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Harriet led
Simon sets up
the computer
scoreboard

These lady bowlers
refuse to take the
summer months o f

LYNNE MEREDITH COHN
Special to the Jewish News

B

efore Plum Hollow Lanes
opens to the public, a
group of carefully coiffed,
stylish women walk in,
carrying custom bowling balls and
special shoes.
The ladies of the Jewish Women
International (JWI) bowling league,
who range in age from 60 to 85, joke
and giggle like sorority girls, but their
bowling is anything but childish. They
feign modesty when asked about aver-
ages, then spew numbers like 160 and
high scores of 222 and 236.
"Of course we're all older," says
Sheila Schussler of Farmington Hills.
"I feel it's very important to be
active. It keeps you youthful."
During fall and winter, the JWI
senior bowling league meets on
Tuesdays at Plum Hollow; in the
summer, it's a smaller pickup league

that bowls
Tuesday
mornings,
then goes out
for a group
lunch. The
women, most
of whom
belong to the
Morgenthau
Chapter, greet
the manager by
name.
"Their cama-
raderie is great," says
day manager Ellie
Hudler. "There are some pretty
good bowlers in this league. They're
fun to work with."
Like most of the women, Evelyn .
Eisenberg of Farmington Hills bowls
for exercise, fun and social reasons.
"I just enjoy bowling, and I enjoy
the ladies," she says of the people she
has bowled with every week for 20
years. "Nice ball!" she calls out when
someone throws a spare.
Norma Lichtman of Southfield
has bowled a 236, but averages 160.
Bowling for 40 years, she's competi-
tive, but says it's "more good-
natured."

Left: Sylvia Schey.

Below:
Thelma Todd celebrates AO
strike.

Harriet Simon of West Bloomfield
started bowling 30 years ago with a
league organized by Congregation
Beth Shalom at Oak Park Lanes.
She's been with the B'nai B'rith —