Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 7, No 3
Articles in this issue
- The May 1909 opening notes urge subscribers to renew, report that the tariff tinkers propose adding tires to the 45-per-cent bicycle schedule (a 15-per-cent rise), note W. S. Burke as new C.T.C. secretary, and pass on news of wheelmen such as Fred A. Bliss, Robert Gentle and Geo. W. Nash.
- A long humorous poem by Secretary Bassett, read at the Rover's Cycle Club annual banquet on April 17, foreseeing a future of fresh air, flying machines and good roads for cyclists.
- The Essex Bicycle Club of Newark, N.J. (organized 1879) held its thirty-first annual meeting April 24 with Herbert W. Knight as toastmaster; officers including William A. Righter (president) and Benjamin J. Coe (secretary-treasurer) were re-elected and a resolution backed the new automobile law's lighting requirement.
- A poem celebrating the first rides of spring on the silent steed, with long country runs, coasting hills and three cheers for the wheel.
- A pledge form to pay yearly for five years to sustain the League of American Wheelmen and its official magazine, listing pledges received to April 27 from E. G. Whitney, E. H. Scheuber, W. H. Lord and A. G. Fisher.
- A roll of members who joined the League of American Wheelmen in 1887 and remain in good standing, beginning with Mrs. Abbot Bassett of Newtonville, Mass., and including a renewal letter from J. F. McGowan and a note from Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee, off on his annual bicycle tour.
- A letter from William D. Kempton of Cincinnati enclosing his renewal and reflecting fondly on the L.A.W., the good roads wheelmen fought for, and the friendships made in cycling.