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by Russell "ypsi-slim" Rein
Hey All,
I had to wear a jacket today - I guess summer's over, at least in SE Mich. I may be on a work detail to FEMA in a few days so I guess things will be heating up if I'm in New Orleans.
I am saddened to learn that Iowa LHA enthusiast Norma Berns passed away in August after her battle with cancer. In an article from the Iowa Chapter's Along the Lincoln Highway newsletter, her daughter, Su Aros, shared an article from the Aug. 26 issue of The Carroll Today, a weekly newspaper: "Norma was a teacher. . . and became one of the most effective and valuable teachers of history in Carroll County. . . . As eager to learn as she was eager to impart what she learned, Norma was an invaluable community resource. Seen those red, white and blue Lincoln Highway signs around town and along rural roads showing the path our parents, grandparents and great grandparents took? They are there because of Norma. Norma worked tirelessly for her community. Through her leadership and countless hours of volunteer effort, Carroll County residents, including many children and young people, now have an appreciation for the Lincoln Highway." Su goes on to say, "She touched so many lives in such a positive way. 'Always a smile on her face,' I heard countless times. Thanks to her I am one of those LH fanatics and proud of it."
The Indiana Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association August 2005 newsletter is available on-line now, there's a link on their home page at (requires free Adobe Reader):
www.IndianaLincolnHighway.com
The annual "Zoom thru Zulu" foot race on the Lincoln Highway happens next Sunday, Oct. 9 - This is a very flat and fast 10k run, which also features a 2 person 10K relay, a 5K noncompetitive walk, and the Jeff Davis Kid's Fun Run. It all takes off to the sound of bagpipes on the original route of the Lincoln Highway, America's first paved intercontinental road. Runners will pass through the small town of Zulu, Indiana. The start and finish are at the recreation hall of St. Louis Catholic Church and School, located just a few miles east of the I-469 and US 30 interchange east of Fort Wayne and New Haven. For more info:
http://zulu10k.com/
Jan Shupert-Arick, Indiana LHA President and National President-Elect writes:
Russ, The Zulu thing is so cool - it's a fun family event and a fund raiser for the St. Louis Church. I plan to mark the highway that day with the paper LH signs. We also decided to host an open house from noon to 4 p.m. during the Zulu Race event at the one room school house - Jefferson Township Center School #5 - built in 1892 and now under restoration! I love this old school. We plan to use it as an education resource and hold old time school days for area students.
Another article about Brian Butko's Greetings from the Lincoln Highway, from WyomingNews.com:
http://xrl.us/hsqr
Olga Herbert, the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor and the city of Irwin, PA from PittsburghLive.com:
http://xrl.us/hsqx
More about Irwin redevelopment:
http://xrl.us/hssg & http://xrl.us/hsss
Read about Hugh and Loukie Smith's 8,300 mile road trip across the country from June 21 to Aug. 5 on the Lincoln Highway in a Model A, from DailyPress.com: [oops - story only on-line for free for 6 days, maybe someone near Hampton, VA can contact them, might make a good story for the Lincoln Highway Forum]
LHA President Bob Lichty reports that the latest issue of Hemmings Classic Cars [Oct.?] (a new magazine by Hemmings Motor News) has a full page story about Eisenhower and his trip across the Lincoln Highway with the Military convoy. [sorry no on-line article]
An interesting AP article about the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis featuring the grave- sites of Carl Fisher, John Dillinger, Benjamin Harrison, James Whitcomb Riley, Booth Tarkington:
http://xrl.us/hsr4
Downtown development in Coatesville and Downington, PA from Philly.com [requires free login account]:
http://xrl.us/hsr5
Exciting news from Plymouth, IN - Troop 251 of the First United Methodist Church of Plymouth erected a replica LH marker on the Courthouse lawn in Sept. Last year they placed 40 metal LH signs in Marshall County, IN from Etna Green to Hamlet. [Great goin' guys!] Read about it and enjoy the pics in the South Bend Tribune:
http://xrl.us/hsr9
Also from the South Bend Tribune but from 1930: The state highway commission reveals plans for South Bend to become the hub of the state highway system in northern Indiana. A 40-foot highway is to be constructed over the route of the old Lincoln Highway from South Bend to Michigan City in time for the world's fair in Chicago in 1933.
An article about the conclusion of the National Parks Special Resource Study of the Lincoln Highway from Council Bluff's Daily NonPareil on-line:
http://xrl.us/hssc
National Scenic Byway status is a tourism boost for Route 66, and the Illinois River Road, another AP story, from the Belleville News Democrat:
http://xrl.us/hsse
The 10th anniversary MotorIoway Vintage Vehicle Tour's theme this year is "Rediscovering the Lincoln Highway." It begins Oct. 1 in Cedar Rapids and finishes Oct. 7 in Atlantic. One hundred thirty pre- 1980 cars, trucks and other specialty vehicles will participate in the six-day, 1000-mile tour, making it one of the largest events of its type in North America. Read more at the Sioux City Journal:
http://xrl.us/hssf
From AP: The Lincoln Highway is most scenic in late October, and don't forget to plan a stop at Ronald Reagan's boyhood home in Dixon. The foliage found on the 130-mile Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive attracts nearly 100,000 people each year, including visitors to the Annual Fall Festival in Fulton County, scheduled this year for next weekend and Oct. 8-9. State tourism info: (800) 226-6632, toll-free;
www.enjoyillinois.com.
Shady Oaks, a famous cabin camp stop along the Lincoln Highway near Marshalltown, IA is celebrating it's 80th birthday. Still open as a camp ground, it is a must-stop as an open air museum with historical landscaping, loop road, 1925 restored cabin , original office residence and dayroom, and The Big Treehouse. Plenty more info. is available at their website:
http://www.bigtreehouse.net/qmilelink.html
Paul Gilger, VP of the California Chapter of the LHA alerts us to a special last chance to drive the Carquinez bridge:
September 25, 2005
Hello Lincoln Highway Associates! The original 1927 Carquinez Strait Bridge on the Lincoln Highway at Vallejo, California has been reopened to traffic for the next few months. It is being used as a detour for northbound traffic while the 1958 bridge is being earthquake retrofitted. As you know, the 1927 bridge had traffic since the construction of the 1958 bridge. The 1927 bridge has been closed since the opening of the new Carquinez suspension bridge in 2003. The 1927 bridge is schedule for demolition in the near future. Now, for the first time since 1958, you can drive northbound on the original 1927 bridge.
We will take advantage of this on our upcoming Lincoln Highway California Tour #4 on Saturday, October 29th, which travels the 1928 LH alignment from Sacramento to San Francisco via the Carquinez Strait. We will first travel southbound on the new 2003 bridge, then double back northbound over the 1928 bridge (from which we can see the earthquake retrofit work on the 1958 bridge), then travel southbound again on the 2003 bridge and stop for lunch at the Dead Fish Restaurant which overlooks the 3 bridges. If you plan on joining us, please send in your tour reservations now (available on-line at the California Chapter Website - http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/ca/)
This may be our last opportunity to drive the original 1927 bridge, which was Lincoln Highway's biggest and tallest bridge. And to do it northbound as a bonus. Certainly a great photo opportunity for prosperity.
Rosemary Parsel, 89 - former organist and vocalist at the Huddle in Crestline, OH for 38 years reminisces about Lincoln Highway landmarks in Crestline and Bucyrus, OH:
http://xrl.us/hssi
Indiana to loose a little stretch of abandoned Lincoln Highway near New Haven, IN due to development, [check out the pics of the abandoned roadway, & Angie & Jan - coordinators of the LHA National Conference in Fort Wayne, 2003]: http://xrl.us/hssp
The Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway Sept. newsletter proclaims:
Inaugural BUY- WAY a Huge Success. . . .
"This was conceived too late, sorely underfunded, scratched together with spurious press releases and phone calls....but astonishingly successful," President Martha Starket remarked. "Not only was this a win-win for over 80 organizations along the corridor to raise some funds as shoppers found their bargains, but it accomplished out mission perfectly, bringing people to the road, and slowing them down -- getting them out of their car to 'really see' the small town charms, country scenes, and simple pleasures of the highway, " Mike Hocker, recently named executive director, explained. There were more than 350 individual sales counted from Thursday through Saturday from East Liverpool to west of Van Wert the weekend of August 13.
Some news from the Iowa LHA summer meeting:
State Director, Jeff LaFollette reported that a film crew (State of Iowa Film Office) made their way across Iowa doing a film on the LH for the History Channel.
Planning is well under way for the 2006 National LHA conference in Cedar Rapids.
The group toured a restored King Tower cabin which housed the Mens and Ladies restrooms and showers. Furnishings are now planned for the other half of the building, which was thought to be the office for the original 18 cabins. This was a well known LH one-stop featuring a gas station, restaurant and cabins. The restaurant is still open.
Ebay Auctions:
Want your own Lincoln Highway Drive-In? Well bidding starts at $269,000.00:
http://xrl.us/hssv
A real photo postcard of Minick's Place near Bedford, PA went for $128.49!
A printed Artvue postcard of the Keystone Hotel in Greensburg went for $63.23:
http://xrl.us/htrp
A worn real photo view of a dirt road Lincoln Highway to Carroll, IA went for $57.55:
http://xrl.us/htrq
A 1929 Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil Company road map of Texas went for $106.39:
http://xrl.us/htrt
A 1920's Brunswick 78 RPM record of the Mishawaka Blues by the Cotton Pickers went for $5:00:
http://xrl.us/htru
[I wonder what caused this blues?...maybe working at Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Co. making Red Ball boots?] http://xrl.us/htrw
A scenic real photo view of a dirt road LH along the Yuba River brought $68.75:
http://xrl.us/htrx
A well worn Colorado US 24 shield shaped road sign went for $479:
http://xrl.us/htrz
A painted wooden Wisconsin US 16 shield shaped sign brought $338:
http://xrl.us/htr3
A rusted porcelain sign for the National Old Trails Road went for $290:
http://xrl.us/htr4
An early Richfield Oils road map of New England & NY brought $111.39:
http://xrl.us/htr5
A 1929 Indiana road map from Sear, Roebuck & Co. with a auto-camping scene brought $53.75:
http://xrl.us/htr6
A decorated frosted drinking glass souvenir from the S. S. Grand View Point Hotel, 17 miles West of Bedford went for $58:
http://xrl.us/htr8
A multi-view real photo postcard contrasting a 1813 Wagon Train under Military Escort carrying gun powder with a 1918 Motor Truck Train with munitions, along the Lincoln Highway in Bedford, brought $36.99:
http://xrl.us/htsa
A real photo postcard view of the Lodge at Echo Summit in CA outside of Lake Tahoe on US 50 brought $44:
http://xrl.us/htsb
And, just before sending this e-mail yours truly finally won an S. S. Grandview menu holder:
http://xrl.us/hts5
That's it for now - don't let those gas prices discourage your road trippin'!
My 2004 Roth IRA was invested in Fidelity's Energy Sector fund and is up 39% since 4/15/2005; this helps a little.
I bought a new Mazda 6s station wagon - zoom, zoom; but still have those LNCNHWY license plates.
ypsi-slim