BACK THEN; HE AVERAGED IN THE HIGH 190’S, WHICH FOR THE TIMES WAS MORE THAN RESPECTABLE. THE STRANGE THING ABOUT HAROLD IS THAT HE ACTUALLY GOT BETTER AS HE GREW OLDER. IN HIS LAST YEAR OF BOWLING, HE AVERAGED 212. THAT YEAR HE BOWLED SEVERAL NEAR PERFECT GAMES INCLUDING A 298 AND 299. HE ALSO BOWLED ONE 300 AND HIS PERSONAL BEST 766 SERIES. OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, HAROLD WAS RECOGNIZED WITH SEVERAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AND TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS.

HE ALSO WON THE LAST TOURNAMENT HE WAS ABLE TO ENTER, JUST A WEEK OR SO BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. IT SEEMS ALMOST FITTING THAT HE WAS BOWLING, DOING SOMETHING HE TRULY LOVED, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO.

WHILE HIS BOWLING ACHIEVEMENTS ARE COMMENDABLE AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING OF WHICH HE WAS PROUD, IT IS HIS SERVICE TO THE BOWLING COMMUNITY THAT MAKES HAROLD STAND OUT. HE WAS EXTREMELY UNSELFISH WITH HIS TIME AND ENERGY WHEN IT CAME TO PROMOTING OUR SPORT. HE SERVED AS A LEAGUE OFFICER AND AS A DIRECTOR AND OFFICER IN THE PASADENA BOWLING ASSOCIATION.

DESPITE HIS SUBSTANTIAL OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, AS AN ASSOCIATION MEMBER HE FOUND TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN NEARLY ALL OF THE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE DONE. HE GOT PEOPLE INVOLVED AS A TEAM ORGANIZER AND CAPTAIN OF TEAMS FOR SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS, INCLUDING CITY, STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONALS.

HAROLD ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT ANYONE OR ANYTHING, ALWAYS OFFERING ENCOURAGEMENT. HE TREATED THE NOVICE AND EXPERT WITH EQUAL RESPECT. HE SELDOM HAD A CROSS WORD TO SAY TO OR ABOUT ANYONE. THESE QUALITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS MADE HAROLD A FRIEND TO MANY IN THE PASADENA BOWLING COMMUNITY AND IT IS FOR THESE THINGS THAT HE IS BEING RECOGNIZED TODAY.