Down Da 66-- New News About an Old Road.
BEST PLACESTO LIVE-- Relocate-America released its annual list of one hundred best places to live in the US based on a variety of factors such as home appreciation, education and employment rates.
Four Route 66 towns made it, two in the Top Ten: #5- Tulsa, Ok, #8 Albuquerque, NM, and Kingman, Az, and Oklahoma City. Good Ol' Route 66, A Good Ol' Place to Live.
GAY PARITA-- Built 1929. West of Halltown, Missouri. Known for a long time as Gay Parita after former owners Gay and Fred Mason. A fire destroyed the place in 1955. Now open again and sounds like a good place to go.
TATTOO MAN-- AKA Ron Jones, now has 67 tattoos, all but one of them relate to Route 66, but at 5'7" is not sure how much further he can go with his avocation.
MODEL Ts ON THE ROUTE-- The May 15th Miami Ok) News-Report said that the 19 members of the Model T Club of Southern California, stopped at the Coleman Theater. One car dropped out in Ohio due to a broken clutch, and another left the group in Missouri the day before with mechanical problems.
The May 14th Springfield (Mo) News-Leader reported that the Ts had stopped at Gary Turner's Gay Parita Sinclair gas station where there was a gas war sign advertising the now-dear stuff at 15 cents. The Ts parked out by the Mae West gas pumps, so named for their feminine shape. Gas had to be hand-pumped into the glass globe on top, then drained by gravity into the fuel tank.
Twenty restored Model Ts started the trip. The four-cylinder, 20 hp cars have a top speed of 45 and get between 15 and 20 mpg.
Down Da 66 I Go. --RoadDog
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