1951 Worcester MA Elias Dupruis Indian Scout - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article

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1951 Worcester MA Elias Dupruis Indian Scout - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, vintage magazine advertisement / article.
Page Size: Approx. 9" x 12" (46 cm x 30 cm)
Condition: Good
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event.
All girl riders who belong to the AMA
are eligible. They need not be Motor Maids.
The run starts at 10 a.m. from the Harley-
Davidson shop at 230 South Chicago Street
in Joliet. There will be three trophies for
winners, and a dinner served following the
run.
The night before the run, Motor Maids
and their husbands and friends are invited
to a dinner party. Reservations should be
sent to Velma Kolars at 230 South Chicago
Street, Joliet, Ill., with .25 for each per-
son. A letter will follow giving detailed in-
formation on the week-end plans.
PAT. GLORIA. VI
A trip by ferry.
Three Girl Riders Take Ferry
Part Way On Trip To Daytona
Pat Wershing of Dover, N. J.; Gloria
Tramontin of Clifton, N. J., and Vi Phillips
of New York City (from left to right in the
cut) rode their bikes down to Daytona for
the races. Part of the journey was a two-
hour-forty-five-minute ferry trip while cross-
ing over to Little Creek, Va.
Pat wrote a letter about this trip and
entered it in American MOTORCYCLING S
letter contest. See it in the letter section in
this issue.
Girl Members Lay Out Course
Two girl members of the Square Deal
Riders, Binghamton, N. Y., laid the course
for the club's recent turkey run, and from
all reports did a creditable job of it. De-
spite the hard, frozen ground, the girls
drove stakes with red flags for the markers,
because of the snow. Caroline Darling and
Lucie Merrill are the young ladies who
braved the cold and proved that they know
what this motorcycle game is all about.
Another girl member, Leona Boland, was
the only feminine rider in the run.
CYCLE CHATTER
(Continued from page 23)
biers, Keene, N. H.; the Peoria (Ill.) MC;
North Carolina Capital MC, Raleigh, N. C.,
and Rockets of Des Moines, la. . . . Leslie
Kivett also went to Daytona, but he wishes
he hadn’t, because now he’s missing one
motorcycle. Someone helped themselves to
his maroon Triumph Speed Twin, motor
number 5T899292, North Carolina license
number 40627. If you’ve got a good lead
on it, write to Kivett at 616 Southbound
Street in Lexington, N. C. . . . Ted Totorai-
tis of Grand Rapids, Mich., who rode
Norton to second place in the 1949 Day-
tona 100 miler, is now in the paratroopers,
according to John Esler of Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Joe Love, a Motor Maid in Nash-
ville, Tenn., says she's the only girl rider in
the city and wants to get together with
some other cycling gals from her area. . . .
Earl Robinson (Detroit, Mich.) celebrated
his twenty-eighth 500-mile enduro when he
took Class A in the 1950 Pirates Treasure
run. His wife Dot has ridden 23 of the 500
milers. . . . Formation of motorcycle clubs
at military bases has reduced accidents
among servicemen by as much as 60 per
cent, according to a story in the Belleville.
111., Advocate. We think the figure should
be higher—probably up around 85 per cent.
. . . Scott Air Base near Belleville has a
new club, and plans for teaching new mem-
bers safe riding techniques have been made.
They also will build a new club house.
A newspaper clipping sent in by Doris
and Frank McGarth of Albany, N. Y., reads
like this: "Mombasa, Kenya Colony, Africa,
February 14 (AP) — An African was
sentenced today to five years hard labor on
charges of manslaughter. He objected so
strongly to cyclists passing his house that
he shot arows at them. One arrow caught a
cyclist in the stomach and the man died. ’
It looks like the fellow carried his dislikes
a little too far. . . . Janet Lynne Elleard,
daughter of Joe and Joyce Elleard of Fair-
fax, Calif., joined the AMA at the age of
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three weeks. . . . Six members of the
Rockets of Des Moines, la., made a motor-
cycle trip to Mexico City. They were Chuck
and Janet Vreeland, Paul and Delores
Schwin and Dean and Priscilla Hummer.
. . . A pennant for their members in the
service will be flown by the Blue Ash
(Ohio) Eagles. There will be a star for
each member.
ELIAS DUPRUIS
Elias Dupruis, age 71, of Worcester,
Mass., has found out what he's missing,
and has joined the AMA. He rides an
Indian Scout, and according to Bert Bemis
of Shrewsbury, is plenty rugged, eats
spinach, goes to bed early....Walter F.
Leopold, foreman of the testing department
at the Harley-Davidson Motor Co., and a
life-long resident of Milwaukee, died re-
cently. . . . Mac Hickson has been elected
president of the Thames Valley Ramblers of
London, Ont. Other new officers include
Harvey "Old Timer" Matt, vice president;
"Penny" Brown, secretary; Barbara Hickson,
treasurer; "Rocky” Robb, road captain;
"Shorty" Wyatt, referee, and Joe Boss,
sergeant at arms. . . . Doug Creech, Harley-
Davidson dealer in Charlotte, N. C., got
more points in speed boat racing last year
than any other person, was awarded the
Townsend Medal for the second time.
Bill Nagle took a photo of Niagara
Falls when he and his wife Frances made a
motorcycle trip last year, and it won a
prize in a contest covering three states.
Here's the photo.
NIAGARA FALLS
Bill’s from Franklin Park, Ill. . . . Johnny
Mahaney, Chuck Thibodeaux and Eddie
DeWinter, members of the Crescent City
MC, New Orleans, La., have all entered the
service. Leo Akens has been elected to take
Mahaney’s place as club president. . . .
Johnny Seymour, whose Class A motorcycle
solo records are still on the books, now
operates two riding academies—for horse
riding, that is. One is located in Detroit
and the other at Bell Isle. .
. Another
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motorcycle club to volunteer themselves and
their machines to civil defense work are
members of the Racine (Wis.) MC. . . .
Members of the Golden Eagles MC of
Tampa, Fla., took part in the motorcycle
wedding of Betty Jean Butler and John P.
Lovengreen. Pat Snell was matron of honor;
Howard Manning, best man; Marie Ralston,
bridesmaid; Harold Snell, usher. Joe
Ralston gave the bride away in the absence
of her father.
Two events, a hill climb and a turkey
run, were held recently on the same day by
the D. C. Ramblers of Washington, D. C.
Bill Kelly from Bel Air, Md., on a BSA
was high-point man in the climb. Jack
Chester on a Harley-Davidson won the
heavyweight class, Harold Burton on a BSA
was tops in the mediumweight class, and
Pat Patterson on a James was winner in the
lightweight division. All three are D.C.
residents. In the turkey run, BSA-mounted
Bill Blalock of Silver Spring, Md., was
high-pointer, with Jack Chester of D. C.
on a Harley-Davidson the heavyweight
winner, Morgan Stern of D. C. on an
Indian the mediumweight victor and Bill
Glenn of Falston, Md., on a Royal Enfield
the lightweight winner. . . Peoria (Ill.)
MC’s club house was the scene of the
central Illinois district meeting. The
auxiliary served a tasty banquet before
the meeting, and the homemade biscuits
were said to be especially noteworthy.
■ . . First cross country run to be spon-
sored by the Square Deal Riders of Bing-
hamton, N. Y., is all set for April 29. There
will be trophies for A and B classes..
Speaking of the Binghamton club, they
have three new Motor Maids—Lucille
Ward, Leona Boland and Lucie Merrill.
. . . Another cross country jaunt, this one a
50 miler, is being planned for April 22.
Sponsors are the Wabash Valley MC of
Terre Haute, Ind.
Annual Cariboo Trail Enduro
To Include Canyons, Mountains
Time again for the Cariboo Trails
Enduro, that 300-mile grind through
British Columbia mountains and valleys.
This year’s run starts at the crack of dawn
on April 29 from Hastings Park in Van-
couver, B. C., travels up the Fraser Valley
to Hope and from there through Fraser
Canyon followed by more scenic riding
until the trip ends back where it started.
Plenty of trophies and lots of good sport
are promised for entrants in this unusual
contest.
Peach State MC Proud
Of Best Dressed Club Trophy
Members of the Peach State MC of
Atlanta, Ga., are proudly showing off their
first-place trophy won in the Daytona Beach,
Fla., best dressed club contest. This was the
third such contest the club has won. Dressed
in blue uniforms with black trim, their
trouser legs tucked in shortie boots ”GI
style,” the club got a "perfect” rating. (See
Views In The News for photo).
The striking AMA trophy was presented
to Club President D. O. Anderson, and con-
gratulations were received from competing
clubs and Bill France, promoter of the
Daytona races.
Members of the club are D. O. and
Georgia Anderson, Bill and Evelyn Bacon,
Gene and Judy Bennett, Bill and Irma Mc-
Donald, Luke and Ruth Baker, Charlie and
Odell Me Ree, Fred and Qaida Mullis,
Charlie and Bessie Bennett, Ralph Bacon,
Randy Curfman and C. W. Bennett.
—Odell Me Ree, reporter.
Opa Locka Said To Have First
British Police Bike In Florida
Believed to be the first English machine
used for police work in the state of Florida
is a 1950 Ariel Square Four ridden by
Officer Bill Armstrong of the Opa Locka
police department. Purchased through the
B and K Cycle Shop in Miami (Opa Locka
is a suburb of the resort city), the machine
is equipped with siren, extra lights and a
two-way radio (if you look closely, you
can see the mike hanging on the bars).
Armstrong was formerly a resident of
Baltimore, Md., but now lives in Miami.
BILL ARMSTRONG
Florida's first British police bike?
Southern Scramble April 15
Time again for the fifth annual Southern
Scramble Woods Run April 15 at Maples-
ville, Ala. Hills, mud, sand, country roads
and pavement are all promised for this
event, which will run from 100 to 150
miles. Drawing for position will start at 7
a.m. and the first man will shove off at 8.
Eight trophies will be awarded, and these
go to winners in Class A, Class B and
125 in addition to high-point. Millard
Reynolds and Russell Shoults laid out the
run, which is sponsored by the Dixie MC
of Selma, Ala., and the Montgomery MC.
Yankee Ramblers Show Leaders
Newly-elected officers of the Yankee
Ramblers of Hartford, Conn., are shown in
the cut. Left to right, they are:
Byron Carpenter, road captain; Elaine
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