View source for BAY CITY SMOKER - The San Francisco Call - January 24, 1900

=== BAY CITY SMOKER. ===
==== Wheelmen Celebrate the Sixteenth Anniversary of Their Club. ====
The sixteenth anniversary of the organization of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] was celebrated by a [[Annual smoker of the Bay City Wheelmen|smoker]] last Saturday evening. Some two hundred members and ex-members were present and enjoyed a splendid programme. [[William C. Hull]] presented the club with several comical silk banners, caricaturing the days of the old [[ordinary]] bicycle. The members were entertained with songs, recitations, etc., by the following well-known talent: Captain [[Leale]], ex-Sheriff [[Whelan]], Dr. [[W. H. Sieberst]], Dr. [[Thomas L. Hill]], [[Jack Holland]], [[Frank Coffin]], Plymouth Quartet, [[Frank Thompson]], [[Lal Schwartz]], Rincon Quartet, [[John T. Desmond]], [[Kid Nelson]], [[M. Scanlan]], [[Benjamin D. Coonley]], [[Will Finnie]], Mr. [[Ogilvie]] and [[Bob Mitchell]]. A number of specially invited guests were present, among whom were Captain [[Truebridge]], Purser [[Menzies]] and Dr. [[Thompson]], all of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6) U. S. transport Oylmpia]. [[Dan O'Callaghan]] acted as chairman of the ceremonies, and the club members, who all worked hard for the reception, will remember the sixteenth anniversary as the most successful ever given by the club.

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