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metz,. piano duo, was enjoyed- |3mo r. sa.a5ee .•sLgS.Ut*,5“h,% '124 Bike Licenses Issued; Many Are Rejected; Girl Gets First PlateA lot ofsQiwy youngstsrs^iowi—Several-adult-riders-passed-the-know how an adult motorist feels Inspection and riding tests. 'Wil-wben his par won*t pass the state ham Flanagan, 11, son of Police inspection About 50 youngsters] Lieutenant and Mrs. WilliamI WUl LInc., Cit porkemer thori News comr fromfailed to get their bikes through the city inspection Satuniay when the first licenses were issued under. the_ new ordinance.Flanagan, had his mind set on getting plate- No* 1 but being a gentleman, he yielded first place 1 to Miss Caroline Wolcott, eight -ieiStherill,debtXs'atalflie,theant to : to reetPreddl e - Spencer, - former - professional record bolder and bike builder, was in charge ot the-inspections and rejected a -large number of the vehicles, most of them for not having proper brakes, no warning bells or horns and bad wheel alignment. * Spencer..15SLbieyclespernand of the 50 ^ejected, more than half came back' later- with; the faults corrected and received tiielr licenses. A total of 124 licenses were granted by Chief Duriphy and Clerk [Babilya 'who were in charge at police . headquarters. Assisting them were Detective Kie-seeker and-Fatrolman Barton and most of the time the crowd^was so large that Special Officer John Sullivan and Dog Warden Philip Amarapdo had to lend aid*'year-old daughter„of:,Councilman Ferdinand P. Wolcott, itaymond Eastman. J16 of 1066 Thirza place, got the third license.Licenses will be Issued again tomorrow from 8 A. M. until noon. Applicants • should report to Bafcilya at the police headquarters garage in Main street before pre* and riders from 8 A.M. until noon] seating .tiielr application cardsand wheels,to Spencer at the in* Section area in ’Elm arenue between Main and Irving streets. Licenses cost 25 cents.In addition to registration cards and license plate, each applicant received a Safety League button, a Safety League emblem to be attached to the bicycle, a card pledging to observe the rules of . bicycling which are printed'on the .reverse side-of the card and a I bicycling handbook.
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Rahway Record
Rahway, New Jersey, US
Fri, Oct 06, 1939
Page 8
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