Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 11, No 8
Articles in this issue
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A full report of the L.A.W. National Assembly at the Boston City Club in September 1913, featuring financial reports, a membership total of 1,043, and the re-election of Quincy Kilby as President.
- p. 3
Bassett's annual address celebrating the loyalty and camaraderie of L.A.W. members, noting that the year's net membership loss of only 25 compares favourably to the previous year's loss of 89, and highlighting the outstanding work of Rhode Island and New York.
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An explanation of the financial difficulty caused by life members admitted in 1901 who were promised a free organ subscription, but whose reserved fund was diverted to pay League debts, forcing annual members to subsidise them ever since.
- p. 7
Bassett's recommendation to the Assembly that the publication should remain monthly but that a new guarantee fund be launched, since the five-year fund established in 1908 has now expired and the publisher faces rising costs.
- p. 10
Brief obituaries for two life members: Henry C. G. Ellard of Cincinnati, known as 'the Cowboy Poet Lariat', and Frank A. Peavey of Port Huron, Michigan, an active champion of good roads work.
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A tribute to the continuing vitality of the Boston Bicycle Club, the Rovers, the Veterans of Philadelphia, the Nylaws of New York, and other veteran organisations, all represented at the Assembly.
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A historical table from the 1898 St. Louis report showing the peak membership figures reached by each state, with New York at 26,983 and Pennsylvania at 24,979, contrasted with the much reduced present figures.