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20509 Negaunee O.f!icia.l Organ UNICYCLING SOCIETY OF A.MERICA Inc. @1978 ill Rts Res. Red.ford, MI 48240 Yearly Member:,hip $5 Includes Newsletter (4) ID Ca.rd - See Blank Pg.16

OFFICERS Your Secretary-Treasurer a nd Editor wish to say fflANK YOU!!ff to Pres. Brett Shockley BILL JENA~K for alt of the help he has given them as they took on V.Pres. R. Tschudin the responslbflltles of their new jobs. And it ts very comforting S.Treas. Joyce Jones to know that hts support and assistance will be avatlabte throughout their terms of office. lOUNDER MEMBERS

Bernard Crandall DATES TO REMEMBER Paul & Nancy Fox Peter Hangach APRIL 29, 1978 - Indoor Meet Patricia Herron sponsored by Bill Jenack SMILING FACES of Findlay, O. Gordon Kruse for more inforutton writes Steve McP~ak Jan Layne, Director Fr. Jas. J. Moran 514 Defiance Avenue Dr. Miles s. Rogers Findlay, Ohio 45840 Charlotte Fox Rogere or call ·dy Rubel t-4t9-433-8Q59 _,r. Claude Shannon Jim Snith Dr. Jack Wiley JULY 22 and 2l NOOLETTm EDITCR NAT IONAL UNICYCLE MEET Carol Brichford to be held Ins 244(:o cy.ndon MINNEAPOLIS, MINNE$ OT A Redford, Mich.48239

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Edi tori CAJ!OL _BRICHFORD ROOND THE wano ON A UNICYCLE - WALLY WATTS

U ke Joyce, Carol vaa drawn into USA, INC. 8y the time this NEWSLETTER r eaches you wJ mefflbershtp by her children - DAVID, MARK, BILL wt 11 probably be start in~ out from Per th, and NANCY - alt of whom are active members of Australla, heading across the Natabore to the Redford Township Unicycle Club, Inc. It Brisbane. The Natabore ls a desola t e desert vas because of neither talent nor experience area vtth stretches up t o 300 miles between that she volunteered to serve as editor of areas of ctvltlratton. Wa tly plans t o the NE'WSLETTER. But over the years she has hitchhike across It and then cycl e t he 1500 seen youn~sters blossom as they learned to mites to Melbourne, cross to New Zealand, ride and perform with RTUC , Inc. Beyond cycle to Auckland, fly to Los Angel es and association with the loca l club families, she then cycle to Bill Jenack' s In Ne w York. has enjoyed meeting the many marvelous persons who make up the ,nembershlp of USA and felt In a tetter dated December 31, he wr ote that that one way to say "thank you" for these he had ~one aurflng a tew tl 111es and does " • opoortunlttes was to volunteer when there was ~reat nose dive!" By the time the nex t a need. Needless- to-say, she fervently hoped NEWSt.ETT!:R goes to print , we should be able that another more experienced person would to say, "Wetcoae back, Wal ly!" receive the editor's job; but since that was not the case, she wilt try to do the best she can. However, It ts definitely not a * *. * one-man job and she asks that all members SALLY WHIT~, now a regutarty mat l any t tem of news • large or sophomore at small - so that the paper reflects the Pennsylvania State contributions of many. Unlverstty, stilt spends much tt111e on as Htr address ts found on the first pa~e of top of her wheel, witnessed by the this Nf"i.."'WSLETTER. Please use lt OF'TEN!f accofflpanyln~ picture Thts ts reprinted rrom r.RJT and used MISC. Nf"i.."'WS 1 with permission or Grit Publlshln~ Co., When foundlnP( meri>er BERNARD CRANDALL vas Wt11ia111sport, l'A. tn the hospital shortly before Christmas, he t 7701. was surprised by a visit from some 15 unicy­ * • * * clists from the Paul Fox Unicycle Club, Redford AL HDtMJMGD hH Township's ~oup and his own Pontiac Untcycttsts. coapteted a novel Ot-"anhed by KAIBY SKINNER, the group del t~hted uni. ht• dau~hter Bernie until a nurse reminded them tha~ unless TERESA cat ta "the they were carolers, there were strict rules as porcupine." They to the number of visitors allowed per patient. wandered if any­ All dutifully left, only to regroup tn the one coutd ~uess waiting room where they warmed up their tenors tr011 the name how and sopranos. They then revisited Bernie's it••• aade. room tn full voice and continued singing when­ • * * * ever a nurse was tn evidence. Sl,ae'• DID YOO KNOW ••• the On College Camp u, Rernie ts home nov and as full of fun as ever. record for the .,ost Sally White. a sophomore at' t~ Pennsylvania State University at The doctors have his condition (chronic rider• on one c ycle State College, travels to classes on leukemia) under control with medication and l• re~utarly Nde a un icycle. The was made he ls looktn~ forward to brtn~in~ a bi~ger by The Chinese from an authentic wagon wheel purchased from an Amish farmer anrl better ~rouo of Pontiac Untevcltsts to Acrobatic 11'\eatre near the university. Miss White, the National Meet. from Shanghai. nie the fo rmer n ational u n ~ r l" nuaber of riders? trlck-rlAf ni champion; onc1 r( 28.4 ~ s •. Jm the wb~l to ra.~­ 12 * money for ~American·Heart As- sociation. ;· ' · UNICYCtJNr. SOCTITY CF AMERICA, TNC . NEWSLE'TTf.:R 1 • 78 MISC NEVS co~rrNUED, Page 5

On AuJl(USt 23, 1 Q77, Just two days LLOYD TIMBERLAKE of London, England, wrote aft er our National Meet, of videotaping a segment wt th JUSTIN CASE. ( nr. PAUL MacCREADY, the father another USA Inc. member, to be used as a of two of our members, PARKER portion of Justin's stage show. The taping and TYLER MacCREADY of Pasadena, took place at the Tower of London on a foggy Cat If. made aulatlon history, fflOt'ning. There were stx unicyclists Hts r.OSSAHF:R CONnektn~ tn and his wi fe Judy flew to England to accept place holding our umbrellas aloft. Justin the check personally from none other than cycled under this, turning occasionally to PRINCE CHARLES - who accordtn~ to Paul l s a wave at the camera. A noose ran from his really neat guy and most interested ln avia­ neck to the unicycle and the scene vtlt be tion. Although the pilot BRYAN ALLEN (a bicy­ cut so that ft looka ltke he ts committing clist who was i n top-notch physical condition suicide off tower Brtd~e. '' Apparently and probably one of the few men in the world Justin plans to talk t o his video image in with sufficient stamina to accomplish the feat) his et•s• • h ow. flew it over the course in the award-winning ...... flight, TnER MacCREADY, one of our teenage USA Inc. unicycllsts was the principal plt.ot JIM MAYA, a USA, Inc. •ember from and did much of the preliminary test flying Patterson, CA. wrote that he recently had at Majave and Shafter airports in Calif. an opportunity to watch and vork vtth a PARKER MacCREAOY also had a hand tn the test vtrevatker (stack rope) and ju~~ter vho ftylng and made one of the first f l ights of performed under the name lCR ISTAVO. Jim ( ~reclabte duration. Tyler and Parker's vrote that Krtatavo "Ju•~ted superbly and rOde a uni. on a stack rope white • -,1 is to be compt imented for wlnnlng the 18-year-old Kremer Award. Incidentally ju~~lln• 3 ctuba. I talked vtth hta Dr. MacCready is no newcomer in the field of after ht• ahov end he aald he worked vtth light aircraft having already achieved fame STEVE MoPEAIC at the Cow Petace tn in lnternatlonat glider contests as a soaring Sen ~ranclsco." JI• went on to aay that champion. The film of the epochal flight he and hf• cousin were ••ked to perform the next day on their unicycles in their seen on CBS TV was a product of CENTRE FILMS INC. a Hollywood company owned by the parents cl own coatuaes·. JI• rode hh 7\ foot of two other members of our USA Inc. KATIE and ~lraffe and ju~gted at the •a11e ttme, did tricks on the ••lt unicycle and clowned. WINTER H(J{TON (See wrtte•up on MacCRp;ADY & HffiTON tn July tQ74 NEWStF.'M'F-R.) BRC fn * * * * f.n ~tand ts about to atr a documentary titled The Novetlber, 1977, i,tOCE!:DtNGS of "ICARUS CHILDREN" and ft wf 11 contain consider­ The IEEE Journal contain• a lO•p•~• able foota~e on the Gossamer Condor. WGBH TV Tutorial Review of the SHANN~ SAMPLir«; In Boston w1 11 also be alrtn~ It probably In mr.mEM, Dr. Shannon ts one of our earl y Spr tn~ 1978 fn their NOVA SCYENCt SERIES. ~ounder Members. He first Introduced The January, t97R, issue of NATIONAl. GEOGRAPHIC hls Sampti~ Theory ln the field ot contains an 11-oa2e article entitled "The eoaiunleatlons about: 30 years ago and ha• f.'' i2ht of the Gossamer Conctor." This article bec011e vortd famoua for ft. We would t l 11:e contains not only infor~atlon on the butldtn~ to Join the author of the paper, ABDUL J. anrl ftvlng of the Gossamer Condor itself, but JERRI, of CLARKSON COLLEGE, Potsdam, N.Y. al so sketches and lnfortnatlon on previous in wtshlnJI: a Happy Birthday to one of our att emots at man-powered ftl~ht. Another article outstandfn~ founder•. me mbers m\~ht wish to look up appeared tn ...... SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Au,;ust 1, 1977, just prior DID YOU KNOl ••• that the slow cyclin~ record ( t he successful flt~ht. This ~Ives the was set In 1968 by 39-year-old TSUGUNOBU reader additional information on the Kremer MITSUISHI of Tokyo, Japan, who balanced Award and the Gossamer Condor l tsel f. on a bicycle without support for 5 hours and 25 minutes. * UNTCYCTTNr. SOCIETY Of' AMERICA, INC. NEVSLETIER 1-78 Page 6 THE UNICYCLE R JT)ER • AND THE NON-RIDER Pictures of unicyclists are always finding their way Into local newspapers. (Such as What does Mr. Avera~e Person think when the one of Todd Roberts who delivers fflE seeln~ a unicyclist on the streets PHOENIX (ARIZ.) GAZETTE on his unicycle ( around the world? A picture of WALLY with the papers skillfully balanced on WAITS In Bangkok showed three Thal his head.) Thought USA Members would motorcvcttsts with expressions that enjoy knowing that even President Carter ran~ec1 from "l can't believe this" to ts getting Into the act. "Out of the way, Pa 1."

MA'T'THE'\l BRIGOEN and f ellow unicyclist BR IAN MATTHEWS (see palle 7 for more about these two riders) wrote the followln~, "Another thln,i: we have been workin~ on ts the D'"F'OOTLESS RIDE. We mlnlmtze alt our motions and when we come to a stop ll~ht, we just step down with one foot and then up a~atn when the ll~ht changes - without ~rasptn~ the seat at any time - or making drastic motions to disembark or cllmb on. It Is easter on the ne.rves of the p.edestrtan or ~otorlst who otherwise may live In fear of our next move."

The attention the new rider receives was written in a letter by RAtPR E. BUNKER of Providence, R.I. " ..• My next attempt at distance was a 45 mile ride to Providence stoppln~ at various friend's houses on the way. I still hadn't learned how to depend• abtv mount the unicycle, atthouli(h I had reached a stall:e where success came maybe once every ten times. It didn't help that I often attracted the attention of passersby when I was tryin~ to mount the unicycle. Most people Jost Interest after 5 or 6 fall• ures."

Obviously the last writer has much Improved his technique because he goes on to say "I found a very practical use for the uni• cycle at my place of work. I am a computer 1977 New York News Inc. pro$1:rammer and have to waJ k about a quarter Reprinted by permission of a mile to the computer tab to ptck up some of my output. Ridln~ the unicycle cuts the time necessary to get there In half, In add ition to making the trip a lot more fun. For those of you whose uni­ It ts so practical that three other people ~v,.,.,.,., cycles are be~tnnin~ to took a ' .,, at work have learned how to ride during their ~.. :' little less than new this idea lunch hour." ... ~ cones from DON SHAFFER of * * * * * * ;. .:. GOOD 4522 Peach Street, !:rte PA In reference to an item on pa~e 7 of the 16509, "I had an old Schwinn IOLA October, 1977, NEWSLETTER, Bill Jenack wrote ..... 24" that was scraped up a tot several letters to learn more about the ' and I didn't thank I wanted to Russian Seaman ALPRED SHPRING who rode have it rechrotned. I found some PRISMATIC TJ~E around the world on a 111onocycte the easy at a K-MART. This stuff looks •reat when t ti way (around the North Pote), Unfortunately sun shines on tt, turnin~ all colors when the none of his letters yielded any further light strikes It· would b• ~reat for parades." information on this. UNICYCLING SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. NEWSLETTP.:ft t-78 FRO~ OUR READS'."'{S : Pap:e 7 The Jousti11g pt:.rformance on uni.cyclef, , as mEmtinned on page 9 of the July 1977 newsletter, took :rilncu ,:m schedule a nd accordinr, to a 1~~t,t<-1r f rom Sir Brian was as he puts it: "A amaahing success, with many a falJ :i::-!!'l twnble. I gave Sir Matthew a rou~h time, but ·1 thP. 1md it was a draw ( ()lanned ah ad of thn.e . n.qturally) . DurinS?, t.h e weeks before the event WP. pradic "d diving into the ,-rou.nd from our unicycles, so as to become conditioned for the approaching P1,ent. Indeed t!1ei0 e 1pp:, ....en t s~1icidal nctions caused much concern in the p;,rrl,r- J tn thP .:-,xt,,,mt of brin1dnr, ah,,1tJ at tempted r m:icne by elderly viewers . 1•Jhen the f i na} -t.ourn,.,mm1t car,w about, the crowd$ i P f h'- st.ands cried for more after our first st fund -raising pro,:r3.m pr1sent:ed them with the oppor~1nci +Jy to riemcmst.rat.e their skill and here i.s what ~i.an wroto in a recent 1::>tter to nur forri10r r:;r;it.or lill ,bnn---1<:

11 11 The Great Bicycl e Race ( in aid of 'l'T":3) ,JAV) b£)gan .:;t 12 :15. I~:i· t an:l r l,:,d the cyclists al"(~·md the t r ack for the initial lap. ,,t 1::-:l,r; '~e arose frcn. 01i.r tent (blue striped bed sh.:iet taped to bamboo poles) on our uni cycletJ with full eq1n.p::1ent ard colours flying. }1att, 11 11 was t.he m.ue Kni r;h t from his !i'rench school, anJ T was trie 11 tforthern Red Kni ~h t 11 . (Norttern ?ecorn.Ja:r-,1 is my school) . ~-le bt-;,:an with two passes U.Sin? swords, an:! Matt was the f irst to ,No down , usinr; his dramatic sprawl tBchnique, ,md t was next. "'he 1n.st 3 pan~es were with lancr;s, the first two being misses arrJ the last bo.irnJ th.-; total 1rian Hat.thews 'T'wo 0.f t hem apJ)(·l:'..r below. fats how tt .J,v di vidcd the field of 20 F.as tbourne Ave . oa+ tle much as t.he knights of old did in th« r~,al thing. Toronto, Ontario, Cannda M5P 2EQ

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These otc.t~rPs were unava\1ahte at th(> tt me the Octobe!r NF.WSLIITT-.R was crlnted, Since they are so el!t<"Pllent: . we felt reader~ wnuld enjoy seeln~ them tn January's edt t lon.

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l, Wayne Haines, Marlon~ Olio 2. Mik~ Wltson, Redford Townshtp Uni. Club 3, She1ly Layne, Sffl11ln~ Faces (Shellv sold the wtnnln~ tteket at the National Meet and won h~rself the Sch~tnn Giraffe) 4. J977 Narlona1 Meet rovattyt 7 Cathy Fox and Tom Pari sh 'i On vo11r mark, ~et set, st ow,. , .. , • 6, The "Incredlbl ~ rrandalts" 7. Two Kokomo Road Runners t n act t rm The photos on p~ges 1, 7, 8 and ]O 8, t 1ndy White, Redford Township uni. Club are printed here throu~h the courtesy (T1ndy took first tn Gt~ls lnd. for of John AJ1ee and Ken Frick, this perfor,nance) Phot-ograohers, CONSUMER NF.WS , Marton, Cblo.

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The Smtlln~ Faces held a c lass for be~tnntn~ unicycle riders thls past October. It tasted ebht weeks and resulted in 17 enthustastfe ( Smiling Faces Unicyclists new riders who wi ll become official members of the Smit ing Faces tn January. PerlormtOlt'l'tl Parades As reader s noticed on pa~e 1, this club ts hostt~ an Indoor meet on April 29. Al l f.22-fs!l!:.!I 514 Defiance .\ve. Jan La,yue Fl.odlay, Ohio untcycte r i ders tn the area are Invited to 1.IU,X lOt tl"MO participate. It will be held at the Hancock Recreation Center which Is very near the f'he SMILJl\t; F ACES UNICYCLISTS of f-'l ndlay • expressway. All of t he detafts of the meet

The Smil1n~ Paces puts out a monthly newsJetter that keeps members aware of att acttvtties, past and y,resent. In addition 1t serves as a means of tm,,artln~ ~eneral lnfnrmat l on to alt members. The copies your ,.dltor received contained the 11st of Sml11n~ Pac~ members who were rlbbon or trophy winners at the Redford Township Unt~vcle Club's Mlni•Meet, thank you•s to per s~ns Who offered help for various func• ttons, and complete information on roller skattn~ parties, square dances, etc. that were 8Vaflab1e to 4-H member s . Each lss~e conta ined a darting sketch of a unlcvcJlst , October's looked ttke The Cat tn t~e Hat rldl~ and juggl ing and November's was a sketch of Santa ~otn~ abou~ his rlutles on a one- wheeled con­ vi,vl'lnce . .TAN tAYNE said that she either def tvers or malls each member a copy each month so no one can say, "But J didn't knov• . • " tlNTf'YCUNr. SOC IF.TY

KYLE CARBRAY ls shown riding his unicycle through tO foot-ht~h stilt le~s balanced above by JOIN HENNENBERGER, Both boys are members of the OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXIU!HTIONAL ACTIVITIES CLUB ih 'l.'afrfax " VA.

UNICYCLING SflC'l~Y OF AMERICA, INC , NEWSLETI'ER t .. 78 MCF E MIS ':. NEWS I Page 12 In the taat USA NEWSL!:TTER mefflbers were aaked BARRY LAPPY, the outstandtn~ youn~ cyclist tf they knew of any unicycling so~•. f rom f.n~tand who t hrilled RBRB audiences in DON SHAFFER, who Hnt In the Idea on page 6, this country in 1975 and 1976 has been vith vrote the follovln~, " • . , I'• a austcian a~ the State Circus In ROMANIA the past year have a tar~• cot tectton of 1'11.Jalc books and and has just wri tten that he will remain I couldn't f ind a one, Undaunted, I decided there for another f ull year. Barry ts a to try to write one, I ended up workln~ on member of our USA, INC, and was the subject two . • • The first ls a waltz and has a bit of of a feature write-up tn our Jan, 1977 circus sound to It because of the unicycle'• NEWSLETTER Cyclists wtio attended last connection with clowns and circuses, The year's National Meet 1118Y recall seeing second ts a march about the National Unicy­ Barry's neat act in the movles John Jenack cle Meet." Don aays that he has never attend• took of htm just before he left for Europe, ed a National Unicycle Meet, but that la Since that time Barry has oerf ected dtfflcult to believe when you read the words several new t ricks on hts circus bike (which that foll OYI he rides naJch of the ttine as a unicycle). He NATIONAL UNICYCL! HEU MARCH now does a fast backward pirouette on the by Don Shaffer r ear wheel , of about 10-12 turns, at about At the USA Meet, everyone ~eta a treat, 2 turns per second, In addition he can now Ex-l-bltlons and parading ln the street, mount and ride on the head tube of the bike It'a a weekend of thrills, unicyetin~ skill• without ass istance, do backward riding in and the expert deaonstration• can't be bMt, that posttlon, and can come back down to There are bl~ vheels and aaalt, a0111e are abort both wheel s stltl pedattn~ and then return and some tall around the side of the bike to the saddle. And the aaazt~ thtnes they do are simply For several months he has at so been doinJl ~and the "Boomerang" t n h ls act. That• s where he So let•, get a ~ood seat, for the USA Meet. leaves the saddle and f lies all the way around It'• the greatest one-wheel show In alt the the f ront of the bike and back to the saddle tand while the bike ts In motion, Barry recently 1wltched and now jug~les clubs Instead of PNeryone•s there wtth new tricks to co11par/ balls whtle coastin,i: t n figure 8'a standing Seeln~ all their old friends and meeting new, on the saddle and handlebars, He atso does Riders wtth handles like Poxes and Crandatls a headstand on the saddle while doln~ figure And SklMera and Haines and Rogers too, 8 's. Audiences in Romania have never seen Shockley and McPeak, the high record they an act like barry•s so he outshines alt the •eek other bicycle acts and ts advertised as the Hfttln~ fifty feet and hopln~ for one star of the State Circus, Aa mentioned In a ht gher. T>revt ous news It em, Barry• s act has rece t ved Wobblln' Wally la etrclt~, by golly, such acclatffl i n Romania this past year that 'Round the vortd and he never seeas to tire, it was not uncomon for him to receive sev­ Zt~-Zag giraffes and so111e made juat for lau~hs eral curtain calls at each perfor"'8nce. Our And the big wheels for those who like to best wishes to Barry for his continued success speed, and some day we hope he returns t o the USA Ultimate wheels for the person who feels to ride wtth us a~aln, That a seat ta something you don't really need, • • • • A newspaper article tn the NEOO ESHA REGISTER There's John Jenack and Pop, atways "•tayin~ told of TOM PAR ISH who vae recently selected on top" to attend "The CL

UN ICYCLING SOCIITY CF AMERICA, INC, NE'VSLETTER 1-78 Pasze 13 FEor-: oTrR RFADERS : Dear Newsletter eds - ~ ------. - ---r-- - · T was ol eased and thr t t 1 ed to see my "POGO-CYCl E" --., -,i-,-I --.--I , ' I desh:n ln the ADrll •77 NE\ISLITTER. Also ltked the ----~-,-.---,--~- - ~ -~ ~ - ---..,. ' I • article you wrote about lt. Since you appear to enjoy unusual creations I ' m sendtn~ you another one, a Three­ SNed-Untcycle Rub, One day While oedalln~ u p a steeo hltl on my 6-foot unt I said to myself, "This voutd be a lot easter tf I had a 1 over ,:ear rat to." So that• a when I decided to dest~n a three-aoeed unicycle. I f l ~ured first ~ear, vtth an underdrlve ratio, would be szood for hill ctimb­ tn~ and f ast starts. Sec011d ~ear, a d irect drive, for normal condtttons, a nd third ~ear, an overdrive for conservln~ leg power on lon,i: , level roads of for hi~h soeeda. The dla~raft I'm enclostn~ Illustrates rrry de si~n for suc h a three-speed hub, As shown, the ~ear ratios are as foltowss 1st ~ear ls 1 to .666, 2nd ~ear ts l to 1, and 3rd ts 1 to l. 333. As you can see, the <1esh:n ls a s impl e pl anetary ~ear system. First and third ~ears transait from the oedat s to the s un ~ears to the Planet ~ears t o the final drive ~ear to the rino: o:ear. Second ~ear relays power from the pedals to the sun ~ear but t hen directly to the ~ear carrier (or hub) by tocki?U( the first ~ear sun o:ear to a rtn~ ~ear rl lrectty connected to the hub. I hooe vou find this dest2n lnterestin2 enou2h to pass on to others vfa t he Nl\WSLETTER. J vas also thinktn2 it mf2ht be oosslble to use a 1-sp~ed uni t f r om a bicycle on a chatn driven uni such as mv six footer. But I have not f ound out If the rat­ chet for reverse tn those unit• can be by-oasserl to ach i eve a 1-speed drtve both f orward and backward. As soon as I come across a 3-soeed unit, I am 2oln~ to take lt apart and find out - unless vou know of some­

l'L_.,NI.Y one who has already tried lt and can 2tve me the info. - · --.. . G•l'lllt ~ - ·· ~k,aA, ~ ·' . ' .- I f you or any readers have any questions or com­ . - - .. W:--e · - ments on this desl~n, I would be interested to receive them. A fellow unicyclist, Gary L1 ~htner ,. QQ TovE>r Street ..,-..~-.--· W, Sayvllle, N.Y. 11796 De·s igne-::.i KjC:-orsi~ L1ghtrier _· 1'2/29/77 ·fil UNICYCLING SOC, OF AMERICA, INC. NEWSLttT~ t - 78 M

More on the First Annual Mini-Meet sponsored by the REDF~D TOlilNSHIP UNICYCLE CLUB, INC . The Wilson famil v , wh o coordtnatd the event. wanted USA, Inc. membt:!rS to kn o'W 1 that t·he ~ePt \.las a success bec"use of th4" e-ff urts of. manv , RTUC members o ffered their ca Jents an~ members of other lmicvcl P dubs },el ped lr,o. ~oth CATHY FOX of H1rfon and Kl,THY '-iKINNER of Pontiac helped a great deal . l {t was Cathy ~ox who t1esi~ned Urn nove l t>bStnCl>.:/ course t hat had riders 1umoi nl: rooe, putting on c;weatshlrr-s. throwlrte: basketballs ~ etc. )

whf le the ~int-Meet w-as sinH lar to other unicvcle meets, there were several notable exceptions. To encour·aRe vounger riders to partlctoate in the lndlvtdual and couples events , there was an age division f or them, Al l events (not just t h e races) were divided with the f2•ancl•un anrl COlllN1 ~ F'OX from t-•arion. .furli>Ps for thP c-ouples and eroup r!dlnP. upr~ handed ra~ing sheets dtvtded as foll ow~: pr e ~~nt ~tion ?O pts. Th is photo of the sorln~y suspended saddle (skil J anci varie·t.v . 1.11); accura<·V . t-"i; unicycle wtth handl~bars ~as t aken bv ort~~nalitv and cr eattvfrv, l-"i) , anoear• r,~ AN LUNDSTROM l n l 973 . The eve 1 e ts on ance 10 ots . (neatnP~s anrl ordPrltness,t-5; i1 t so1 av f n t he Tndustr I a, Museum l n audience appea1, 1. -t;) and at t!tudc ,n pts. r.othenbur~. Sweden. freamworl<. l ~'l: Pnt husJai.~, l~"li Acts that went over the t: l "1t; ,. , t rntect had points deducted from rhe total :is t ot lows: rleduct rnn Y<- or, 2 points f or I minute, '• points f or ? , etc. wai:; ser. In l Q6Q hV 'i ,·i::v- ~·r :,i:- \k at > t-. Ii our ·:r ouo acts W P r. .... s i mi I ~r Iv c;.-- nr!"d ,... ~ ,... .,,,

*The unTD YOP KNOW,, " l t-pms fnunri ,n ,.,-,,., issue cnme from the 11.P} ec'it l -.,n o f ·111 NNs;:s· The t- ol 1 n\.l fn2 I s r-h e n f! I<:< '• · ' f° schedu lE· 8001( CF WORt,D Pl'i'.f'OJH)~ ._,v \lnrrti:; '1cWh i rl'"pr r,t f7h e l>1•!'i l1n 11 nf r .,,,. Qt\!\~ : rtnr1 Poss ~cWhirtP,- . '"eh . ~ yr, \tl-'intA Th e Omni .. ,,. .. ~~h.ll-21 ~av anna~ f' lvh· Center Your editor wants to aootoq17,e rni t-he 1-· eb. ~4-21' 1,shev I 1 l ( lvf~ ~·enter t arrHnf!St=; of chis i ssue. While flu and ··~h . 2R • thE> wearher helrt thlnets un some, the hi~~est- hol d-uo waR 1ark r,f e xnPr ,, ., ,.e. Mar , '

The neat little unicycle pins anci cilarms that first made their appear­ ance at the 1975 National Unicycle Meet and were then offered for sale tr.rough the revsletter have proved very popular. We theref ore have been pacing additional orden1 and are s:-ill_ ~f~e~.ns:: them at $2.00 eacr. plus stamped return envelope from your · S.ee"y-'l'l"easurer , -..ihose address appears below. Full size appearance is as :shown at 'left. When ordering be sure to state 'Whe ther you wish Pin or Cham. Pin hu pin on back while cham -~s _1~~ ~ _to_p !°.! ~~ ~_!h_ ~~n!. ______...... ___ _ Jeyce Jones, Secr etariJ Trecsurer UNICYCLING SCCILTY OF AMIBICA, INC. Date 20509 Ne gaunee Recford, Michigan 48240 ----- Dear F,ch Enclosed .find check or money order for $____ tor which send postpaidi

Wo. of Copies ~ OF roB-LICATIOt,Z roTALS CLOWNS by John Tovsen (Hard Cover Only)(New '77) • l.h.95 mE ART OF JUGGLING b7 Ken Benge (Nev 1977) • 3.95 THE UNICYCLE IDOK b:r Jack Wiley • 7.95 ( THE JUGGLING BOOK by Carlo 8 2.95 THE DPJJU REVI~ ~TYU 1".Arch '71J issue o J.So CIBCUS TECHNIQUES by Hovey Burgess - Paper Ed. @ 10.00 Hard Cover @ 15.00 DACK ISSU~ OF U-S-A- !nco ?!~'r!'~ Vol l. No. l Jan. 1974 OUT OF PR INT 0--l..oo xxxxxx 2 Apr. 1974 I 1.00 J Jul. 1974 (Limited supply) e 1.00 h Oct. 1974 • • 1.!Xl SPECIAL - Al.1 4 1974 NO LONGER AVAILABLE @~ xxxxxx Vol ~ No. 1 Jen, 1975-- OUT OF PRINT C 1,00 2 Apr. 1975 e 1.00 3 Jul. 1975 e 1.00 b Oct. 1975 0 1.00 $PECLU. All b 1975 f..10 LONGER AVAILABLE 0 J.09 Vol 3 No. l Jan. 1976 • 1.so 2 Apr. 1976 0 1.$0 .3 Jul. 1976 • 1.~o b Oct. 1976 (National. Meet - Photo I~s,,m) O 2.00 SPF.CI.lL - All 4 1970 e b.00 Vo1 h No. 1 Jan. 1977 0 1.50 2 J.pr. 1977 0 1.50 J' ·Jul. 1977 • ;i..~o 4 Oct. 1977 ( National Meet - Fhoto Issue) @ 2 .oo SPF,CIAL All 4 1977 @ 6.oo ~ -T01 &ddr113ffle______TOTAL Maka Checb Pay.ble to: ------ZIP-- UNICYCLI~u S:>CIETI OF A.'-f::-R I CA,In'c, UNICYCLING socrm OF AMOOCA, INC. - N»ISLETTER 1-78 (

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( Dear Members: As a Not-For-Profit Corp. we are not in bW!liness to make money. However on the reverse side or this page you will .find a number of related items we have for sale which ma;y be of interest to you and which, if ordered through your organization, will not only be of service to you but wi.11 aid the treasury and enable us to award more trophies etc. at mets. Ple&l!e pass along the membership application belOW'. Your :©iitor Carol Brichtard -. -----. -. -----. . ---. . . -. --. ---. --. . -. --. . . . . -- Fill 1n and mail to: ~EMBERSHIP APPLICATION Jayce Jones, Secretary Treasurer UNICYCLING SOCIETY OP AMERICA, INC. UNICYCLING SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. Make all Checks payable to, 20509 Negaunee UNICYCUN~ SOCIETY OF Al\ERICA, INC . Redford, Michigan 48240 Member, $5.00 annual duee - includes cubecription to quarterly newaletter plu• aemberahip card and voting privilege. (Foreign member• - aame price - newaletter mailed •• printed matter.) PR INT your name ______Oate ______Street address______Date ot Birth______City ,State ,I. lp. ______Phone ______

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