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April, 1940. Construction begins on what has become a fixture in Davenport. Almost five months later, BowlMor opened on Brady Street. Cost for construction of the business was one hundred thousand dollars.

BowlMor has been owned by the Lorfeld Family for three generations. Pat Lorfeld says the bowling alley was first owned by her father in law. After that, her husband ran the business. In those days, many people bowled three to four times a week. Pat says her husband bowled five times a week.  

Seventy two years ago, there was no such thing as an automatic pin setter. Employees set the pins by hand.  They got paid five cents a game.

In 1940, it cost twenty cents to bowl a game and ten cents to rent shoes.

Trent Lorfeld is the third generation to run the bowling lanes. He started working there at age thirteen.  Trent points out that there were bleachers behind the lanes, and it was almost a spectator sport in those early years.  

Lary King is still looking for that elusive perfect game. He's enjoyed bowling there for forty three years. His best score is a 279.

BowlMor. A Lorfeld Family fixture for seventy two years!