MILBURN (MEL) HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPORT OF BOWLING FOR OVER 50 YEARS. 15 YEARS WITH PASADENA AND 35 WITH OTHER ASSOCIATIONS. DURING THIS TIME HE HAS SERVED AS LEAGUE PRESIDENT 6 TIMES AND LEAGUE SECRETARY TWO TIMES. HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LA PORTE BOWLING ASSOCIATION 2 YEARS AND THEN THE BAYTOWN/LA PORTE ASSOCIATION NINE YEARS.

HE IS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE BAYTOWN/LA PORTE BOWLING ASSOCIATION. MEL SERVED AS A YOUTH COACH FOR AJBC AND YABA FOR 20 YEARS. HE HAS BOWLED IN 33 STATE TOURNAMENTS AND 19 NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. HIS HIGH LEAGUE AVERAGE WAS 196 AND HE HAS BOWLED A HIGH SERIES OF 787.

MEL’S HIGH GAME WAS A 289. MEL WAS A MEMBER OF THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ORANGE, TX. FOR 5 YEARS.

DURING HIS TEEN YEARS, HE HELPED HIS FATHER BUILD A SMALL CHURCH IN WEST VIRGINIA. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN PHOTOGRAPHY, TAKING PICTURES OF THE LA PORTE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. HE DELEGATED THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS CHILDREN AFTER THAT. MEL WAS CONSIDERED VERY ACTIVE IN BOWLING AND OUTSTANDING IN PERSONALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN THE SPORT OF BOWLING.