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Ten Towns Snowmobile Clubs History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ten town snowmobile club was established in 1971 by John Price (President), James Hall (VP), Dick Simons(Treasurer) and Betty Zeltwager as secretary. The group wanted to name itself Southern Tier Snowmobile
\nClub, but was beat out of this name by a club in Jamestown by four days.
\nThe first club meeting was held above the police station in Canisteo, NY.
\nThe club opened with 125 members which was sure to grow.<\/p>\n

The club later bought a house and seven acres of land from Daryl and Joanne Dennis, located on County Route 71 in Jasper NY. They then gutted the home and rebuilt the house with donated materials from members
\nand local people. The club was equipped with a key slide door entry,
\na sixteen foot tall fire place built by Jim Dineen. It featured a bar, pool
\ntable, jukebox, and bands that played on weekends.<\/p>\n

The Club House was always booming with lots of members, even
\ntheir children who enjoyed sled ridding and playing in the snow. Now with
\n350 members the club house was surrounded by lots of snowmobiles
\nwaiting to ride to the next destination!<\/p>\n

To raise money for the club to keep it running smoothly, the members
\nwould arrange a raffle and raffle off a new snowmobile to a lucky winner!
\nThe Club would organize poker and dice runs and even had euchre
\ntournaments. Club members volunteered their time to clear trails, clean
\nclub house and bartend. The Club showed the members their appreciation
\nby having a game dinner once a month for the families to feast upon!<\/p>\n

In addition to being an active member, John Price became and instructor
\nto teach a snowmobile safety course to children ages 10-16. John taught
\nthese classes at Canisteo School.<\/p>\n

Ten Towns Snowmobile Club also had its own rescue team. Many rescues were made. The team would bring food and fuel oil in by snowmobiles to
\nfamilies that were snowed in.<\/p>\n

Members of the old club say Ten Towns Club dissolved in 1985. The old
\ntimers seem to think most of it was due to lack of snow and the invention of
\nthe dirt bike, that could go places that snowmobiles couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure if you were looking for a great time! Ten Towns Snowmobile Club
\nwas the place to go!<\/p>\n

Special thanks to John Price, Ben Ray, Betty Zeltwager and Pauline
\nAshbaugh for the pictures and information you all have contributed.
\nIt was my pleasure talking with all of you.<\/p>\n

Ten Towns Snowmobile Inc. re-established again in 2004. Ron Bulson,
\nTim Rollins and Dale Lamphier started meetings again. The officers were:
\nBob Baker (President), Jeff Amidon (VP), Matt Rollins as (Treasurer). The
\nclub adopted the old by-laws on 1-4-05.<\/p>\n

In 2017 the club purchased located at 2516 Cornell Rd in Jasper where they have a groomer barn to house the trail signs, tools and groomers used for maintaining the state funded trails.<\/p>\n

The club is responsible for maintaining and grooming 43 miles of trails.<\/p>\n