Association Events

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Sprague Super Service
305 E Pine St, Normal, IL

Come join us for a day of cleaning, organizing, painting and minor repairs at this historic service station!

Saturday, April 27, 2013
9:30 AM

Contact John Weiss to let him know you're in!
815-458-6616

Workday at the Odell Gas Station
400 S West St, Odell, IL

Come join us for some Spring cleaning, light repairs, sprucing up and painting.

Saturday, March 30, 2013
9:30 AM

Contact John Weiss to let him know you're in!
815-458-6616

(As always, Cathie Stevanovich and Marty Blitstein will provide lunch for this workday.)

Museum cleanup day is the day we get our Hall of Fame and Museum spic and span and ready for tourist season! All are welcome to come grab a dust cloth or paint brush and spend the day with us spring cleaning to your heart's content!

Route 66 Association of Illinois Hall of Fame and Museum
110 W Howard St, Pontiac, IL

Location

You're invited to our annual Association picnic!

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Save the date!

Motor Tour 2013
North to South

Lincoln College has been arranged for our Hall of Fame Banquet. There will be 240 tickets available for this event.

Selle-Agner, "Remembering the '40s," Exhibit will officially open on Saturday, May 5 at 9:00 AM at our own Route 66 Association of Illinois Hall of Fame and Museum, 110 Howard St, Pontiac, IL.

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Thanks to Preservation Committee Chairman, John Weiss, for providing the following information.

Tall Paul, the Hot Dog man in Atlanta needs painting.

Back in 2003, we removed Paul from his long time home in Berwyn, Illinois. We moved him to my home for a complete restoration. In 2004 he was erected in his new home in Atlanta. Since then, tens of thousands of people from around the world have come to visit the gentle giant.

However, his face is a bit cracked at the area that originally was shot out with a shotgun blast. His paint is shabby looking all over him and his famous hot dog is not very appetizing looking.

Due to his size and configuration this project will be done in two parts. I will go there
May 15th to work on the face. On Saturday May 19th we will paint the rest of him. (I will really need help setting up scaffolding) This will be a challenge. The first time he was painted he was in pieces on the ground.

Thanks to Preservation Committee Chairman, John Weiss, for providing the following information.

Tall Paul, the Hot Dog man in Atlanta, IL, needs painting.

Back in 2003, we removed Paul from his long time home in Berwyn, Illinois. We moved him to my home for a complete restoration. In 2004 he was erected in his new home in Atlanta. Since then, tens of thousands of people from around the world have come to visit the gentle giant.

However, his face is a bit cracked at the area that originally was shot out with a shotgun blast. His paint is shabby looking all over him and his famous hot dog is not very appetizing looking.

Due to his size and configuration this project will be done in two parts. I will go there
May 15th to work on the face. On Saturday May 19th we will paint the rest of him. (I will really need help setting up scaffolding) This will be a challenge. The first time he was painted he was in pieces on the ground.

Thanks to Preservation Committee Chairman, John Weiss, for providing the following information.

Since our beginning, every Spring, we have gathered at the Odell Gas Station to spruce it up for the tourist season. (Paint, clean, organize, etc.)

Many of the original volunteers who worked to save the station are no longer with us. Others, for age or health reasons, can no longer participate as I know they want to. It is up to us to carry on and keep this little station the pride of Route 66 in Illinois.

It began as only a wish and a foolish dream. It has now become the symbol of what the Route 66 Preservation Committee is all about.