1955 Shreveport LA Motor Maid Pat Boatright - 1-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article

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1955 Shreveport LA Motor Maid Pat Boatright - 1-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, Vintage Magazine Article
Page Size: Approx. 9" x 12" (22.5 cm x 30 cm)
Condition: Good
The Motor Maids' Vice President
WHEN YOUR brother buys a motorcycle and likes a buddy
rider, what can a girl do? Pat was still in High School
when her brother bought his first motorcycle. Pat liked riding
so well she soon had him talked in to teaching her to ride
. . . (a beginner, himself). She did fine, except for one thing
. . . just couldn’t stop the machine and keep the engine
running. She couldn’t, until—one day she was tearing down
the road and looked up to see a train across the road . . .
was real surprised, seconds later, to find herself sitting there
at the edge of the crossing, quite up-right and the motor
just purring away. That was the end of that trouble.
Pat has taken many trips. Each one most enjoyable, foul
weather and all. She is particularly fond of races and Enduros.
Daughter, Patsy, has been a constant companion on trips
since babyhood, Pat enjoys the Convention trips and has miss-
ed very few since joining the Maids eleven years ago. She
travels several thousand miles each year and manages to find
time to indulge in her other hobby . . . swimming. This
hobby she also shares with daughter, Patsy.
The most popular Girl Rider in America in 1949 . . .
first year of this National Contest, was Pat Boatright. That is
the largest trophy in a collection of . . . well, there’s a lot
of ’em. She won several of these at field events, in which
she excels, but is best in the Slow Race. The rest of the
trophies she has won in Enduros and Club Events.
The Boatrights are a motorcycle family. Both Pat and her
husband, Fred, are connected with the Harley-Davidson shop
in Shreveport and their thirteen year old daughter has her
own motorcycle and is a member of the Motor Maids of
America. The Convention in 1955 will see Pat and daughter,
Patsy, on two machines for the first time. Husband, Fred is
an Auxiliary member of the Motor Maids and has attended
several conventions.
Pat Boatright
Vice President of the Motor Maids of America.
Pat was State Director of Texas and Louisiana for many
years before she was appointed by the President, Dot Robin-
son, to fulfill the office of Vice-President in 1951 after Ev
Smiley, Freeport, 111., resigned that office. Pat was elected to
the post in 1954 to hold office for three years.
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