A.M.C.A. Chapters

 In Memorium

               Empire Chapter lost a member and good friend

The funeral service was held at the United Church of DeRuyter on Monday January 3 at 11 a.m. "I hope that when remembering me, family and friends will be more likely to laugh than cry. Instead of flowers, I would appreciate donations to the United Church of DeRuyter, the Woodford Burdick American Legion Post, the DeRuyter Library or Hospice in my name."

Gracious Assistance

Dear Friends,

I wish to extend my heart felt thanks to Ed Glasgow, Dave Terpstra and Bill Lane of the AMCA Empire Chapter for their assistance in my time of need. They came to my rescue with parts and help when my six volt charging sytem on my 1941 Chief faltered. Ed supplied brand new twelve volt componets off his venders table and even his own motorcycle (headlight) that was on display . I had planned to
upgrade to a twelve volt sytem this winter, but just not this soon. Dave and Bill were right there with great help of charging up the new battery and tools. The shade and concrete floor of their vending area made the work go so much easier also.  Ed drove me down to the nearest NAPA dealer for a new 12V battery without so much as gas money.

My sincere thanks go out to all those that helped. From the push start at the
begining of Fairgrounds Rd to Ed, Dave and Bill. The weekend was was not lost and I made the great ride with the rest of the group saturday. It's certainly wonderful to know so many fine people in this hobby and especially Empire Chapter member's Ed Glasgow, Dave Terpstra and William Lane.

Thank You All,
Sincerely,
Garry Lamothe
AMCA 6332
Yankee Chapter
1940 Indian Chief
1941 Indian Chief

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Empire Chapter would like to thank all of the Coalition Chapters that have been involved with the Rhinebeck National Meet these past two years. The success of Rhinebeck can be contributed to the six chapters, the many volunteers and the Coalition. There was many months of planning, promotion, advertising and implementation to have a successful National Meet this past June. The Empire Chapter was extremely pleased when the Century Museum accepted the invitation to participate with the National Meet for the AMCA. Both of the organizations deal with machinery from years gone by, we have a lot in common with our histories. As you may know the Century Museum covers the preservation of agriculture farm machinery and hit and miss engines much like the AMCA in preserving the history of motorcycles. The history between the Century Museum and the Empire Chapter started in 1987 when Ken Krauer was the chapter Host for our weekends thru 1998, then Ron Westervelte took over as the Host. The Empire Chapter has always accepted the invitation for a chapter meet on the Century Museum weekend at the Duchess County Fairgrounds at Rhinebeck. During our years of chapter meets many AMCA members including neighboring chapters would participate and attend these wonderful weekends and enjoy themselves as we did on these lovely spacious grounds. Approximately five or six years ago during a chapter meet there was discussions about having a multiple chapter meet at Rhinebeck, the seed was planted. Our first year of crops were plentiful. The progress of the Meets would depend on its cultivation and the hard work of many volunteers and organizational skills of the Coalition members. The Empire Chapter is proud to be associated with the Coalition of Chapters in this adventure to preserve the motorcycle history of America. We need to recognize and to have a working relationship with the Century Museum for another 25 years or even longer as they were instrumental in introducing the Fairgrounds to all of us.

Empire Chapter Members