About
The beginnings of the White
Rose Motorcycle Club initiated in 1950, when eight men decided to form a
motorcycle club. The eight men were Bill Eckert, Bud Folkenroth, Dale
Folkenroth, Phil Goodling, Clyde Hilker, Gordie Mitzel, Charlie Lauer,
and Bob Markey. They then enlisted the aid of Raymond Emig, Roger
Goodling, Norman Lutz, and Lester Hoffman to have the necessary AMA
members needed to apply for an AMA Charter Club.
In 1952: the White Rose
Motorcycle Club of York County was chartered and incorporated and as
such can never be moved from the county of York. Kay and Bob Markey were
instrumental in choosing the name as it is the symbol of York (The White
Rose). The Club colors of green and white were chosen because of the
white rose and the green leaf.
The White Rose Motorcycle
Club was chartered, now revenue was needed. The members paid dues,
collected junk, tin cans for scrap, held lime runs, turkey reliability
runs which were run over dirt, fields and woods roads. We also held
block shoots. The first meeting place was held in Goodling's Garage in
Stoverstown, PA.
Howard Mitzel, who was
already a fine professional hill climber, joined the Club and he foresaw
the promotion of hill climbs as a way to raise money for the Club. On
September 7, 1952, the Club held its first hill climb at Claude
Rohrbaugh's Farm in Glen Rock and the site was rented for the day. This
was the first hill climb in the area for several years and the crowd who
came to that first event was large and the entire day's program was
deemed a success.
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