Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen, Vol 16, No 9
Articles in this issue
- Abbot Bassett's lead editorial scrap-book column opens the new L.A.W. year on September 1, recalling the League's many historical changes to its year-start date and folding in wartime notes on keeping in the saddle and observing Lafayette Day.
- Reports the Massachusetts F.A.M. convention at Norumbega Park, Auburndale, on July 21, where over a thousand wheels and 300 Boston riders gathered; prizes were awarded and officers elected, including Governor Jes. Campbell of Harley-Davidson and Secretary J. B. McNaughton of the Hendee Manufacturing Company.
- Obituary of actor and early wheelman Edgar Loomis Davenport, a Boston Museum stock company favorite and Mass. Bi Club member who joined the L.A.W. in 1881, who died at his Dorchester home aged 56.
- Obituary of Joseph Atto, England's 85-year-old "Grand Old Man of Cycling" and longtime member of the Pickwick Cycling Club (known as "Nathaniel Pipkin"), who in 1913 was made an honorary member of the Boston Bicycle Club, U.S.A.
- Editorial crediting Dayton, Ohio bicycle dealers Wilbur and Orville Wright with the successful airplane, recounting their systematic laboratory work on curved surfaces, flexible wingtips, motors and propellers, prompted by a Society of Automotive Engineers session honoring Orville at Dayton.
- Notice from Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett of the L.A.W. National Assembly's annual meeting at the Hotel Marliave, Boston, on Sept. 12, which will weigh whether to continue the official organ despite wartime material and distribution expense.
- Abbot Bassett invites all members to the L.A.W. annual dinner at the Hotel Marliave, Boston, on Sept. 12 at 6 o'clock, tickets $1, asking attendees to notify the Secretary by Sept. 9.