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Raasch Bowl
Watertown Bowl
102 West Cady Street
1961
Watertown
Daily Times,
03 19 1961
An extensive remodeling job that will include
the installation of automatic pin spotting machines will be undertaken at the
Watertown Bowl during the off-season this summer, Earl Reynoldson
and Ray Seibold, co-owners of the bowling plant. Included in the proposed program is
modernization of locker room facilities, revamping of the bar room,
installation of new flooring, and major alterations in the bowling desk. The automatic pin machines will be the first
to be installed in this immediate area.
Watertown Bowl, a 12-lane layout, was constructed here by Earl Raasch and was opened for bowling on August 14, 1942. Reynoldson and Seibold purchased the business from the original owner in
1955.
1984
Watertown
Daily Times, 06 23 1984
Watertown Bowl 18, 102 West Cady
Street, will be under new ownership on July 1.
Ray L. Seibold and his wife Marion, 611 Labaree Street, have sold the business to Robert and Inez
Schmidt, route 4, Watertown. Schmidt has
been manager of the business for the past several years, and has been employed
at the center for the past 11 years. Seibold and his father-in-law Earl Reynoldson,
both then of Racine, purchased the bowling establishment, then known as Raasch Bowl, back in 1955 from Earl Raasch. In 1973 Ray and his wife took complete
ownership of the business and have been operating it since that time. The establishment originally had 12 lanes,
but an expansion project in 1966 increased that total to 18. The automatic pinsetters were installed on
the original lanes in 1962 and were part of the new six lane addition four
years later.
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Reference:
Ray L. Seibold, 1959, Bowling instructor certificate
