Taunton Cycle Club Souvenir
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Taunton Cycle Club Souvenir. Taunton Cycle Club, 1893. cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/books/taunton-cycle-club-souvenir-1893/
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Contents
- The history of the Taunton Bicycle Club from its founding on 9 June 1885 by thirteen charter members, with Wm. T. Magruder as president, through its club houses on Broadway, Trescott Street, Summer Street and Skinner's Block, to its lapse in July 1889.
- The Belmont Club, formed on 14 January 1889 by eleven old members led by A. F. Bailey and G. A. Closson, with its charter list, its rooms in the Crocker Building, and its change of name to the Taunton Cycle Club when it leased an estate on a main thoroughfare.
- The leased cottage at No. 38 Winthrop Street, its arrangement of parlour, reading and meeting room, library, dining room, billiard and smoking rooms, veranda, and the wheel over the entrance bearing the legend T. C. C., L. A. W. 264.
- The 1893 officers: William H. Pendleton as president, Arthur B. Totten as vice-president, Frank O. Dean as secretary, George A. Closson as treasurer, with the captain, two lieutenants, color bearer, bugler and sergeant-at-arms, and the three trustees.
- Pendleton, one of the oldest riders in the city, who joined in July 1890, has presided since January 1892 and is entering his third term; he is also League Consul for Taunton.
- Totten joined in July 1891, has held many responsible offices, and is the club's representative on the board of officers of the Massachusetts Division L. A. W.; he rides more and farther than most members.
- Dean, a business man who joined in July 1889, has served as vice-president and trustee and is just entering his duties as club scribe.
- Closson began riding in 1880 with the Eagle Bicycle Club of Boston, came to Taunton in 1885, and is cashier at the Mason Machine Works, where he has kept the club's accounts.
- Bearse, one of the first members of the old Taunton Bicycle Club, joined the present club in May 1890 and is credited with the cosy appearance of the club house.
- Massey joined the club in October 1889, has been vice-president and second lieutenant, is a long-distance rider, and is employed by Reed & Barton.
- Rouse joined in May 1892, a quiet and willing member who takes part in most of the club's runs.
- Hassenforder, a charter member and an officer of the League of American Wheelmen and its district representative, has been captain and holds suggestions for promoting cycling.
- Howe joined in July 1892 and accompanies the club on its short runs.
- Merigold joined in September 1892 and has taken much interest in the club entertainments.
- The presidents, vice-presidents, secretaries, treasurer and captains of the club over the four years, among them Bailey, Girling, Whitmarsh, Ward, Strange and Pendleton as presidents, and Hassenforder and Bearse as captains.
- The roll of members on 1 January 1893, from George A. Closson, G. Arthur Babbitt and Charles E. Strange onward.
- George A. Perkins of Boston, Chief Consul of the Massachusetts Division L. A. W.; Edward Mott, ex-senator of Taunton; A. H. Sweet of Norton, ex-State Representative; and J. Ernest Tyndall of Florida.
- The year's weekly runs, the second annual century run of 9 October (twenty started and eighteen finished the 100 miles to Brighton and home), Dean and Totten's 150 miles to Portsmouth and back to Salem in 15 hours on 13 November, and the Thanksgiving hare and hound run.
- Monthly ladies' nights, whist, auction and pool parties, Christmas parties, two dancing classes of nearly two hundred couples, and the October reception at which Consul Perkins presented Senator Mott with a group picture of the 1891-2 State Senate.
- The club's enrolment with the League of American Wheelmen as club No. 264, its representation at L. A. W. meetings and at the Cottage City and Worcester meets, and the prizes it has won for appearance, representation and races.
- The finances held by a board of trustees, the small debt guaranteed by subscription, the strict by-laws forbidding liquor and games of chance on the premises, and the financial position reported at the annual meeting of 3 January 1893.
- The annual ball held near 14 January since the Belmont club was founded in 1889, marking the fourth anniversary, at which this souvenir is presented to the club's friends.