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MAG A Z I N E Volume 16, Number 3 - 2005 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE ROUTE 66 ASSOCIATION OF

3F!.~, Bo~'!!,e!S Advertisers and Associations Doc's Harley-Davidson Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven St. Louis, MO Springfield, MO 4 President's Roadmap Tommy Pike Shelden's Market Frisco's Grill & Pub Devils Elbow, MO Cuba,MO 5 Business Member Directory Robert Gehl Mullally Dist. Co,Inc. Shepherd Hills Cuba, MO Lebanon,MO 8 News from the Road Kip Welborn and Kevan Ward Cherokee Chief Trading Post Route 66 Realtors Eureka, MO Pacific, MO 9 Look Back in Time: Passing Time at the Pig-Hip John M.McGuire The Munro House Bed & Breakfast Cuba,MO 12 Preservation News Kaisa Barthuli Features Contd•• 25 A Theater On America's Main Street Show Me Route 66 Magazine 13 Taking YouBack In Time: Bob Bryant Founder President Peggy Sue's Continued on page 37 Jim Powell Tommy Pike Bob Foos, Sentinal editor 26 Travel America: Route 66 Contributing Writers 14 Welcome New Members Candy Castellino TommyPike John M.McGuire Kip Welborn Glenda Pike Max's Journal "Max on 66" 29 History is Calling You MaxDeppel Robert Gehl 15 Jerry Benner, Historian Kaisa Barthuli Bob Foos Max Dippel, age 6;0 years old Oral History Chairperson Betty Chase Gob Bryant Jerry Benner Robert H. Gibbons 17 Missouri Drive-In Theaters: 30 The Wild West's First Gunfight Candy Castellino Kevan Ward Missouri Division of Tourism Robert H. Gibbons Production Staff 19 ViewFrom Route 66 Springfield, Missouri Glenda Jo Pike - TommyPike Betty Chase, Director of Archives, Bryant Business Graphics Evangel University 121 N. Maple St Buffalo, MO65622 21 That was the Place (417) 345-4815 Betty Chase, Director of Archives, www.bryantbus.com Evangel University mt e 66 Association of Missouri Official Website: Advertising Rates Per Issue 22 They Were There 1/8 Page - $35, 1/4 Page - $60 Betty Chase, Director of Archiv __ '_7iil1l."-71.T.missouri66.org Evangel University 1/2 Page - $75, Full Page B/W- $120 Full Page Color - $150 24 In Memoriam: "Mickey Owen" Other rates are available upon request (417) 865-1318 Show Me Route 66 Magazine is the official publication of The Route 66Association ofM issouri. Show Me Route 66 Magazine is published quarterly and is distributed free of charge to all paid members in good standing of The Route 66 Association of Missouri.Additional copies may be purchased for the cost in advance of$6.00 USD each including postage. Request for additional copies may be made direct to The Route 66 Association of Missouri, P.O. Box 8117, St. Louis, Missouri 63156. Manuscripts and photographs submitted for publication are welcome and should be sent direct to Tommy Pike, President, Route 66 Association of Missouri, 1602 East Dale St., Springfield, MO 65803-4014 or sent by email to [email protected]. Reproduction ofthis magazine in part or in whole, is prohibited without written permission from the President and/or Board of Directors of The Route 66 Association of Missouri. The Route 66 Association of Missouri and the production staff are not responsible for errors or omissions contained herein. The Route 66 Association of Missouri and the production staffretain the right to edit any submitted materials and to not publish an article of questionable content or that goes against tbe purpose of The Route 66 Association of Missouri. The Route 66Association of Missouri is a non-profit corporation established to preserve,promote and develop Old Route 66 in Missouri. 3 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 Officers Board of Directors Associations President Marge Ball Route 66 Association of Illinois Associations Continued ... 8516 Ava Dr. Tommy Pike 2743 South Veterans Parkway #166 St. Louis, 63123-3314 The Old Route 66 Association of Texas 1602 East Dale St. Springfield, IL 62704 P.O.Box 66 (314) 256-0655 Springfield, MO65803-4014 (708) 389-3823 McLean, TX79057 (417) 865-1318 Jerry Benner Johnny Miller, President (806) 779-2225 [email protected] [email protected] 1115 Chatelet Dr. Bob Lile, President www.iI66assoc.org Ferguson, MO63135 [email protected] Vice-President (314) 521-4255 Route 66 Association of Missouri www.barbwiremuseum.com Diane Warhover [email protected] P.O.Box 8117 www.mockturtlepress.com/texas/home.html 447 Clemens Ave. St. Louis, MO63156-8117 Kirkwood, MO63122-3808 Fran Eickhoff (417) 865-l318 New Mexico Route 66 Association (314) 965-5751 P.O.Box 244 TommyPike, President 1415 Central Ave.NE [email protected] Cuba, MO65453-0244 [email protected] Albuquerque, NM87106 (573) 885-9175 Secretary www.missouri66.org (505) 472-3763 [email protected] Richard Delgado, President Mark Stauter Kansas Historic Route 66 Association Robert Gehl [email protected] 309 Hutchinson Dr. P.O.Box 66 www.rt66nm.org Rolla, MO65401-3913 1667 Timber Ridge Estates Dr. Baxter Springs, Kansas 66713 (573) 341-2932 Wildwood, MO63011-1971 (620) 848-3669 Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona [email protected] (636) 458-4585 Dean Walker, President (636) 458-4080 - fax P.O.Box 66 [email protected] Kingman, Kl 86402 Treasurer [email protected] www.ksrt66association.us Robert Schulz (928) 753-5001 Norman L. Heironimus 763 North Market St. Route 66 Association of Kansas (928) 753-5852 - fax P.O.Box 504 Tom Spear, Executive Vice President Waterloo, Illinois 62298 P.O.Box 66 Cuba, MO65453-0504 Jan Davis, Director of Operations (618) 939-7021 Riverton, Kansas 66770 (573) 885-4651 [email protected] [email protected] (620) 848-3330 www.azrt66.com Rich Henry Scott Nelson, President • [email protected] Historian/Oral History 1107 Historic Old Route 66 California Historic Route 66 Association Staunton, IL 62088 Chairperson Oklahoma Route 66 Association P.O.Box 1359 (618) 635-5655 P.O.Box 446 Jerry Benner Rialto, CA92377 [email protected] Chandler, OK74834 1115 Chatelet Dr. (909) 874-9448 www.henrysroute66.com Ferguson, MO63135 (405) 258-0008 (909) 874-5947 - fax (314)521-4255 Mike Hickey,President Kevin Hansel, President Gary Hoselton Marilyn Emode, Officer Manager [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 2232 Hunn Rd. www.wemweb.com :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Foristell, MO63348 www.okIahomaroute66.com Membership Services (636) 441-4448 Other Preservation Groups Cont.... Robert Gehl, Director [email protected] Other Preservation Groups 1667 Timber Ridge Estates Dr. Friends of the Mother Road Wildwood,MO63011-1971 Virgie Cole-Mahan National Historic Route 66 Federation '/0 Kip Welborn (636) 458-4585 24320 Raleigh Rd. P.O.Box 1848 3947 Russell (636) 458-4080 - fax Waynesville, MO65583 Lake Arrowhead, CA92352 St. Louis, MO 63110 [email protected] (573) 774-2982 (909) 336-6131 (618) 236-7346 (573) 774-6808 - fax (909) 336-1039 - fax Emily Priddy, President Internet Services [email protected] David Knudson, Executive Director [email protected] Carolyn Hasenfratz, Director www.friendsofthemotherroad.org Kenny H. Storie [email protected] 1544 High School Drive 1436 0 Stoney Meadows Dr. www.nationaI66.org Brentwood, MO63144 Manchester, MO63088 Canadian Route 66 Association (314) 936-0930 Route 66 Preservation Foundation P.O.Box 81123 [email protected] (314) 604-7619 [email protected] P.O.Box 290066 Burnaby, BC Canada Phelan, CA92329-0066 V5H4K2 Larry W.Tamminen (760) 868-3320 (205) 456-7566 418 North Washington St. (760) 868-8614 - fax Bonnie Game, President Carterville, MO64835-1242 Jim M. Conkle, CEO [email protected] (417) 673-1506 [email protected] www.homepage.mac.com/route66kicks/ [email protected] www.cart66pf.org Route66/1ndex.html VOLUME 161 NUMBER 3 4 oaqJ~p~p y the time this magazine reaches you, both many business members (or individual members for that the Route 66 Association of Missouri's matter) without the tireless efforts and organization of Bob B Annual Motor Tour and the San Gehl. As Membership Director, Bob also maintains the Bernardino Rendezvous/International Route 66 Festival membership roster, directs the Membership Committee, will be history. Hopefully, both events will have and prints out mailing labels for all Association mail- converted at least a few new people out there into outs. Fran Eickhoff's enthusiasm and efforts have Roadies, inspiring them to decide to seek out an brought us many members in the Cuba area and adventure or contribute something to our beloved jump-started a lot of Route 66 activities in that town. Mother Road. And Fran, along with Jane Dippel, Diane Warhover, 006 will see the 80th Anniversary Marge Ball, and Kip & Quinn Welborn, have often of the commissioning of gone out of their way to meet with 66 travelers, 2Route 66. As 2005 winds particularly those from foreign countries, as they down, I see several exciting things on the travel through the St. Louis and Cuba areas. horizon for Route 66 in Missouri. We are he hard work of Larry Tamminen and very close to having Scenic Byway his followers in Carterville have given status for the Route in Missouri, and that TCarterville a lot to show Route 66 will probably be completed late this year travelers. Carolyn Hasenfratz generously or early next. Scenic Byway status will donates her time and talents to our website, bring both an increase in signage and better making it attractive, user-friendly, and keeping it up tourism information for Route 66 in Missouri. to date. Carolyn's artistic talents have also adorned And our oral history proj ect is off and running. many Association items over the years. And our Annual · In this issue of Show-Me Route 66, Jerry Benner Motor Tour as well as the Association's ability to set up and has written an article on our oral history man an information booth at many festivals and events project. About a dozen interviews have been takes the efforts of many of our members -- too many to documented to date, and more are scheduled in the near name individually, but I do appreciate the efforts of each future. It is exciting to see the remembrances captured for and every one of you. We also now have a slate of devoted future generations to enjoy and study. I encourage officers and board members who do a great job and don't everyone to read Jerry's article and give either him or me receive enough recognition. any suggestions you may have for other individuals to s 2005 winds down,I ask not just each of interview. our members but in fact anyone reading ur oral history project is also a great A this Road Map to ask themselves what example ofthe impact ONE PERSON can they can offer the Mother Road -- then act on it! No Ohave on our Mother Road. Without Jerry's amount of time, talent or effort is too small to not be dedication to this project and his intimate knowledge ofthe utilized in some way in our Association. Please let me equipment required to properly document these know if there is something -- a project or an activity -- that interviews, this project would not be as far along as it is in you would like to sponsor or help with. In the Missouri Missouri. Association, ONE person CAN make a DIFFERNCE. n a larger scale, this oral history project is Let's all work together to ensure that the 80th Anniversary typical of what has made the Mother Road Year is the Mother Road's brightest and best yet! Othe character she is: One person's nd as always, I look forward to seeing each ingenuity and desire creating something which adds to the and every one of you out there on the fabric of the Road, further making it the unique experience A Route ... it is. And to carry it one step further: It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes an Association to preserve and promote Route 66. ur Association has been blessed over the years to have many individuals, such as OJerry, adding to the fabric of our beloved Route in Missouri. Missouri would not have nearly as MISSOURI Cuba, MO - Continued: Halltown, MO Avilla, MO East Office Bar & GriU My Shop Creations AviUa Post Office • Great Food in a Comfortable Family • Rt. 66 Items, Leather, Antiques & More Atmosphere • In 1915 Building on Historic Route 66 Frisco's GriU & Pub Harrisonville, MO Bourbon, MO • Steaks -Seafood - Pasta Miller Mini Storage LLC 1-44 Express Circle Inn Malt Shop • Custom Pickup and Delivery • Family Owned - On Route 66 since '56 Joplin, MO The Jesus Christ Foundation Main Street Bar & Grill Cycle Connection • Promoting Jesus -King of the Road • Stop by for a Burger and a Beer Harley-Davidson / Buell Mace Supermarkets • www.cycleconnectionh-d.com •"Come Shop With Us" Brentwood, MO Holiday Inn of Joplin McGinnis Wood Products, Inc. Carl's Drive In • Ask For Special "Route 66 Assn ofMO"Rate! • Specializing in Wine Barrels • "16 Seats in Heaven" Joplin Museum Complex Missouri Hick Bar B Q City of Brentwood • Enjoy Rustic Dining and Great Food! • City of Warmth - www.brentwoodmo.org Richardson's Candy House Mullally Distributing Co., Inc. • Watch our Candy Makers-5 Mi Sji-om Carterville, MO •"Budweiser - King of Beers" Main & 7th Carterville Route 66 Diner The Munro House Sultan of Smoke • Homemade Biscuits'n Gravy from Scratch • Bed/Breakfast on Historic 66 1-877-244-1912 People's Bank Transport Distribution Co. (TDC) City of Carterville • Your One-Stop Financial Center •Truckin' on 66 - www.gotdc.com Pop's Corner Cafe Carthage, MO • "Whopper Burgers On The " Kingdom City, MO 66 Drive-In Theatre River Valley Rod & Custom Car Club Nostalgiaville, USA • "Still Cruisin' After All These Years" • Open Fri/Sat/Sun April thru Sept • "Your 50's & 60's Nostalgia Superstore" • Allan Antiques & Appraisal Service RJay's Performance Center • Car Trailer and Hot Rod Parts Kirkwood, MO Carthage Convention & Visitors Bureau Roberts-Judson Lumber Doc's Harley-Davidson • Angels, Antiques, Art & More! • Established in 19 I 4 • Since 1955-www.docsharleydavidson.com Carthage Route 66 Tea Room The Rose • Blue Plate Special Mon-Fri. / Antiques • Karaoke - 2 Pool Tables -Darts Lake of the Ozarks, MO Historic Route 66 Mini Mall & Wagon Wheel Motel Reflections Condominiums Community Building • "Come Sleep at Our Wheel Instead of Yours" • Lakefront - Come Play In Our Front Yard Wallace House Powers Museum • Catering & Banquet Facilities Available Leasburg, MO • www.powersmuseum.com10% off in Shop Skippy's Route 66 Inn Devils Elbow, MO • "Good Foodfor Good People" Columbia,MO Becht Properties, Inc. State Historical Society of Missouri Lebanon,MO Elbow Inn Bar & BBQ Pit • www.system.missouri.edu/shs Charlie's Farms & Gardens • Campground & Canoe Rental Now Available Cuba,MO Shelden's Market City of Lebanon Bob's Gasoline Alley • Store/Post Office on Big Piney River • Friendly People. Friendly Place. • Gasoline & Route 66 Memorabilia www.lebanonmo.org Charles A. Kolb C.P.A Eureka, MO Dowd's Catfish & BBQ House • Proud Supporter of Route 66 Cherokee Chief Trading Post • Great Food at Great Prices on "66" City of Cuba • Antiques, Collectibles, & Mannequins Eric's Performance Express Inc. • Route 66 Mural City Long Ford • "Quality Auto Repair At A Price That's Fair!" Country Kitchen • A cross from Six Flags-www. long-ford. com Faye's Diner • "Are You Ready For A Real Meal?" Phil's Bar B. Q. • "Really Homemade Food" Crawford County Historical Society • Ribs Are Phil's Specialty For Over 50 Years Heartland Antique Mall • 3 Stories of History - Wed & Sat IOAM-2PM, Route 66 State Park Sun 12-4PM • Drive on 66, See Exhibits, Buy Gifts Historic Route 66 Inn Cuba Chamber of Commerce • A Great Place - Right on Route 66 Visitor Center Florissant, MO KFC / A& W Root Beer • www.cubamochamber.com The 3 "C" Company • See Our Rt. 66 Photos - I Blk N. on Jefferson Cuba Free Press • Militaria and Archival Specialists Lindsay Chevrolet • "Defending Your Liberties Since 1960" Please Visit And Support Our Business Members! Lebanon, Mo - Continued: St. James, Mo - Continued: Munger Moss Motel Spurgeon's "66" Service • Your Home Away From Home- • "66" Station on Route 66 Since 1961 www.mungermoss.com St. James Tourist Information Center Nancy Ballhagen's Puzzles Rock Hill, MO • Discover the Ozarks Best! • www.missouripuzzle.com City of Rock Hill www.stjamesmissouri.org Orchard Hills Package Store • www.rockhillmo.com • In Business on Route 66 Since 1946 Rolla, MO St. Louis, MO AAAAuto Club of Missouri Regional Radio KJEL 103.7 FM- City of Rolla KBNN750AM Cenveo / Color Art • Serving 36 Counties in the Ozarks Federation Map Company • Full Service Printing on Rt66 for 47 Years! Route 66 Museum & Research Center Chuck-A-Burger Drive-In Restaurant • Let Us Display Your Route 66 Collection! Memoryville, U.S.A., Inc. • Cruisin'Capitol of the Midwest since 1957 Shepherd Hills Factory Outlets • Visit our Website: memoryvilleusa.com Classic Cars Plus • On Rt. 66 Since 1960-www.shephills.com Muffler Mart • www.classiccarsforrent.com 636-386-0566 Marshfield, MO Eat-Rite Diner Phelps County Bank • Eat-Rite or Don't Eat At All Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce John C. Gower,CFP, EA Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce Maryland Heights, MO • Financial Planning Services • "Rolla: The Middle of Everywhere " Ted Drewes LeBlanc Insurance & Financial Services www.rollachamber.org Route 66 Motors & Nostalgia Gifts Westport Customs and Collision Center Pacific, MO • Classic Cars, Collectible Gifts •"From Flames to Frames" 314-692-9922 American Legion Post 320 The Mule Trading Post • Route 66 Items, Antiques, & Life Size Animals St. Peters, MO Birdsong Pharmacy Totem Pole Trading Post, Inc. Fords Unlimited Car Club • Pharmacy, Gifts, Cards, Collectables • Antiques, Souvenirs,C-Store "Since 1933" Citizens Bank Zeno's Steakhouse & Motel St. Robert,MO • Home of the Famous 120z - Since 1957 BP of St. Robert - Amoco City of Pacific • We Make It Convenient on Route 66 • Est. 1859 - www.pacificmissouri.com St. Charles, MO City of St. Robert Industrial Technologies, Inc. Fast Lane Classic Cars • "We Sell Investments That Accelerate" Ehrhardt Properties John Heger Realtors / Heger & Gateway Chapter - Falcon Club Associates, Inc. of America First State Bank - St. Robert

Mahler Restorations St. Charles County, MO Microtel Inn & Suites Cruisin Clean Auto Detailing • wwwjtwoodhotels.com McLaren Grading, Inc. • If you're Cruisin ... Pulaski County Tourism Bureau You should be Cruisin Clean! • Pulaski County - Missouri's Natural Beauty Pacific Area Chamber of Commerce "The Source" KJPW 102.3 FM / • www.pacificchamber.com St. Clair, MO 1390AM Pacific Partnership Lewis Cafe •Located on Historic Route 66 Ron Sansone Construction, Inc. •"Home Cooked Meals For Over 65 Years" Shelbina, MO • Brick, Concrete, & Stone Contractor Route 66 Car Club • Father's Day Car Show-Call 636-629-5445 Auto-Mat LLC 636-271-4844 • Let us help you find that Special Vehicle Route 66 Chevrolet Motor Company Route 66 Lumber Co. dba St. Clair •"Get Your Kicks at Route 66 Chevrolet!" Building Center Springfield, MO • "Get Your Sticks At Route 66" Route 66 Realtors Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven • Check us for all your Real Estate needs St. James, MO • Guests Get A True Rt. 66 Experience 636-271-6660 Since 1938 4 M Farms and Vineyards Route 66 Wine & Gift, LLC College Street Body Shop,Inc. • 1 BLK S. of Rt 66 on First St. - • 417-862-4326 Best Body Shop in Town- Johnnies Bar Come check us out! Ask My Mom • Coldest Beer on Route 66 The Great Pacific Coffee Company Curtis Enterprises Murdon Concrete Products • For Coffee, Food, Wine & Cold Beer • www.birthplaceofroute66.com 636-257-9911 • Lookfor our Dripping Faucet Neon Sign! Russ & Tina's •A Warm Welcome and a Cold Drink Please Tell Them You Are A Member Too! Springfield, MO - Continued: Villa Ridge, MO - Continued: Murphysboro,IL Ingram Enterprises, Inc. Tri-County Restaurant Silkworm, Inc . • Good Foodfor 76 Years on Route 66 • 800-826-0577 www.silkwormink.com Lurvey Properties Wayside / BP Amoco Springfield-Greene County Library • "The friendliest store in town" on Route 66 Springfield, IL Center Cozy Dog Drive In Waynesville, MO • "Famous Hot Dog On a Stick" Springfield, Missouri Convention & Cave State Cruisers Car Club www.cozydogdrivein.com Visitors Bureau • 573-435-9297 • Birthplace of Route 66 - Springfield, MO City of Waynesville Staunton, IL 1-800-678-8767 DeCamp Junction Inc. Steak 'n Shake Cole-Mahan Enterprises, Inc. • Historic Roadhouse Serving Since 1926 • Famous For Steakburgers & Route 661 • Theatre on the Square in Waynesville Henry's Route 66 Rabbit Ranch / Pulaski County Historical Museum Emporium Stanton, MO & Society •Rt.66 Info Center - www.HenrysRoute66.com Antique Toy Museum • Open Saturdays Only 10-2 PM April thru Sept • AFun & Exciting Tour Thru the Past Ramada Inn KANSAS Jesse James Wax Museum Security Bank of Pulaski County Riverton, KS Eisler Bros. Old Riverton Store Meramec Caverns The Old Stagecoach Stop • A Fun Visit Back In TIme www.eislerbros.com • Askfor Special Association Rate • Open Saturdays 10 to 4 April thru Sept "The Source" KJPW 102.3 FM / OKLAHOMA Strafford, MO 1390 AM Claremore, OK Cowan's Route 66 Convenience • Located on Historic Route 66 Claremore Convention & Visitors Keiser Equipment Company Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber of Bureau Commerce • Claremore, OK www.visitclaremore.org • Strafford Area Chamber of Commerce • www.waynesville-strobertchamber.com Elk City, OK Sullivan, MO Webb City, MO National Route 66 Museum Copies, Marketing & More Bradbury Bishop Deli • Special Assn Member Offers! • Visit Our Historic Soda Fountain CALIFORNIA www.copiesmarketmore.com Webb City Area Chamber of Commerce Lake Arrowhead, CA Native Experience Eco Base Camp National Historic Route 66 Federation • Base Camp to Adventure on Route 66 Webb City Historical Society MINNESOTA Union, MO • For More Information 417-673-3000 Minneapolis, MN Huxel's Auto Repair ILLINOIS Custom Business Video, Inc. • Used Parts for Old Cars 1940 to 1980 • route66today.tv Get to Know the People Indian Harvest Trade Belleville, IL along Rt. 66! • On Route 66 - www.indianharvesttrade.com Motor Car Memories Inc. •Route 66 Collectibles 618-398-7001 Villa Ridge, MO Bourbeuse Valley Harley-Davidson Litchfield, IL List maintained by Robert Gehl, The Ariston Cafe Director of Membership Services • Junction of 1-44 & Hwy 50 on Route 66 Updated as of August 10th, 2005 Route "66" Storage • "Remember! Where Good Food Is Served" 636-451-0677

For Route 66 Association of Missouri membership information ~~'tu.fe 66 Association of Missouri and to print an Official Website: application form see w.missouri66.org 8

ROUTE 66 STATE PARK terminally ill or seriously ill children. The Team will be at Don Fink, Natural Resource Manager, announced that the Rendezvous on Friday the September 16thand for those paving has now been completed at the park. This includes of you that will be at the luncheon they are looking forward the 2 mile loop road through the park and the parking lots to meeting you. If you have any enquires or can support this (Route 66 was not paved). He also stated that a new project in any way please e-mail me at: equestrian parking lot on the South Outer Road has also Kevan. [email protected] been opened. The Coral Court signs are now at home in a new display, he reported. Fink and the Park Staff invite all PINK? CADILLAC RANCH Route 66 travelers to visit the Park and enjoy these new Stanley Marsh has once again painted the Cadillac Ranch in improvements. Amarillo, Texas. Marsh repainted the Cadillacs a bright pink to pay tribute to cancer victims, survivors and their families. Kalee Doche and Parie Villyard, co-chairs of this year's Susan G. Kamen Greater Amarillo Race for the Cure, had the idea for "Operation Pink Flamingo". Villyard said that the pink camouflage motif symbolizes "fighting the fight" in the war against breast cancer. These pink flamingos do indeed draw a flock each day.

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th * Sept 30-0ct 2 _4 Annual International Route 66 Mother Road Festival, Springfield, IL. Information: 217- Spencer Grill Sign by Kip Welborn 525-7980, and 217-422-3733 www.route66fest.com SPENCERS GRILL By: Kip Welborn * Sept J-Oct IS-Route 66: Avenue of Dreams Photo Art SPENCERS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS! On April 26, Exhibit by Drew Knowles. The Lincoln County Museum 2004, Spencer's Grill, in downtown Kirkwood re-opened of Pioneer History, Chandler, OK. Information: 405- courtesy of its new owner, Chris Powers. They have kept 258-2425 (Museum) 405-258-6700 (Sue Preston, Seaba the decor much the same as it has been since 1941. It is Station) open at 6:00 a.m. everyday, and is open till 8:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and until 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. * October I-Sock Hop to celebrate Route 66, and Book They serve breakfast all hours of the day, they have basket Signing by Drew Knowles, 7:00-9:00 PM, $5 admission. lunches, excellent soups and sandwiches, and have The Lincoln County Museum of Pioneer History, specials throughout the week, including meat loaf on Chandler, OK. Information: 405-258-2425 (Museum) Fridays. In the evenings, you can treat yourselfto a feast of 405-258-6700 (Sue Preston, Seaba Station) food and the excellent neon sign that they have restored out front. It is located at 223 South Kirkwood Road; Phone No. * October 8__1S_39thAnnual Maple Leaf Festival, 314-821-2601. Carthage, MO. Information: 417-358-2373 www.carthagechamber.com THE ROUTE 66 CHALLENGE 200S By: Kevan Ward The Route 66 Challenge 2005" formerly the * October 12--29-Annual Maple Leaf Festival Quilt "Miles4Smiles" cycle ride by a British Police Officer Show, Powers Museum, Carthage, MO. Free admission, Kevan Ward across The Historic Route 66 will be starting Sponsored by Four Comers Quilter'S Guild. Information on the 17thSeptember 2005. Supported by his back up crew and times: 417-358-2667 www.powersmuseum.com of Liam Kenny (Paramedic) and Richard Strudwick (Cyclist/Mechanic) he will cross Route 66 by starting in * November S -Route 66 Association of Missouri, Los Angeles on the 17thSeptember 2005 and complete the Board Meeting, 10:00 AM, Quarterly General Meeting, 12:00 PM. Program: Trolley Ride and History. Granny ride in Chicago on the 1stOctober 2005. After a year and a Shaffer's Restaurant, 2728 N Range Line Rd (Route 66), half of planning it is now time to put all the training into Joplin, Missouri 64801. Information: 314-965-5751, action and embark on this remarkable journey. The ride is in Diane Warhover aid of Starlight Children's Foundation, which supports SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3

This is the second in our series of Route 66 stories written by John M McGuire, reporter for the St. Louis Post- Dispatch. The Pig Hip as a restaurant closed in 1991. The owners Ernie Edwards, now age 88 and his wife Frances, now age 84, along with the help of the Route 66 Association of Illinois, eventually reopened the building as the Pig Hip Restaurant Museum and have since been busy visiting with Route 66 travelers and showing off their Route 66 memorabilia.. The Pig Hip Restaurant Museum is located at 101 West Oak Street, Broadwell, Illinois 62634,23 miles north of Springfield, Illinois (on old Route 66). Plan to stop by soon and enjoy a memory with Ernie and Fran. You will be infor a treat. Glenda Pike ASSING TIME AT THE PIG-HIP HUNGRY TRAVELERS CAN RETURN

TO ANOTHER AGE By John M. McGuire

Sunday, August 20, 1989

THE BLUE highway sign points the way to the Pig- Hip, a hairpin bend off the Broadwell exit oflnterstate 55, 23 miles north of Springfield, a loop south into another age. Emil M. Verban, after whom a society was named, once ate here. So did Harry Caray and Mike Royko, the latter causing problems for the owner when he wrote about the experience. If he can't sell it, the Pig-Hip Restaurant's owner believes he might make a museum out ofthe place, which is not a bad idea. Most times, it is quiet like a museum.On a typical day, the only sights and sounds are a dust swirl and the crunching noise made by an occasional car turning onto the gravel driveway. Mr. Pig-Hip, owner Ernie L. Edwards, known also as "the Old Coot," pays the state of Illinois $625 a year for a Photo by David Clark, Aug 2002 footnote to interstate-exit marker No. 119. It is a small Pig-Hip in 1983. Royko's visit touched off a controversy in illustration of a cartoon figure with a chefs hat holding a Broadwell, which resulted in Verban's boycott of the knife and plate, the Pig-Hip logo. Traveling north, it is restaurant and its owner, Edwards. They were high school easy to see the Pig-Hip from the interstate, but not so classmates at nearby Lincoln Community High School No. going south. The terrain through this section of Illinois is 27. Edwards insists that they were once friends. The road past as flat as a slab of bacon, although maybe not as the Pig-Hip also goes by Verban's old farm, the one he sold interesting. when he moved to Lincoln. After 53 years, the Old Coot says that many of his In the early 1980s, Verban became central Illinois' most former customers stop in to see if he's still running the famous resident, this side of Abe Lincoln. Verban died this place. Usually, he's there, sitting in his stuffed rocker past June, leaving another memory to rattle around the Pig- behind the cash register near the front door. Or looking Hip. "Old Mike Royko came in here one day and had a cup of out from behind the serving window in the kitchen. coffee," said Edwards."He saw Verban's photo on the wall Edwards said he remembered Royko, the syndicated and said, 'What's his picture doing up there?' "I said we were newspaper columnist from Chicago who stopped at the old friends." 'Well, I guess he was a good ballplayer?' 'That's a SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 10 matter of opinion," I said. hip" - married a onetime customer, Maureen "Well, he went back and wrote I was Downey, who also grew up in Lincoln. bad-mouthing Verban The pavement in front of the Pig-Hip is because I had to go in historic, being the genuine remains of the now the service in the war, fabled Chicago to Los Angeles highway, and he stayed home and Route 66. Pull in the gravel drive of the Pig- played (for the Hip and turn up the Nat King Cole tape: "If Cardinals and Cubs)". I you ever plan to motor West. ... Travel my said it was a matter of way, take the highway, that's the best. ... Get opinion because Verban your kicks on Route Six-Six. Now it winds played "wartime from Chicago to L.A., more than 2,000 baseball". miles all the way, get your kicks on Route What Royko wrote was Six-Six. Now it goes through St. Looie .... " this: "A few days ago, I was driving through downstate Illinois when I Photo by David Clark- M Tour The Old Coot has been on Route 66 so long tha stopped at a small cafe cale Barnie & Fran servmg. the 2002 JL. otor th e remem bers w hen t h"e Route 66"T 1yrics. were called the Pig Hip Inn. On the wall were pictures and news actually true. Written by Bobby Troup, ajazz pianist who later clippings of Emil Verban, a Cub ofthe 1940s. Verban has appeared as the doctor on the TV show "Emergency," "Route become a symbol of Cub mediocrity." Verban became a 66" has scores of recorded versions. But the King Cole symbol because of a Washington lobbyist and Cubs fan adaptation is probably the most popular. named Bruce C. Ladd Jr., who founded the Emil Verban Edwards opened his first Pig-Hip on June 16, 1937, on Memorial Society, in honor ofthe hitting star with the St. what had been old Route 4. Abe Lincoln used to travel on it, Louis Cardinals in the 1944 . Verban had said Edwards, chalking up his first fib. Two years later, passed through the Cubs late in his career, after his Edwards moved when Route 66 went from two lanes to four. second-base skills had eroded. New York Times "They took out the original restaurant, and that gave me a little columnist George Vecsey noted that at first, Verban did nest egg." Edwards built another Pig-Hip, and his brother, not appreciate his Joe, opened a Cities Service filling station next door. It had a new-found fame as a symbol of mediocrity. But when wrecker, which was an important addition to the Pig-Hip Verban society member No. 144, one Ronald Reagan, enterprise. "Those old cars would go 70," he said. "You'd be invited Verban to the White House, the old ballplayer's surprised at all the wrecks. There was a lot more traffic then attitude changed. Royko continued: "Trying to be kind, I than there is now; I don't think the interstate's as busy as 66 said, 'Verban was a pretty good player'. used to be." The Old Coot snorted, shook his head and said, 'No he What with thousands of hungry travelers, some of them weren't. The rest of us were in the war, That's the only careless enough to run into something, the Edwards brothers reason he got to play, they didn't have many able bodies in got them coming and going. What'll it'll be, a pig-hip baseball in those days'. "See?" wrote Royko. "A Cub sandwich or a tow to doesn't even get respect from his best friend." the garage? The Old Coot said that after the column appeared, When Edwards Verban stopped coming to his place. He used to stop by went off to the war for a beer or two, once telling Edwards that they were the with the Army, the best of friends. After Royko's visit, that ceased. "He Pig-Hip was operated wouldn't even shake my hand in church," said Edwards, by his late mother, who smiled and said that Verban, the son of a coal miner, N a 0 m i ' ,Too t s ' , was just an old Eastern European, or words to that effect. Edwards. With the However, Edwards never tampered with the Verban war ended, Mrs. display on the southern wall of his restaurant, a Edwards, to hear her hodgepodge of newspaper clippings, including a Route son tell it, was 66 calendar. r e l u c tan t t 0 Not everyone knew of Verban, said Edwards. Another relinquish control. So celebrity who happened by his place, former television Edwards opened a personality David Hartman, once asked Edwards, "Who place in Lincoln in the hell is he?" There is no record of what Edwards told called Tizit. After his him, but the old Eastern European probably wouldn't mother became ill, have liked it. Hartman, whose autographed photograph Edwards bought back hangs near the door - "to the Edwards and our favorite pig 11 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 the Pig-Hip from his mother, brother and sister. "I The Old Coot also has bought it back, even though I owned it," he said. a more fanciful version Then the matter of the rights to the Pig-Hip of how the name Pig-Hip name was questioned. Edwards' Pig-Hip menu began. Once upon a time, carries a patent line, "Reg. U.S. Pat." A lawyer he had taken a fresh ham from Amarillo, Texas, called not long ago and from the oven, known as threatened legal action, contending the Pig-Hip a green ham, and was trademark belonged to an eatery in Amarillo of cooling it on a kitchen the same name. Piffle and nonsense, said the Old table. A one-eyed farmer Coot. named Mr. Geiseke came "This lawyer was putting the squeeze on me, in and announced to claiming they had an original sign and copyright. everyone that his wife He wrote me a nasty letter; I knew he was lying. I was gone, that he had told him, 'Look, fellow, I don't buy green bananas been working in the field and that he anymore,' " which wife Frances explains is a variation on was hungry. He spotted the green ham and said, "Give me "I wasn't born yesterday." a sandwich off that pig hip." So that was how it started, At this point, the story of who owns the rights to Pig- Edwards said. Hip gets a little confusing, which is not helped by the Just then, Frances Edwards, in regulation waitress garb, put entrance of two customers, older women, one whose hair down the pig-hip sandwich with its side order of Jell-a, is the color of a department-store Santa. She bought a which of course jiggled from contact with the Formica bottle of Miller High Life. Edwards said he owned all counter; the lump of potato salad never moved. Frances is rights to the Pig-Hip name. He hired two lawyers and paid Edward's third wife. He has been a widower twice, and she them for 30 years "to maintain it." According to the Old sort of keeps him honest when his accounts of things become Coot, the first Pig -Hip sandwich stand - and it was too colorful. nothing more than a roadside stall - was operated by two Edwards said he knew Col. Harlan Sanders before brothers from Pittsfield, Ill. "I bought a franchise - they Kentucky Fried Chicken became famous. The colonel used to were selling franchises - then one of the brothers went to stop by the Pig-Hip and kibitz. And Gus Bell, founder of the pen. In the early '30s, I bought all the rights. "We were Steak n Shake, once sued Edwards for using black and white all copyrighting and patenting everything back then," he paint. once told the newspaper in Decatur. Now for the big secret. Just what is a pig-hip sandwich? Nevertheless, Edwards sent a letter to the lawyer in Edwards said that one of his secrets is that he grills the Amarillo: "I wish you success on your venture. The more butter bun. Then he lays in slices of un smoked ham, strips of success you have, the better for me. This is my 50th lettuce and a "come-hither" sauce, the contents of which he anniversary in this spot, and I have never lost a case. "But will not discuss. "It makes the fat look thin, and the thin good- if you are serious, I am for sale. I have 50 years of looking; it helps everyone." Ideally, a pig-hip should be advertising know-how and papers for sale. This includes followed by a slice of pecan pie. restaurant, service station and house, on five lots, for only $210,000, plus inventory, on one of the busiest highways in the U.S." "Reprinted with permission of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "I'd like to sell out and retire," said Edwards, who is 72. copyright 1989."

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Route 66 Cost-Share Grant Projects Announced July, 2005

The National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation the route passes, providing $928,000 of federal funds Program is pleased to announce its 2005 annual cost-share toward historic Route 66 projects. An additional $818,000 grant awards. This year, 10 new projects will be awarded a has been provided by grantees as cost-share match, total of$114,200. As in previous years, the number of cost- resulting in nearly $1,746,000 total investment in the share grant requests far exceeded the available funding, but corridor through the grant program to date. For more a rating system that prioritizes transportation-related information about the projects funded this year or in past properties, properties listed on state and national historic years, or to learn more about the grant program in general, registers, and other factors, guided the award process. please visit the program website at www.cr.nps.gov/rt66. or call 505-988-670 1.The next cost-share grant season will The 10 new projects in geographic order, from east to west open in January, 2006. We welcome you to contact our are: office to discuss potential project ideas for application submission. • The restoration of the historic post-and-cable guardrail along a 2.2-mile-Iong segment of Route • 66 in Lexington, Illinois . • The rehabilitation and repair of the facade and roof of 2005 Annual Statewide Preservation Conference the Palms Grill Cafe, in Atlanta, Illinois. Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation • The replacement of the roof and electrical system upgrades for the Eisler Bros. Store in Riverton, The 2005 Annual Statewide Preservation Conference Kansas. hosted by the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation • The repair of deteriorated sections ofthe Brush Creek organization will be held October 21 to 23, 2005 at the Bridge in Cherokee County, Kansas. University Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, • The replacement of the roof and electrical system Missouri. The conference is titled Rural to Metro: From upgrades for the Seaba Station in Chandler, Wagons to Route 66. The challenges of historic Oklahoma. preservation and development in communities where • The repair of the roof, siding, windows and doors of the transportation has come and gone and where growth Round Barn in Arcadia, Oklahoma. threatens the historic fabric will be the topic. Scheduled • The restoration of the Nob Hill and Premiere Motel speakers include John Sandor, Skip Curtis, Congressman signs in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Roy Blunt, and Michael Bouman who will discuss historic • The Route 66 Oral History Project, which will guidelines, the impact of Route 66, the Preserve America involve interviews with Route 66 archivists and initiative, heritage tourism and much more. community experts, and the organization of an oral The annual conference offers educational opportunities history workshop in 2006. for enthusiasts from the novice to professional levels in the • The preparation of a National Register of Historic field of historic preservation, as well as networking Places Multiple Property Submission for the opportunities with preservation experts, and tours of Holbrook Historic Transportation Corridor historic places and preservation projects. (AlA continuing District, in Arizona. Up to 24 Route 66 properties education credits will be provided for architects.) will also be nominated to the National Register of For additional information and to register, please see Historic Places. www.preservemo.org or call: 573-443-5946. Conference • A Historic Structures Report for the Casa de Adobe in hotel special room rate will be held until October 7,2005. Los Angeles, California. Ca1l417 -864-7333 forreservations. Save the date and plan To date, the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program has to attend. assisted with 61 projects in the eight states through which 13 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 mil

PEGGY SUE'S BRIKGS ICE CREAK{ SHOP BACK TO .cIFE ByBobFoos Sentinel editor Joe and Jane Leal of Carthage were done with their healthcare professions and thinking about a IF THE business that would be fun. Opening up a drive-in restaurant was a joint VIKIKG idea, says Joe. "Jane said, 'I was a car hop when I was a kid,' EXPERIEKCE and I was a soda jerk. So we said, Reopening the old Carterville Dairy Creme as Peggy Sue's has brought 'Let's do it!'" life back to the former right-angle turn on Route 66 at Main and Pine Jane had gone to AT Carterville High School a couple of Creme from 1974 to 1984, much of the years, which probably helped steer time with her husband then, Jim Newman. them to the old Carterville Dairy Eden says the little drive-in was the hub ef Creme, which had been closed for Carterville for a while, especially because about 10 years. of the kids those who worked for her and They bought the building from Butch those who hung out there. and Kathy Rowland and got more Newman remembers trading a car for the excited about their business as they business. "It was a lot of work, but it was a TAKES YOU learned more about the site. lotoffun, too." Eden remembers the transition from garage to restaurant. At first, a bench was placed on the concrete slab BACK where the gas pumps used to be. Orders were taken and served through the two front doors that had been cut in half. 50 YEARS She thinks it may have been Charles and Pete Mesplay who started Carterville Dairy Creme and later enclosed the porch for a dining area. OR SO They just lived across Main Street, Thatfeel of being back in the '50s is what the owners of Peggy Sue's are after. so they could walk to work every day. It's said that they moved to The building was first a gas station, Kansas to operate a larger drive- in. which makes sense because it's where Other early owners were Wayne and Mary Route 66 made a 90-degree turn. Ann Gannaway. That it is on Route 66 was an added The Dairy Creme "was the best thing to bonus for Joe, who says he's "pretty Carterville at the time," Eden says. "I'm so IVEA. excited about Route 66." glad," that the business is running again. Vicki Eden, who operated the Dairy And she says the Leals are doing many of SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 14 the things that she had wanted to do, such as put in a "We seem to be well- drive-up window. received," Joe says. "I think "It's a cute-as-a-button place," Eden says. people like the mom-and- The Rowlands bought the Dairy Creme from Vicki pop idea." And it's bringing Eden and also operated it for 10 years. back childhood memories for "It was kind of a family thing," Kathy Rowland says. many customers. Their four children, Billy, Kesslie, Korie and Rachel, all In fact, they're a little busier worked there. Plus, "we had a great bunch of kids work than they expected. Like forus." previous owners, they're ...,,-,~~ "That's what I miss the most," working with the kids, she relying on family members. says. "It was fun, but Ijust got tired." A niece and nephew "I'm just real proud of it (now)," says Rowland. volunteered the first two "They've done a lot of work on it." weeks. The Leals wanted to keep the same look of the Dairy Creme to capitalize on the

Joe Leal gets customer reaction in new menu item.

nostalgia that surrounds it. "We wanted to keep it as natural and homey as possible," says Joe. Most of the building has been upgraded, however. And, of course, there's the name- change. Peggy Sue's, is a cute name, says Joe, and it fits with the '50s theme. A On the same corner where Carterville kids used to woodcarver, he's responsible for the watch Route 66 traffic go by, Peggy Sue beckons likeness of Peggy Sue, who stands out front youngsters and adults to stop infor an ice cream cone. with an ice cream cone in one hand. The other hand is on her hip. Joe carved her that way, because that's "how we women Jane Leal demonstrates the get," Jane says, striking a defiant pose. "how we women get" stance Article and Pictures reprinted with permission that her husband copied when carving Peggy Sue from the Sentinel, Webb City, MO ...••...••...... Volume 127, Numbe.r 2..7,July_8, 2005..... Wef.e.o,tne,New Metnbers! 2nd Quarter 2005 Report Please join us in welcoming the following 12 new members to the Route 66 Association of Missouri th during the period of April 1st, 2005 through June 30 , 2005. Your support of the Association is most appreciated and we look forward to your enjoyment and involvement in Association projects and activities. Welcome aboard and we hope to see you along Old Route 66 in Missouri! • Rich Basam & Linda Bruns Catawissa, MO • Rick Gold Frontenac, MO • Douglas & Kathryn Boyd O'Fallon, MO • W. Earl Lewis St. Peters, MO • Dan & Roberta Brown Jackson, MO • I.C. Mahaffey Park Ridge, IL • T.C. Bryant Kirkwood, MO • Mullally Distributing Co., Inc.Cuba, MO • Cherokee Chief Trading Post Eureka, MO • Lesley Russell Richmond, VA • Claremore Convention & Visitors Bureau Claremore, OK • Sultan of Smoke Joplin, MO This New Member Report was prepared by Robert Gehl, Director of Membership Services. If you were a new member during this period and your name does not appear here, please contact me at 636-458-4585 or via E-mail at [email protected] and you will be included in the next report. 15 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3

Staff Note: In the last two issues we traveled with Jane Dippel on I loved the whale and climbed all oven it. A stop at Seaba her 2004 Route 66 California Cruise. It seems as if Jane's love to Station and we met the Oklahoma group cruising 66. Iwas a travel has rubbed off on her grandson, Max. After hearing about all bit shy because there were so many people. When we of Grandma Jane's adventures over the years, he finally talked her into taking him on a Route 66 trip. Below is Max's story ofhisfirst arrived at the shoe tree, I hung a pair of my shoes in it. On we Route 66 experience with his Grandma. We really wonder who had went to Oklahoma City. We had a lot oftrouble here because the most fun on this trip, Max or Grandma?? the weather was awful and there were tornado warnings. We found a nice Hampton Inn and stayed there. We had Dinner St. Louis, MO to Springfield, MO -- Saturday, June 11, at the Pancake House and we 2005 got very wet before Grandma Jane and I met Kip, Quinn and Natalie at Tri- arriving back at the motel. County for breakfast. We got on the road and drove to I loved what we saw today Springfield and checked into the Rail Haven Motel. Our and so did Grandma Jane. next adventure was at Exotic Animal Park. The park is a lot of fun. We bought food for the animals. They came Oklahoma City, OK to right up to your car to eat. Friends Tommy, Glenda and Shamrock, TX -- Monday, Tonya met us for dinner at the old Steak n Shake in June 13,2005 Springfield. Tonya gave me and Natalie tee shirts. I The Cowboy Hall of Fallle like it. We went back to the pool and swam for a long was our first stop. We time. liked the sculptures, watched a western movie Springfield, MO to Oklahoma City, OK -- Sunday, June and visited the gift shop. 12,2005 We were upset that John We had breakfast at the motel and we said good bye to ax ran ma ane Wayne's kachina collection. Kip, Quinn and Natalie. We drove 144 to Kansas and Cowboy Hall of Fame, OK. City was not on d is p l ay entered 66. Rt. 66 in Kansas was a short drive and we anymore. We did enjoy the kachinas in the gift shop. Both were in Oklahoma. Our first town was Quapaw named Cherokee Trade Post were fun stops. A visit to the 66 after the Quapaw Indian tribe. We drove through many museum in Elk City and I had my picture taken with Myrtle, small towns. I saw Totem Pole Park at Foyil and I bought the big kachina. The next stop was Erick, OK and we visited a tee shirt for me and a book for cousin Emily. We met Harley and Annabelle. Harley was so funny. We explored two men from France and Spain driving 66. The Blue the ghost town Texola and rolled into Texas. We had lunch at Whale swimming hole was lots offun. the Western located across from the U Drop Inn in Shamrock. We spent the night at the Irish Inn in Shamrock. I went swimming in the pool. We went to Hasties for dinner.

Shamrock, TX to Amarillo, TX -- Tuesday, June 14,2005 We had breakfast at the Irish Inn and we headed out on the road. We stopped at the big rattlesnake sign and looked for snakes. I really liked the Devil's Rope Museum at McLean. I learned that the Indians named barbed wire Devil's Rope because it fenced off their lands. I liked the barbed wire sculptures a lot and took a lot of pictures of them. Alanreed is a very tiny city. I liked the restaurant, grocery, quick shop, souvenirs, post office and jail that were all in one building. At Conway, I bought a neat western hat. The lady told me the SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 16

band was made to look like bones. The band would be some lizards by the classic cars. At Park Lake in Santa very expensive if it was real bone. I looked for Rosa, I went for a canoe ride with Uncle Leonard. I loved rattlesnakes on 66 between Conway and Amarillo but did the water slide. It was a lot of fun. I did not jump in the not see any. We checked into the Big Texan and I love it. Blue Hole. It is 81 feet deep. We drove to Puerto De Luna We ate lunch, shopped, swam and got ready for the Big and met Victor. He showed us his old house and told me Texan Opery. We put on our western clothes and went to some stories about it. Billy the Kid hung out here. He shot the opery and it was fun. The dinner was delicious and I a mans hat off coming out the front door and the bullet hole ate a great big chicken fried steak. is in the front porch. We ate lunch at the Comet and then drove back to Tucumcari. Mom flew in from St. Louis and Amarillo, TX to Tucumcari, NM -- Wednesday, June 15, was there to meet us. We have a room that joins Grandma 2005 Jane's. I went swimming and while we were in the pool a The next day, we had donuts in the car for breakfast. I big dragon parked in front of the motel. We took pictures liked the small Texas towns we drove through. We had a of it. It was there for a party. We had dinner at the motel. It was very good. I swam more and it was time for bed.

Tucumcari, NM to Amarillo, TX -- Friday, June 17,2005 We ate breakfast at the Pow Wow and we are off to Amarillo. We have three cars now, Grandma Jane, Uncle Leonard and Mom's rental car. I wanted to take the dirt road from San Jon to Glenrio so off we went. We had lunch at the Mid Point Cafe in Adrian, TX. This is the midway point on Rt. 66 between Chicago and Los Angeles. We met a group from Norway here and Grandma Jane was asked to be in a documentary and she was. We met at the Big Texan and Mom and Uncle Leonard returned the rental car. I swam again in the pool shaped like Texas. Dinner was great at the Big Texan and a band played music for us at the table. Mom, Grandma Jane and I went to see the play Texas at Palo Duro Canyon. blizzard at the Dairy Queen in Vega. We stopped in It was very good. Lots of singing and dancing. Glenrio and looked at the ghosts of 66 there. We took off on the old 66, a dirt road into New Mexico. We saw a turtle Amarillo, TX -- Saturday, June 18,2005 and jackrabbit on this road. We got very close to the Mom and I had breakfast at the Big Texan. Grandma Jane jackrabbit and I took two pictures of it. We met Buck at and Uncle Leonard slept late. We went to the gift shop the San Jon Motel. He was very upset because the again and bought some things. I spent a lot of time at the highway department was tearing up 66. We went to the shooting gallery. It was fun and I became a pretty good mayor and complained. I believe they stopped so that shot. Mom wanted to buy some pottery so we went to Palo made us happy. I learned the difference between a butte Duro Trade Post ancLwe.bQgght some things there. Uncle and a mesa. A butte points up and a mesa is flat. I looked Leonard took Mom and me to the airport. Grandma Jane for them along the way. We checked into the Pow Wow in was saq to sfe me.go. Lwill see-her and Uncle Leonard in Tucumcari and liked our room. At Tepee Curios I bought a St. LoVi&in,a few days. She-has all the things we bought in kachina and pottery for my Mom. The Dinosaur Museum he~car. Lhad-a great time and tol£tGrandma Jane I want to was next and we loved it. We ate lunch at Dells and went take another 66}rip with her n:extyear. We have it planned ang wilr go as far as Gallup,NM. back to the pool for a swim. Uncle Leonard arrived from ~ ,w;0 Phoenix and we had dinner with him again at Dells, 1 swam again and we called it a day.

Tucumcari, NM to Santa Rosa, NM and back to Puerto De Luna,NM. Tucumcari NM -- Thursday, June 16, 2005 Max, Grandma Jane, and Victor Flores. I saw many ghost towns today on the way to Santa Rosa. We saw a jackrabbit at Montoya. Our first stop in Santa Rosa was Bozo's Car Museum. Uncle Leonard and I saw 17 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3

Submitted by Fran Eickhoff Reprinted with permission Missouri from Missouri Division of Tourism Drive-In Theaters:

Photo Credit: Tanya Pike With the exception of a few grandiose old move palaces Moberly) and the Pine I" and ultra-modem IMAX theaters, cinemas are not usually Hill (near Piedmont). considered tourist destinations. Though movies Something is being themselves may excite, the indoor viewing experience isn't recaptured at today's exceptional enough to entice many travelers. But outdoors Starlite, something that - that's another story. If the theater in question is a drive-in, seemed more available a whole different perspective comes into play. 50 years ago when Outdoor theaters are now rare enough - Missouri has drive-in popularity only 13 - and the experience they offer so refreshing that peaked in the United visitors as well as locals seek them out. A steady flow of States.Back then, newspaper, magazine and television features in the last between 4,000 and few years has documented the trend. One true believer 5,000 outdoor movie seemed to speak for many when she told theaters lounged on the DriveInMovie.com that her family never makes travel national landscape. plans without first locating the nearest drive-in. What's In the heyday '50s, going on here? drive-ins were family affairs - back seats full of baby Discovery and rediscovery. For many Americans, boomer kids eager for the evening playground, with moms watching a movie while sitting in an automobile or lawn and dads anticipating their own escape to Technicolor chair is a distant memory. Many, especially those under land. And they were inexpensive.Many drive-ins age 35, have never done so. The tug of drive-in memories charged a single carload price, making the outing and the aura of cinema al fresco seem to suggest that affordable for parents. Today, the Five & Drive in something meaningful is missing from life as we know it, Moberly keeps that tradition alive with monthly Carload like the absence of smiles at rush hour or a lack of civility Nights: the whole family sees a feature for $7. in the neighborhood. In Missouri, these vague longings Even without the carload price, drive-ins remain a bargain. find fulfillment at some exceptional locals - places like Admission costs at Missouri theaters range from $5 to Seymour and Van Buren, Carthage and Cuba - where $7.50 per person, often less or nothing for the kids. people gather as neighbors to watch movies in the open air. In the '60s and '70s, the family atmosphere at America's This spring, a surviving remnant of outdoor theaters in drive-ins began to change. More teenagers and young the Show-Me state is once again swinging open the drive- adults were behind the wheel, and they preferred drive-in in gates, offering enjoyment and camaraderie to the passion pits to local lovers' lanes. Movies, too, became motoring crowd. They join about 400 drive-ins less family-friendly. The loss of regular family support nationwide whose operators continue to preach and seems to have started a nationwide decline in drive-in practice the old drive-in maxim - if you want to see a popularity. In Missouri, according to movie, go to a theater: if you want to have fun, go to the Driveln'Iheater.com, the number of drive-ins dropped drive-in. from 121 in 1958 to 85 in 1977. The advent of cable In Missouri, the very names seem to conjure a mood of television and VCRs in the late '70s and '80s hastened the innocent pleasure: The Starlite (north of Potosi), the decline, leaving only 23 outdoor theaters in Missouri by Horseshoe lake (in St. Joseph), the Phoenix (outside 1987. Houston), the Sunset (in Aurora), the Five & Drive (in Still, for travelers and residents seeking ajolt of SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 18 nostalgia to accompany their dose of celluloid, these drive- appeared in Motor Trend magazine. ins continue to offer an escape. The perfectly named Starlite Drive-In in Old Mines (six The Highway 19 Drive-In, north ofI-44 near Cuba, has miles north of Potosi) is a diamond in the rough. Operating been lit since 1954 - over half a century. Patrons park on a seven nights a week in an unincorporated rural area (patrons grass field in front of the single screen. There's FM radio like the peaceful atmosphere and lack of competing lights), sound although some of the traditional pole speakers work it shows two screens of double features on six of seven too. evenings. Most weekend customers drive 40 miles or The 21 Drive-In near tiny Van Buren reopened in 1997 more, including many from the St. Louis area. after a 10-year dark period. Picture quality jumped this After an l l-year dark period, the Moberly Five & Drive spring with the installation of a new metal screen. The relit its outdoor screen in unique fashion in 1997 - by rejuvenated 21 shows double features ever weekend, sharing a projection room with the multi-screen indoor pulling in tourists from area campgrounds, locals from cinema on the property. Outdoor patrons also use the surrounding towns and even Arkansans who live 60 or more cinema's concession counter. As a service to parents, the miles away. Five & Drive web site ( www.MoberlyFiveandDrive.com) The 66 Drive-In in Carthage connection to the storied provides detailed information about the movies it shows, Route 66 and its careful renovation in 1997 have prompted their storylines and their ratings. notice by The New York Times, USA Today and several For more information about attractions in Missouri, order regional newspapers. Photos of the 66 Drive-In, which a free 2005 Official Missouri Vacation Planner at boasts a huge screen tower and a neon marquee, have www.VisitMO.com or call 800-519-4800. ROUTE GG RAIL ffAVEN ======The legend lives on ... ======Just a few short years before his tragic death, Elvis Presley came to Springfield, Missouri. It was a short visit, but a great memory in the minds of all his fans who got to see him. What of his earlier years, the years before fame took hold, the years before limousines and rhinestone finery? Did he pass through Springfield in a non-descript tour bus, or dusty old Ford? Did he pass this way? Probably, the records don't say. Did he stay at Route 66 Rail Haven? Possibly, it was a prominent place to stay on old Route 66, and an obvious r--~------"'Ichoice. Traditional Springfield motel earns honors In honor of his music the owners of the Best Western Route 66 L der recently awarded Rail Haven have created a special Elvis theme suite for guests to Springfield NewsH ea ble mention in their enjoy. It's a suite that recreates the atmosphere of the era. Stay Route 66 Railha~en ~,!lo:;ing lor hotels and " "Best 01 The zar. traditional motel has there and you'll get the feeling that he was there. Regardless of motels. ThIS charml~gvisitors to Springfield served travelers an otel located at 203 S. whether you stay in the Elvis Suite or not, you'll enjoy the since 1938. ThIS. m. d' Missouri is a land- Glenstone, In Spr~gh~ the growth and devel- - atmosphere and comforts ofthis historic hotel. mark that has sur ve d the lace 01 both opment that has change 66 over the years. An early phatr- Springfield and old Rou~.e man Brothers, the the Lipp Built in 1938,by the IPP ed travel-w..- ••.•••- While the comforts of the hotel have been brought up to date, the Rail Haven Motor Cour:..r-~.:.;:..n~ theme of the hotel celebrates the history and tradition of old lamilies e oute 0 Route 66, the route that once spanned the nation. Travel in those Book now "or a traditional days was somewhat more leisurely, the highways narrower and Route 66 motel experience. life was just a little slower, yet as the old song noted, "you'll get your kicks on Route 66." That's still true today, especially if you Special Features & Amenities •All ground floor two room suites & classic enjoy a touch of nostalgia.Yo '11certainly find it at the Best parlor rooms « Business, Jacuzzi and theme Western Route 66 Rail Haven in Sptingfield. Missouri. Did Elvis suites • Outdoor pool & hot tub • HBO & ESPN • Children 17 & under FREE • FREE deluxe ever stay here in his ear y days? Perhaps we just don't know for continental breakfast •Free local calls sure. Come visit an dec~. e for yourself G 417-866-1963 .- Reservations: 1-800-304-0021 Webpage:www.route66railhaven.com Route 66 Rail Haven, 203 S. Glenstone, Springfield, MO 65802 19 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 I VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 ~oan(Jtll Ctlltl6J'aillS sa JttlaJ'sen 66 ~BVJ~h~e,ffl()~ nom 66 Sl>flInOfIl1[), ~U\()UflI Director of Archives, Evangel University Driving through southwest Missouri on Route Pythian Streets in Springfield was transformed. World War 66, Los Angeles-bound, you pass through the fair city of II loomed. Springfield citizens offered the golf course to the Springfield. Looking on tile west side of Route 66 U.S. government as the location for an Army hospital, the (Glenstone Avenue), between the intersections of offer was accepted, and construction of O'Reilly General Division Street and Pythian Street, you would see a Hospital began. About 50 of the children at Tefft School, landscape that has changed drastically between the early very likely including kids from the" castle," were admitted to days of Route 66 to the present. the groundbreaking ceremony on May 6, 1941. If you passed this way any time between the Meanwhile, Dr. Hall had been named Assistant inauguration of Route 66 in 1926 until the year 1941, a Surgeon General of the Army, in charge of Army medical golf course would have met your eyes. In addition, on the personnel. His duties included staffing of Army hospitals. corner of Glenstone and Division there was a small Although his office was in Washington, D. C., he had to visit tourist court. Then there was othing but the golf course the Army hospitals, and this made it possible for him to keep until you approached the Pythian Street track of O'Reilly Hospital. He said, intersection. There, back a ways, you "We thought they were tearing the could have viewed an imposing three- golf course completely to pieces, story gray stone building resembling digging up everything and moving nothing less than a castle. little hills and mountains and lakes." The nine-hole golf course was "They threw those tarpaper actually the municipal course of the city and wooden construction hospitals of Springfield. The late Honorable with their long connecting ramps Durward G. Hall, a successful medical together in a hurry. First they bu lt doctor who was elected to the U.S. the wards and the operating rooms Congress and served there from 1961 to and the ... physical therapy facilities 1973, recalled playing on that course. In and so forth, and then later added the a 1988 oral history interview, he nonessentials. The ... Red Cross and described an incident there one day. USO theaters and the canteen center "I had played some of my very and so forth were added after the amateurish golfthere ... In fact, the only patients were being admitted to the birdie I ever had in my life up to that time hospital proper," Dr. Hall added. was there, one Saturday morning. I "The Army hospitals were all remember the frost was on the ground. built on exactly the same plans. Our Of all things, a robin flew across the Front Gate, O'Railly Hospital, 1940's hospital construction division could fairway just as my ball went down off the first tee, and order the lumber and the exact number of nails and so forth, poor Robin Redbreast was dead. That was my birdie," and hire local contractors. A project officer was always on Dr. Hall reminisced. base for each construction," Dr. Hall explained. The The castle-like building had been built by a civic hospital was named after General Robert Maitland O'Reilly, organization, the Knights of Pythias of Missouri, as a who served as Army Surgeon General from 1902 until 1909. home for orphans and widows of the society. It was O'Reilly Hospital was dedicated on November 8, dedicated on June 14, 1914. The Springfield Board of 1941, and it immediately began receiving patients. Education built Tefft School across the street to serve the A young Army nurse has described her arrival at children living in the Pythian Home as well as others in O'Reilly. "I came into the Army Nurse Corps directly from the area. Years later, a lady who had been one of the nursing school. We went for basic training at Camp Carson children growing up in the Pythian Home visited in Colorado, and then were sent to O'Reilly General as a Springfield and was interviewed. She said she and the group. We were a large trainload that came." others were well cared for there in the "castle," and she She commented, "The first dayI came onto a ward I felt happy there as well as secure. realized I was in a military hospital when one of the patients Then in 1941, things suddenly changed, and the asked, "Lieutenant, have you seen my leg anywhere"? He landscape seen from Route 66 between Division and had lost it somewhere along the way. SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 20

"[Of the However, after less than six years of operation, patients] I O'Reilly Veterans Administration Hospital was closed. The remember last patient was discharged or transferred out on August 28, especially one 19- 1952, and the hospital was vacated.From Route 66, only a year-old soldier wall and empty buildings were visible. Even the flagpole had who had been been taken down. injured in Two years later, in 1954, the O'Reilly property was Germany, with declared excess, to be distributed according to federal law. GoljCour•.s•e..------...•injunes so severe Government agencies were given priority, and the rest of the that none of us property was distributed to nonprofit organizations for thought he would live at all. But it was a joy to see him health or educational use. The General Council of the several months later, a very healthy, happy young man," Assemblies of God qualified for a portion to be used for their the nurse says. new college of arts and sciences, which had been authorized By no means could people driving down Route in 1953. The allotment for Evangel College (now Evangel 66 see all of O'Reilly General Hospital, although it took University) included most of the frontage on Route up all the frontage between Division and Pythian Streets. 66. The buildings and grounds occupied 160 acres of land, One of the earliest changes to be seen from Route 66 going west to Fremont Avenue. There were 248 was the new 90-foot flagpole with its U.S. flag, replacing the temporary buildings and one major permanent building O'Reilly Hospital flagpole and flag. The new college opened the Pythian Castle, which was turned over to the U.S. for classes in September, 1955. government by the Knights of Pythias. This building During its first years Evangel did not look so was used by the Army as the Enlisted Men's Club. It different from O'Reilly Hospital, since the college was using offered comfortable lounges, a library, movie theater, the hospital barracks buildings for classrooms, dorms, and and numerous other recreational facilities, even a offices. The first permanent building was the library, bowling alley. completed in 1963. Other permanent buildings have O'Reilly Hospital housed and treated over followed, including six residence halls, married student 50,000 Army patients through August, 1946. Almost all apartments, the chapel auditorium and fine arts center, the ofthem were combat casualties. They were brought in by gymnasium and student fitness center, the student union, and train and later by air directly from the battlefields of both academic buildings I and II. the European and Pacific theatres. Over 24,000 Almost all the O'Reilly Hospital barracks have operations were performed at O'Reilly, of which 7,620 vanished. One building that still is there and looks the same were plastic surgery. Other surgery included orthopedic; is the Pythian "castle." neurosurgery; eye, ear, nose and throat; urology; and Evangel has had just three presidents since it was maxillofacial. founded. They are Klaude Kendrick, 1955-58; the late J. Originally a 1,000-bed RobertAshcroft, 1958-74; and hospital, the capacity of O'Reilly Robert H. Spence, 1974 to the Hospital was expanded until it present. reached its peak of nearly 6,000 AChristian university patients in the spring of 1945. The of arts and sciences, Evangel hospital was closed by the Army in welcomes visitors. Tours are December, 1946, after World War II available if scheduled in ended. However, it was reopened as a advance. The University 500-bed Veterans Administration website is www.evangel.edu. hospital on February 10, 1947. The view from Route 66 looking west, between Division and Pythian Streets, gave some idea of all these activities. Unfortunately, during World War II few travelers could benefit from the scene because gasoline and tire rationing - and the fact that new Administration cars were unobtainable cut civilian driving to a Building minimum. Vacation traffic began to pick up again after "original O'Reilly World War II ended on August 14,1945. building" 21 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 I VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 "~8A'f WAS "HE PhAGR·· by Betty Chase, Director of Archives, Evangel University

Nearly sixty years ago three people stood at the corner of Route 66 and Division Street in Springfield, MO for an outdoor prayer meeting. The location was one corner of the then vacant O'Reilly Hospital, a WW II Army facility. Two ofthe friends, Rev. Ralph Riggs and Rev. Bert Webb, were denominational officials ofthe Assemblies of God. The third was Charlotte Webb, wife of Bert Webb. Charlotte Webb tells the story. "We stood on that corner, in front of that O'Reilly Hospital, and we prayed right there, the three of us. We looked over to those barracks and those buildings. The Holy Spirit just ANNIVER.SAR.Y o II T •••O~ •••. 5III,NGAlHD. 1010 seemed to come into our hearts and g r v e us an EVANGEL assurance that was the place," Mrs. UNIVER- SIT Y Webb recalled. They were asking God for a fully accredited university of the Assemblies of God. Although the denomination had schools in different parts of the country for the training of ministers, they had nothing then for young people who were called to secular vocations. A university was a major step for the • Assemblies of God. O'Reilly General Hospital That prayer was answered when Evangel University opened its doors to its first students in September, 1955. And where is it located? Right on Route 66, the very place where that prayer meeting was held so long ago. The university extends over almost eighty acres. WW II buildings have been replaced by beautiful permanent buildings, and the enrollment is approximately 2,000. Graduates are serving God in business, education, science and medicine, law, government, the military, and many other fields. This year Evangel University is observing its golden anniversary fifty years of service to God and humanity. The university is led by the Rev. Robert H. Spence, president since 1974. All three ofthe people who took part in the original prayer meeting have finished their earthly work, but we can say "Yes, it is the place."

*** Still watching Route 66 and Evangel University is the author of this article, Betty Chase. She is director of archives at Evangel University, and has been an employee of the Assemblies of God since 1952. A native of Iowa, she is a 1994 graduate of Evangel with a B.A. in history.

Photos used by permission of Evangel University Archives Postcards Used courtesy of Springfield- Green County Library. Today's Education Building I SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 22 Cadet Nurses, and most of us chose the military. We went for basic training at Camp Carson in Colorado, and then were sent to O'Reilly General as a group. We were a large trainload that came. "O'Reilly was a plastic and orthopedic center. We had bum patients who required plastic surgery, we had amputees, we had quadriplegics, many of the blind came here. Oh,just any kind of plastic surgery you could possibly think of, making new noses, new ears, prosthetics. "At O'Reilly we lived in the two-story barracks, and became a very closely knit group of nurses. I do remember working many twelve-hour days, seven days a week. We worked all shifts, and in some areas we would supervise several wards, not only one but several. "Some ofthe patients would delight in teasing us, particularly before they got their prosthetics and they had a hook for a hand. They would delight in pinching us with their hooks. The first day I came onto a ward I realized I was in a military hospital when one of the patients asked, 'Lieutenant, have you seen my leg anywhere'? He had lost it somewhere along the way." *** Then there is entertainer Katherine Peters Avery. "Five or six others, and I, from the Walker Dance Studio were often called upon to perform at O'Reilly, and also in war bond rallies in the Shrine Mosque. We were tap dancers. At O'Reilly we performed in the Red Cross Auditorium, and in the Service Club (Pythian Castle). We also performed in the wards for soldiers who could not go out. At An Early History of O'Reilly Hospital war bond rallies we appeared with movie stars. There would be a special section in front for O'Reilly patients, who would be brought there by the motor pool. A lot of the patients were in wheelchairs or on A Speech by Betty Chase, Archivist, Evangel University, given on gurneys. We presented the show "Hot Water Bottle Follies" at the July 21,2005 at Montclair Retirement Community, Springfield, MO. Shrine Mosque and Camp Crowder as well as at O'Reilly." *** Based on Oral Histories in the Klaude Kendrick Library Archives. Lucille Brown was a civilian employee at O'Reilly. "I am from this area. I grew up about seven miles north of ***** Seymour. I graduated from high school in Seymour in 1937, and I worked in Springfield here at the Greyhound bus station, and then As World War II raged, the city of Springfield was the when the Service Club opened at O'Reilly I went there to work as a location of a major U.S. Army hospital-O'Reilly General. Badly civilian employee. The Service Club was in the Pythian Castle. wounded American soldiers were brought from the war zones to "The Service Club at O'Reilly was just beautiful. When you O'Reilly, to receive the most expert care existing in that day. would go in the front door and you go down the hall, on either side is the Dedicated doctors and nurses, technicians, and soldiers were joined big staircase. Then there are double doors, and you go into the wholeheartedly by the people of Springfield and the Ozarks in ballroom. When you go through the ballroom you come to a soda operating the hospital. O'Reilly was called "the hospital with a soul." fountain, and then back ofthe soda fountain was the restaurant where I *** worked as cashier. They had a movie theater on the second floor, and a On November 8, 1943, there was a special broadcast on library on the first floor, and of course the bowling alley in the Radio Station KGBX in Springfield. The speaker was the well-known basement, and it was for the enlisted men. The officers had their own announcer Bill Ring. The occasion was the second anniversary of club. O'Reilly Hospital. Bill Ring said, "The girls from some of the sororities would come out to the "O'Reilly General Hospital enters its third year a condensed parties, but they were well chaperoned, and it was all really nice." city of some 6,000 people. It can accommodate 2,226 patients, and *** officers say "we're nearly fulL" Some 250 officers, including Norma Faris, a USO girl at O'Reilly, recalls approximately 75 nurses, staff the hospital and school. Eight hundred "When you saw hitchhikers who were in uniform, you could enlisted men are assigned to permanent duty. There are 1,300 pick them up and take them where they were going, and you didn't have technicians-to-be in training at the school. Meals of bedfast patients to worry about a thing." go from the kitchens to the wards on rolling steam tables. Some *** disabled patients are taken to the dining halls and served family style. Her friend, Winifred Lipscomb Howland, also a USO girl, "O'Reilly patients have heard Alex Templeton perform in the says, Red Cross auditorium, the Weaver Brothers and Elviry many times, "We were interviewed and recommended to the Red Cross have seen other famous favorites come through on the USO circuit. In Gray Ladies before we could attend the dances. The boys in the hospital July of last year, there was the concert given to a huge crowd outdoors were very young, most of them fresh out of high school. We were by Jeannette MacDonald, and she's still the "sweetheart of O'Reilly" young too (16, 17, 18, 19 years old). Most of the dances were fast as far as veterans of the post are concerned .... " jitterbug. We used to double time the beat and we danced in high heels! *** "Sometimes we would visit the guys at the hospital in the But let's hear from some others who were at O'Reilly. First is afternoons and then those that could get outside, we would sit in the An Army Nurse. grass and talk. After we got our driver's licenses we would sometimes "I came into the Army Nurse Corps directly from nursing take the guys to James River for picnics. I think that we, the young girls school, in March of 1945. Most of our classmates and I had served as from a small town, brought a ray of sunshine into 23 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 the lives of these young men so badly wounded in the war.They X-ray technician, but he went in as a Company aid man. Of course we were young too and they learned to laugh and dance with us ... all had Company aid training before our X-ray training. He spoke of These remembrances make me feel young again." some other things there on Omaha Beach, and it was not pretty. At any *** rate, we set up the hospital then as soon as the Nazis were pushed Next let's hear from George Donnell a patient. out." "I was from Mississippi. I went overseas as a replacement in *** the 91" Division, which was in Italy. I was in North Africa for a little Anne Claywell Kraft, RN, is next. while and Sicily and then in Italy. Went up the whole length of Italy "We lived on a farm, about twenty miles from Jefferson practically. I was wounded then. My whole hand was just blown all to City. We had a dairy farm. There were four girls and four boys in our pieces by German shrapnel. We boarded a hospital ship headed back family. We had a big farm, and a good farm, The soil was good. We to the States. They had some doctors here [at O'Reilly] who had an orchard. We had a great big garden. We canned things to eat in specialized in hand surgery. and it took a lot of grafting and ligament the winter time, and everything was fine. I went to high school replacement. in a little town named Russellville, Missouri. "One day over at the "O'Reilly Hospital was a wonderful place, Service Club I noticed a little excepting that I was so sad about the paralyzed patients. notice on the bulletin board. But when I was on the orthopedic ward, we helped them. They were asking for anybody On one daytime shift there were three young men who who had any knowledge of came in from the Pacific with dust on them from the island motion picture projection work. they had been on. I gave them a bath and washed their Well, when I was in school I had hair. worked in a theater as a "But we did a lot of good on the orthopedic projectionist, so I went in and ward. They operated on them and the patients got up and asked them. They said, 'Yes, we walked, and they went home, and some of them were are desperate for somebody. Do discharged. you think you can do it'? "Maybe some things did bother me, but I will "I went to work in the new post always be thankful the rest of my life that I was a nurse. theater and worked at the Service It was the only thing I ever wanted to be. I didn't want to Club here. It had a theater in it work in an office or be a schoolteacher like my dad too. Every night they had movies. wanted me to be. I wanted to be a nurse, and so I was a Even though I was a patient, I was nurse." employed in the evenings in the *** theater there, and enjoyed it. After We are indebted to Dr. Robert Robinson, a plastic I was discharged in January of '46 I surgeon at O'Reilly, for sharing with us some of is stayed on as a civilian employee. expenences. The office for the theaters was in "When I came, the Plastic Surgery Service the Service Club, on the second consisted of a major who was my chief, and I think, floor, the offices were. This girl was two sergeants, and nurses for it, a service in two of a civilian employee there, and we the buildings. The Army had two other very good met each other, and we've been plastic surgeons come in. Pretty soon we had six husband and wife now for 52 years." buildings, and at the height of our work we had fifteen *** hundred plastic surgery patients. It got so busy that we had two shifts James L. Sampson was one of the students in the X-ray a day, that is a morning and afternoon session in surgery, seven to four technician school at O'Reilly. He remembers his time at O'Reilly as and then four to nearly midnight. There were separate operating room well as his wartime service after graduation. staffs with different nurses and different assistants for the two shifts, "In this barracks where we were, it was two stories and we but the surgeons worked both shifts. We did have a break were on the second floor. Once, during the night after lights out we occasionally between cases while the room was being cleaned up and heard a commotion on the first floor. The Officer of the Day had come the instruments sterilized for the next case. in and turned the lights on, and he went through looking at all the guys "We operated six days a week, not Sunday. It would begin to in their bunks. After he left, we found out that four of the G.I.'s on the lighten up before the next planeload would come in, but there just first floor had carried this one guy off that slept so soundly, and set seemed to be no end to it at that time, during the peak of the war. him in his bed in the street, and he had not waked up. They hadjust set "We had many bum cases, so we became quite proficient at him down when the O.D. saw something going on, and he hollered. handling such. I say 'we,' I mean the whole operating room personnel They scattered back into the barracks, hopped into bed, and didn't and the ward personnel. The ward personnel got very skilled at doing take time to take their shoes off because the O.D. was right after them. dressings and helping these patients. When a patient came in with The O.D. walked down one side and here were some blankets it extensive loss of skin from bums and a lot of infection, the first thing looked like the guy had his shoes on under the blankets. He jerked the of course was to get the infection cleared up, because it would be of blankets back and the guy did have his shoes on. So the O.D. said, no value to attempt to skin graft them if they were infected. So the 'You come with me. You're one of them that carried this other G.!" out idea was to change the dressings meticulously every day or every in the street.' He went through and he got all four of the guys. other day. We used packs to help to get the areas clean enough so that "That guy they had carried out slept until the O.D. woke him they could accept the skin graft. up. Then the O.D. got some other guys to help can)' the bed back in. I "Some of the patients had to be immobilized for two or three don't remember how it was that they penalized them, no passes or weeks, and there is where we had wonderful help from the ward something, but it was kind offunny to us other guys. personnel to take care of those patients when their legs or their arms "After graduation, we set up in England, and were in were immobilized. It was so important for them to have adequate England nine or ten months before D-day, for the invasion of France. nourishment so that they would continue to improve generally." I went in on Omaha Beach, but I didn't go in on the first day. One of the other guys I knew at O'Reilly went in on the first wave. He was an SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 24

adequate nourishment so that they would continue to improve "Private First Class Joe Topping arrived here late last April, generally. " a gravely wounded casualty of the fighting on Guadalcanal. Last ** * ovember, a Japanese machine gun had cut him down, riddled in the After WWII ended, O'Reilly became a VA hospital. That midsection, his spine shattered. Topping was paralyzed from the was when Edith Racey's husband worked in it. He has passed on, but waist down, weighed a scant sixty pounds when he arrived at she remembers. O'Reilly five months later. By cold medical standards, there was "My husband and I were both natives of Springfield. He little hope for him to leave O'Reilly alive. But doctors and nurses spent four years in the Army as a radioman. He came out in October noticed that Joe Topping wore a grin, that he had magnificent native of 1945. He went to work at O'Reilly in February of 1946, and he courage. That courage cultivated might keep him alive. worked there until O'Reilly closed in 1951 or 1952, caring for the "Joe was 20 just a few days away from 21.They looked up wounded soldiers. He worked in surgery, and in the tuberculosis his record and found that May 2nd would be his 21 st birthday. So Joe's section, and did the Sister Kenny applications of the hot blankets on medical friends at O'Reilly got busy with plans for a birthday party, the polio patients. told the town about it, and in came a landslide of birthday cards and "One old gentleman at O'Reilly knew he was going to die, presents. A handsome birthday cake came from a mess-hall kitchen. and he had not been baptized. My husband was a Christian and knew And they gathered around Joe Topping's bed in a hospital ward and the Lord, but he of course was not a licensed minister. My husband gave him a rousing reception on his 21 st birthday. tried to get in contact with someone licensed to baptize him. The old "Joe did not give up his fight in the sixty days or so that gentleman kept begging to be baptized. He was Church of Christ, might have marked his end, had he lain without encouragement or and believed that you have to be baptized in order to be saved. My hope. Late in July he left O'Reilly amazingly better. They saw that he husband went into the bathroom, filled the bathtub, and took the old was sent to a Massachusetts Army hospital, where he could be gentleman in and baptized him in the name of the Father, the Son, visited often by his mother from a nearby town in Connecticut. and the Holy Spirit. The old gentleman came up with such a smile on "O'Reilly people, on the other hand, say they like his face, and was so happy. He did go to meet the Lord that night." Springfield where they find people like the 80 year old gentleman *** who walked across the city to take Private First Class Joe Topping a In conclusion, Bill Ring comes back to tell us about present- a Bible." another patient in O'Reilly Army Hospital, in the dark days of 2005 Evangel University WWII. In mEmORIAm ARNOLD MALCOLM OWEN "MICKEY" Baseball Legend Longtime Greene County Sheriff Founder of Mickey Owen Baseball School (1959) Located on MO Hwy 96 (Route 66), Miller, MO SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3

n.atn OD By Bob Bryant m.rlea~1 aiDStrlet The year 1926 is a lobby to the theatre, connecting the auditorium to the newly memorable date in the christened highway, remaining under separate ownership history of America. It is until the entire package was donated to the Springfield the year that US Route Landmarks Preservation Trust in 1981. 66 between Chicago- With 1200 seats, an orchestra pit, a Wurlitzer theatre organ Los Angeles was and the very latest in projection equipment, the Gillioz was commissioned, and the largest and finest theatre in Southwest Missouri. "The Mother Road" was born. But the Designed by Chicago architects, L.P. Larsen and Fred Jacobs, designation of Route 66 the ornate building included rich furnishings and elaborate was not the only decorations with a Spanish, Moroccan and Art Deco motifs. landmark happening in At least three world premieres were held at the Gillioz that year. The Gillioz including the debut of "The Shepherd of the Hills" starring Theatre also opened on John Wayne, and "Jesse James" starring Tyrone Power and the eleventh day of Henry Fonda. The October 1926 biggest night, and it opened however, was on a section the premier of Marquee of Route 66 "The Winning en known as St. Louis Street in downtown Springfield, Team" starring issouri. This was not an accident. (Because of Ronald Reagan ranges in the downtown area, the official address ofthe illioz is now 325 Park Central East.) as Grover M. E. Gillioz was a road and Cleveland idge builder from Alexander, the St. Louis onett, Missouri, known roughout the state as a pitcher. Actor amboyant character and Reagan brought isinessman, He traveled from his premier to the ie construction project to the Gillioz as a tribute to ext in his chauffeured President Harry Truman who was in usenberg, stopping to swap Springfield for a reunion of his military unit. Dries with the workers, and ten offering a drink from the The Gillioz was operating only as a lly equipped bar in the trunk movie house at the time it was closed in 'his car. 1979. It stood empty only a few years Gillioz wanted his theatre to before the Springfield Landmarks ont St. Louis Street, a part of the Original Stage form blacony Preservation Trust acquired it and began Ion to be designated Route 66, but there the effort to salvage and restore it to its former glory. as no building site available. Instead he purchased a site Today major renovations are underway at the Gillioz Theatre and a neighboring building with its 27,000 square feet 1 Olive Street, one block to the north, built his theatre to 11 the entire block and signed a 100-year lease on a 25- of space is being incorporated into the original footprint. This ot wide store front on St. Louis Street that backed up to addition, called the Jim D. Morris Center for the Arts, s new auditorium. This narrow storefront became the SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 26 will accommodate the unclaimed. On April 30, 1926, they sent a theatre's offices, modem telegram to federal officials, saying they rest room facilities, a would be willing to accept the number "66" restaurant, a bar, and a for the Chicago to Los Angeles Route. And, grand ballroom. These as they say, the rest is history. renovations will allow Seventy nine years later, the Gillioz the Gillioz Theatre to Theatre, now listed on the ational Register once again become the of Historic Places, remains one of the few community asset that it grand movie palaces in the Midwest and one once was, bringing of the few remaining historic sites in theatre, music, movies, Springfield. It is one of the most unique entertainment and the arts Theatre Exterior & Morris Center. buildings in the Ozarks area with its ornate back to Springfield's downtown. plaster work, columns and arches. Archives and As an interesting side note, in 1925, a political battle was photographs attest to the importance of the Gillioz in years being waged over the numbering of US highways. A new past and provide a unique insight into what life was like in system for numbering interstate highways had recently the Roaring 20's and beyond. been adopted by the American Association of State Restoring this landmark is an investment in preserving Highway Officials, or AASHTO.The system called for Springfield's past and future. A restored Gillioz Theatre east-west highways to be assigned even numbers, and will not only provide a historic showplace, but will boost north-south routes would carry the odd's. In addition, the the arts and tourism in the center city area. principal east-west routes would end in zero, and the The Gillioz will once again primary north-south routes would end in one become a key ingredient in the or five. At the core of this struggle was entertainment and educational the designation of the route from offerings for this community Chicago to Los Angeles. In and region. compliance with the new numbering When complete, late in convention, this highway, which crossed 2006, the theatre and adjacent US 20, 30,40, and 50, was designated US arts center will provide an Route 60. Interestingly enough, this architecturally significant dispute would be settled in a office in the venue for all genres of Woodruff Building, right next door to the musical concerts, local and soon to be constructed Gillioz Theatre! regional events, film Maps were already being drawn in LobbY presentations, receptions, meeting tre Missouri showing Route "60" linking St. Tllea space, dining, and shopping. And, unlike other Louis and Joplin. Governor Fields of Kentucky, area theatres, the Gillioz will have something happening however, had other ideas. He was upset that no routes seven days a week. ending in zero passed through his state. The governor Simply put, Springfieldians will have a place where they persuaded federal officials to designate as US 60, the can actually enjoy dinner and a movie! On those evenings highway running between ewport ews to a point near when a concert or other event is not scheduled, the Gillioz Springfield. The highway between Chicago and Los will be showing the best of classic American or foreign Angeles was to be changed to US 62. This did not please films, with screenings at 8:00 and 10:30, allowing patrons officials in Missouri and Oklahoma. Missouri State time either for a leisurely dinner in the center's restaurant or Highway Commission Chief Engineer A.H. Piepmeier and other downtown dining establishment before the movie, or Cyrus Avery, Chairman of the Oklahoma Department of to enjoy the vibrant nightlife afterwards that has become the Highways said they would accept only the number "60" for hallmark of downtown Springfield. theChicago to LAroute. The fight was on. Lacking a good, mid-sized venue for musical Avery and Piepmeier continued their battle with performances in Springfield, concert promoters are lining Governor Fields on into April of 1926. At a meeting with Piepmeier in the Woodruff Building in Springfield, Avery realized that the catchy sounding number "66" was still Continued on page 37. 27 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 T:RAVfL~AMERIca: ~ - ByCandyCastellino ROUTIC 66 In April the Association-received an email request from &;" Candy Castellino, Recreation Coordinator for a Piscataway, New Jersey residents home, requesting Curt Teich Missouri Route 66 postcards. We have been information on Route 66 in Missouri. She had plans for sending them to school groups when we get requests for a "summer traveling program "for the residents who are information. Therefore, we decided to send 15postcards to no able to get out and travel. The Francis E. Parker Candy along with our Association and Missouri travel Memorial Home has an approximate total population of information. Candy was very good to keep us posted on their 70, who live in "neighborhoods" and the program was travel progress. Candy and her co-worker Deepika, work going to befor the Evergreen Neighborhood which has a hard to prevent loneliness and boredom, and are very proud specific population of 12. Candy especially asked for of their Recreation Department. Therefore, I asked her to any vis-ual and memory aids we might be able to provide write an article about their summer Route 66 "travels" for that each resident could hold in their hands, saying she our magazine and she was very gracious to provide us the would like to purchase some inexpensive Route 66 following article with the approval of the Francis E. Parker themed postcards representing Missouri. Several years Memorial Home. ago, Tommy and I obtained a quantity of very nice scenic Glenda Pike

Along with its flowers and the promise of good weather, even further impacting "payment plan" idea of his May can be the catalyst for planning seasonal trips. The competitors, more cars took to the roads. There were Evergreen Neighborhood (of the Francis E. Parker various incentives to travel, such as the "dust bowl" years Memorial Home) developed its own itinerary, and has with their lean economic times, the lure of Hollywood as started "Traveling America" with the Recreation "moving pictures" created much excitement, and simply a Department. Choosing one of the best-known East/West routes of early motoring, the residents are using the historical Route 66 to discover the eight states it traverses; Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico,Arizona, and California. Preceding our re-discovery of America and its history, Evergreen prepared by placing a large map of the United States on the wall of its living room. A small, moveable van symbolizes our progress, and a trailing line is drawn each week as we move along the route. Feeling that no trip is complete without the memory, coordinators Candy and Deepika have been able to give the attending residents a souvenir postcard from each state. This was made possible by the kindness of strangers, specifically the Route 66 Associations. Each state officer knew only that a nursing Candy and Deepika with travel map home in New Jersey was about to undertake this project, and postcards as well as various travel brochures were sent heart for adventure. Better roads became a necessity, and without regard to money or obligation. A particular Route 66 was commissioned in 1926. Eventually it was mention must be made of the generous people of Missouri replaced by President Eisenhower's Interstate System, but and Oklahoma, who have taken a specific interest and the romance along the center of the United States given loving guidance. Laurel (Kane), Tom and Glenda continues today. (Pike), and Jim (Powell) to all who have phoned or written, The road, however, is just the means to discovering provided more than what was asked and wished us well, a something of the people and lifestyles of each state. We special thank you. started, as Route 66 originally did, in Illinois. Deepika and The kick -off began in early May with an overall view of Candy came up with a core guide to information for all the automobile. With its popularity, due to both Henry states, such as their capitals, songs, flowers, population Ford's assembly line that is, cheaper production - and the both numbers and ethnicity or other important identifying statistics. It was agreed, however, that each coordinator SHOW ME ROUTE §6 I VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 28 would find the oddities, the originality, and the spj it, which No one knew that Horne on the Range belonged to Kansas! defined the individual states, and we would strive to make it We spoke about the connection of 'famous people - from fun. Candy began with the overall view; Deepika followed Bob Dole to Mickey Mantle, and we even made "Laura with Illinois, Candy covered Missouri, and so on. Ingalls Wilder'?" gingerbread recipe. We enjoyed that A small excerpt from Missouri, for example, included during the presentation while it was still warm! the folklore and history of the Ozarks. The picture shown on We're pushing on and will soon be in Oklahoma. Once the postcards provided by Tommy and.Glenda Pike-of-the we reach the Pacific Ocean, we'll decide if we want to head Route 66 Association showed a beautiful Ozarks view from north along the California coastline, perhaps reaching the Route 66. In fact, these postcards were extraordinary, linen Canadian border by July. Stop by to see our progress, maybe Curt Teich's dating from ask a question or even sit in on 1934. If you don't know what our Saturday travel group. In that means, it was one of the the meantime, we have to keep facts you missed at our moving, because we have a lot gathering. Imagine, however, ofrniles to cover! being able to hand out August Postscript: On souvenirs that are ore than Saturday June zs", the 70 years old! Mr. Jim Powell vergreen . travelers finished currently retired to Florida, their Route 66 adventure at the provided information on these Pac i f i c 0 c e an, m 0 r e historical pieces of art. specifically, Santa Monica, We also spoke of famous CA. Although not continuing sons, such as Mark Twain and -north to the famous vineyards Jesse James, of the historical of Central and N orthern settlement of St. Genevieve, California, we toasted our and of roadside oddities sucll 'Francis E. 'Harker Memorial Home, Piscataway, Nf!JV Jersey, May 2005 success with Sutter Home as t e enormous gas pump in King City. We'1alk:ea aBout wines - albeit alcohol-free both red and white. We ate the city of St. Joseph, the Pony Express, the Oregon and California strawberries and talked about the desert, the California trails. We covered St Louis an its stainless steel mountains, the farms, and the ocean for which the state is arch, the old courthouse and the Dred Scott decision. We famous. We spoke about the McDonald Brothers, Rancho passed around assorted pictures. Oh, and speaking of Mark Cucamonga, and of course, Disneyland. One of the Twain,we,talked about his patented memory game and how residents has a son living in Agoura, so we marked that spot that might be played. Whew! According to one critic, "The and made a special point of mentioning the Paramount game looked like a cross between an income tax form and a Ranch and its history of Western movie-making. We toasted table oflogarithms" (www.twainquotes.com). to our new friends, sight-unseen, who provided the We're excited and enjoying each Saturday adventure. The postcards and pamphlets, the advice and encouragement, next weekend, we explored Kansas. After locating it on the and to future trips.As I write this, towards the end of July, map, remembering the capital, talking about its population the moveable van and the trail we left from Illinois to and production, we mentioned the lead mining and California are still on the large map as a reminder of the boomtown history of the greater Galena area. I told the story summer we "Traveled Arnerica" . ofMadam Steffleback and the lost treasure. We talked about Candy. was born and raised in California and her family the Indian-known springs of Baxter Springs and its bank lives just off FootMll Blvd. fRoute 66) in Monrovia. (now cafe) that legend says was hit by infamous thieves. We Therefore, Candy felt very comfortable in bringing the showed pictures ofthe beautiful plains and the state flower, program "home ". and I printed songs sheets so we could sing the.state song. h --

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By Robert H. Gibbons

On the Judge on "Gaming" charges I west side of from the previous New Year's Park Central Eve. He was released on bond Square at College Street in put up by one of Hickok's friends, Springfield, Missouri, right where Business Route 66 who had been a spy with Hickok ran through the Square, stands a bronze historical marker during the Civil War. That night, that reads "SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. To Hickok was losing at Tutt's card game and commemorate the official birthplace of U.S. Highway put up his Waltham pocket watch as collateral. Tutt won 66 'The Main Street of America' 66th Anniversary 1926- Hickok's watch and "Wild Bill" warned him not to wear it in 1992. Placed by the Route 66 Association of Missouri". public. Tutt said he would be wearing the watch the next day Only 70 feet northwest of the Route 66 marker is a round to show everyone that "Wild Bill" didn't pay his gambling bronze marker set in the pavement that reads "Here Dave debts. Tutt stood when he was shot by James Butler 'Wild Bill' On the next day, July 21, 1865, Dave Tutt was back in Hickok over a gambling debt. Hickok stood 75 yards to Greene County court again to answer charges of resisting the the southeast. Erected July 21, 1975. RHG." A second legal service of papers by the Greene County Sheriff for his round bronze marker 75 yards to the southeast shows "gaming" charges from the New Year's Eve card game. where Hickok stood. Again, Hickok's friend put up bond for Dave Tutt, and saved Research shows the shootout between James Butler him from going to jail. Tutt was standing in front of the "Wild Bill" Hickok and a confederate veteran named courthouse wearing "Wild Bill" pocket watch when Hickok Davis K. Tutt, Jr. was the first recorded gunfight in Wild walked the single block from the Lyon House and told Dave West history. The Civil War had ended only three months not to walk across the Square. Tutt and Hickok walked before, and the era of the "Wild West" was just toward each other and stopped when they were about 75 beginning. When Route 66 came to Springfield, MO in yards apart. Witnesses said Tutt drew first, but "Wild Bill's" the 1920s, it cut right through the Public Square where ball fired from his Colt Navy cap-and-ball pistol found its the shootout took place! Business 66 ran through the mark. It entered Tutt's right side between his fifth and sixth Square until the highway was decommissioned in the rib, severed his aorta and exited between his fifth and sixth 1980s. A recent television documentary on The History rib on his left side. Tutt staggered toward the shelter of the Channel also credits the Hickok-- Tutt shootout as the courthouse and then fell dead. His body was taken to his first gunfight in the Wild West! Mother's house on South Avenue where a Coroner's Jury "Wild Bill" conducted an Hickok and inquest. "Wild Dave Tutt both Bill" had lived at the turned over his Lyon House pistols to Hotel on South Sheriff] ohn A. Avenue, about Patterson and half a block had been from the released Public Square. pending the Dave ran a card results of the game in the Coroner's Lyon House, inquest. On and on July 20, July 22nd, the 1865 was in Coroner's Greene County L...;:""':';:""':'; ",,;,;,_ inquest was court to appear "The artist Andy Thomas graphically depicts the Public Square as it was at turned over to before the Circuit the time, based upon contemporary sketches, photographs, and descriptions. " 31 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3

the Greene County Circuit Court and a bench writ was Springfield to seek his fortune in the Wild West. The article filed against "William Haycock" for "charge of killing". that made "Wild Bill" Hickok a legend in his own lifetime On July 24th, the charge was changed to and gave national publicity to the Hickok- Tutt shootout was "Manslaughter". The July 27, 1865 edition of the published in the February, 1867 issue of Harper's New Missouri Weekly Patriot newspaper had a small article Monthly Magazine. Written by Colonel George Ward about the Hickok- Tutt shootout. The pro-Union stand of Nichols and illustrated with steel engravings, the article the paper is apparent by the tone of the article. defined what history would remember as the first gunfight after the Civil War. Hickok lived only nine years after the "David Tutt of Yellville, Ark. was shot on the Public Harper's article came out, and had to live down his reputation Square at 6 o'clock p.m. on Friday last by James Butler as a gunslinger, as described by Nichols. Hickok, better known in Springfield,Missouri as "Wild Contemporary versions of the shootout between "Wild Bill". The difficulty occurred from a game of cards. Bill" Hickok and Dave Tutt can be found in R. I. Holcombe's Hickok is a native of Homer, Lasalle County, Illinois, and History of Greene County, Missouri (1883) and General is about twenty-six years of age. He has been engaged George Ward Nichol's cover article "Wild Bill" in Harper's with Russell, Majors & Waddill, in Government service, New Monthly Magazine (February 1867). Further historical as scout, guide, or with exploring parties, and has research reveals some errors in the two contemporary rendered most efficient and signal service to the Union accounts, but they are interesting to read. cause as numerous acknowledgments from the different commanding officers with whom he has served will "Killing of Dave Tutt by 'Wild Bill'" by R. 1.Holcombe (1883) testify". For some time after the close of the war Springfield was the resort of many hard characters. Adventures of every sort On August 3, 1865. Hickok's trial began. CircuitJudge S. came in and met the ruffians of both armies, who, lately H. Boyd and Hickok's defense lawyer John S. Phelps had disbanded, were seeking a livelihood by any means not crossed paths before they faced each other at the trial. involving hard work. Among those who were in the town in Boyd had served as Mayor in Colonel Phelps' Home the summer of 1865 was one J B. Hickok, who came to be Guard and then ran against Phelps for a seat in Congress known as "Wild Bill, "and as such has been made the hero of in 1862. He beat Phelps and took his seat in March, 1863. divers improbable adventures set forth in certain flashy, Boyd was appointed Circuit Judge in 1865, serving two sensational publications. terms in Greene County before returning to Congress in Hickok had been in the Federal service in Southwest 1869. Hickok had served as scout and spy for Colonel Missouri and Northern Arkansas, as a scout for the army of John E. Phelps, the son of the man who was defending the frontier, and in the performance of his duties had grown him. Hickok's trial lasted three days, with some legal to be well acquainted with danger, and being by nature a maneuvering by Phelps to get the charges dropped ruffian he soon became a desperadoa drunken, swaggering because of an incorrect name in the indictment. "William fellow, who delighted when "on a spree" tofrighten nervous Haycock" was recharged under the name "James men and timid women, After settling in Springfield afavorite Hickcock" and the trial continued. Tutt's pistol was diversion of his was to ride his horse on sidewalks and into presented in evidence with one chamber fired, and saloons, hotels, stores, and other public places, and make defense witnesses testified how Tutt had waited for the animal lie down and perform other tricks, to the infinite Hickok to cause trouble. Prosecution witnesses brought delight, no doubt, of the proprietors, none of whom, by County Prosecutor Robert W. Fyan testified that unfortunately, had grit enough to blow the bully's head off. Hickok had threatened to kill Tutt the night before the A man after Wild Bill's own heart was one David Tutt, an shooting. The twelve man jury took just ten minutes to ex-Confederate soldier, who had lived at Yellville, Arkansas, reach a verdict of "Not Guilty" in matter and form and had come, with his mother, sister and younger brothers, charged because of "reasonable doubt" as to which of the to Springfield, early in the spring. Tutt was a ruffian and a two men was the aggressor. "Wild Bill" Hickok walked crack pistol shot. He was said to have "gotten in his work, " back onto the Public Square a free man. Public sentiment not only on Federal soldiers, but on citizens who had crossed was against Hickok, and the verdict caused some his path against his protest. Both Tutt and Hickok were criticism of the Judge and the Jury. In September, 1865, gamblers, and good ones, although the ex-Confederate was Hickok went into politics, running for City Marshall in the more proficient of the two. The two men were boon the first election in Springfield after the Civil War. On companions for a time; the one touch of ruffianism made September 13, 1865, the election was held, and Hickok them both akin. They walked the streets together, they drank lost to Charles C. Moss by a vote of 107 to 63. Three together, they gambled together and in the latter pastime Tutt other candidates totaled 61 votes. In 1866, Hickok was effectually "cleaned out" Bill. the main eyewitness to another shooting and he left SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 On the night of the 20th of July the two men played poker averred that when here Wild Bill was not considered in a room at the "Lyon House, "now the Southern Hotel, on crack shot at all, and that his shot which killed Tutt at South street. Hickok was the loser. First his money went,· distance of 75yards was an accident. then his watch, afine gold hunting-cased "Waltham, "with As soon as he hadfired and seen that his shot had take ajlashy chain and seal, then his diamond (?) pin and ring. effect Bill handed over his pistols to the sheriff, who cam He rose from the table completely "strapped," and much up, and informed that officer he was his prisoner. A fe irritated and crest-fallen. Everybody knew Wild Bill's minutes afterward Bill was observed riding leisurely watch, and after it had been surrendered to Tutt this night, South street taking the morning air. The circuit court wa Bill asked him at a special favor, not to wear itpublicly, or in session at the time. Bill was promptly indicted, arreste. letpeople know that it had changed owners, as he (Bill)felt on a bench warrant, and brought to trial. He wa, bad enough already and did not want the evidence of his vigorously prosecuted by the circuit attorney, Maj. R. Tt misfortune, of his ill-luck and bad playing, flaunted in Fyan, and ably defended by Hon. John S. Phelps everybody's face. Tutt laughed a mocking laugh at Bill's Witnesses testified that they heard two shots, and that th, humiliation, and assured him that it would give him as first came from near where Tutt's body was found. ThE much pleasure to wear the watch on the streets as it had empty chamber ofTutt's revolver was exhibited, and upor already given him to win it. "I intend wearing it in the the ground of "reasonable doubt" that Hickok was the morning, " he added. Bill replied with an oath, "Ifyou do, aggressor, the jury acquitted him.There were those, I'll shoot you, and] warn you not to come across the square however, who, asserted that Hickok was cleared becaus with it on. "The two men parted and retired to their rooms to he was an ex-Federal and a Radical, and the man he sho putfresh caps, on their revolvers! was a "rebel, "and thejury were all men who could take th The next morning Tuttput on his watch,and his revolver, "Drake oath. "A prominent attorney harangued the crow too, and went down on the square. Going along the west from the balcony of the court house, and denounced the side he entered the livery stable on the northwest corner verdict as against the evidence and all decency, and there and sat in the door where he could command a view of all were threats of lynching Bill, but nothing was done, and he four sides of the square, and especially of the Lyon House was allowed to live until shot by another desperate and South street. Very soon afterward Hickok came out of character, named Jack McCall, at Deadwood, Dakota the hotel and down on the square, at the corner of South Territory. street. He stood on the west side of the street, and stopping one or two passersby inquired if they had seen "Dave Tutt "Wild Bill," by General George Ward Nichols, down town this morning?" On being told that Tutt was on Harper's Magazine (February, 1867) the square, Bill said, "Well, it's all right if he hain't got my Let me at once describe the personal appearance of the watch on, but if he has there'll be merry hell, you bet your famous Scout of the Plains, William Hitchcock, called life!" Tutt's younger brother came up, and to him Bill said, "Wild Bill, "who now advanced toward me,fixing his clear "Youhad better go and tell Dave to take off that watch,·" gray eyes on mine in a quick, interrogative way, as if to take and when young Tutt said he thought his brother had a "my measure." The result seemed favorable, for he held right to wear what he pleased if it belonged to him, Bill forth a small, muscular hand in afrank, open manner. As 1 answered, "He shan't wear that watch anyhow." Just then looked at him] thought his the handsomest physique] had Tutt came out of the livery stable and walked south along ever seen. Bill stood six feet and an inch in his bright the square. Bill saw him and exclaimed, "There he comes yellow moccasins. A deer-skin shirt, or frock it might be now." The little group about Bill scattered, and he took a called, hung jauntily over his shoulders and revealed a few steps forward and drew his revolver, a Colt's dragoon, chest whose breadth and depth were remarkable. These with cap and ball. lungs had had growth in some twenty years of thefree air oj Just as Tutt reached the corner of the courthouse and the Rocky Mountains. His small, round waist was girthed College street, Bill called out, "Dave, don't you come by a belt which held two of Colt's navy revolvers. His legs across here with that watch. " Tutt, as some say, drew his sloped gradually from the compact thigh to thefeet, which pistol, and almost instantly Bill fired, using one arm as a were small and turned inward as he walked. There was a restfor his revolver. Tuttfell, shot nearly through the heart, singular grace and dignity of carriage about that figure and died very soon. Some deposed that Tutt's revolver was which would have called your attention meet it where you out of its scabbard when the body was first examined, and would. The head which crowned it was now covered by a that Tutt had fired first. One chamber of the revolver was large sombrero, underneath which there shone out a quiet, empty, and there were those who swore that they heard two manly face,· so gentle is its expression as he greets you as pistol shots. Bill's shot was afine one, but it is said by those utterly to belie the history of its owner,· yet it is not aface to who knew him well that it was a chance shot, for it is be trifled with. The lips thin and sensitive, the jaw not too 33 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 square, the cheek bones slightly prominent, a mass offine "Would yer?" replied the scout, drawing his revolver; dark hair falls below the neck to the shoulders. The eyes, and approaching the window, he pointed to a letter 0 in a now that you are infriendly intercourse, are as'gentle as a sign-board which was fixed to the stone- wall of a building woman's. In truth, the woman nature seems prominent on the other side of the way. throughout, and you would not believe that you were "That sign is more than fifty yards away. I will put these looking into eyes that have pointed the way to death to six balls into the inside of the circle, which isn't bigger than hundreds of men. a man's heart. " Yes, Wild Bill with his own hands has killed hundreds of In an off-hand way, and without sighting the pistol with men. Of that I have not a doubt. "He shoots to kill, "they say his eye, he discharged the six shots of his revolver. I on the border. In vain did I examine the scout's face for afterwards saw that all the bullets had entered the circle. some evidence of murderous propensity. It was a gentle As Bill proceeded to reload his pistol, he said to me with a face, and singular only in the sharp angle of the eye, and naivetii of manner which was meant to be assuring: without any physiognomic reason for the opinion, I have "Whenever you get into a row be sure and not shoot too thought his wonderful accuracy of aim was indicated by quick. Take time. I've known many a feller slip up for thispeculiarity. He told me, however, to use his own words: shootin'in a hurry, " "I allers shot well; but I come ter be perfect in the It would be easy tofill a volume with the adventures of mountains by shootin at a dime for a mark, at best ofhalf a that remarkable man. My object here has been to make a dollar a shot. And then until the war I never drank liquor slight record of one who is one of the best - perhaps the nor smoked, "he continued, with a melancholy expression; very best - example of a class who more than any other "war is demoralizing it is. " encountered perils and privations in defense of our Captain Honesty was right. I was very curious to see nationality. "Wild Bill, the Scout, "who, afew days before my arrival in The main feature of the story of the duel was told me by Springfield, in a duel at noonday in the public square, at Captain Honesty, who was unprejudiced, ifit ispossible to fifty paces, had sent one of Colt's pistol-balls through the find an unbiased mind in a town of 3000 people after a heart of a returned Confederate soldier. ... fight has taken place. I will give the story in his words: "To tell you the truth, Kernel, "responded the scout with "They say Bill's wild. Now he isn't any sich thing. I've a certain solemnity in his grave face, "I don't talk about known him gong on ter ten year, and he's as civil a disposed sich things ter the people round here, but I allers feel sort person as you'll find he-e-arabouts. But he won't be put ofthanliful when I get out of a bad scrape. " upon." "In all your wild, perilous adventures, " I asked him, "I'll tell yer how it happened. But come inter the office; "have you ever been afraid? Do you know what the that's a good many round hy'ar as sides with Tutt=the man sensation is? I am sure you will not misunderstand the that's shot. But I tell yer 'twas a fair fight. Take some question, for I take it we soldiers comprehend justly that whisky? No! Well,! will, ifyer'l excuse me. there is no higher courage than that which shows itself "You see, " continued the Captain, setting the empty when the consciousness of danger is keen but where moral glass on the table in an emphatic way, "Bill was up in his strength overcomes the weakness of the body. " room a-playing seven-up, or four-hand, or some of them "I thinkI know what you mean, Sir, and I'm not ashamed pesky games. Bill refused terplay with Tutt, who was a to say that I have been so frightened that it 'peared is if all professional gambler. Yer see, Bill was a scout on our side the strength and blood had gone out of my body, and my durin the war, and Tutt was a reb scout. Bill had killed face was as white as chalk. It was at the Wilme Creek Dave Tutt's mate, and, atween one thing and other, there (actually Wilson's Creek-Ed.) fight. I hadfired more than war an onusual hardfeelin atwixt 'em. fifty cartridges, and I think fetched my man every time. I "Ever sin Dave come back he had tried topick a row with was on the skirmish line, and was working up closer to the Bill; so Bill wouldn't play cards with him any more. But rebs, when all of a sudden a battery opened fire right in Dave stood over the man who was gambling with Bill and front of me, and it sounded as ifforty thousand guns were lent the feller money. Bill won bout two hundred dollars, firing, and every shot and shell screeched within six inches which made Tutt spiteful mad. Bime-by he says to Bill: of my head. It was the first time I was ever under artillery "'Bill, you've got plenty of money=pay me that forty fire, and I was so frightened that I couldn't move for a dollars yer owe me in that horse trade. ' "And Bill paid him. minute or so, and when I did go back the boys asked me if I Then he said: 'IIYerowe me thirty-five dollars more; yer had seen a ghost? They may shoot bullets at me by the lost itplaying with me t'other night. ' dozen, and it's rather exciting if I can shoot back, but I am Dave's style was right provoking; but Bill answered him always sort of nervous when the big guns go off. " perfectly gentlemanly: '"I think yer wrong, Dave. It's only "Iwould like to see you shoot. " twenty jive dollars. I have a memorandum of it in my 35 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3

son to her, yet I love her better than any thing in this life. It that's no loss." So we compromise between the two don't matter much what they say about me here. But I'm not demands, and give the article but brief and inadequate a cut-throat and vagabond, and I'd like the old woman to criticism. Indeed, we do not imagine that we could do it know what'!l make her proud. I'd like her to hear that her justice, if we made ever so serious and studied an attempt runaway boy hasfought through the warfor the Union like to do so. a true man. " A good many of our people - those especially who frequent the bar rooms and lager-beer saloons, will On January 25, 1867, copies of the Harper's article on remember the author of the article, when we mention one "Wild Bill" Hickok arrived in Springfield. An article in the "Colonel" G. W. Nichols, who was here for a few days in January 31, 1867 issue of the Springfield Patriot told very the summer of 1865, splurging around among our well the dissatisfaction of the citizens of Springfield over "strange, half-civilized people," seriously endangering the the article: supply of lager and corn whisky, and putting on more airs than a spotted stud- Springfield is excited. It has been so horse in the ring of a county fair. He's ever since the mail of the 25th brought the author! And ifthe illustrious holder Harper's Monthly to its numerous of one of the "Brevet" commissions subscribers here. The excitement, which Fremont issued to his wagon- curiously enough, manifests itself in masters, will come back to Springfield, very opposite effects upon our two-thirds of all the people he meets citizens. Some are excessively will invite him "to pis'n hisself with indignant, but the great majority are suth'n" for the fun he unwittingly in convulsions of laughter, which furnished them in his article - the seem interminable as yet. The cause of remaining one-third will kick him both abnormal moods, in our usually wherever met, for lying like a dog upon placid and quiet city, is thefirst article the city and people of Springfield. in Harper for February, which all James B. Hickok, (not "William agree, if published at all, should have Hitchcock," as the "Colonel" mis- had its place in the "Editor's Drawer," names his hero,) is a remarkable man, with the other fabricated more or less and is as well known here as Horace funnyisms; and not where it is, in the Greely in New York, or Henry Wilson leading "illustrated" place. But, upon in "the Hub." The portrait of him on the reflection, as Harper has given the first page of Harper for February, is a same prominence to "Heroic Deeds of most faithful and striking likeness - Heroic Men," by Rev. J THeadley, features, shape, posture and dress - in which, generally, are of about the all it is a faithful reproduction of one of same character as its article "Wild Charley Scholten's photographs of Bill, " we will not question the good "Wild Bill," as he is generally called. This picture was used in a taste of its "make up." Harpers Magazine article in 1987 No finer physique, no greater strength, no . and was taken in Springfield, MO more personal courage, no steadier nerves, We are Importuned by the angry ones to during the period of the shootout. no superior skill with the pistol, no better review it. "For," say they, "it slanders our horsemanship than his, could any man of city and citizens so outrageously by its caricatures, that it the million Federal soldiers of the war, boast of; and few will deter some from immigrating here, who believe its did better or more loyal service as a soldier throughout the representations of our people. " war. But Nichols "cuts it very fat" when he describes Bill's "Are there any so ignorant?" we asked. teats in arms. We think his hero only claims to have sent a "Plenty of them in New England; and especially about few dozen rebs to the farther side of Jordan; and we never, the Hub, just as ready to swallow it all as Gospel truth, as a before reading the "Colonel's" article, suspected he had Johnny Chinaman or Japanese would be to believe that dispatched "several hundreds with his own hands." England, France and America are inhabited by cannibals." But it must be so, for the "Colonel" asserts it with a "Don't touch it," cries the hilarious party, "don't spoil a parenthesis of genuine flavorous Bostonian piety, to richer morceaux than ever was printed in Gulliver's assure us of his incapacity to utter an untruth. Travels, or Baron Munchausen! If it prevents any A close examination of the description of the Hickok- consummate fools from coming to Southwest Missouri, Tutt shootout from Nichols' article reveals three essential SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 36 parts of a great discharged his six shots. I afterwards saw Wild West that all the bullets had entered the circle," gunfight. (many Nichols revealed. This is the first Western stories recorded account of the fast draw and were written 'fanning" a pistol (holding the trigger using the with the forefinger of the shooting hand Harper's article and repeatedly striking the hammer with as source the heel of the other hand to cause the material). cylinder to rotate and the weapon to fire THE WALK in rapid order without pulling the trigger DOWN -- The each time). Any gunslinger worth his salt Hickok-Tutt would fan his pistol from now on. shootout was HIGH NOON-- the first The Harper's story published had the Hickok- account of two Tutt shootout at men walking toward each other with 12:00 noon, while pistols. The conventional method of the Missouri dueling had been to stand back to back, Weekly Patriot walk away from each other a newspaper said it prescribed distance and then turn and actually occurred fire. Now the Wild West had at 6:00 p.m. The itsfirst "walk down" or "sho legend of "High otout". Noon" had been THE FAST DRAW--In set, and even a another part of the Harper's article movie called Hickok showed Nichols his ability to Old West Gravesites. Photos courtesy of Robert Kissinger, "High Noon" was Western Outlaw Lawman History Association. usea pistol by firing at a sign across the street made starring Gary fromthe Lyon House Hotel. He put six pistol balls Cooper, with his shootout intoa letter "0" which "wasn't bigger than a man's heart" at occurring at 12:00 noon. The Harper's story published in a distance of 50 yards, according to Nichols. "In an off- 1867 had a great influence on Wild West lore. hand way and without sighting the pistol with his eye, he What happened to the individuals involved in the Hickok- Tutt shootout? Dave Tutt, of course, was killed and was buried along the Jordan River in the City Cemetery. In 1883, Tutt's body was reburied in the Tutt family plot at the Maple Park Cemetery in Springfield, where it is marked with a granite tombstone that describes the events of July 21, 1865. Hickok became a legendary gunslinger of the Wild West, his reputation buoyed by the Harper's article. Just ten years after leaving Springfield, James Butler Hickok was shot to death at a card table in Saloon No. lOin Deadwood, South Dakota, by a fellow named Jack McCall. Hickok is buried in the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood. Hickok's defense attorney John S. Phelps became Governor of Missouri from 1877-1881. He

This is a black-and-white view of the northwest quadrant of the W tl.cL BilL UieJw.k h.e.lc! aees c.w1 e.ighis Springfield Public Square.The columned building to the left is the Green County Courthouse, built in 1856. The columned building to the ,,~ (c.w1the jaek. cJ cliaJno.nds) left is the Green County Courthouse, building in the center of the 1\ If. whe-n. h.e was skot photograph is called "High Class Clothing." Thefive-story building in the right is the National Exchange Bank. The postcard was never \ whIle playing poW- in. 187B. mailed so the date can only be determined by the presence of the Th.o:tW become lutown. as Gottfried Tower in the center of the Square. It was part of the Square from 1895 until 1909. the DWIl MoIt's UMIl. 37 SHOW ME ROUTE 66 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 died in 1886 and is buried in the Hazelwood Cemetery in The Public Squate, SprfnqUeJd, Mfoourl Springfield, along with Sempronius Boyd, the Judge in the case, and Richard B. Owen, one of Hickok's bondsmen and "Captain Honesty" in the Harper's article.Perhaps the reason Owen wanted to conceal his friendship with Hickok was that he was Mayor of Springfield when the Harper's article arrived in town! Sempronius Boyd went to congress from 1869 until 1871 and then founded the Springfield Wagon Factory. He died in 1894. If you ever visit Springfield Missouri's Park Central Square, make sure to take the time to read the Route 66 marker on College Street (Park Central West) and the Square, then walk 70 feet to the spot where Dave Tutt fell in the first shootout in the history of the "Wild West" . This postcard shows a view looking west down College Street (historic Route 66) after the "Pie" was removed and the Square was opened to thru traffic in 1947. TheJ.J. Newberry Co. is the building on thefar left, Robert H. Gibbons is the former President of the Greene County followed by Woolworth s and Springfield Finance Loans. Across Historical Society, has written books and magazine articles about the College Street is thefamous Heer s Department Store at the zenith of its Hickok- Tutt shootout, and personally designed and financed the two power. There appears to be plenty of metered parking spaces in the round bronze markers set in the Square to mark the spots where the two photograph. The caption on the back of the card states: "The Public men stood when they tried to settle their gambling debt with guns. Square of Springfield, Missouri is located in the center of the main business section. Springfield, largest city in the Southwest Missouri, Postcards courtesy of the Springfield-Green County Library. with a population of over 85,000 people, is the Heart of the famed Ozarks. "

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up to bring acts to the Gillioz stage that will appeal to music lovers of all tastes, from Bonnie Raitt to Diana Krall, Allison Krauss to Nora Jones, Mark Knopfler to John Mayer, Merle Haggard to Randy Newman, Ry Cooder to David Gray and everything in between. When all is said and done, the Gillioz Theatre and Morris Center for the Arts will be a solid anchor for, and the destination of choice in downtown Springfield, offering a range of dining, entertainment, and shopping options that will have something to appeal to everyone. For more information or to make a donation, log on to www.gillioz.org. Bob Bryant is a member of the board of Springfield Landmarks Preservation Trust and a partner in Meridian Creative Alliance, a full service advertising agency.

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