La « Journée Chemineau » fixée au 17 mai prochain — L’Officiel du cycle, 2 May 1953, the Cyclotourist Day at Saint-Étienne for the Vélocio Centenary

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 2 May 1953, N° 18, the spring number, page 36: ‘La Journée Chemineau fixée au 17 mai prochain’: a cyclotourist day at Saint-Étienne for the centenary of ‘l’Apôtre de la bicyclette’ (Vélocio), with the Rallye de l’Isère and the 40 heures Vélocio planned. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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LA « JOURNÉE CHEMINEAU »
FIXÉE AU 17 MAI PROCHAIN

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The traditional Journée Chemineau will be held on 17 May at Saint-Etienne. It was first organized nearly thirty years earlier, when Vélocio was honorary president of the Chemineau-Touriste. In 1953 the day coincides with the centenary of the Apôtre de la bicyclette and will gather at the col du Grand-Bois the elite of cyclotouring enthusiasts, all those still inspired by the Stéphanoise school of which Paul de Vivie was the master. The piece then recalls that in his review Le Cycliste of August 1928 the latter wrote that the Chemineau Touriste Stéphanois must continue the work of the Stéphanoise school and has always followed Vélocio’s principles. Its present honorary president, M. Joanny Panel, a pioneer of the derailleur, counts among Vélocio’s first disciples, with the following names:]

Lavadière, Chavassieux, Rattier, Pichon, Chassaing, Dupuy, Croizier Testa, Mailland, Chaboux, Bouiller, Beraud Suc.

[Ebykr summary. All these names appear in the many reports published in Le Cycliste before 1914 over Vélocio’s signature, and the quoted passage says homage is due to these modest forerunners who were the faithful companions of Paul de Vivie in the heroic age. The journal wishes the Journée Chemineau every success and states that the final gathering of all the participants will be at 11 o’clock before the Vélocio monument. It adds that the Chemineau-Touriste plans to renew the « 40 heures Vélocio » in a single stage next August through the organization of the Rallye de l’Iseran, and promises to return to the subject.]

[A text article with no illustration, set in italic and roman type in a single wide column. The headline “LA « JOURNÉE CHEMINEAU » FIXÉE AU 17 MAI PROCHAIN” runs across the full width in two lines of large, widely spaced light roman capitals. The body is mainly italic with the names, the magazine title Le Cycliste and the quoted passage in roman, and some surnames in small capitals. A short rule closes the item at the foot. No firm name, address or signature appears.]