Shipshe “Old Geezer” Bike Club Peddles the Pumpkinvine
By Jerry Hostetler
Left to right: Larry Jones, Dan Unternahrer, Paul Mishler, Truman Miller and Levi Jones.
Five Shipshewana men, who have
(unofficially) named themselves, The
Shipshewana Old Geezer Bike Club, have
been peddling their bikes to Middlebury sporadically throughout the late
summer and early autumn.
Dan, who is one of the younger of
the “geezers” at 77 years old, was busily
filling everyone’s tires with air before
they embarked on their journey from
Paul Mishler’s driveway in Shipshewana. Paul Mishler, at 88 years old, sports
an expired Indiana license plate on the
back of his oversized tricycle as well as
a Mishler Packing Co. pig horn on the
front. Truman Miller, at 89 years old,
was fired up and ready to go with his
two-wheeler. Truman has come a long
way since battling health problems a
year ago. The Joneses round out the
pack, Levi at “only” 98 years old and
son Larry at 73. This was Larry’s first
trip with the group, and Paul men-
tioned with a silly grin and a chuckle,
“Levi had to come along to keep an eye
on Larry.” Levi had approached Paul
about joining them on their Pumpkinvine ride a few months ago, he wanted
to ride to Middlebury to celebrate his
upcoming 98th birthday (Levi turned
98 in October).
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When asked why they started
their trip at 9:30 am, Truman quickly
replied with a smile, “If we start too
early, Dairy Queen won’t be open.” He
continued, “We took off earlier the first
time and it wasn’t open when we got
there. So, we learned from that experience to start later.”
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The Hometown Treasure · November ‘12 · pg 45