Christmas is coming to Unit 225! Make your plans for our annual Christmas luncheon and special business meeting on 12/14, at 11 a.m., at the Tyler Senior Center.  We will be voting on proposed Bylaw changes, as well as, giving out 2019 life master awards. This is a charity game with proceeds and donations going to Santa’s Kids. The Christmas luncheon is free to all Unit 225 members.



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In Memoriam

Peggy Wright

Peggy Wright, a member of the Nacogdoches Duplicate Club since its inception in the 1950s, passed away on Nov. 26. She was a Silver Life Master. Peggy and I were partners for the last 10-12 years. She had an outstanding record of service to Stephen F. Austin State University, to Nacogdoches and to our duplicate club. Her passing was noted as front page news in the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel.  (Her Obituary can be read at www.dailysentinel.com) She was ever gracious and willing to serve. She never fussed. I cannot count the number of times I had to lay down a hand I had bid with nothing and say to anyone who would listen, “She’s going to kill me!” Peggy never blinked an eye. With surgical precision, she went to work and, most of the time, she made the contract. The photo shown here is in celebration of her 95^th birthday at the club.

--commentary and photo by Gay Roach



Emily Leake

Emily was born in Oklahoma City, OK, and

moved to Ft. Worth at a young age. She graduated from Arlington Heights High School and then went to the University of Texas where she graduated in just 3 years and met the love of her life, Wayne.

She was a member of Marvin United Methodist Church and loved the Friendly Class. She enjoyed going to Bridge tournaments and became a Life Master in her early twenties. Emily loved her husband, family and friends, Bridge, Bourbon, the Texas Longhorns and life. We will miss her wonderful sense of humor and honesty.

(Note: To read Emily's complete obituary, click here.)

Here are some tributes paid to Emily from friends in Unit 225:

She (Emily) was my teacher and my friend.  I liked what was said in her obituary.   "Emily loved her husband, family and friends, Bridge, Bourbon, the Texas Longhorns and life. We will miss her wonderful sense of humor and honesty."  I think that sums up Emily quite nicely.  I will miss her.

--Cheryl Landers, Cheyene WY



"I began duplicate lessons in 1999 with Emily. She was an excellent teacher very helpful and very funny. She created a love for the game in all her students. After several lessons she threw us into the lion’s den. It was tough, but it was said if you could play in Emily’s game you could play anywhere. It was the toughest game around. She will be greatly missed."

-- Nancy Green

"Emily was an excellent bridge instructor and mentor.  She was always willing to answer questions and give tips to me as a novice. The best bridge lessons I ever received was when she allowed me to bring in hands that had given us trouble in various tournaments and she gave us guidance on how to bid and play them."  --Sandra O’Bannon

"Emily was my first Duplicate Bridge Teacher in 2009  and got me “hooked on duplicate bridge”. I had played social bridge since my nursing school days and always enjoyed it.  Once I understood the challenge of learning duplicate from Emily’s fast moving class, I was inspired to keep learning and keep playing. I appreciate so much Emily’s many contributions to Unit 225 and its players!" --Linda Harrison

"Emily was such a precious lady! Sue(Ritschel) and I would get to Tyler early on Wednesday and Emily would teach us new bids, work with us on our defense and play of the hand. We learned a lot from her.  I will always remember her cute personality and her great laugh! She was a jewel! Loved that gal!!!  --Noelene Hardy

"My favorite memory of Emily occurred at the Longview sectional tournament many years ago when she and I were partners. In the two session open pairs  on Saturday there were a lot of strong Dallas players there including Hugh and Mary Joe Hillaker. After the first session the Hillakers were in first and Emily and I were in second. There were two sections and we didn’t play them the first session as they were in the opposite one. When the second session commenced, Emily & I started against the Hillakers. As the director gave his instructions, he said “pass your boards down two tables and E/W pairs move up one table. Emily was delighted, and we ended up first & the Hillakers second. Great fun!" --Mike Graham

"Emily was a good director of the bridge club in Tyler. She had her way of novices coming to the club, in educating them with the conventions and how to apply them. I understand she was a good teacher in explaining the bidding and playing of hands. We definitely will miss her presence in Tyler." --Rathnam



(Note: If you would like to add tribute to Emily please send it to acblunit225@yahoo.com. Thank you.)



• Minutes and Treasurer's Report from the October Board of Directors Meeting have been added to the website. Click here to view.

•  ACBL is now requiring members to go to ACBL Live for game results. The links under the Results menu option are being changed to reflect the new policy. In fact, this is the quickest way to access your local game results!

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District 16 Scorecard

Click here to view the Nov/Dec edition of the District 16 Scorecard.

(Note: this link may not work with all web browers, i.e. FoxFire. If you do not link to the Scorecard, copy this web address to your browser 

 https://www.d16acbl.org/Scorecard/1911.pdf to read or download a copy.)



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Club News

Unit 225 Celebrates Christmas                  

It's that time of year when all the duplicate clubs in East Texas celebrate the spirit of Christmas! Here's a listing of clubs and their upcoming parties. If you want to join in the festivities as a visitor to their club, please let the director know you are coming or need a partner.

• Sheila Bell DBC (Texarkana) -- December 11 with BBQ lunch at 11:45 and bridge at 12:15.
• Pittsburg DBC Tuesday game -- December 10 with social and snacks at 5 pm and game at 5:30 pm.
• Dottie Pirkle DBC (Athens) -- December 12 with pot luck lunch at 11:45, entertainment by HWY31 Band at 12:30 and game at 1pm. Cost $10 with $2 going to Santa's Kids.
• Longview DBC -- December 16, soup/sandwich/salad buffet at 11:30 followed by bridge at noon.
  

Christmas photos from parties in Unit 225!

Pittsburg Christmas Party -- Dec 6

Lake Cypress Wine & Cheese -- Dec 1

 

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70% Club

• Nancy Green & Jack Blumenthal -- 71.35% at Rose City DBC on 10/14
• Brenda Baker & Mary Bartley -- 75% at Rose City DBC on 11/6
•  S V Ramarathnam & Karlyene Hall -- 72.32% at Rose City DBC on 11/8

• Helen Sullivan & Cliff Smith; Dorothy McCasland & Liz Guthrie -- tied with 70.83% each  at Pittsburg DBC on 11/8

• Dorothy McCasland & Liz Guthrie -- 70% at Pittsburg DBC on 11/22

• Jean Huskey & Jean Friedell -- 70.42% at Pittsburg DBC on 12/3

  
  





Send photos of club events
to Carol Kinsey (acblunit225@yahoo.com).