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Article: Bowling alley will close May 6
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- Proviso Herald (Maywood-Melrose Park-West Proviso-Westchester, IL)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2007
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Bob Vaughan isn't just saying goodbye to the job he's had for seven years, but to an institution that has been like his extended family.
At the end of business May 6, Broadview Bowl, 2812 S. 17th Ave., will close for good. The sound of bowling balls hitting the lane and crashing into pins will no longer be heard at the bowling alley, after 49 years in business.
Vaughan, 65, who manages the bowling alley, has worked off and on there for 25 years. He was friends with the previous owner who always had a job for him and now things have changed.
"I don't feel good about it," he said about the closing. "We'll miss the people a lot."
Broadview Bowl opened in 1958. I.J. Tyson was the owner. In 1982 the ...