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Praise the Lord.  God is Great.  Happy Easter to all

Raymond Woodard

Merry Christmas to all, especially our service men and women,
Past and present.

Raymond Woodard

Thank you so much for all you do.  Merry Christmas to you and entire Penton family

Raymond Woodard

Hi Paul,

You introduced me to Ollie when I was looking for my 1st Penton.  Ollie had built a 1974 125 Six Day and in February 2017 my nephew and I drove to Amherst to pick it up.  Also on that day we were invited to the John Penton Day celebration, never expecting to meet Mr. Penton.  Like to take this opportunity to thank you for introducing me to Ollie and in large part for helping me get that Penton.  Quite a weekend for some guys from Alabama.

Raymond Woodard

May God rest her soul.  Prayers to you Al for Gods strength.

Raymond Woodard

Great stories guys.  Really love to hear stories from back when it was new

Raymond Woodard

I'll there Saturday afternoon and Sunday.  But I only live about 50 miles away.

Raymond Woodard

Thank you for sharing this history with us.  I for one am faciniated with this.

Raymond Woodard

Thank you both.

Raymond Woodard

Hi Daniel.  I would like to speak with you about the 1974 Can-Am.  Could you please give me a call? 256-310-9800   Thank you.

Chuck Woodard

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Could you send picture of the six days tank?  Not able to travel to VMD

Raymond Woodard

Hi Boyd.   I'm new to the POG as I've just bought my first Penton.  I live in Anniston, AL and race/ride with the SEVMX.  We have several races coming up that will be in Central Alabama....Pell City at Millcreek and Montgomery at Monster Mountain.  Would love to have you come join us.  Find out more at //www.sevmx.com

Raymond Woodard

What a surprise when I opened the Penton newsletter and found the autographed poster.  WOW.  Great newsletter

Raymond Woodard

Congratulations Bud and Pat.  It was a pleasure to meet the both of you awhile back.  Hope your day is great with many more to come.

Chuck Woodard

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Hello to all the Penton owners group.  I can't put into words how pleased, impressed, overwhelmed and just plain grateful my nephew and I are at the reception we received from this very special group.  For all of you to take time to share your memories is so special.  It was a true living history lesson and one that I will share with my friends.  Special thanks to Paul for putting me in touch with Ollie and coming up with the unique items Mr. Penton autographed for us, and thanks to Ollie for the beautiful 125.  Bob Green it was a pleasure to meet and talk with you.  Dale, Al and a few others I can't recall....thank you for your time yesterday.  It would be nice if we could make another trip and spend more time.  Maybe next year, God willing, we can come up for the 50th celebration.  Can't express what it meant to meet Mr. and Mrs. Penton.  Like I said earlier, living history and something that won't be forgotten anytime soon.  Thank all of you from the bottom of my heart and if anyone is coming South near Birmingham, we'd love to see you.  The hospitality shown to us was very much appreciated.  May God bless all of you.  

quote:Originally posted by Paul Danik

Greetings Larry, and welcome to the Penton Owners Group message board.

It is funny that you should ask that question this morning. Just yesterday at the John Penton Day event Jack Penton and I had a brief discussion about that upcoming momentous occasion. President Dale has mentioned it as well several times as we know the clock is ticking.

Are there any plans set in stone at this time, I believe NO would be the correct answer at this time.

Will the Penton Owners Group have some sort of celebration, I would feel safe in answering YES to that question, and THANK YOU for providing more momentum to the planning process.

Below Larry are some thoughts in concert with your question, again, very timely in the asking.

It was interesting yesterday to listen to John Penton giving his analogy of "time and life" in his message to the gathered folks, and of how the years do go by. He told of having an old Ford "back in the day", and of how it was about 20 years old when he had it, and how he felt it was an OLD vehicle when he had it. He compared his perspective of that "old Ford" of 20 years of age with the fact that his Penton Sprotcycle will be 50 years old shortly. It was a very touching and from the heart expression of life and time from his perspective of being 91 years of age.

John is always amazed, and of course very pleased with the interest in his Penton Sportcycle. A good example of this great interest occurred yesterday as two gentlemen from Alabama, who had driven 12 hours the day before to Amherst to pick up a Penton that the one wanted for his collection, came by the restaurant to meet John. The new owner of the Penton is younger than many of us, and he was thrilled to meet John before starting his 12 hour drive home.

 The timing of the meeting of 91 year young John Penton, with this much younger and very excited new Penton owner who was going to have 24 hours of seat time in chasing down a Penton, could not have been better..  

Chuck W., you most certainly helped to make the John Penton Day celebration even more special for John Penton.

Paul

Raymond Woodard