California Chapter Meeting on 1/13 Update

January Chapter Meeting

The Winter Meeting will be Saturday January 13th at the Bernard House Museum

291 Auburn-Folsom Road Auburn, Ca.

  • Lunch 11:30 to 1:00 PM
  • Main Dish: Monica Pitsenberger’s “Soon to be Famous Lasagna”
  • Salad & Garlic Bread  & Water
  • If Members/ Guests would like to bring a veggie or fruit tray, chips and dip. or dessert to share.
  • MEETING 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • OFFICER ELECTIONS
  • Officer Committee Reports
  • Sisley Road [Placer County] UPDATE
  • Country Club Drive Extension [El Dorado County]
  • Citrus Heights LH Signage project [Andy Saunders]
  • 2024 Meeting Locations Voting Ballet.

California Chapter Meeting Summer 2023

UPDATE: Disregard post card! New location below

Summer 2023 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, July 15, 2023

Moe Mohanna Family Ranch
2101 Old Bass Lake Road
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
(916) 208-9790
View in Google Maps

Directions:

  • Take US 50 to Bass Lake Road (Exit 32)
  • Turn north on Bass Lake Road
  • At first traffic light past US 50, turn left and follow old concrete LH
  • Turn left at metal gate, follow the driveway to event center parking on the upper level

11:30 am
Lunch buffet
$20 donation to Monica Pitsenberger

  • Sandwiches: variety of meats and cheese & bread with condiments
  • Pasta, veggie salads
  • Dessert: cookies, brownies, fruit

1:00–3:30 pm
Meeting in the main building or upper level of the garage
First meeting after the 2023 LHA California Conference

  • Officer & committee reports
  • 2023 Conference post report
  • Updates: Website, signs, and markers
  • Clarksville Days [Future]
  • California Chapter LH Book Sales

PRESENTATION: Slideshow of 2023 California Conference

California Chapter Meeting on Sat 4/1

Spring 2023 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, April 1, 2023

Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too!
11891 Dublin Blvd
Dublin, CA 94568
(925) 828-9380
View in Google Maps

Directions:
• Take I-580 Exit 44A Foothill Road
• Turn north on Foothill Road
• Turn left on Dublin Blvd.
• Turn left into the parking lot

11:30 am
Lunch in Banquet Room
$40 Menu CASH ONLY PLEASE PAY WHEN YOU SIGN IN

  • Appetizers:
    • cheese pizza or Luigi’s antipasti
  • Pasta:
    • penne pasta or tortelloni
  • Entree:
    • eggplant parmigiana or chicken limón (sautéed chicken breast with shallots in a white wine, lemon cream sauce)

1:00–3:30 pm
Meeting in Banquet Room
This will be the last chapter meeting before the National Conference in Folsom on June 11-15.

  • Officer & committee reports
  • 2023 Conference report
  • Updates: Website, signs, and markers
  • Clarksville Days [Future]
  • California Chapter LH Book Sales

California Chapter meeting on Sat 1/7

Winter 2023 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, January 7, 2023

Vince’s Restorante
840 Harbor Blvd
West Sacramento, CA 95691
(916) 371-6395
Google map

Directions:
• Take US 50 Harbor Blvd Exit 1B
• Turn north on Harbor Blvd
• Turn left into the parking lot of Vince’s Ristorante

11:30 am
Lunch in Banquet Room
$22 Menu: Veal Parmigiana, Special Steak Sandwich, Italian Chicken Sandwich, Baked Lasagna Includes: Salad, hot bread and butter, coffee, iced tea, water
(Gluten-free, vegetarian pasta and kids’ menu available upon request)

1:00–3:30 pm
Meeting in Banquet Room
• Officer & committee reports
• OFFICER ELECTIONS
• Updates: Website, signs and markers, 2023 Conference report
• Clarksville Days [Future]
• California Chapter LH Book Sales
Presentation: “History of West Sacramento & 1928 Lincoln Highway from Sacramento to Berkeley” by Trey Pitsenberger

California Chapter meeting on Sat 10/1

Fall 2022 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, October 1, 2022

Echo Summit Lodge
9010 Johnson Pass Road
Twin Bridges, CA 95721
(916) 208-9790
Google map

Directions:

  • Take US 50 to Johnson Pass Road 
  • Turn east onto Johnson Pass Road 
  • Turn right into the parking lot of Echo Lake SNO Park or
  • Park along Johnson Pass Road near Echo Summit Lodge

11:30 am
Lunch in front of lodge — please bring folding chair
$15 box lunch: sandwiches, potato or macaroni salad, dessert, water/soda 

1:00 pm
Meeting [Inside Lodge]

  • Officer & committee reports
  • Updates: Website, signs and markers, 2023 Conference report
  • Clarksville Days [Future]
  • California Chapter LH Book
  • Presentation: “History of Johnson Pass” by Trey Pitsenberger

California Chapter meeting on Sat 7/9

Summer 2022 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, July 9, 2022

Old 40 Bar & Grill
Donner Ski Ranch
19320 Donner Pass Road
Norden, CA 95724
(530) 426-3635
Google map

Directions:

  • Take I-80 to Exit 174 Soda Springs
  • Turn east onto Donner Pass Road
  • Turn left into the parking lot of Donner Ski Ranch
  • Old 40 Bar and Grill is on the upper level

11:30 am
Lunch

1:00 pm
Meeting

  • Officer & committee reports
  • Updates: Website, signs and markers, 2022 and 2023 Conference reports
  • Presentation: Eastern Third Tour by Paul Gilger

There was once a Lincoln Highway radio show

Ruth Gordon performing in NBC’s Saturday morning show “Lincoln Highway.” (1940)

On March 16, 1940, NBC Radio introduced a Saturday morning dramatic show called Lincoln Highway sponsored by Shinola Polish, which featured stories of life along the route. The show’s introduction contained an error in noting the Lincoln Highway was identical to US 30 and ended in Portland. Many of the era’s stars, including Ethel Barrymore, Joe E. Brown, Claude Rains, Sam Levene, Burgess Meredith, and Joan Bennett, made appearances on the show, which had an audience of more than 8 million before it left the air in 1942. A rare surviving recording of the show’s theme song, “When You Travel the Great Lincoln Highway,” survives online.

California Chapter meeting on Sat 4/2

Spring 2022 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, April 2, 2022

Lunch at 11:30 am

Old Mexico Restaurant
1848 Portola Ave
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 456-7100
Google Map

Directions

  • Take I-580 to Exit 52B, Livermore Ave.
  • Turn south onto Livermore Ave.
  • Turn right onto Portola Ave.
  • Old Mexico is on the right.
  • Parking is available next to the restaurant and on the street.

Meeting at 1:00 pm

Duarte Garage and Lincoln Highway Museum
North L Street and Portola Ave
(across the street from Old Mexico)
Livermore, CA
Google Map

Meeting agenda

  • Officer & committee reports
  • 2022 Illinois Conference and related tours
  • California LH Roadway Painting project
  • Updates: website, speakers, LH signs and markers, 1917 terminus plaque, Echo Summit Lodge

Presentation

Join us for the 2022 LHA Annual Conference, June 20th to 24th, in Joliet, Illinois.

The Rialto Square Theatre

After a couple of years on hiatus due to Covid, our annual LHA conference is back! The conference will start on Monday, June 20. The host hotel will be the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center, just off the Lincoln Highway and close to Interstate 80. The nite of June 20 will kick off with an opening banquet followed by a bus tour the next day with a lunch stop and pipe organ concert at the gorgeous Rialto Square Theatre in the heart of Joliet, considered one of the ten most beautiful theaters in the United States and a photo stop at the Building the Lincoln Highway statue on the border of Joliet and Crest Hill. 

The Garfield Farm and Museum

Another tour will include a stop at the Garfield Farm and Inn Museum, an 1840s era farm, and a stagecoach stop. For a significant find in the middle of farm country, experience authentic Italian food in a stunning banquet hall featuring hand-painted décor for the Wednesday West Bus Tour. There will be a popular request tour of the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb on the West Tour. The Egyptian Theatre underwent a major restoration and expansion in recent years and has air conditioning. The West Tour will be a golden opportunity to visit the LHA Headquarters in the H.I. Lincoln Building in Franklin Grove to see the recent renovations.

Inside the National Headquarters in Franklin Grove.

The conference finishes on June 24 with Speakers Day, which will feature native Joliet resident Dennis Doyle speaking on the Lincoln Highway and James R. Wright, a lifelong resident of Homewood, Illinois, who will give a history of the Dixie Highway in Illinois. The activities on Speakers’ Day will conclude Thursday evening with the ever-popular Awards Banquet.

We hope to see you soon, in person, in Joliet!

Visit the Illinois Lincoln Highway Association page for booking and other information.