bartle in charge of the food arrangements, this good name carried on over the years.

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HOW DID WE RAISE MONEY?

Our first General Meeting was held in May 1958 and we had by this time 170 members. (At this date we became affiliated with the W.A. Women's Bowling Association). We also had a bank balance of £51.14.1 after only 3 months of operating.  This money was raised by selling raffle tickets (we would raffle a cake for £1/— or if a cake was not available anything else we could lay our hands on was raffled, as long as we got it for nothing).

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Every member gave and brought whenever a cake stall was held, or the raffle tickets were sold, because we were all very keen to see the Club prosper and there were a thousand things we needed.

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We had our first Gala Day in April 1959 and we made a profit of £92.7.6 but it must be remembered that all raffles were donated and most of the vegetables. (I don’t think the profit on Gala Days or night carnivals today would equal $185.). As we were so financial we had a big spending spree and purchased bridge chairs, carpet for the Ladies Lounge Room, and a refrigerator for the kitchen (we paid the refrigerator off in instalments and then as time went by we were always purchasing different commodities either for the kitchen, locker room or lounge room.

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One of our big projects at this time was organising and supplying shades on the greens. Another income source were Ladies Club fees which were paid to the O.P.B.C. but the Ladies Club received £2/- per person.

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CLEANING OF CLUB ROOMS

When we first started, a lady cleaner was appointed.  Unfortunately she preferred to be a lady of leisure and didn’t worry about cleaning in the corners etc.  The Ladies were continually reporting the poor state of affairs so the Mens Committee came up with the bright idea of making Margaret Gordon ‘overseer of cleaning’ and all unsavoury reports from members were to come to her. (Very smart thinking on the mens part).

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Many a morning Don Leuzzi would ring Margaret Gordon and say “Help the cleaner has not turned up” and together with Peg Rainoldi she would arrive at the Club faced with a hall of dirty drinking vessels, floor unswept and general order of disarray. They would get down on their hands and knees and wash the entire floor of the main hall, because an Electrolux was unheard of, as finances would not permit such a luxury. As time went by this commodity plus a polisher were finally purchased with the financial help from the men, of course.

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PENNANTS AND DRESS

As you can imagine 16½ years ago the original members were all young ‘chicks’ - really too young for bowlers, we were told.  We were all anxious to look our best in our uniform plus the ‘white stockings’ so we decided we would buy a bowling blazer.

Fred Guelfi was our Tailor and in no time we were stepping out in our bowling uniforms plus the blazer.  Unfortunately no one had asked for advice from the R.W.A.B.A. and we were told in a very nice way that the pocket we were wearing was for men only and asked very discreetly to remove it. This issue led the Women's Association to establish a pocket of their own and it was Mrs Whittingham, with a little held from the Committee Members of the Osborne Park Bowling Club, who designed a pocket which was finally accepted by the R.W.A.B.A. and was worn by all Clubs.

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PENNANTS

There were only about 2 members who had previously played bowls so keenness was the essence when we ventured out to play in our first pennant games in 5th Division.

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I can remember an ‘elderly lady’ at Leederville (she was probably only 52 years of age’) saying to us “You girls certainly enjoy your bowls —continue to do so whilst you are in the lower division because all that will be lost when you achieve your higher divisions”.  They were very true words, as it didn’t take long before some Members were sure they should be playing in a higher division than the one they were placed.

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One of our first bowling tutors was Bob Bartle.  He taught us the correct method of standing on the mat and how to deliver a bowl, then later on Mr George Drew made himself available on a Sunday afternoon.  Mr. Snook from North Perth Bowling Club also visited the Club on a Wednesday afternoon and gave lectures on “How to Play Bowls” but our greatest asset in the Club was Mrs Grace Whittingham who went to untiring lengths to impart her knowledge of the game and to go through the Rule Book, so members would be conversant with the Rules of Bowling.

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An Umpires School was organised and run by Mr Charlie Fraser & Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Lockwood and Mrs Gordon both passed the first exam with good marks. They were then able to assist Mrs Whittingharn with her lectures. Mrs Ethel Guelfi, who later became Chairman of the Match Committee, also helped with new bowling members with instructions on a Club day.

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DRINK PRICES

Among items of interest in the first few months of the year was the motion to increase the price of a schooner to a bob (£-/1/-) this motion was defeated.

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The death of a foundation member Les Colgan in March was possibly the first bereavement that the club had.

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Among the new members to join were:   

Harry Grigg (who was the first member elected in 1958)

Toni Burnbak, Bob Reid, Denis Rowbottam, Jack McCormish, Bill Potter, Harold Jodrell, and Branko Rodin.

Joe Rodin, Arthur Wallace, Jack Lukehurst and the late Sal Taafe, were some of the prospective members who were placed on the waiting list.

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FIRST ANNUAL MEETING IN CLUBHOUSE

The first Annual General Meeting ever to be held in the Clubhouse was on the 26th March 1958.  It was at this meeting that Murray Bartle was honoured by being elected the clubs second life member.

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The balance sheet at this meeting showed that the Club had £528.17.2 in the bank and had spent £22,937.0.7.

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PENNANT BOWLS START

The bowlers had a successful debut in their first year of pennants in 5th division, the leading skipper for the season was Doug Sheahan.

The sixteen players to play in the first ever pennant game were:

LEADER    Gino Pozzi    Jack Rainoldi
SECOND    Murray Bartle    Mingo Foppoli
THIRD    Stan Lancaster    Toby Mevio
SKIP    George Bell    Bob Bartle

LEADER    Harold Flanders    Gordon White
SECOND    Bill Starling    Tom Newell
THIRD    Alby Howson    Don Leuzzi
SKIP    Ken Bartle    Doug Sheahan

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This team had many changes during the season as can be imagined they were promoted to 4th division at the end of the season.

The sides were made up as listed below:

LEADER    Mink Martinovich    Jack Rainoldi
SECOND    Cliff Guelfi    Bob Bartle
THIRD    Murray Bartle    Ernie Wetters
SKIP    Stan Lancaster    George Bell

LEADER    Harold Flanders    Gordon White
SECOND    Joe Rodin    P Dorrington
THIRD    Ken Bartle    Don Leuzzi
SKIP    Branko Katuna-Rich    Doug Sheehan

 

As 1958 wore on the tempo kept up some of the interesting things to happe. Requests from bowling clubs to visit Osborne Park were numerous, among them were, Kalamunda, Pinjarra and Mt Barker.

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Purchases of trestles for suppers and more chairs and tables, a dartboard for the ladies and 400 Club Badges.

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The death of Jim O’Malley was a sorry day as it was through his untiring efforts that many of the early days problems were sorted out.

One interesting one was a request from Osborne Park Agricultural Society that ‘The Bowling Club if possible curtail pennants on show day”.

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BIRTHDAY PARTY

A decision was made to employ a band for one month's trial and arrangements were made to hold a birthday night on the 18th October and to invite members of the Road Board R.W.A.B.A. and kindred bowling clubs.

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The license fee for the year was £486.0.0.  

 

In October Murray Bartle was appointed Hon Secretary, Don Leuzzi Assistant Secretary and Ron Richards Greenkeeper.

Among the many new members were Fred Christianson, Jack Rice, Jack Fewster, Chris Pratt, Harry Blampey and Barney Condren.

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OSBORNE PARK V ROYAL PARK

In November arrangements were made for the first Osborne Park V Royal Park trophy event.  Also a charity day event was organised between these two clubs. Each club had to provide 72 players with a nomination fee of £5/— per player.

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DRINK ORDERS DELIVERED

In December 1958 all members received a post free order for their Xmas Drink orders.  One interesting point on this form. (Joe Purcell has kindly loaned us his original copy) is a space for the member to indicate if he wanted his order delivered to his home.  These deliveries were carried out by Frank Francesconi and Charlie Ferguson in Fred Francesconi's truck.

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NIGHT BOWLS

Night bowls were very popular and the three greens committee men, Jack Rainoldi, Pat Margaria and Fred Francesconi used to take it in turns to collect the ‘light fees’. 

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It was decided to hold a members only social on 20th December, a Christmas Tree on the 22nd and to wind the week up a members only Xmas eve party with late license on the 24th.

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LADIES PROGRESS

Meanwhile the Ladies hadn’t been exactly idle, they held a general meeting in May with 98 members present the bank balance was £51.14.1 and 40 ladies nominated to play bowls for the next season.

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The following ladies were elected to the dart committee: Mrs Dot Wallace, Nell Martin and Grace Richards.

The Ladies first Annual General Meeting was held on 25th September 1958.  Mrs White took the chair for the election of officers, which resulted in the following members being elected.

President    Tilly Lightly
Secretary    Margaret Gordon
Vice President    Dollie Bedell
Delegate    Grace Whittington

Country Delegate    Margaret Gordon

Match Committee     Shiela Lockwood, Grace Whittingham, Kath Sheahan.

Social Committee    Peg Rainoldi, Lena Cook, Freda Bartle, and Eileen Margaria.

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The Ladies wound up 1958 on a good note.  They had £112.3.0 pounds in the bank and had purchased an astonishing amount of items and goods —among which were - a bin to enable them to purchase sugar in bulk, wholesale purchasing of tea and biscuits, crockery, cupboards, plastic table cloths, a £2.2.0 donation to the Mrs Tait fund (this was for her trip to the Tasmanian Championships) a 10/- donation to W.A.L.B.A. for the gala day and so on and on.

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1959

The first present day member to be elected in 1959 was Harry Comerford.

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The year began on a very busy note with night bowls gaining in popularity.  Seating arrangements were not adequate and members were bringing their own stools and chairs to help out, among the items passed at the first committee meeting held on 12. 1.1959 were decisions to purchase two dozen chairs to a sample obtained by Jack Rainoldi, authority was also given for Mick Martinovich to purchase stools at the next disposals sale.

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NIGHT BOWLS

It was decided that at least one green was to be available for night bowls every night from now on except Sundays and that regular organised night bowls be run with a nomination fee of ten shillings per team to purchase good trophies.

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FIRST NIGHT CARNIVAL

This was held in January and must have been a great success.  We had an extraordinary license for the semi finals on the Sunday and a late license for the final on Monday.

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BOX TREES

The decision to plant these at the ends of the greens was made during this period, what a boom this must have been in the days before we could afford shelter.

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NIGHT BOWLS POPULARITY

The minute book at this period gives an indication how this size of the clubs activities was growing.  Games were played against Perth, Inglewood, Royal Park, Bayswater, Forrest Park and the Police and to top it off there were return matches.

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A FEAST

At the last committee meeting held before the annual general meeting was on 9th March 1959 where a decision was made to investigate the feasibility of converting the locker room into a games room and to order a cultivator and distributor from Queensland.

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Last but not least Mick Martinovich donated a case of crayfish for the annual meeting. The Secretary was instructed to apply for a late license for the annual meeting.

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SUB COMMITTEES

The following committee men were elected for the year 1959 - 60.

Bar & Finance:     Dom Leuzzi, Jack Rainoldi, Stan Lancaster, and Mick Martinovich.

Selection:     Cliff Guelfi, Harold Long, and George Drew.

Match:    Alan Field, George. Drew, and Cliff Guelfi.

Greens:     Jim Howe, Fred Francesconi, and Mick Martinovich.

Social:     Fred Birnie, Laurie Richards, Fred Guelfi, and Alan Field.

Delegate:     Alan Field.

During April Dom Leuzzi was appointed club secretary and Fred Birnie was appointed acting President during George Bell’s absence on an overseas holiday.

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PENNANTS 1958—59

The end of the season saw another promotion in Saturday pennants, this tine to 3rd Div.  Some new names to appear in the record book were:

Fred Johnson, Jim Howe, Mick Zanninovich, Ansell Bedell, George Drew, Sol Taaffe, and Ted Douglas.

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NEW MEMBERS

Among the new members to join the club around this time were:

Lou Hasler, Jack Graham, Jim Knowles, Jerry Boyd, Alan Munkton, Rio Mitchell, Alan Kimberley, Merv Reid, Alan Diggins and Max Tetley.

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

These were very popular at this time and the calendar was filled up with Euchre, Darts, Deck Quoits and Ping Pong.

Social games against Kalamunda, Safety Bay and the ex Gold-fielders while Saturdays were the big nights for events like:

The Scotch Night, Osborne Park Footballers and their wives, a Mystery Night, Barn Dance, fancy Dress Ball, and a Birthday Night on the night of opening day with a bonfire on 5th November.

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WINTER RECESS

Some of the more important items of business during this period were:

• The installation of outside lights which were to be left burning at night in an effort to discourage baddies after two recent burglaries.

• A pianist was employed on the nights when there was no social. Later on Lena Cook became the regular pianist.

• Canvas blinds were installed on the verandah,

• A TV set was purchased and a greens notice board was installed.

• The biggest project at this time was to bulldoze the area for D green and an additional parking area.

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SEATING

This appeared to be a continuing problem and the committee asked Mick Martinovich and Jack Rainoldi to purchase chairs and tables from Auctions.

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Good bands must have been at a premium because on 15th June 1959 the committee instructed Jack Rainoldi to book Jean Fitche’s hand for whenever possible after April 1960.

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REQUESTS

The club was continually receiving requests for use of greens and social games, clubs that wrote to us were City Beach, Mercantile Bowling Assoc, Civic Centre, Alexander Park, Perth Club, Subiaco Club and a request for one of our Club badges came from the Francis Drake Bowling Club.

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D GREEN

The pressure was really on to cope with the coming season so a decision was made to complete D Green and a new well with all speed.

Mick Martinovich and Jack Rainoldi donated a pergola for the stairway leading up to D Green and the Committee started discussions on E Green.

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HALF YEARLY MEETING 1959

This was held in September, important items’ were congratulations to:

• Brian Sherwood for winning the Champion of Champions dart competition

• Branko Katunarich for reaching the finals of the Kalgoorlie singles and to

• Jack Rainoldi for being selected in the State Team to play in Queensland.

 

It was announced at this meeting that the following coaches would be available on Sunday mornings for any new or inexperienced bowlers: Ted Douglas, Sol Taaffe, Laurie McDermott, Harry Ball, and Percy Dorrington.

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END OF 1959

By the last committee meeting for this year the Club had paid for D green, a new well, irrigation and a new mower, the credit balance was £534 pounds and the liquor license was due next day.

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1960

The New Year opened with a bank balance of one hundred and fifty four pound and a move was made to terminate speeches at pennant afternoon teas, however, this motion was unsuccessful.

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VISITORS

There were many visits by Ladies from other clubs for bowls in summer and flag bridge in winter, a trophy was given and a raffle (dressed chook) for 2 bob was the usual thing.

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LECTURES

During the winter months lectures were given on the game of bowls and sometimes visitors from other clubs were invited.

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NEW MEMBERS

Present day new members admitted early in 1960 were:

Harold Durrant, Jim Trembath, Ray Ridley, Andy Glass and John Plozza.

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PURCHASES

Among the many items purchased were a first aid kit, Photo of the Queen, Australian Flag, full sized Pennant and a portable Temprite.

The first discussions to install air conditioning in the bar were recorded.

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The TV set was now in use however the novelty must have worn off as discussions were held as to where it could be placed so that it would not interfere with normal club life, it was decided to put it in the ladies committee room for a trial period.

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SOCIAL GAMES

These were still very popular with games being held with Bayswater, Pinjarra, Brewery Social club, Safety Bay, Belmont and Swan Valley.

The night against the Brewery must have been a beauty as the Brewery donated 30 gallons and Osborne donated 10 gallons.

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FIRST PENNANT WIN

April saw the decision to play the first novice singles and to purchase new score boards the same as those in use at East Fremantle.

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Third Gold won the Pennant the team was as follows:

Ansell Bedell        Bob Bartle
Jack Hayden        George Bell
Stan Lancaster    Cliff Guelfi
George Drew        Branko Katuna-Rich

Won 24 - 21        Won 23 - 17

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Alan Munkton     Gordon White
Jim Howe     Sol Taaffe
Mick Martinovich     Dom Leuzzi
Jack Rainoldi     Doug Sheahan

Won 33 — 18     Lost 20 - 22

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4th Division Final

Fourth division played off, the teams were:

Laurie Richards    Laurie Crothers
Harold Long    Bill Edmunds
Fred Johnson     Alby Howson
Ken Bartle     Murray Bartle

Won 21 — 18     Lost 24 — 28

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Joe Rodin Jnr     Mick Zanninovich
Sam Miller    Clarrie Wilson
Bert Donegan     Bill Lockwood
Percy Dorrington     Harry Ball

Lost 20 — 25     Won 25 - 22

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NEW BOWLERS

Although there were many new bowlers in the 59—60 season the selectors had their problems and were forced to forfeit one of the sixth divisions.

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New names to appear in the bowling records are:

Lou Kramer,Joe Margaria, Jack McCormick, Tony Antulov, Marian Yaksich, Chris Pratt, Snow Hall, Bill Luezzi, Alf Pozzi, George Vladich, Merv Reid, Bill Devine, Alan Kimberley, Paddy O’Brien, Otto Putelli, Fred Rowbottam, Brian Sherwood, Jerry Boyd, Joe Leuzzi, Archie Love, Peter Menaglio, Maurie Rosich, Harry Comerford, Archie Ward, George Prosser, Peter Fomiatti, Steve Beros, Joe Purcell, Jack Fewster, Tom Newell, Charlie Ferguson, Bill Powell, Bill Russell, Stan Mannix, Harry Grigg, Tom Lewis, Tom Birnie, Arthur Wallace, Fred Birnie, Fred Christianson, Jim Conway, Arthur Pratt, Bill Potter, Len Simmons, Joe Marinko, Harold Jodrell, Harry Blanpey, Fred Guelfi, Ron Pestell, and Fred Francesconi.

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WINTER RECESS

The annual general meeting was held in April, congratulations were extended to Fred Birnie for five years excellent work on the Social Committee.  Congratulations also to Clarrie Wilson, Harry Blampey and Dom Leuzzi who had passed their umpires exam.

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NEW SUB COMMITTEES

The following were elected for the year 1960— 1961:

Delegate:    Alan Field

Bar & Finance:     Jack Hayden, Jack Rainoldi, Stan Lancaster, and Mick Martinovich.

Greens:    Jim Howe, Jack Fewster, and George Jackson.

Selection:     Harold Long, George Drew, Cliff Guelfi, Mick Martinovich, and Jim Howe.

Social:    Fred Birnie, Alan Field, Laurie Richards, Jack Fewster, and George Jackson

Match:    Harold Long, Alan Field, and Laurie Richards

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TRAM LINES

The R.W.A.B.A. advised clubs that the last lots of tramlines were going up for sale, this was to be the last opportunity to obtain cheap poles for lighting bowling greens.

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WINTER PENNANTS

Talks were held to hold a midweek and Saturday series between Forrest Park, Perth, North Perth, Royal Park, and Osborne Park.  Each club was to put in five pound for the trophy, however, lack of good greens forced the idea to lapse.

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GENERAL ITEMS

With the failure of the proposed winter pennants the pace slackened for a change. Some items of interest to appear in the minute book were:

• The first quotes for electric radiators were obtained.  Up to now kerosene heaters were in use.

• Sunday morning cleaning was done by the committee on a roster system under the supervision of Laurie Richards.

• Handicap events were held during winter.  Bar trading figures were between 500 — 600 pound per week, the credit balance in July was £2,251 pound.

• Seating was still a problem and it was decided to purchase more stools.  The club sold its original roller to the Dowerin Bowling Club and purchased a new one from Charlie Hicks.

• The greens committee were instructed to prepare one fast green for practise during the coming season.

• The R.W.A.B.A. starts a new points system for pennants.

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HALF YEARLY MEETING

The half-yearly meeting was held in September 1960 congratulations were extended to Jim Howe, John Groves, Steve Beros and Joe Rodin Snr. on their fine performances at the Kalgoorlie carnival.

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The first record of a member's loss of property was Jim Kelly's’ set of bowls in October.

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As the year drew to a close quotes were being obtained for repainting the clubhouse.

The portable temprite must have been a success as the Bar and Finance committee were instructed to purchase a larger one, charity day raised 144 pounds and pennant afternoon teas were increased to two bob.

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EXIT 1960

The year closed with a special general meeting called on 21st December, the meeting was called to amend the constitution to increase associate members fees to two pound ten shillings per year.

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NEW MEMBERS

We regret that sketchy records have prevented us from recording new members for most of 1960.

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LADIES

One of the first things the Ladies did in 1959 was to employ a lady pensioner to do the washing up after afternoon teas on ladies day, each pennant player was to pay sixpence to cover this cost.

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In February Grace Groves was elected to committee to fill a vacancy and the girls were all busy preparing for their first experience of catering for country players, this was a singles event and they had to provide markers and meals.

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GALA DAY

Once again this was a great success as the bank balance jumped from one hundred and thirty five pound to three hundred pound.

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LOUNGE ROOM

During the winter period a table and chairs were purchased for the ladies room and prices and colours were being considered for carpets.

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LADIES ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Was held in August and the bank balance was sixty three pound.

The new committee was:

President:    Tilly Lightly

Vice Presidents:    Rene Lancaster & Molly Allpike

Secretary:    Margaret Gordon

Treasurer:    Amy Hill

Delegate:    Ena Potter

Extra Members:    Tess Putelli and Mary Long

Match:    Kath Sheahan, Grace Whittingham, Marge Miller, Connie Harley, and Min Pozzi

Social:    Alma Lewis, Elsie Powell, Flo Kelly, Dot Jackson, and Grace Richards

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OPENING DAY

Was held in October and members of the executive were invited.  Committee members made bouquets of flowers for presentation to honoured guests.  Rene Lancaster volunteered to be the ladies reporter to report happenings to the paper and Tom Scaddan (Radio)

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EXIT 1960

The year ended with a Xmas Party with a trophy given for the most original hat.

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1961

The first new member elected was Syd Gedge and a letter of thanks was sent to Snow Hall for acting as Father Xmas.

Enquires were in progress to decide on the installation of a Convair cooler and a midweek game was arranged with bowlers from Sunset Home. 

 

Fred Johnson was elected to committee to fill a vacancy.

 

As the year progressed to the annual meeting interesting items arising were a social game held with the press, the return Royal Park / Osborne match.

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A quote for a suitable Air Conditioner was 495 pound installed.

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Sol Taaffe was busy coaching the ladies. Jack Rainoldi left for Brisbane for the Australian Bowling Carnival.  Mick Martinovich and Jack Rainoldi paid a visit to Pickering Brook to inspect a new composite bowling green which was creating a lot of interest.

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NEW COMMITTEE

Sub Committees for the year 1961 - 62 were:

Treasurer:    Jack Hayden

Delegate:    Fred Guelfi

Greens:    Jim Howe, Len Simmons, and Jack Fewster

Bar & Finance:    Ted Hickling, Jack Rainoldi, Stan Lancaster, Mick Martinovich, George Jackson, and Fred Birnie.

Social:    George Jackson, Laurie Richards, Cliff Guelfi, and Jack Fewster

Match:    Fred Guelfi, Laurie Richards, Harry Grigg, and Len Simmons as the delegate to the Perth Road Board

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SELECTION

Mick Martinovich was elected sole selector and he was to be advised by a Captain from each team.  The players chose the Captains.

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TYPEWRITER

The new committee purchased the club’s first typewriter for £30 pound, however they decided to defer the lighting of C Green as funds were needed for higher priority work.

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MAINTENANCE

The clubs finance was in a healthy state, the balance was £2702 pound and bar takings were up £50 pound per week on the previous year.  Jack Rainoldi was appointed the clubs first maintenance officer with authority to spend £5 pound per job.

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MID YEAR 1961

By now the club was well established and it is evident from the minute book that some of the earlier enthusiasm had disappeared.

Highlights of the second half of 1961 were:

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CLUB COACH

Ted Douglas took over from Syd Taaffe as club coach, later in the year Ted became greenkeeper at Inglewood and had to resign this position.  George Drew was appointed to take over from Ted Douglas.

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SOCIALS

These were losing popularity and in an effort to revive interest it was decided to invite the Wembley and Doubleview clubs to our socials.

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BUILDING

Mick Martinovich and Jack Rainoldi were asked to approach members to ascertain how much could be raised in debentures.

The last repayment to the Perth Shire was made in September.

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George Bell had made arrangements for an architect to advise on proposed building alterations, while all this was going on Harry Grigg and Len Simmons were busy painting the kitchen.

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BOWLS

Eight teams were nominated for Saturday pennants and there were 3 teams for mid week.  George Bell was appointed sole selector of mid week pennants.

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CLUB BADGE

A competition was run for members to design a club badge however the response was not up to the standard that the committee has hoped for and the closing date was extended to the end of 1961.

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CHARITY DAY

This must have been a great day, golf was played on D Green and the amount raised was £73 pound.  Almost everything was donated.The committee only outlaid money for the following 3 items.

• 2 Gross paper plates,

• 1 suckling pig 30 Bob,

• 3 Trophies £3 pound fifteen shillings.

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NEW MEMBERS

During 1961 the waiting list was lowered to nil and the clubs membership was open.

Present day members who joined in the second half of 1961 were:

FULL Members:    Allan Erdman, Wally Lothian, Joe Burke, Harry Larcombe, Bob Sadler, and Ron Leslie.

ASSOCIATE Members:    Ma Bush, Kath Larcombe, and Kath Erdman.

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XMAS 1961

The year wound up with the following approvals.

To purchase umpiring equipment “of the telescopic type”

Appointment of Jack Rainoldi and Mick Martinovich as a sub committee to look into the proposed building alterations.

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1962

The year started off with a burglary which must have been a messy one as a vote of thanks were recorded to Murray Bartle, Jack Hayden, Dom Leuzzi and Charlie Ferguson for their efforts as a result of the break in.

 

Murray Bartle was appointed to the building committee and architect N Hawkins was contracted to prepare the plans.

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The decision not to charge for lights in night bowls was made at the year's first committee meeting.

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CLUB SINGLES

This event was run in sections of 4, apparently for the first time, however there is no record of the success of this method.

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EMPIRE GAMES

The empire games were not far away and the W.A.B.A. had asked all clubs to contribute.  The committee set a target of £40 pound for Osborne Park however this amount was found to be too much and in June the amount of £22 pound had been raised and this was given to the games fund.

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This must have been a very heavy year for committee as well as normal club activities, there were the Empire Games, building alterations, lockers being built, bar slides being installed etc. In July a special sub committee was formed to organise for the ABC carnival.

This sub committee comprised:

Manager     Bob Bartle assisted by Ken Bartle and Fred Guelfi

Transport & Entertainment      Jack Hayden assisted by Laurie Richards and Alan Munkton.

Catering     Fred Birnie assisted by Bill Edmunds,

Bar    Reg Sorrell, Cliff Guelfi, and Les Williams.

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BUILDING ALTERATIONS

Tenders for the alterations were let in August for £2,500 pound.  The air conditioner was not a success and this unit was advertised for sale.

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CLUB COACH

Branko Katuna-Rich was appointed coach and lessons were given every Sunday morning.

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• As the New Year approached new, leaf type, scoreboards were purchased and donated.

• Signs “TO OSBORNE PARK BOWLING CLUB” were purchased.

• The President was presented with the clubs first gavel and after eight months effort a concertina measure was finally obtained.

• Fly screens were installed and efforts were made to install a public phone while the ladies were trying to have a taxi phone installed.

 

SPEECHES

An interesting decision was made to reintroduce speeches during pennant afternoon teas.

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LADIES

The ladies had just purchased some new crockery and decided to sell the chipped crockery for 2 shillings for a cup and saucer, there was such a demand for these that it was decided to place all the names in a hat. One of the first things done in the New Year was to send a baby book to Mrs Dom Leuzzi.

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PENNANT PROBLEMS

In January the ladies were badly hit by sickness and holidays so much so that they decided to nominate fewer teams the next season.  Norma Rowbottam and Alma Edmunds who were holidaying at Mandurah and Rockingham respectively travelled home to play to help the situation.

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AFTERNOON TEAS

These were a problem and the Ladies decided to clear their own tables on ladies pennant days and to pay the lady 4 shillings a table to remove the tablecloths and wash up, later in the year they employed caterers for afternoon teas.

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Flies were a very real problem and fly wire screens were installed in the kitchen and a large fan was obtained on appro for use in the hall.

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PRESIDENTS DAY

Madam President's day was a great success with ladies playing progressive bowls.  The novice singles was won by Dot Johnson the runner up being Jean Pember.

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EMPIRE GAMES

The ladies were also involved in this event with a £5-pound donation and a committee of ladies to meet visitors as they arrived in W.A.

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LIFE MEMBER

One of the last items of business by both the Ladies and the Mens committee was to honour Margaret Gordon as the first life member.

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NEW MEMBERS 

Among the many new members were:

Merv Delevale, Len Thompson, Frank Hill, Bert Hewitt, Jack Rice, Peter Marshall, Tony Andrijasevich, Fred Carter, Jim Dow, and John Jakovasich.

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ASSOCIATE members:

Edie Leslie, Norma Callan, Elaine Carter, Amy Hill, Kay Johnston, Herb Graham, and Ivy Delevale.

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