President- Steve Perret LO4-8533
Vice-President- Alan Moberg 584-6490
Secretary- Joan Ready Lister 474-2849
Treasurer- Steve Newton LO4-8533
Touring Captain- Jack Williams 627-1931
Racing Captain- Gary Singleton 474-3523
Political Captain- Dan Feldhaus SK2-0794

Tacoma Wheelman’s Club Newsletter
630 FIR PARK LANE, TACOMA, WA. 98466
November, 1975

Flat, liesurly ride for novices & kids, too.

For out of town meeting places, we will meet at S4th & Puget Sound to form car pools. Or, if you just need a ride, call Al Moberg, 584-6490.

Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month 71:30 P M at the Swasey Library»
7001-6th Ave. Dues are $3.00 per individual, $5.50 per family. There is $1.00
initiation fee.

TWC Patches are on order and may be obtained by paying $3.00 to Steve Newton, treasurer.

SOUTHWELL’S
Schwinn Cyclery
5408 SOUTH TACOMA WAY
TACOMA, WASHINGTON 98409
GR 2-1374
WE SERVICE ALL MAKES

Sycyling with Jack.Ollala ride Sunday,Sept. 28.The very first thing that happened on this ride was at the Swasey Library parking lot Ginny Perret alighted from her car and picked up 95¢ in change from the pavement practically under my feet!I insisted that as tour leader and touring Captain,all money found automatically belonged to me.This fell on deaf ears however,while Jenny gloated over her good fortune. Ann Sumner and I had a shoving match to see who would be first to look downhill where other coins would logically be expected to roll.Neither of us won the shoving match,nor found as much as @ penny.

The first leg of our ride went downhill then across the Narrows Bridge.If you have never ridden across the bridge on your bicycle,you've missed quite an exciting experince. The narrow sidewalk,traffic roaring by at 50 mph only inches from your elbow,plus the terrifying height can be pretty nerve-racking to the uninitiated.Put the view is spectacular.Far south we could see the white wall of a rain shower marching up the Channel.¥ortyrately it missed - completely.In fact,the sun came out and it was nice the rest of the trip.

At the far end of the bridge we took a sharp right and went up a short hi1],Ther cr
to Gig Harbor y way of a back road '"*+ followed the Scund.Ccasionally vetw= of the
hey could be seen between the trees.

At Ollala we ate snacks while sitting on a bulkhead on the beach.In the water were
two scuba divers spear-fishing. Their girlfriends,wearing the shrimpiest swimsuits I
had ever seen,and with many screams and goose bumps were diving in and out of the icy
water. Jenny bought Candy corn and grapes with her easy money and generously them with
the rest of us.

On the way back we stopped in Gig Harbor.This is a charming little town,filled with Craft and Antique shops.We had ice cream in a delightful ice cream parlor while sitting in Captains’ chairs surrounded by wallpaper that was actually construction blueprints of steamships.Quite different.Then on back across the Bridge and home.It was a good ride,and in spite of all the hills,no one even got tired!

A heartfelt thanks to the people whose efforts
made our first Century a success, Jim Olson
for inspiration and leadership, Bob Branson
and Jack Williams for a superb job of route
marking. Thanks to Jan Wood for handling the
patches, Joan lister for several letters on
our behalf, Pat Stratton for his efforts to
organize the check points, Ruth Weldon and
Stuart Curry for sacrificing their day to man
the check points. A special thanks to Sue
Perret for the difficult job of registering
and issuing patches. And most of all, Thanks
to all of those who rode the Century and
Half-century, that was the proof of success.
Frank Weldon